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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · CHINA

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 prize money

The 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix paid $477,500 across sixteen disciplines at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, 15 May 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 $477,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 126
DATE 15 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix.
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. Seven athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, 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 Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Xiang Liu CHN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Calvin Smith USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Kaliese Carter JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Jennifer Meadows GBR $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Yanfeng Li CHN $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Blanka Vlašić CRO $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Mitchell Watt AUS $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Silke Spiegelburg GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Yargelis Savigne CUB $10,000 $27,500
16 disciplines 16 winners - $477,500

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 127 cheques the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, 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 Rodgers USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Mario Forsythe JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Churandy Martina NED 100 m 4th $3,000
Rae Monzavous Edwards USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Peimeng Zhang CHN 100 m 6th $2,000
Yi Lao CHN 100 m 7th $1,500
Shinji Takahira JPN 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 3rd $4,000
LaShauntea Moore USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Sherone Simpson JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Ruddy Zang Milama GAB 100 m 6th $2,000
Gloria Asumnu USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Jiabei Ye CHN 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Xiang Liu CHN 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Dwight Thomas JAM 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Dongpeng Shi CHN 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Joel Brown USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Wenjun Xie CHN 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Tarik Langat Akdag KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Elijah Chelimo KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Silas Kosgei Kitum KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Calvin Smith USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Greg Nixon USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
David Neville USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Yuzo Kanemaru JPN 400 m 4th $3,000
Nery Brenes CRC 400 m 5th $2,500
Rabah Yousif SUD 400 m 6th $2,000
Sean Wroe AUS 400 m 7th $1,500
Chen Jianxin CHN 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Lashinda Demus USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Lauren Boden AUS 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Satomi Kubokura JPN 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Qi Yang CHN 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Nicole Leach USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Pauline Chemning Korikwiang KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Sule Utura ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Jennifer Meadows GBR 800 m 1st $10,000
Malika Akkaoui MAR 800 m 2nd $6,000
Angelika Cichocka POL 800 m 3rd $4,000
Lenka Masná CZE 800 m 4th $3,000
Renata Pliś POL 800 m 5th $2,500
Ewelina Sętowska-Dryk POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Heather Kampf USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Yanfeng Li CHN Discus throw 1st $10,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Tan Jian CHN Discus throw 5th $2,500
Taifeng Sun CHN Discus throw 6th $2,000
Żaneta Glanc POL 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
Xingjuan Zheng CHN High jump =2nd shared three ways $4,333
Vita Styopina UKR High jump =2nd shared three ways $4,333
Nadiya Dusanova UZB High jump =2nd shared three ways $4,333
Marina Aitova KAZ High jump 5th $2,500
Anna Ustinova KAZ High jump 6th $2,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Svetlana Radzivil UZB High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Robert Oosthuizen RSA Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Teemu Wirkkala FIN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Igor Janik POL Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Qiang Qin CHN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Chen Qi CHN Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Mitchell Watt AUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Xiongfeng Su CHN Long jump 2nd $6,000
Ignisious Gaisah GHA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Dwight Phillips USA Long jump 4th $3,000
Xiaoyi Zhang CHN Long jump 5th $2,500
Wilfredo Martínez CUB Long jump 6th $2,000
Tyrone Smith BER Long jump 7th $1,500
Kafétien Gomis FRA Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 1st $10,000
Carolin Hingst GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Mary Saxer USA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Aleksandra Kiryashova RUS Pole vault 4th $3,000
Jillian Schwartz ISR Pole vault 5th $2,500
Anastasiya Savchenko RUS Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Li Ling CHN Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 1st $10,000
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Li Ling CHN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Xiangrong Liu CHN Shot put 4th $3,000
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 5th $2,500
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Jessica Cérival FRA Shot put 7th $1,500
Alena Abramchuk BLR Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $27,500
Yargelis Savigne CUB Triple jump 1st $10,000
Yanmei Li CHN Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Natalya Alekseyeva RUS Triple jump 4th $3,000
Athanasia Perra GRE Triple jump 5th annulled -
Snežana Vukmirovič SLO Triple jump 6th $2,000
Mabel Gay CUB Triple jump 7th $1,500
Anna Pyatykh RUS Triple jump 8th $1,000

127 payments to 126 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 35 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix money list

126 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Asafa Powell JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
2 Blanka Vlašić CRO 1st high jump $10,000
3 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
4 Calvin Smith USA 1st 400 m $10,000
5 Gong Lijiao CHN 1st shot put $10,000
6 Jennifer Meadows GBR 1st 800 m $10,000
7 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 Mitchell Watt AUS 1st long jump $10,000
9 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
10 Silke Spiegelburg GER 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 1st javelin throw $10,000
12 Veronica Campbell Brown JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
13 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
14 Xiang Liu CHN 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
15 Yanfeng Li CHN 1st discus throw $10,000
16 Yargelis Savigne CUB 1st triple jump $10,000
17 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 2nd javelin throw $6,000
18 Asbel Kiprop KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
19 Carmelita Jeter USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
20 Carolin Hingst GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
21 Dani Stevens AUS 2nd discus throw $6,000
22 David Oliver USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
23 Greg Nixon USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
24 Jillian Camarena-Williams USA 2nd shot put $6,000
25 Lashinda Demus USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
26 Malika Akkaoui MAR 2nd 800 m $6,000
27 Mike Rodgers USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
28 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
29 Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
30 Xiongfeng Su CHN 2nd long jump $6,000
Asafa Powell $10k Blanka Vlašić $10k Brimin Kiprop Kipruto $10k Calvin Smith $10k Gong Lijiao $10k Jennifer Meadows $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Mitchell Watt $10k Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba $10k Silke Spiegelburg $10k Tero Pitkämäki $10k Veronica Campbell Brown $10k Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot $10k Xiang Liu $10k Yanfeng Li $10k

Asafa Powell took $10,000 of the $477,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 126; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix pay?

$477,500 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 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 2011 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix?

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

Is the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 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. Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it, and the other twelve are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one