Romain Mesnil prize money
Romain Mesnil has been paid $38,583 by the Diamond League, which ranks 765th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's pole vault, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala 2012 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | Pole vault | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Pole vault | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | Pole vault | =3rd | $3,500 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | Pole vault | =4th | $2,250 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2010 | Pole vault | =8th | $333 |
| All eleven | Men's pole vault | - | $38,583 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,583 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | London Grand Prix | $4,333 |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $20,750 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Golden Gala | $13,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $20,750 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,583.
Around Romain Mesnil on the money list
Ranks 745 to 785
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Romain Mesnil is 765th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $38,583.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Romain Mesnil most
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brad Walker, Jérôme Clavier, Damiel Dossevi, Derek Miles, Fabian Schulze and Jeremy Scott.
Golden Gala 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Malte Mohr, Björn Otto, Steven Lewis, Steven Hooker, Fábio Gomes da Silva and Paweł Wojciechowski.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raphael Holzdeppe, Konstantinos Filippidis, Karsten Dilla, Renaud Lavillenie, Andrew Sutcliffe and Steven Lewis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Romain Mesnil won?
$38,583, which ranks 765th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Romain Mesnil's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2011 Adidas 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Romain Mesnil 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 win is worth the same in the men's pole vault 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Romain Mesnil won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Romain Mesnil 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 Romain Mesnil is Candice McLeod on $38,750, and one below Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby on $38,500. Romain Mesnil is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Romain Mesnil has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, 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 Golden Gala has its own page across every edition of it.