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DIAMOND LEAGUE · USA · WOMEN'S 2 MILES · 2026

Margot Appleton prize money

Margot Appleton has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1416th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 2 miles, and it was 5th.

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.

DIAMOND LEAGUE $2,500
BIGGEST PAYDAY $2,500
WINS 0
MEETINGS PAID 1
MONEY LIST #1416

The payment

Where she finished, and what the card paid for it

one start
Every Diamond League meeting on this site that Margot Appleton finished, the discipline, the place and what it paid.
MEETING DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Prefontaine Classic 2026 Eugene 2 miles Diamond League 5th $2,500

The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.

The World Indoor Championships

What Margot Appleton did indoors

one final
Every World Indoor Championships final Margot Appleton stood in, where she finished and what it paid.
EVENT PLACE MARK PAID
Women's 3000 metres Toruń 2026 14th 9:12.57 —

Margot Appleton stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.

Around Margot Appleton on the money list

Ranks 1396 to 1436

41 of 2,112
# ATHLETE DISCIPLINE WINS PAID
1396 George Meitamei Manangoi Men's 1500 m — $2,500
1397 Hellen Ekalale Lobun KEN two disciplines — $2,500
1398 Ibrahim Chuot QAT Men's 800 m — $2,500
1399 Isabelle Boffey GBR Women's 800 m — $2,500
1400 Izabela da Silva BRA Women's discus throw — $2,500
1401 Jaide Stepter Women's 400 m — $2,500
1402 Jaide Stepter Baynes USA Women's 400 m — $2,500
1403 Jarret Eaton Men's 110 m hurdles — $2,500
1404 Kévin Menaldo FRA Men's pole vault — $2,500
1405 Koen Smet NED Men's 110 m hurdles — $2,500
1406 Lassi Etelätalo FIN Men's javelin throw — $2,500
1407 Lauren Wells Women's 400 m hurdles — $2,500
1408 Lee Eppie BOT Men's 400 m — $2,500
1409 Lexy Halladay USA Women's 3000 m steeplechase — $2,500
1410 Linda Olivieri ITA Women's 400 m hurdles — $2,500
1411 Liu Qizhen Men's javelin throw — $2,500
1412 Lorenzo Perini ITA Men's 110 m hurdles — $2,500
1413 Ludovica Cavalli ITA Women's 1500 m — $2,500
1414 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas GRE Men's 200 m — $2,500
1415 Malika Akkaoui MAR two disciplines — $2,500
1416 Margot Appleton USA Women's 2 miles — $2,500
1417 Martin Wierig Men's discus throw — $2,500
1418 Mekedes Alemeshete ETH two disciplines — $2,500
1419 Melanie Bauschke GER Women's long jump — $2,500
1420 Melissa Bishop-Nriagu CAN Women's 800 m — $2,500
1421 Mercy Chepkurui Women's 3000 m steeplechase — $2,500
1422 Moa Granat SWE Women's 400 m hurdles — $2,500
1423 Mthi Mthimkulu RSA Men's 200 m — $2,500
1424 Muhammad Abdallah Kounta FRA Men's 400 m — $2,500
1425 Musab Adam Ali QAT two disciplines — $2,500
1426 Nathan Green USA two disciplines — $2,500
1427 Nazim Babayev Men's triple jump — $2,500
1428 Olivia Gürth GER Women's 3000 m steeplechase — $2,500
1429 Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA Men's 800 m — $2,500
1430 Rafał Omelko POL Men's 400 m — $2,500
1431 Robert Harting GER Men's discus throw — $2,500
1432 Serhiy Nykyforov UKR Men's long jump — $2,500
1433 Sharlene Mawdsley IRL Women's 400 m — $2,500
1434 Shashalee Forbes JAM Women's 100 m — $2,500
1435 Simen Guttormsen NOR Men's pole vault — $2,500
1436 Thelma Davies LBR Women's 100 m — $2,500
Lexy Halladay $2,500 Linda Olivieri $2,500 Liu Qizhen $2,500 Lorenzo Perini $2,500 Ludovica Cavalli $2,500 Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas $2,500 Malika Akkaoui $2,500
Margot Appleton $2,500
Martin Wierig $2,500 Mekedes Alemeshete $2,500 Melanie Bauschke $2,500 Melissa Bishop-Nriagu $2,500 Mercy Chepkurui $2,500 Moa Granat $2,500 Mthi Mthimkulu $2,500

A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Margot Appleton is 1416th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.

Who else was in the money

The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Margot Appleton most

one race

Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 2 miles, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Karissa Schweizer, Yenawa Nbret, Asayech Ayichew, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Aleshign Baweke and Hirut Meshesha.

Frequently asked questions

How much Diamond League prize money has Margot Appleton won?

$2,500, which ranks 1416th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.

What is Margot Appleton's biggest Diamond League payday?

$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 2 miles at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.

How does the Diamond League decide what Margot Appleton 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 2 miles 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 Margot Appleton 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 Margot Appleton is Malika Akkaoui on $2,500, and one below Martin Wierig on $2,500. Margot Appleton is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 2 miles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Margot Appleton 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 3000 metres page.