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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · UNITED STATES

Prefontaine Classic 2011 prize money

The 2011 Prefontaine Classic paid $462,000 across sixteen disciplines at Hayward Field, Eugene, 4 June 2011. Fifteen 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 $462,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 123
DATE 4 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic.
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 Prefontaine Classic, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Carmelita Jeter USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles David Oliver USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Walter Dix USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Angelo Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Lashinda Demus USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Kenia Sinclair JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Robert Harting GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Raul Spank GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Christina Obergföll GER $10,000 $24,000
Men's long jump Greg Rutherford GBR $10,000 $29,000
Men's mile Haron Keitany KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Anna Rogowska POL $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR $0 $19,000
Women's triple jump Olha Saladukha UKR $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $462,000

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 124 cheques the 2011 Prefontaine Classic wrote

126 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Marshevet Hooker USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Sherone Simpson JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Alexandria Anderson USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 7th $1,500
Lauryn Williams USA 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Xiang Liu CHN 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Andrew Turner GBR 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ashton Eaton USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Dongpeng Shi CHN 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Ronnie Ash USA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Walter Dix USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 200 m 2nd $6,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 3rd $4,000
Rondel Sorrillo TTO 200 m 4th $3,000
Xavier Carter USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Emmanuel Callender TTO 200 m 6th $2,000
Trell Kimmons USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Leroy Dixon USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Roba Gari ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Ruben Ramolefi RSA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Daniel Huling USA 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Kyle Alcorn USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Billy Nelson USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Ben Bruce USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Jeremy Wariner USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 3rd $4,000
David Neville USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Michael Bingham GBR 400 m 5th $2,500
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Josh Scott USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Oscar Pistorius RSA 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Lashinda Demus USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Sheena Johnson-Tosta USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Josanne Lucas TTO 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
Mercy Cherono KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Pauline Chemning Korikwiang KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Shalane Flanagan USA 5000 m 6th $2,000
Wude Ayalew ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Esther Chemtai KEN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Kenia Sinclair JAM 800 m 1st $10,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Alysia Montaño USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Geena Gall USA 800 m 5th $2,500
Phoebe Wright USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Anna Willard USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Maggie Vessey USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Robert Harting GER Discus throw 1st $10,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 4th $3,000
Jason Young USA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Ian Waltz USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Zoltán Kővágó HUN Discus throw 7th $1,500
Casey Malone USA Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Raul Spank GER High jump 1st $10,000
Andrey Silnov RUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Dusty Jonas USA High jump 4th $3,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 5th $2,500
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 6th $2,000
Kyriakos Ioannou CYP High jump 7th $1,500
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $24,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 2nd annulled -
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Rachel Buciarski USA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $29,000
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 1st $10,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Sebastian Bayer GER Long jump 3rd $4,000
Tyrone Smith BER Long jump 4th $3,000
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 5th $2,500
Ashton Eaton USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Jeremy Hicks USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Men's mile · $30,000
Haron Keitany KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN Mile 2nd $6,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 3rd $4,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH Mile 4th $3,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN Mile 5th $2,500
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN Mile 6th $2,000
Yenew Alamirew ETH Mile 7th $1,500
Mohamed Moustaoui MAR Mile 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Anna Rogowska POL Pole vault 1st $10,000
Svetlana Feofanova RUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Lacy Janson USA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Carolin Hingst GER Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Kylie Hutson USA Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Becky Holliday Ward USA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Mary Saxer USA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $19,000
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR Shot put 1st annulled -
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 3rd $4,000
Anna Avdeyeva RUS Shot put 4th $3,000
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 5th $2,500
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Sarah Stevens-Walker USA Shot put 7th $1,500
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Blessing Ufodiama USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Anna Pyatykh RUS Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Nadezhda Alyokhina RUS Triple jump 4th $3,000
Anastasiya Potapova RUS Triple jump 5th $2,500
Shakeema Walker-Welsch USA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Toni Smith USA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko RUS Triple jump 8th $1,000

124 payments to 123 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 30 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Angelo Taylor USA 1st 400 m $10,000
2 Anna Rogowska POL 1st pole vault $10,000
3 Carmelita Jeter USA 1st 100 m $10,000
4 Christina Obergföll GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
5 David Oliver USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
6 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
7 Greg Rutherford GBR 1st long jump $10,000
8 Haron Keitany KEN 1st mile $10,000
9 Kenia Sinclair JAM 1st 800 m $10,000
10 Lashinda Demus USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
11 Olha Saladukha UKR 1st triple jump $10,000
12 Raul Spank GER 1st high jump $10,000
13 Robert Harting GER 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
15 Walter Dix USA 1st 200 m $10,000
16 Andrey Silnov RUS 2nd high jump $6,000
17 Blessing Ufodiama USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
18 Caster Semenya RSA 2nd 800 m $6,000
19 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2nd long jump $6,000
20 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 2nd 200 m $6,000
21 Jeremy Wariner USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
22 Jillian Camarena-Williams USA 2nd shot put $6,000
23 Kaliese Carter JAM 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
24 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
25 Marshevet Hooker USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
26 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
27 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2nd mile $6,000
28 Svetlana Feofanova RUS 2nd pole vault $6,000
29 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2nd discus throw $6,000
30 Xiang Liu CHN 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
Angelo Taylor $10k Anna Rogowska $10k Carmelita Jeter $10k Christina Obergföll $10k David Oliver $10k Ezekiel Kemboi $10k Greg Rutherford $10k Haron Keitany $10k Kenia Sinclair $10k Lashinda Demus $10k Olha Saladukha $10k Raul Spank $10k Robert Harting $10k Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot $10k Walter Dix $10k

Angelo Taylor took $10,000 of the $462,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 123; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$462,000 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 Prefontaine Classic 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. 126 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 124 of them were paid, so 2 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic?

Fifteen 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. One athlete was 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. 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 Prefontaine Classic 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. Prefontaine Classic 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