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DIAMOND LEAGUE · KEN · MEN'S 5000 M · 2010 to 2012

Sammy Alex Mutahi prize money

Sammy Alex Mutahi has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1934th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m, and it was 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.

DIAMOND LEAGUE $6,000
BIGGEST PAYDAY $6,000
WINS 0
MEETINGS PAID 1
MONEY LIST #1934

Every payment

Where he finished, and what the card paid for it

2 starts
Every Diamond League meeting on this site that Sammy Alex Mutahi finished, the discipline, the place and what it paid.
MEETING DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 Shanghai 5000 m Diamond League 8th annulled -
Golden Gala 2010 Rome 5000 m Diamond League 2nd $6,000
All two Men's 5000 m - $6,000

The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.

Season by season

2010 to 2012, in the order it was won

2 of 3 paid
SEASON STARTS WINS BIGGEST PAID
2010 1 - Golden Gala 2nd, 5000 m $6,000
2011 - - - -
2012 1 - Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 8th, 5000 m -

season running total

2010 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Sammy Alex Mutahi in 2011 and 2012, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.

Around Sammy Alex Mutahi on the money list

Ranks 1914 to 1954

41 of 3,683
# ATHLETE DISCIPLINE WINS PAID
1914 Laura Galván MEX two disciplines - $6,000
1915 Lavanya Williams JAM Women's 100 m - $6,000
1916 Luis Castro PUR Men's high jump - $6,000
1917 Marcelina Witek-Konofał POL Women's javelin throw - $6,000
1918 Mariem Alaoui Selsouli MAR Women's 1500 m - $6,000
1919 Mekdes Bekele ETH Women's 3000 m steeplechase - $6,000
1920 Melker Svärd Jacobsson SWE Men's pole vault - $6,000
1921 Muriel Hurtis FRA Women's 400 m - $6,000
1922 Nick Ponzio ITA Men's shot put - $6,000
1923 Nicolas-Marie Daru FRA Men's 3000 m steeplechase - $6,000
1924 Niklas Arrhenius SWE two disciplines - $6,000
1925 Pablo Torrijos ESP Men's triple jump - $6,000
1926 Plamena Mitkova BUL Women's long jump - $6,000
1927 Poļina Jeļizarova LAT Women's 3000 m steeplechase - $6,000
1928 Ramon Miller BAH Men's 400 m - $6,000
1929 Ruddy Zang Milama GAB Women's 100 m - $6,000
1930 Ruky Abdulai CAN Women's long jump - $6,000
1931 Russell Robinson USA Men's triple jump - $6,000
1932 Sadik Mikhou BRN three disciplines - $6,000
1933 Sahily Diago Mesa CUB Women's 800 m - $6,000
1934 Sammy Alex Mutahi KEN Men's 5000 m - $6,000
1935 Sara Aerts BEL Women's 100 m hurdles - $6,000
1936 Sergey Morgunov RUS Men's long jump - $6,000
1937 Sophie McKinna GBR Women's shot put - $6,000
1938 Tahesia Harrigan-Scott IVB Women's 100 m - $6,000
1939 Thijmen Kupers NED Men's 800 m - $6,000
1940 Tori Polk USA Women's long jump - $6,000
1941 Tuğba Danışmaz TUR Women's triple jump - $6,000
1942 Tynia Gaither BAH Women's 200 m - $6,000
1943 Vonette Dixon JAM Women's 100 m hurdles - $6,000
1944 Yelizaveta Bryzgina UKR Women's 200 m - $6,000
1945 Youcef Abdi AUS Men's 3000 m steeplechase - $6,000
1946 Yulenmis Aguilar ESP Women's javelin throw - $6,000
1947 Axelina Johansson SWE Women's shot put - $5,750
1948 Bassant Hemida EGY two disciplines - $5,750
1949 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre GER Men's pole vault - $5,750
1950 Cornelius Tuwei KEN Men's 800 m - $5,750
1951 Diondre Batson USA Men's 100 m - $5,750
1952 Karissa Schweizer USA three disciplines - $5,750
1953 Rohan Browning AUS Men's 100 m - $5,750
1954 Abubaker Haydar Abdalla QAT Men's 800 m - $5,500

Who else was in the money

The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sammy Alex Mutahi most

two races

Golden Gala 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Tariku Bekele, Vincent Kiprop Chepkok, Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio, Teklemariam Medhin and Bekana Daba.

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $0 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, John Kipkoech, Vincent Kiprop Chepkok, Kenenisa Bekele and Yenew Alamirew.

Frequently asked questions

How much Diamond League prize money has Sammy Alex Mutahi won?

$6,000, which ranks 1934th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2010 and 2012.

What is Sammy Alex Mutahi's biggest Diamond League payday?

$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2010 Golden Gala. 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 Sammy Alex Mutahi 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 Sammy Alex Mutahi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?

One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.

Is this everything Sammy Alex Mutahi 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 Sammy Alex Mutahi is Sahily Diago Mesa on $6,000, and one below Sara Aerts on $6,000. Sammy Alex Mutahi is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 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 Sammy Alex Mutahi 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.