Christine Ohuruogu prize money
Christine Ohuruogu has been paid $53,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 584th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m, two of them wins.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2015 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2013 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Qatar Athletic 2013 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2013 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2013 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2013 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| DN Galan 2012 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All fourteen | Women's 400 m | - | $53,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $53,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $5,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Memorial van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | London Grand Prix | $18,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | British Grand Prix | $21,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $2,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $21,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Christine Ohuruogu in 2014, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $53,000.
Around Christine Ohuruogu on the money list
Ranks 564 to 604
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 564 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 565 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | - | $54,750 |
| 566 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 567 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 568 | Dwight Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $54,500 |
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Christine Ohuruogu is 584th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $53,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Christine Ohuruogu most
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amantle Montsho, Novlene Williams-Mills, Natasha Hastings, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Regina George and Rebecca Alexander.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amantle Montsho, Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson, Natasha Hastings, Shericka Williams, Jessica Beard and Shana Cox.
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Shericka Williams, Marie Gayot, Kimberly Hyacinthe and Amantle Montsho.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Christine Ohuruogu won?
$53,000, which ranks 584th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Christine Ohuruogu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2013 British Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Christine Ohuruogu gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a win is worth the same in the women's 400 m as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
How many Diamond League meetings has Christine Ohuruogu won?
Two of fourteen, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Christine Ohuruogu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Christine Ohuruogu is Vashti Cunningham on $53,250, and one below Freddie Crittenden on $53,000. Christine Ohuruogu is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Christine Ohuruogu has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Muller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.