Serhiy Smelyk prize money
Serhiy Smelyk has been paid $11,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1513th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 200 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| DN Galan 2013 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| All two | Men's 200 m | - | $11,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,500 is two 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.
Season by season
2013 to 2014, in the order it was won
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. Every season from 2013 to 2014 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,500.
Around Serhiy Smelyk on the money list
Ranks 1493 to 1533
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1493 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1494 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
| 1515 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1516 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1517 | Carolin Hingst | Women's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1518 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
| 1519 | JaCorian Duffield | Men's high jump | 1 | $11,250 |
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Serhiy Smelyk is 1513th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Serhiy Smelyk most
DN Galan 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaysuma Saidy Ndure, Rasheed Dwyer, James Ellington, Isiah Young, Mario Forsythe and Bruno Hortelano-Roig.
Weltklasse Zürich 2014 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: James Ellington, Alonso Edward, Nickel Ashmeade, Rasheed Dwyer, Christophe Lemaitre and Churandy Martina.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Serhiy Smelyk won?
$11,500, which ranks 1513th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2013 and 2014.
What is Serhiy Smelyk's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2013 DN Galan. 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 Serhiy Smelyk 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 200 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Serhiy Smelyk won?
One of two, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Serhiy Smelyk 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 Serhiy Smelyk is Salima el Ouali Alami on $11,500, and one below Tatyana Kotova on $11,500. Serhiy Smelyk is one of 56 Ukraine athletes athletics has paid, and Ukraine athletics prize money adds them up to $2,339,600 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Serhiy Smelyk 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.