Mezgebu Sime prize money
Mezgebu Sime has been paid $7,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1763rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 3000 m | 9th | - |
| All nine | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Mezgebu Sime ran on the grass, 2024 and 2026
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | - | DNF | - | $20,000 |
| U20 men's race | 2nd | 22:41 | - | - |
Mezgebu Sime has run two races here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The teams he ran on earned Ethiopia $20,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $7,500 at the top of this page. Hescored alongside Berihu Aregawi, Tadese Worku, Biniam Mehary and Nibret Kinde, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mezgebu Sime
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 7 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $7,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $0 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Mezgebu Sime $7,500 of the $7,500, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | - |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $4,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mezgebu Sime in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,500.
Around Mezgebu Sime on the money list
Ranks 1743 to 1783
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1743 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | - | $7,750 |
| 1744 | Yancarlos Martínez | Men's 200 m | - | $7,750 |
| 1745 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | - | $7,667 |
| 1746 | Abiodun Oyepitan | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1747 | Ashleigh Nelson | Women's 100 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1748 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1749 | Brian Johnson | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1750 | Christian Reif | Men's long jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1751 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1752 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1753 | Elena Andreea Taloș | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1754 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1755 | Gaetan Saku Bafuanga | Men's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1756 | Guillermo Martínez | Men's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1757 | Hayle Ibrahimov | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1758 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1762 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1763 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1764 | Michael Rutt | Men's 800 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mezgebu Sime is 1763rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mezgebu Sime most
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kimeli, Keneth Kiprop, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Benson Kiplangat, Cornelius Kemboi and Brian Fay.
Athletissima 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kuma Girma, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Khairi Bejiga, Egide Ntakarutimana, Grant Fisher and Jacob Krop.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ky Robinson, Biniam Mehary, Cornelius Kemboi, Ishmael Kipkurui, Jacob Krop and Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mezgebu Sime won?
$7,500, which ranks 1763rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Mezgebu Sime's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 5000 m at the 2025 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mezgebu Sime 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 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.
Has Mezgebu Sime ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six 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 Mezgebu Sime earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Mezgebu Sime is Marija Tolj on $7,500, and one below Michael Rutt on $7,500. Mezgebu Sime is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mezgebu Sime 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.