Rocco van Rooyen prize money
Rocco van Rooyen has been paid $1,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3090th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's javelin throw, 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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,500 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.
Around Rocco van Rooyen on the money list
Ranks 3070 to 3110
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3070 | Oleksandr Nartov | Men's high jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3071 | Olga Sudarava | Women's long jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3072 | Olga Zaytseva | Women's long jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3073 | Omar Jouma Bilal al Salfa | Men's 200 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3074 | Onkabetse Nkobolo | Men's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3075 | Osviel Hernández | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3076 | Ottavia Cestonaro | Women's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3077 | Patrick Tiernan | Men's 3000 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3078 | Phanencer Chemion | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
| 3079 | Philip Nossmy | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3080 | Polat Kemboi Arikan | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3081 | Qi Yang | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3082 | Qiang Qin | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,500 |
| 3083 | Raasin McIntosh | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3084 | Rachel Klopfenstein | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 3085 | Ramona Elena Verman | Women's long jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3086 | Rebecca Alexander | Women's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3087 | Renjith Maheswary | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3088 | Rhona Auckland | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3089 | Rob Novak | Men's 800 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3090 | Rocco van Rooyen | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,500 |
| 3091 | Rolanda Bell | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
| 3092 | Ruslana Tsykhotska | Women's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3093 | Sacha Alessandrini | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3094 | Sade McCreath | Women's 100 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3095 | Saliyya Guisse | Women's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3096 | Samuel Duguna | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
| 3097 | Samuel Khogali | Men's long jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3098 | Sara Hall | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
| 3099 | Sean Wroe | Men's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3100 | Selah Jepleting Busienei | Women's 3000 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3101 | Shania Collins | Women's 100 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3102 | Shawnti Jackson | Women's 100 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3103 | Sheena Gordon | Women's high jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3104 | Shelbi Vaughan | Women's discus throw | - | $1,500 |
| 3105 | Shermaine Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3106 | Skadi Schier | Women's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3107 | Spencer Adams | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3108 | Stefan Wieland | Men's shot put | - | $1,500 |
| 3109 | Stephanie Pywell | Women's high jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3110 | Stephanie Reilly | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Rocco van Rooyen is 3090th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Rocco van Rooyen most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 paid $1,500 for 7th in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Norbert Bonvecchio, Vítězslav Veselý, Julius Yego, Keshorn Walcott, Tero Pitkämäki and Thomas Röhler.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Rocco van Rooyen won?
$1,500, which ranks 3090th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2015.
What is Rocco van Rooyen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the javelin throw at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Rocco van Rooyen 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 javelin throw 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 Rocco van Rooyen 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 Rocco van Rooyen is Rob Novak on $1,500, and one below Rolanda Bell on $1,500. Rocco van Rooyen is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Rocco van Rooyen 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.