Samuel Chelanga prize money
Samuel Chelanga has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3463rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m, and it was 8th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 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 Samuel Chelanga on the money list
Ranks 3443 to 3483
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3443 | Polina Lukyanenkova | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3444 | Rachel Dincoff | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3445 | Rashid Al-Mannai | Men's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3446 | Raven Clay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3447 | Rebecca Peake | Women's shot put | - | $1,000 |
| 3448 | Remi Rougetet | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3449 | Rhesa Foster | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3450 | Richard Strachan | Men's 400 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3451 | Rihab Dhahri | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3452 | Rikkoi Brathwaite | Men's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3453 | Robin Erewa | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3454 | Robin Ganter | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3455 | Rožle Prezelj | Men's high jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3456 | Rytis Sakalauskas | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3457 | Sabine Rumpf | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3458 | Sachin Yadav | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3459 | Saleh Abdelaziz al Haddad | Men's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3460 | Salif Mane | Men's triple jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3461 | Sam Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3462 | Sam Humphreys | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3463 | Samuel Chelanga | Men's 5000 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3464 | Sanna Kämäräinen | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3465 | Sanni Utriainen | Women's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3466 | Sébastien Maillard | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3467 | Shivpal Singh | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3468 | Silinda Morales | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3469 | Silvan Wicki | Men's 100 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3470 | Simon Denissel | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3471 | Sintayehu Vissa | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3472 | Siyu Gu | Women's discus throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3473 | Spiridon Lempesis | Men's javelin throw | - | $1,000 |
| 3474 | Stine Tomb | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3475 | Sudha Singh | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3476 | Sultan Abdulmajeed al Hebshi | Men's shot put | - | $1,000 |
| 3477 | Sydney Siame | Men's 200 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3478 | Takele Nigate | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3479 | Tan Mengyi | Women's long jump | - | $1,000 |
| 3480 | Taylor Milne | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,000 |
| 3481 | TeJyrica Robinson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $1,000 |
| 3482 | Teshome Dirirsa | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,000 |
| 3483 | Theo Blundell | Men's 800 m | - | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Samuel Chelanga is 3463rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Samuel Chelanga most
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mo Farah, Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Galen Rupp, Kenenisa Bekele, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa and John Kipkoech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Samuel Chelanga won?
$1,000, which ranks 3463rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2012.
What is Samuel Chelanga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 5000 m at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Samuel Chelanga 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.
Is this everything Samuel Chelanga 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 Samuel Chelanga is Sam Humphreys on $1,000, and one below Sanna Kämäräinen on $1,000. Samuel Chelanga 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 Samuel Chelanga 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.