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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · ITALY

Golden Gala 2011 prize money

The 2011 Golden Gala paid $466,000 across sixteen disciplines at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 26 May 2011. Allyson Felix walked out with the most of it, $13,000 from two disciplines.

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 $466,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 124
DATE 26 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Golden Gala

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Golden Gala.
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 2011 Golden Gala, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Dawn Harper-Nelson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Bianca Knight USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Milcah Chemos KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles LJ van Zyl RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Imane Merga ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Khadevis Robinson USA $10,000 $26,000
Women's discus throw Yarelis Barrios CUB $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Blanka Vlašić CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Mariya Abakumova RUS $0 $20,000
Women's long jump Brittney Reese USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Dylan Armstrong CAN $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Phillips Idowu GBR $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $466,000

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 126 cheques the 2011 Golden Gala wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Golden Gala, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Usain Bolt JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Christophe Lemaitre FRA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 4th $3,000
Richard Thompson TTO 100 m 5th $2,500
Rae Monzavous Edwards USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Mario Forsythe JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Lerone Clarke JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kellie Wells USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Lisa Urech SUI 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Christina Vukicevic NOR 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Perdita Felicien CAN 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ginnie Crawford USA 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Meskerem Assefa ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Gelete Burka ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Anna Mishchenko UKR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Nancy Jebet Langat KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Christin Wurth-Thomas USA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Irene Jelagat KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 200 m 3rd $4,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Charonda Williams USA 200 m 6th $2,000
LaShauntea Moore USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer RUS 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
Habiba Ghribi TUN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Birtukan Adamu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hatti Archer GBR 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Sara Hall USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Bridget Franek USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Allyson Felix USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Debbie Dunn USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Marta Milani ITA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Greene GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Johnny Dutch USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Rhys Williams GBR 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Imane Merga ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Sileshi Sihine ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Mark Kosgei Kiptoo KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Lucas Kimeli Rotich KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Abera Kuma ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $26,000
Khadevis Robinson USA 800 m 1st $10,000
Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Mohammed Khalaf al Azemi KUW 800 m 3rd annulled -
Asbel Kiprop KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
David Mutinda Mutua KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Richard Kiplagat KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Duane Solomon USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Yarelis Barrios CUB Discus throw 1st $10,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Yanfeng Li CHN Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Żaneta Glanc POL Discus throw 5th $2,500
Nicoleta Grasu ROU Discus throw 6th $2,000
Laura Bordignon ITA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Becky Breisch USA Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Blanka Vlašić CRO High jump 1st $10,000
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 2nd $6,000
Mélanie Melfort FRA High jump 3rd $4,000
Vita Styopina UKR High jump 4th $3,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 5th $2,500
Emma Green SWE High jump 6th $2,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 7th $1,500
Nadiya Dusanova UZB High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $20,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 1st annulled -
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Zahra Bani ITA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin FRA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Concepción Montaner ESP Long jump 5th $2,500
Tatyana Kotova RUS Long jump 6th $2,000
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 7th $1,500
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Maksym Mazuryk UKR Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Romain Mesnil FRA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault =5th shared four ways $1,750
Tim Lobinger GER Pole vault =5th shared four ways $1,750
Jérôme Clavier FRA Pole vault =5th shared four ways $1,750
Derek Miles USA Pole vault =5th shared four ways $1,750
Men's shot put · $30,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 1st $10,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Adam Nelson USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Pavel Lyzhyn BLR Shot put 7th $1,500
Cory Martin USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Phillips Idowu GBR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Christian Olsson SWE Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Alexis Copello CUB Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Leevan Sands BAH Triple jump 4th $3,000
Fabrizio Schembri ITA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Fabrizio Donato ITA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Marian Oprea ROU Triple jump 8th $1,000

126 payments to 124 athletes, because two of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 36 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 Golden Gala money list

124 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Allyson Felix USA 1st 400 m $13,000
2 Bianca Knight USA 1st 200 m $10,000
3 Blanka Vlašić CRO 1st high jump $10,000
4 Brittney Reese USA 1st long jump $10,000
5 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
6 Dylan Armstrong CAN 1st shot put $10,000
7 Imane Merga ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
8 Khadevis Robinson USA 1st 800 m $10,000
9 L. J. van Zyl RSA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
10 Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 1st 1500 m $10,000
11 Milcah Chemos KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
12 Phillips Idowu GBR 1st triple jump $10,000
13 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
14 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
15 Yarelis Barrios CUB 1st discus throw $10,000
16 Amantle Montsho BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
17 Asafa Powell JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
18 Christian Olsson SWE 2nd triple jump $6,000
19 Christina Obergföll GER 2nd javelin throw $6,000
20 David Greene GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
21 Funmi Jimoh USA 2nd long jump $6,000
22 Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
23 Kellie Wells USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
24 Kerron Stewart JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
25 Levern Spencer LCA 2nd high jump $6,000
26 Malte Mohr GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
27 Mbulaeni Mulaudzi RSA 2nd 800 m $6,000
28 Meskerem Assefa ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
29 Nadine Müller GER 2nd discus throw $6,000
30 Sofia Assefa ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
Allyson Felix $13k Bianca Knight $10k Blanka Vlašić $10k Brittney Reese $10k Dawn Harper-Nelson $10k Dylan Armstrong $10k Imane Merga $10k Khadevis Robinson $10k L. J. van Zyl $10k Maryam Yusuf Jamal $10k Milcah Chemos $10k Phillips Idowu $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Usain Bolt $10k Yarelis Barrios $10k

Allyson Felix took $13,000 of the $466,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 124; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Golden Gala pay?

$466,000 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 2011 Golden Gala 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 126 of them were paid, so 2 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2011 Golden Gala?

Allyson Felix, on $13,000 from two disciplines. Two athletes were paid more than once at this meeting.

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 Golden Gala 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. Golden Gala 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