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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2010 · BEL

Memorial Van Damme 2010 prize money

The 2010 Memorial Van Damme paid $474,000 across sixteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 27 August 2010. Sixteen athletes left with the biggest cheque of the day, $10,000 each.

The Diamond League pays by finishing place. One card sets what first through eighth is worth and the same figure applies in every discipline on it, so the tables below are the same ladder sixteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $474,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 127
DATE 27 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme.
PLACE DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $10,000 33.3%
2nd $6,000 20.0%
3rd $4,000 13.3%
4th $3,000 10.0%
5th $2,500 8.3%
6th $2,000 6.7%
7th $1,500 5.0%
8th $1,000 3.3%
All eight $30,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $10k
2nd $6,000
3rd $4,000
4th $3,000
5th $2,500
6th $2,000
7th $1,500
8th $1,000

First place takes 33% of what a discipline pays out and eighth takes 3.3%. That ladder is repeated sixteen times at this meeting and it is the whole of how the Diamond League pays: no appearance money, no record bonus, nothing for ninth. Where athletes tie, they take the places they occupy between them, the money for those places is added up and split equally, and the meeting's total does not move. Four athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Tyson Gay USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Priscilla Schliep CAN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Sofia Assefa ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Bershawn Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m David Rudisha KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Janeth Jepkosgei KEN $10,000 $24,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Blanka Vlašić CRO $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Malte Mohr GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Reese Hoffa USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Teddy Tamgho FRA $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova KAZ $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $474,000

Every discipline on the same tier pays out the identical amount, so the last column is one figure repeated rather than a ranking. What differs between the rows is who was standing in each place when it was handed over.

Every payment

All 127 cheques the 2010 Memorial Van Damme wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Tyson Gay USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Yohan Blake JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Daniel Bailey ANT 100 m 4th $3,000
Richard Thompson TTO 100 m 5th $2,500
Mario Forsythe JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Trell Kimmons USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Dexter Lee JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Priscilla Schliep CAN 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Perdita Felicien CAN 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Queen Claye USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Lolo Jones USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Derval O'Rourke IRL 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Christina Vukicevic NOR 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Leonel Manzano USA 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 4th $3,000
Thomas Lancashire GBR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Carsten Schlangen GER 1500 m 7th $1,500
Collis Birmingham AUS 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Shalonda Solomon USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer RUS 200 m 4th $3,000
Kelly-Ann Baptiste TTO 200 m 5th $2,500
Yelizaveta Bryzgina UKR 200 m 6th $2,000
Porscha Lucas USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Olivia Borlée BEL 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Milcah Chemos KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Almaz Ayana ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Mekdes Bekele ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Lisa Aguilera USA 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Katarzyna Kowalska POL 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Birtukan Adamu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Greene GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Michael Bultheel BEL 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Sébastien Maillard FRA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Elvan Abeylegesse TUR 5000 m 5th $2,500
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Ines Chenonge KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Meselech Melkamu ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
David Rudisha KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Abubaker Kaki SUD 800 m 2nd $6,000
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 4th $3,000
Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
David Mutinda Mutua KEN 800 m =6th shared two ways $1,750
Antonio Manuel Reina ESP 800 m =6th shared two ways $1,750
Duane Solomon USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $24,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 2nd annulled -
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Alysia Montaño USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Jennifer Meadows GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Anna Willard USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Elisa Cusma ITA 800 m 7th $1,500
Tintu Luka IND 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Yarelis Barrios CUB Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Yanfeng Li CHN Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 4th $3,000
Nicoleta Grasu ROU Discus throw 5th $2,500
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Becky Breisch USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Joanna Wiśniewska POL Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Blanka Vlašić CRO High jump 1st $10,000
Antonietta di Martino ITA High jump 2nd $6,000
Emma Green SWE High jump 3rd $4,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 4th $3,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 5th $2,500
Irina Gordeyeva RUS High jump 6th $2,000
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 7th $1,500
Ana Šimić CRO High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Matthias de Zordo GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Jarrod Bannister AUS Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Teemu Wirkkala FIN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Ainars Kovals LAT Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 1st $10,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Maksym Mazuryk UKR Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Fabian Schulze GER Pole vault 4th $3,000
Derek Miles USA Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Steven Hooker AUS Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Giuseppe Gibilisco ITA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Łukasz Michalski POL Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 3rd $4,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 4th $3,000
Adam Nelson USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Cory Martin USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Dorian Scott JAM Shot put 7th $1,500
Wim Blondeel BEL Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Teddy Tamgho FRA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Alexis Copello CUB Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Christian Olsson SWE Triple jump 3rd $4,000
David Girat CUB Triple jump 4th $3,000
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Nathan Douglas GBR Triple jump 6th $2,000
Marian Oprea ROU Triple jump 7th $1,500
Randy Lewis GRN Triple jump 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 1st $10,000
Yargelis Savigne CUB Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 4th $3,000
Snežana Vukmirovič SLO Triple jump 5th $2,500
Svetlana Bolshakova BEL Triple jump 6th $2,000
Nadezhda Alyokhina RUS Triple jump 7th $1,500
Anna Pyatykh RUS Triple jump 8th $1,000

127 payments to 127 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 37 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2010 Memorial Van Damme money list

127 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Allyson Felix USA 1st 200 m $10,000
2 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 1st javelin throw $10,000
3 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
4 Bershawn Jackson USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
5 Blanka Vlašić CRO 1st high jump $10,000
6 David Rudisha KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
7 Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
8 Malte Mohr GER 1st pole vault $10,000
9 Olga Rypakova KAZ 1st triple jump $10,000
10 Priscilla Schliep CAN 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
11 Reese Hoffa USA 1st shot put $10,000
12 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
13 Sofia Assefa ETH 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
14 Teddy Tamgho FRA 1st triple jump $10,000
15 Tyson Gay USA 1st 100 m $10,000
16 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
17 Abubaker Kaki SUD 2nd 800 m $6,000
18 Alexis Copello AZE 2nd triple jump $6,000
19 Antonietta di Martino ITA 2nd high jump $6,000
20 Christian Cantwell USA 2nd shot put $6,000
21 David Greene GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
22 Leonel Manzano USA 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Milcah Chemos KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
25 Nesta Carter JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
26 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 2nd pole vault $6,000
27 Sally Pearson AUS 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
28 Shalonda Solomon USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
29 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
30 Yarelis Barrios CUB 2nd discus throw $6,000
Allyson Felix $10k Andreas Thorkildsen $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Bershawn Jackson $10k Blanka Vlašić $10k David Rudisha $10k Janeth Jepkosgei $10k Malte Mohr $10k Olga Rypakova $10k Priscilla Schliep $10k Reese Hoffa $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Sofia Assefa $10k Teddy Tamgho $10k Tyson Gay $10k

Allyson Felix took $10,000 of the $474,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 127; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2010 Memorial Van Damme pay?

$474,000 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme pay?

$10,000. That is 33% of what the discipline pays out in total, and it is the same figure whether the win came in the 100 m or the javelin.

How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing. 128 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 127 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme?

Sixteen athletes tied at the top on $10,000 each, because the series pays by finishing place and by nothing else: a win in the shot put is worth exactly what a win in the 100 m is. Every athlete paid here was paid once, because nobody doubled up.

How is a tie paid at the Diamond League?

The tied athletes take the places they occupy and the money for all of those places is added up and split equally. Four athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why four figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Memorial Van Damme worth more than a normal Diamond League meeting?

No. It is a series meeting and it pays the series card, which is the same card every other series meeting of 2010 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2010 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $6,553,000, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it, and the other fifteen are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011.

The meetings either side of this one