Oscar Chelimo prize money
Oscar Chelimo has been paid $750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3572nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m, and it was 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 16th | - |
| All three | Men's 5000 m | - | $750 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $750 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. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Oscar Chelimo did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | 18th | 29:26.66 | - |
Oscar Chelimo 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.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $750 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $750 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Oscar Chelimo in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $750.
Around Oscar Chelimo on the money list
Ranks 3552 to 3592
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3552 | Hannah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3553 | Hanne Claes | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3554 | Harry Hughes | Men's javelin throw | - | $750 |
| 3555 | Heta Tuuri | Women's high jump | - | $750 |
| 3556 | Hicham Akankam | Men's 1500 m | - | $750 |
| 3557 | Jeremiah Curry | Men's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3558 | Jesper Hellström | Men's triple jump | - | $750 |
| 3559 | Joe Ferguson | Men's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3560 | Joseph Deng | Men's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3561 | Lilly Kaden | Women's 200 m | - | $750 |
| 3562 | Lionel Spitz | Men's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3563 | Luca Sito | Men's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3564 | Luke McCann | Men's 1000 m | - | $750 |
| 3565 | M. P. Jabir | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3566 | Mariano García | Men's 800 m | - | $750 |
| 3567 | Melwin Lycke Holm | Men's high jump | - | $750 |
| 3568 | N'Ketia Seedo | Women's 100 m | - | $750 |
| 3569 | Netsanet Desta | Women's 1500 m | - | $750 |
| 3570 | Nikoleta Jíchová | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3571 | Oleg Zernikel | Men's pole vault | - | $750 |
| 3572 | Oscar Chelimo | Men's 5000 m | - | $750 |
| 3573 | Parinya Chuaimaroeng | Women's triple jump | - | $750 |
| 3574 | Phil Healy | Women's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3575 | Piotr Tarkowski | Men's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3576 | Rachel Baxter | Women's pole vault | - | $750 |
| 3577 | Rebecca Mehra | Women's mile | - | $750 |
| 3578 | Reynold Banigo | Men's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3579 | Saad Hinti | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3580 | Sara Lennman | Women's shot put | - | $750 |
| 3581 | Sarah Lahti | Women's 5000 m | - | $750 |
| 3582 | Subenrat Insaeng | Women's discus throw | - | $750 |
| 3583 | Tadese Worku | Men's 3000 m | - | $750 |
| 3584 | Tigist Ketema | two disciplines | - | $750 |
| 3585 | Vladimir Aceti | Men's 400 m | - | $750 |
| 3586 | Yanis David | Women's long jump | - | $750 |
| 3587 | Zhu Shenglong | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $750 |
| 3588 | Abdessamad Oukhelfen | Men's 5000 m | - | $500 |
| 3589 | Alice Mangione | Women's 400 m | - | $500 |
| 3590 | Alina Kenzel | Women's shot put | - | $500 |
| 3591 | Amy Cashin | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $500 |
| 3592 | Andrea Seccafien | Women's 5000 m | - | $500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Oscar Chelimo is 3572nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Oscar Chelimo most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $750 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Almgren, Luis Grijalva, Cornelius Kemboi, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Woody Kincaid and Joe Klecker.
Bislett Games 2024 paid $0 for 10th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jimmy Gressier, Samuel Tefera, Adriaan Wildschutt, Telahun Haile Bekele, Stanley Mburu and Ferdinand Kvan Edman.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $0 for 16th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Kipngetich Tanui, Milkesa Mengesha, Nick Willis, Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega and Hagos Gebrhiwet.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Oscar Chelimo won?
$750, which ranks 3572nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2019 and 2024.
What is Oscar Chelimo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$750, for finishing 7th in the 5000 m at the 2022 AG Memorial Van Damme. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Oscar Chelimo 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 Oscar Chelimo 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 Oscar Chelimo 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 Oscar Chelimo is Oleg Zernikel on $750, and one below Parinya Chuaimaroeng on $750. Oscar Chelimo 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 men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Oscar Chelimo has been paid in one 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 Bislett Games 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 men's 10,000 metres page.