Owen Ansah prize money
Owen Ansah has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1338th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 100 m, and it was 4th.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Owen Ansah did in Tokyo, 2025
Owen Ansah went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. He ran on the Germany team that finished 5th in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, $12,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Owen Ansah ran on, 2025 and 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 3rd | 37.76 | $10,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 6th | 38.92 | $4,000 |
The World Relays have paid $14,000 for the two teams Owen Ansah ran on across Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Germany rather than to the four who ran. The $3,000 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team he ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Around Owen Ansah on the money list
Ranks 1318 to 1358
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1318 | Elena Kelety | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1319 | Elisabeth Pihela | Women's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1320 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1321 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | — | $3,000 |
| 1322 | Gil Roberts | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1323 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1324 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1325 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1326 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1327 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1328 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1329 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1330 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1331 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1332 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1351 | Tatjana Pinto | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1352 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1353 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1354 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | — | $2,750 |
| 1355 | Allie Wilson | Women's 800 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1356 | Daniel Keaton | Men's pole vault | — | $2,750 |
| 1357 | Edoardo Scotti | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1358 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Men's triple jump | — | $2,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Owen Ansah is 1338th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Owen Ansah most
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Ronal Longa, Sam Blaskowski, Bradley Nkoana, Oblique Seville and Jordan Anthony.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Owen Ansah won?
$3,000, which ranks 1338th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Owen Ansah's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ 100 m at the 2026 Herculis EBS. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Owen Ansah 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 100 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.
What did Owen Ansah's World Relays teams win?
$14,000, across two paid finals at Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Owen Ansah or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Owen Ansah earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Relays 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Owen Ansah is Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue on $3,000, and one below Paris Peoples on $3,000. Owen Ansah is one of 81 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $1,858,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Owen Ansah has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis EBS 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 4 × 100 metres relay page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.