Meraf Bahta prize money
Meraf Bahta has been paid $33,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 853rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's mile and women's 5000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 5000 m | 7th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 1500 m | 6th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 1500 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2016 | Mile | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| DN Galan 2014 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All thirteen | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Meraf Bahta
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 10 | - | 2014 to 2018 | $27,500 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2016 | $4,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 2 | - | 2016 to 2018 | $1,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Meraf Bahta $27,500 of the $33,000, which is 83% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2014 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $6,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $16,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $10,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $16,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Meraf Bahta in 2015 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,000.
Around Meraf Bahta on the money list
Ranks 833 to 873
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 863 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 864 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 866 | Tosin Oke | Men's triple jump | - | $32,000 |
| 867 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | - | $31,750 |
| 868 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 869 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 870 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | - | $31,750 |
| 871 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 872 | Chris Carter | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 873 | David Girat | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Meraf Bahta is 853rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $33,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Meraf Bahta most
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gudaf Tsegay, Besu Sado, Laura Muir, Hellen Obiri, Laura Weightman and Dawit Seyaum.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jenny Simpson, Laura Weightman, Angelika Cichocka, Faith Kipyegon, Sifan Hassan and Winny Chebet.
Bislett Games 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the mile, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Ennaoui, Angelika Cichocka, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Gesa Felicitas Krause, Axumawit Embaye and Faith Kipyegon.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Meraf Bahta won?
$33,000, which ranks 853rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2014 and 2018.
What is Meraf Bahta's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2016 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Meraf Bahta 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 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.
Has Meraf Bahta 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 Meraf Bahta 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 Meraf Bahta is Kurt Roberts on $33,000, and one below Michael Frater on $33,000. Meraf Bahta is one of 89 Sweden athletes athletics has paid, and Sweden athletics prize money adds them up to $2,690,592 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Meraf Bahta has been paid in three 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.