Sara Petersen prize money
Sara Petersen has been paid $48,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 635th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, the best of them 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.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $1,250 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $5,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2016 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2015 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | 400 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All thirteen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,750 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $18,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $14,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $14,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $1,000 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,250 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Sara Petersen in 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,750.
Around Sara Petersen on the money list
Ranks 615 to 655
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sara Petersen is 635th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sara Petersen most
Memorial Van Damme 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kaliese Carter, Zuzana Hejnová, Eilidh Doyle, Wenda Nel, Jaide Stepter Baynes and Hanna Titimets.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kemi Adekoya, Cassandra Tate, Wenda Nel, Georganne Moline, Janieve Russell and Aurelie Chaboudez.
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cassandra Tate, Georganne Moline, Wenda Nel, Eilidh Doyle, Tiffany Williams and Elise Malmberg.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sara Petersen won?
$48,750, which ranks 635th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2015 and 2021.
What is Sara Petersen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme. 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 Sara Petersen gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 400 m hurdles 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 Sara Petersen 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 her, 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 Sara Petersen is Kemi Adekoya on $49,000, and one below Max Heß on $48,500. Sara Petersen is one of 14 Denmark athletes athletics has paid, and Denmark athletics prize money adds them up to $117,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sara Petersen has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she 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.