Ilona Mononen prize money
Ilona Mononen has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2731st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, and it was 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 10th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 3000 m steeplechase | 13th | - |
| All three | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $2,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ilona Mononen in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,000.
Around Ilona Mononen on the money list
Ranks 2711 to 2751
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2711 | Emily Sisson | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2712 | Erik Erlandsson | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2713 | Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2714 | Fabian Heinle | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2715 | Fancy Cherono | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2716 | Fang Yaoqing | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2717 | Fernanda Martins | Women's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2718 | Finley Gaio | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2719 | Gémima Joseph | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2720 | Géraldine Ruckstuhl | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2721 | Giovanni Faloci | Men's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2722 | Gout Gout | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2723 | Grete Etholm | Women's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2724 | Hanna Klein | three disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2725 | Hanne Maudens | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2726 | Hatti Archer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2727 | Heather Kampf | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2728 | Henricho Bruintjies | Men's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2729 | Huadong Zhang | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2730 | Hugo Menin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2731 | Ilona Mononen | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2732 | Irina Davydova | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2733 | Isaac Grimes | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2734 | Jacob Fincham-Dukes | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2735 | Jade Maraval | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2736 | Jamar Marshall | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2737 | Jamie Cheever | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2738 | Jeff Erius | Men's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2739 | Jessica Zelinka | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2740 | Jie Yao | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2741 | João Coelho | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2742 | Johnnie Blockburger | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2743 | Jonas Raess | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2744 | Jonathan Carbe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2745 | Josleidy Ribalta | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2746 | Jovanee Jarrett | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2747 | Judy Kiyeng | Women's 1500 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2748 | Juleisy Angulo | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2749 | Jules Pommery | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2750 | Julie Labonté | Women's shot put | - | $2,000 |
| 2751 | Julien Kapek | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ilona Mononen is 2731st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ilona Mononen most
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alemnat Walle, Lexy Halladay-Lowry, Juliane Hvid, Olivia Markezich, Courtney Wayment and Alice Finot.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $0 for 10th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alemnat Walle, Alice Finot, Emma Coburn, Faith Cherotich, Doris Lemngole and Peruth Chemutai.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 paid $0 for 13th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Winfred Yavi, Peruth Chemutai, Faith Cherotich, Valerie Constien, Marwa Bouzayani and Gabrielle Jennings.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ilona Mononen won?
$2,000, which ranks 2731st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2024 and 2026.
What is Ilona Mononen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ilona Mononen 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 place is worth the same in the women's 3000 m steeplechase 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.
Has Ilona Mononen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Ilona Mononen 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 Ilona Mononen is Hugo Menin on $2,000, and one below Irina Davydova on $2,000. Ilona Mononen is one of 33 Finland athletes athletics has paid, and Finland athletics prize money adds them up to $513,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ilona Mononen 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.