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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · SWITZERLAND

Athletissima 2011 prize money

The 2011 Athletissima paid $472,500 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 30 June 2011. 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 $472,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 122
DATE 30 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Athletissima.
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. Two athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2011 Athletissima, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Asafa Powell JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Sally Pearson AUS $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Morgan Uceny USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Mariya Ryemyen UKR $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Milcah Chemos KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $29,000
Men's 400 m hurdles David Greene GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m David Rudisha KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Yarelis Barrios CUB $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Anna Chicherova RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen NOR $10,000 $29,000
Women's long jump Brittney Reese USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $29,000
Men's shot put Christian Cantwell USA $10,000 $25,500
Men's triple jump Teddy Tamgho FRA $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $472,500

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 122 cheques the 2011 Athletissima wrote

122 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Athletissima, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Michael Frater JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Christophe Lemaitre FRA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 100 m 5th $2,500
Churandy Martina NED 100 m 6th $2,000
Felix Göltl GER 100 m 7th $1,500
Pascal Mancini SUI 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ginnie Crawford USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Lisa Urech SUI 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kellie Wells USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Derval O'Rourke IRL 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Delloreen Ennis JAM 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Morgan Uceny USA 1500 m 1st $10,000
Anna Mishchenko UKR 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Hind Dehiba Chahyd FRA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Kalkidan Gezahegne ETH 1500 m 5th $2,500
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Irene Jelagat KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Meskerem Assefa ETH 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Mariya Ryemyen UKR 200 m 1st $10,000
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 200 m 2nd $6,000
Olesya Povh UKR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Cydonie Mothersill CAY 200 m 4th $3,000
LaShauntea Moore USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Myriam Soumaré FRA 200 m 6th $2,000
Yuliya Gushchina RUS 200 m 7th $1,500
Natalia Pohrebniak UKR 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Milcah Chemos KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Habiba Ghribi TUN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Birtukan Adamu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Birtukan Fente Alemu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Fionnuala McCormack IRL 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $29,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 1st $10,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Antonina Yefremova UKR 400 m 4th $3,000
Debbie Dunn USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 6th $2,000
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
David Greene GBR 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Kerron Clement USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Félix Sánchez DOM 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Cornel Fredericks RSA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Kurt Leone Couto MOZ 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Imane Merga ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Eliud Kipchoge KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Chesari Kirui Jacob KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Abera Kuma ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Mark Kosgei Kiptoo KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Tariku Bekele ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
David Rudisha KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 2nd $6,000
Amine Laalou MAR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Richard Kiplagat KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Bram Som NED 800 m 7th $1,500
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Yarelis Barrios CUB Discus throw 1st $10,000
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Kateryna Karsak UKR Discus throw 5th $2,500
Nicoleta Grasu ROU Discus throw 6th $2,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Yarisley Collado CUB Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 1st $10,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Vita Styopina UKR High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Mélanie Melfort FRA High jump 4th $3,000
Emma Green SWE High jump 5th $2,500
Blanka Vlašić CRO High jump 6th $2,000
Irina Gordeyeva RUS High jump 7th $1,500
Beatrice Lundmark SUI High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $29,000
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Sergey Makarov RUS Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Matthias de Zordo GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · $30,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Darya Klishina RUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 4th $3,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 6th $2,000
Veronika Shutkova BLR Long jump 7th $1,500
Concepción Montaner ESP Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $29,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Lázaro Borges CUB Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 4th $3,000
Fabian Schulze GER Pole vault 5th $2,500
Damiel Dossevi FRA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Igor Pavlov RUS Pole vault 7th $1,500
Men's shot put · $25,500
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 3rd $4,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Māris Urtāns LAT Shot put 5th $2,500
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Teddy Tamgho FRA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Phillips Idowu GBR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Alexis Copello CUB Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Marian Oprea ROU Triple jump 4th $3,000
David Girat CUB Triple jump 5th $2,500
Christian Olsson SWE Triple jump 6th $2,000
Leevan Sands BAH Triple jump 7th $1,500
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 8th $1,000

122 payments to 122 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 33 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2011 Athletissima money list

122 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Amantle Montsho BOT 1st 400 m $10,000
2 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 1st javelin throw $10,000
3 Anna Chicherova RUS 1st high jump $10,000
4 Asafa Powell JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
5 Brittney Reese USA 1st long jump $10,000
6 Christian Cantwell USA 1st shot put $10,000
7 David Greene GBR 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 David Rudisha KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
9 Mariya Ryemyen UKR 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Milcah Chemos KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
11 Morgan Uceny USA 1st 1500 m $10,000
12 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
13 Sally Pearson AUS 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
14 Teddy Tamgho FRA 1st triple jump $10,000
15 Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
16 Yarelis Barrios CUB 1st discus throw $10,000
17 Anna Mishchenko UKR 2nd 1500 m $6,000
18 Aretha D. Thurmond USA 2nd discus throw $6,000
19 Danielle Carruthers USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
20 Darya Klishina ANA 2nd long jump $6,000
21 Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 2nd 200 m $6,000
22 Imane Merga ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
23 Javier Culson PUR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
24 Malte Mohr GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
25 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2nd 800 m $6,000
26 Michael Frater JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
27 Phillips Idowu GBR 2nd triple jump $6,000
28 Ryan Whiting USA 2nd shot put $6,000
29 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
30 Sergey Makarov RUS 2nd javelin throw $6,000
Amantle Montsho $10k Andreas Thorkildsen $10k Anna Chicherova $10k Asafa Powell $10k Brittney Reese $10k Christian Cantwell $10k David Greene $10k David Rudisha $10k Mariya Ryemyen $10k Milcah Chemos $10k Morgan Uceny $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Sally Pearson $10k Teddy Tamgho $10k Vincent Kiprop Chepkok $10k

Amantle Montsho took $10,000 of the $472,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 122; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Athletissima pay?

$472,500 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 2011 Athletissima 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. 122 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 122 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2011 Athletissima?

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. Two athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why two figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Athletissima 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 2011 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2011 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $6,550,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Athletissima 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 2010.

The meetings either side of this one