Mercyline Chelangat prize money
Mercyline Chelangat has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3406th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 5000 m, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 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.
The World Championships
What Mercyline Chelangat did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's marathon | - | 2:45:36 | - |
Mercyline Chelangat 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.
Around Mercyline Chelangat on the money list
Ranks 3386 to 3426
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3386 | Loïc Prévot | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3387 | Lois Maikel Martínez | Men's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3388 | Loreal Smith | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3389 | Louis Gilavert | two disciplines | - | $1,000 |
| 3390 | Lucy Hatton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3391 | Łukasz Parszczyński | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3392 | Lyudmila Remeslova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3393 | Ma Qun | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3394 | Magdelín Martínez | Women's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3395 | Magnus Røsholm Berntsen | Men's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3396 | Malin Dahlström | Women's pole vault | - | $1,000 |
| 3397 | Manu Quijera | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3398 | Maria Cristina Mancebo | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3399 | Maria del Mar Jover | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3400 | Maritu Ketema | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3401 | Marta Milani | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3402 | Maryse Luzolo | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3403 | Matti Mortimore | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3404 | Mauritz Kåshagen | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3405 | Mazen Al-Yassin | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3406 | Mercyline Chelangat | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3407 | Micah Kemboi Kogo | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3408 | Michael Tumi | Men's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3409 | Micol Cattaneo | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3410 | Mike van Kruchten | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3411 | Momchil Karailiev | Men's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3412 | Morgan Beadlescomb | two disciplines | - | $1,000 |
| 3413 | Nancy Chepkwemoi | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3414 | Naroa Agirre | Women's pole vault | - | $1,000 |
| 3415 | Natalia Rodríguez | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3416 | Natalliah Whyte | Women's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3417 | Natalya Nazarova | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3418 | Nick McCormick | Men's mile | - | $1,000 |
| 3419 | Nikki Hamblin | Women's 3000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3420 | Nkosinza Balumbu | Men's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3421 | Norbert Bonvecchio | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3422 | Norbert Rivasz-Tóth | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3423 | Obakeng Kamberuka | Women's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3424 | Octavious Freeman | Women's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3425 | Oda Utsi Onstad | Women's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3426 | Ole Hesselbjerg | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mercyline Chelangat is 3406th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mercyline Chelangat most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hellen Obiri, Senbere Teferi, Letesenbet Gidey, Margaret Kipkemboi, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui and Sofia Assefa.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mercyline Chelangat won?
$1,000, which ranks 3406th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2017.
What is Mercyline Chelangat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 5000 m at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mercyline Chelangat 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 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.
Is this everything Mercyline Chelangat 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 Mercyline Chelangat is Mazen Al-Yassin on $1,000, and one below Micah Kemboi Kogo on $1,000. Mercyline Chelangat is one of 19 Uganda athletes athletics has paid, and Uganda athletics prize money adds them up to $599,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mercyline Chelangat 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 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 women's marathon page.