Ilham Tanui Özbilen prize money
Ilham Tanui Özbilen has been paid $17,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1232nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 1500 m and men's mile, the best of them 3rd.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2015 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | Mile | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | Mile | 4th | $3,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | Mile | 4th | $3,000 |
| All seven | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Ilham Tanui Özbilen did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's marathon | 55th | 2:23:35 | - |
Ilham Tanui Özbilen stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ilham Tanui Özbilen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 4 | - | 2010 to 2015 | $10,000 |
| Men's mile | 3 | - | 2010 to 2014 | $7,500 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Ilham Tanui Özbilen $10,000 of the $17,500, which is 57% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $4,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ilham Tanui Özbilen in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,500.
Around Ilham Tanui Özbilen on the money list
Ranks 1212 to 1252
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
| 1226 | Aleksandr Gripich | Men's pole vault | - | $17,500 |
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1238 | Xavier Carter | Men's 200 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1239 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1240 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | - | $17,250 |
| 1241 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 1242 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,250 |
| 1243 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | - | $17,250 |
| 1244 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | - | $17,125 |
| 1245 | Amos Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1246 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1247 | Becky Breisch | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1249 | Daniel Huling | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1250 | Daniella Hill | Women's shot put | - | $17,000 |
| 1251 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 1252 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | - | $17,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ilham Tanui Özbilen is 1232nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $17,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ilham Tanui Özbilen most
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fouad el Kaam, Robby Andrews, Younès Essalhi, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot and Ayanleh Souleiman.
Bislett Games 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the mile, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collins Cheboi, David Bustos, Bethwell Birgen, Andreas Vojta, Ayanleh Souleiman and Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono, Suleiman Kipses Simotwo, Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba, Haron Keitany, Augustine Kiprono Choge and Asbel Kiprop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ilham Tanui Özbilen won?
$17,500, which ranks 1232nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Ilham Tanui Özbilen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2015 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ilham Tanui Özbilen gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's 1500 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.
Is this everything Ilham Tanui Özbilen 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 him, 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 Ilham Tanui Özbilen is Geordie Beamish on $17,500, and one below Irene Pusterla on $17,500. Ilham Tanui Özbilen is one of 21 Turkey athletes athletics has paid, and Turkey athletics prize money adds them up to $431,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ilham Tanui Özbilen has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's marathon page.