Telahun Haile Bekele prize money
Telahun Haile Bekele has been paid $61,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 248th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, two of them wins.
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
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $61,750 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the 21 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Telahun Haile Bekele
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 15 | 2 | 2019 to 2025 | $53,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 6 | — | 2022 to 2024 | $8,750 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Telahun Haile Bekele $53,000 of the $61,750, which is 86% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $22,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | — |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | Bislett Games | $11,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $14,250 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $12,250 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Herculis EBS | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $22,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Telahun Haile Bekele in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $61,750.
Around Telahun Haile Bekele on the money list
Ranks 228 to 268
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 235 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $66,250 |
| 236 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 237 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $65,750 |
| 238 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | — | $65,250 |
| 239 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | — | $65,000 |
| 240 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
| 242 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 4 | $64,000 |
| 243 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $63,500 |
| 244 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 245 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 6 | $63,500 |
| 246 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $63,250 |
| 247 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 248 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $61,750 |
| 249 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 250 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 5 | $61,000 |
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Telahun Haile Bekele is 248th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $61,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Telahun Haile Bekele most
Bislett Games 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Samuel Tefera, Getnet Wale, Joe Klecker, Milkesa Mengesha, Jack Rayner and Adel Mechaal.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Selemon Barega, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Birhanu Balew, Abadi Hadis, Mohammed Ahmed and Edward Zakayo Pingua.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kimeli, Yomif Kejelcha, Isaac Kimeli, Jacob Krop, Cornelius Kemboi and Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Telahun Haile Bekele won?
$61,750, which ranks 248th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Telahun Haile Bekele's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2022 Bislett Games. 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 Telahun Haile Bekele 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Telahun Haile Bekele won?
Two of 21, worth $20,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $17,000.
Has Telahun Haile Bekele ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Telahun Haile Bekele earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Telahun Haile Bekele is Ditaji Kambundji on $62,250, and one below Kishane Thompson on $61,250. Telahun Haile Bekele is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Telahun Haile Bekele has been paid in two 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.