Michael Rimmer prize money
Michael Rimmer has been paid $23,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1062nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 800 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Qatar Athletic 2013 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All eight | Men's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $23,000 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $7,500 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $2,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic | $2,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2014 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $23,000.
Around Michael Rimmer on the money list
Ranks 1042 to 1082
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1042 | Duane Solomon | Men's 800 m | 1 | $23,500 |
| 1043 | Erica Jarder | Women's long jump | - | $23,500 |
| 1044 | George Mills | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1045 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1046 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1047 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Women's pole vault | 2 | $23,500 |
| 1048 | Nadiya Dusanova | Women's high jump | - | $23,333 |
| 1049 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1050 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1051 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1052 | Changrui Xue | Men's pole vault | - | $23,000 |
| 1053 | Ernesto Revé | Men's triple jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1054 | Fabrizio Donato | Men's triple jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1055 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | two disciplines | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1056 | Isabelle Pedersen | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $23,000 |
| 1057 | Jakub Holuša | two disciplines | - | $23,000 |
| 1058 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1059 | Marco Fortes | Men's shot put | - | $23,000 |
| 1060 | Marina Arzamasova | Women's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1061 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1062 | Michael Rimmer | Men's 800 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1063 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1064 | Stuart Farquhar | Men's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1065 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | - | $23,000 |
| 1066 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | - | $22,750 |
| 1067 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | - | $22,750 |
| 1068 | Abadi Hadis | Men's 5000 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1069 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1070 | Aleksandr Shustov | Men's high jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1071 | Anna Willard | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1072 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | - | $22,500 |
| 1073 | Barbara Pierre | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1074 | Ekaterina Guliyev | Women's 800 m | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1075 | James Ellington | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1076 | John Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $22,500 |
| 1077 | Luis Alberto Rivera Morales | Men's long jump | - | $22,500 |
| 1078 | Marilyn Okoro | Women's 800 m | - | $22,500 |
| 1079 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,500 |
| 1080 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1081 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 1082 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | two disciplines | - | $22,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michael Rimmer is 1062nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $23,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michael Rimmer most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alfred Kirwa Yego, Richard Kiplagat, Antonio Manuel Reina, Marcin Lewandowski, Hamza Driouch and Asbel Kiprop.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Erik Sowinski, Wesley Vázquez, Mukhtar Mohammed, Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai and David Rudisha.
Bislett Games 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alfred Kirwa Yego, Bram Som, Adam Kszczot, Thomas Arne Roth, David Rudisha and Abubaker Kaki.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michael Rimmer won?
$23,000, which ranks 1062nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2010 and 2014.
What is Michael Rimmer's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2011 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. 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 Michael Rimmer 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 800 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 Michael Rimmer 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 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 Michael Rimmer is Marthe Koala on $23,000, and one below Rose Mary Almanza on $23,000. Michael Rimmer is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michael Rimmer has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Glasgow Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.