Tobias Grønstad prize money
Tobias Grønstad has been paid $9,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1623rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 800 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,500 is four 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.
Around Tobias Grønstad on the money list
Ranks 1603 to 1643
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tobias Grønstad is 1623rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tobias Grønstad most
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Pattison, Eliott Crestan, Louey Ouerrat, Yanis Meziane, Gabriel Tual and Mohamed Attaoui.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Peter Bol, Eliott Crestan, Gabriel Tual, Mohamed Attaoui, Cooper Lutkenhaus and Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Slimane Moula, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Djamel Sedjati, Yanis Meziane, Marco Arop and Ben Pattison.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tobias Grønstad won?
$9,500, which ranks 1623rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes in 2026.
What is Tobias Grønstad's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 800 m at the 2026 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tobias Grønstad 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 800 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 Tobias Grønstad 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 Tobias Grønstad is Teahna Daniels on $9,500, and one below Wilfried Koffi Hua on $9,500. Tobias Grønstad is one of 64 Norway athletes athletics has paid, and Norway athletics prize money adds them up to $2,108,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tobias Grønstad has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.