Sarah Lahti prize money
Sarah Lahti has been paid $750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2000th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 5000 m, 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.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | 5000 m | 10th | — |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 5000 m | 9th | — |
| All three | Women's 5000 m | — | $750 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $750 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Sarah Lahti ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior women's race | 18th | 34:00 | — | — |
Sarah Lahti has run one race here and was paid nothing in her own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | — |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Birmingham Diamond League | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Bauhausgalan | — |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $750 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Sarah Lahti in 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $750.
Around Sarah Lahti on the money list
Ranks 1980 to 2020
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Luca Sito | Men's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 1981 | Luke McCann | Men's 1000 m | — | $750 |
| 1982 | M. P. Jabir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1983 | Mariano García | Men's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1984 | Melwin Lycke Holm | Men's high jump | — | $750 |
| 1985 | N'Ketia Seedo | Women's 100 m | — | $750 |
| 1986 | Naomi Metzger | Women's triple jump | — | $750 |
| 1987 | Netsanet Desta | Women's 1500 m | — | $750 |
| 1988 | Nikoleta Jíchová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1989 | Oleg Zernikel | Men's pole vault | — | $750 |
| 1990 | Oscar Chelimo | Men's 5000 m | — | $750 |
| 1991 | Parinya Chuaimaroeng | Women's triple jump | — | $750 |
| 1992 | Phil Healy | Women's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 1993 | Piotr Tarkowski | Men's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1994 | Rachel Baxter | Women's pole vault | — | $750 |
| 1995 | Rebecca Mehra | Women's mile | — | $750 |
| 1996 | Reynold Banigo | Men's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1997 | Ronda Whyte | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1998 | Saad Hinti | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1999 | Sara Lennman | Women's shot put | — | $750 |
| 2000 | Sarah Lahti | Women's 5000 m | — | $750 |
| 2001 | Subenrat Insaeng | Women's discus throw | — | $750 |
| 2002 | Tadese Worku | Men's 3000 m | — | $750 |
| 2003 | Tigist Ketema | two disciplines | — | $750 |
| 2004 | Vladimir Aceti | Men's 400 m | — | $750 |
| 2005 | Yanis David | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 2006 | Zhu Shenglong | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 2007 | Abdessamad Oukhelfen | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2008 | Alice Mangione | Women's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2009 | Alina Kenzel | Women's shot put | — | $500 |
| 2010 | Amy Cashin | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2011 | Andrea Seccafien | Women's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2012 | Andrzej Kuch | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2013 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2014 | Ashraf Osman | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2015 | Aurore Fleury | Women's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2016 | Bérénice Petit | Women's pole vault | — | $500 |
| 2017 | Britt Weerman | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2018 | Caisa-Marie Lindfors | Women's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2019 | Camille Séri | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2020 | Carla Gallardo | Women's 5000 m | — | $500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sarah Lahti is 2000th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sarah Lahti most
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $750 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Carla Gallardo, Rose Davies, Marta García, Dawit Seyaum, Hawi Feysa and Fantu Worku.
Bauhausgalan 2023 paid $0 for 10th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maureen Koster, Tsiyon Abebe, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Beatrice Chebet, Lemlem Hailu and Medina Eisa.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $0 for 9th in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hellen Obiri, Fantu Worku, Margaret Kipkemboi, Eilish McColgan, Beatrice Chebet and Yasemin Can.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sarah Lahti won?
$750, which ranks 2000th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2021 and 2023.
What is Sarah Lahti's biggest Diamond League payday?
$750, for finishing 7th in the 5000 m at the 2022 Birmingham Diamond League. 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 Sarah Lahti 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 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 Sarah Lahti ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Sarah Lahti earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Sarah Lahti is Sara Lennman on $750, and one below Subenrat Insaeng on $750. Sarah Lahti is one of 47 Sweden athletes athletics has paid, and Sweden athletics prize money adds them up to $1,899,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Sarah Lahti 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior women's race page.