Victoria Ohuruogu prize money
Victoria Ohuruogu has been paid $7,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1772nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 400 m | 8th | $500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 400 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| All six | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,500 is six 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.
The Olympic Games
What Victoria Ohuruogu won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2023 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,250 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | London Athletics Meet | $1,250 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $6,250 from four starts. Every season from 2023 to 2024 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,500.
Around Victoria Ohuruogu on the money list
Ranks 1752 to 1792
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1752 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1753 | Elena Andreea Taloș | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1754 | Elle Purrier St. Pierre | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1755 | Gaetan Saku Bafuanga | Men's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1756 | Guillermo Martínez | Men's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1757 | Hayle Ibrahimov | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1758 | Jaheel Hyde | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1759 | Jessica Cérival | Women's shot put | - | $7,500 |
| 1760 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1761 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1762 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1763 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1764 | Michael Rutt | Men's 800 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1765 | Nataliya Semenova | Women's discus throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1766 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,500 |
| 1767 | Peimeng Zhang | two disciplines | - | $7,500 |
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Victoria Ohuruogu is 1772nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Victoria Ohuruogu most
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Candice McLeod, Laviai Nielsen, Helena Ponette, Cynthia Bolingo, Lieke Klaver and Shamier Little.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lynna Irby, Aliyah Abrams, Marileidy Paulino, Natalia Bukowiecka, Lieke Klaver and Candice McLeod.
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $1,250 for 5th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Talitha Diggs, Martina Weil, Ama Pipi, Marileidy Paulino, Candice McLeod and Lynna Irby.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Victoria Ohuruogu won?
$7,500, which ranks 1772nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2023 and 2024.
What is Victoria Ohuruogu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m at the 2023 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Victoria Ohuruogu 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 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 Victoria Ohuruogu 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 Victoria Ohuruogu is Vernon Turner on $7,500, and one below Zahra Bani on $7,500. Victoria Ohuruogu is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Victoria Ohuruogu 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it.