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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · NORWAY

Bislett Games 2011 prize money

The 2011 Bislett Games paid $458,000 across sixteen disciplines at Bislett Stadion, Oslo, 9 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 $458,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 120
DATE 9 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Bislett Games

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Bislett Games.
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 Bislett Games, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL $10,000 $29,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Aries Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $28,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Meseret Defar ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Halima Hachlaf MAR $10,000 $24,000
Men's discus throw Gerd Kanter EST $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Kyriakos Ioannou CYP $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Matthias de Zordo GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's mile Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Fabiana Murer BRA $10,000 $23,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
Women's triple jump Yargelis Savigne CUB $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $458,000

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 120 cheques the 2011 Bislett Games wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Bislett Games, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $29,000
Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 100 m 1st $10,000
Olesya Povh UKR 100 m 2nd $6,000
Ezinne Okparaebo NOR 100 m 3rd $4,000
Mariya Ryemyen UKR 100 m 4th $3,000
Ruddy Zang Milama GAB 100 m 5th $2,500
Stephanie Durst USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Verena Sailer GER 100 m 7th $1,500
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Dwight Thomas JAM 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Joel Brown USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Andrew Turner GBR 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Tyron Akins USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Dominic Berger USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Usain Bolt JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 200 m 2nd $6,000
Mario Forsythe JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Kim Collins SKN 200 m 4th $3,000
Christian Malcolm GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Sebastian Ernst GER 200 m 6th $2,000
Patrick van Luijk NED 200 m 7th $1,500
Brian Dzingai ZWE 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Roba Gari ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Mahiedine Mekhissi FRA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Tarik Langat Akdag KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Bjørnar Ustad Kristensen NOR 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $28,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 1st $10,000
Denisa Rosolová CZE 400 m 2nd $6,000
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Kseniya Zadorina RUS 400 m 4th $3,000
Antonina Krivoshapka RUS 400 m 5th $2,500
Tatyana Firova RUS 400 m 6th annulled -
Janin Lindenberg GER 400 m 7th $1,500
Anna Ryzhykova UKR 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Queen Claye USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Nickiesha Wilson JAM 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Nicole Leach USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Christine Spence USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Josanne Lucas TTO 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Meseret Defar ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Meselech Melkamu ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Emebet Anteneh ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Dolores Checa ESP 5000 m 7th $1,500
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $24,000
Halima Hachlaf MAR 800 m 1st $10,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 2nd annulled -
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Jennifer Meadows GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Lucia Hrivnák Klocová SVK 800 m 6th $2,000
Yvonne Hak NED 800 m 7th $1,500
Ingvill Måkestad NOR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 1st $10,000
Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Märt Israel EST Discus throw 4th $3,000
Zoltán Kővágó HUN Discus throw 5th $2,500
Niklas Arrhenius SWE Discus throw 6th $2,000
Erik Cadée NED Discus throw 7th $1,500
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Kyriakos Ioannou CYP High jump 1st $10,000
Andrey Silnov RUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Raul Spank GER High jump 3rd $4,000
Jaroslav Bába CZE High jump 4th $3,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Osku Torro FIN High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 7th $1,500
Aleksandr Shustov RUS High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Matthias de Zordo GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Robert Oosthuizen RSA Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Till Wöschler GER Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 1st $10,000
Morten Jensen DEN Long jump 2nd $6,000
Louis Tsatoumas GRE Long jump 3rd $4,000
Michel Tornéus SWE Long jump 4th $3,000
Ignisious Gaisah GHA Long jump 5th $2,500
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 6th $2,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 7th $1,500
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's mile · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Haron Keitany KEN Mile 2nd $6,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH Mile 3rd $4,000
Mohammed Shaween KSA Mile 4th $3,000
Jeffrey Riseley AUS Mile 5th $2,500
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN Mile 6th $2,000
Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN Mile 7th $1,500
Andrew Baddeley GBR Mile 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $23,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Aleksandra Kiryashova RUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Anna Rogowska POL Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Monika Pyrek POL Pole vault 4th $3,000
Women's shot put · $24,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR Shot put 2nd annulled -
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Nadine Kleinert GER Shot put 5th $2,500
Xiangrong Liu CHN Shot put 6th $2,000
Helena Engman SWE Shot put 7th $1,500
Kristin Sundsteigen NOR Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Yargelis Savigne CUB Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Mabel Gay CUB Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Katja Demut GER Triple jump 4th $3,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 5th $2,500
Anna Pyatykh RUS Triple jump 6th $2,000
Nadezhda Alyokhina RUS Triple jump 7th $1,500
Khaddi Sagnia SWE Triple jump 8th $1,000

120 payments to 120 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 43 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 Bislett Games money list

120 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Amantle Montsho BOT 1st 400 m $10,000
2 Aries Merritt USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
3 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st mile $10,000
4 Fabiana Murer BRA 1st pole vault $10,000
5 Gerd Kanter EST 1st discus throw $10,000
6 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 1st long jump $10,000
7 Halima Hachlaf MAR 1st 800 m $10,000
8 Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 1st 100 m $10,000
9 Kyriakos Ioannou CYP 1st high jump $10,000
10 Matthias de Zordo GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
11 Meseret Defar ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
12 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
13 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
14 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
15 Yargelis Savigne CUB 1st triple jump $10,000
16 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
17 Aleksandra Kiryashova RUS 2nd pole vault $6,000
18 Andrey Silnov RUS 2nd high jump $6,000
19 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
20 Denisa Rosolová CZE 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Dwight Thomas JAM 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
22 Frank Casanas ESP 2nd discus throw $6,000
23 Haron Keitany KEN 2nd mile $6,000
24 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 2nd 200 m $6,000
25 Morten Jensen DEN 2nd long jump $6,000
26 Olesya Povh UKR 2nd 100 m $6,000
27 Olha Saladukha UKR 2nd triple jump $6,000
28 Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
29 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 2nd javelin throw $6,000
30 Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
Amantle Montsho $10k Aries Merritt $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Fabiana Murer $10k Gerd Kanter $10k Godfrey Khotso Mokoena $10k Halima Hachlaf $10k Ivet Lalova-Collio $10k Kyriakos Ioannou $10k Matthias de Zordo $10k Meseret Defar $10k Paul Kipsiele Koech $10k Usain Bolt $10k Valerie Adams $10k Yargelis Savigne $10k

Amantle Montsho took $10,000 of the $458,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 120; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Bislett Games pay?

$458,000 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $29,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2011 Bislett Games 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. 123 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 120 of them were paid, so 3 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2011 Bislett Games?

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 Bislett Games 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. Bislett Games 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