Dawit Seyaum prize money
Dawit Seyaum has been paid $23,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 553rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 1500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 15th | — |
| All four | two disciplines | — | $23,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $23,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Dawit Seyaum
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 2 | 2 | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 2 | — | 2019 | $3,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Dawit Seyaum $20,000 of the $23,000, which is 87% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $3,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | Birmingham Diamond League | $20,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Dawit Seyaum in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $23,000.
Around Dawit Seyaum on the money list
Ranks 533 to 573
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 533 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 1 | $24,750 |
| 534 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 535 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | — | $24,500 |
| 536 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 537 | Andreas Kramer | Men's 800 m | — | $24,000 |
| 538 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | — | $24,000 |
| 539 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 540 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 541 | Olivia McTaggart | Women's pole vault | 1 | $24,000 |
| 542 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | — | $23,750 |
| 543 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo | two disciplines | 1 | $23,750 |
| 544 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | — | $23,583 |
| 545 | Britany Anderson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $23,500 |
| 546 | CJ Ujah | Men's 100 m | — | $23,500 |
| 547 | George Mills | four disciplines | — | $23,500 |
| 548 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | — | $23,500 |
| 549 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $23,250 |
| 550 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | — | $23,000 |
| 551 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 552 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | — | $23,000 |
| 553 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 2 | $23,000 |
| 554 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | — | $23,000 |
| 555 | Maria Andrejczyk | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 556 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 557 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 558 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | — | $22,750 |
| 559 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | — | $22,750 |
| 560 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | — | $22,500 |
| 561 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | — | $22,500 |
| 562 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 563 | Ronald Musagala | two disciplines | 1 | $22,500 |
| 564 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 565 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | — | $22,250 |
| 566 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | — | $22,000 |
| 567 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $21,500 |
| 568 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | — | $21,500 |
| 569 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $21,500 |
| 570 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 571 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | — | $21,250 |
| 572 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | — | $21,250 |
| 573 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | — | $21,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dawit Seyaum is 553rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $23,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dawit Seyaum most
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hawi Feysa, Fantu Worku, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Hanna Klein, Jessica Warner-Judd and Sarah Lahti.
Bislett Games 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gudaf Tsegay, Letesenbet Gidey, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Alicia Monson, Almaz Ayana and Hawi Feysa.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sifan Hassan, Axumawit Embaye, Winny Chebet, Alemaz Samuel, Nelly Jepkosgei and Georgia Griffith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dawit Seyaum won?
$23,000, which ranks 553rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2019 and 2022.
What is Dawit Seyaum's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2022 Birmingham Diamond League. 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 Dawit Seyaum 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 5000 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 Dawit Seyaum won?
Two of four, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Dawit Seyaum ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Dawit Seyaum earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Dawit Seyaum is Darrell Hill on $23,000, and one below Jeremiah Azu on $23,000. Dawit Seyaum is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Dawit Seyaum has been paid in two 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 Birmingham Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.