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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2011 · SWITZERLAND

Weltklasse Zürich 2011 prize money

The 2011 Weltklasse Zürich paid $484,500 across 17 disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 8 September 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 17 times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $484,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 17
ATHLETES PAID 131
DATE 8 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich.
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 17 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

17 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Yohan Blake JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Dayron Robles CUB $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Carmelita Jeter USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Kirani James GRN $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 Mariya Savinova RUS $0 $18,000
Men's discus throw Robert Harting GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Dimitrios Chondrokoukis GRE $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Christina Obergföll GER $10,000 $26,000
Men's long jump Ngonidzashe Makusha ZWE $10,000 $29,000
Women's long jump Brittney Reese USA $10,000 $27,500
Women's pole vault Jennifer Suhr USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Dylan Armstrong CAN $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
17 disciplines 17 winners - $484,500

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 131 cheques the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

136 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Yohan Blake JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Walter Dix USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Michael Frater JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 5th $2,500
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 100 m 7th $1,500
Richard Thompson TTO 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Dayron Robles CUB 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Andrew Turner GBR 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Dwight Thomas JAM 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Andreas Kundert SUI 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
William Sharman GBR 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Haron Keitany KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Mohamed Moustaoui MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 6th $2,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Shalonda Solomon USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 200 m 5th $2,500
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Sherone Simpson JAM 200 m 7th $1,500
Kerron Stewart JAM 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
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Ruben Ramolefi RSA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Jonathan Muia Ndiku KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Ivan Lukyanov MDA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 1st $10,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Jermaine Gonzales JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Rondell Bartholomew GRN 400 m 4th $3,000
Christopher Brown BAH 400 m 5th $2,500
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Greg Nixon USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Lashinda Demus USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Anastasiya Rabchenyuk UKR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Queen Claye USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Yelena Churakova RUS 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Priscah Jepleting Cherono KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Meselech Melkamu ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Sentayehu Ejigu ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $18,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 1st annulled -
Alysia Montaño USA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Jennifer Meadows GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 5th $2,500
Yekaterina Kostetskaya RUS 800 m 6th annulled -
Morgan Uceny USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Malika Akkaoui MAR 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
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 5th $2,500
Erik Cadée NED Discus throw 6th $2,000
Ehsan Hadadi IRI Discus throw 7th $1,500
Yénnifer Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis GRE High jump 1st $10,000
Trevor Barry BAH High jump 2nd $6,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 3rd $4,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump 4th $3,000
Dmytro Demyanyuk UKR High jump 5th $2,500
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 6th $2,000
Raul Spank GER High jump 7th $1,500
Kyriakos Ioannou CYP High jump =8th shared two ways $500
Andrey Silnov RUS High jump =8th shared two ways $500
Women's javelin throw · $26,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 3rd annulled -
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Goldie Sayers GBR Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $29,000
Ngonidzashe Makusha ZWE Long jump 1st $10,000
Aleksandr Menkov RUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Marcos Chuva POR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Dwight Phillips USA Long jump 4th $3,000
Sebastian Bayer GER Long jump 5th $2,500
Will Claye USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Mitchell Watt AUS Long jump 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · $27,500
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 3rd $4,000
Irene Pusterla SUI Long jump 4th $3,000
Olga Kucherenko RUS Long jump 5th annulled -
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Carolina Klüft SWE Long jump 7th $1,500
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Jennifer Suhr USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Yelena Isinbayeva RUS Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 5th $2,500
Svetlana Feofanova RUS Pole vault 6th $2,000
Anna Rogowska POL Pole vault 7th $1,500
Nicole Büchler SUI Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 1st $10,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 4th $3,000
David Storl GER Shot put 5th $2,500
Marco Fortes POR Shot put 6th $2,000
Ralf Bartels GER Shot put 7th $1,500
Carlos Véliz CUB Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $24,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR Shot put 2nd annulled -
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 4th $3,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 5th $2,500
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Yevgeniya Kolodko RUS Shot put 7th $1,500
Nadine Kleinert GER Shot put 8th $1,000

131 payments to 131 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 39 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

131 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Brittney Reese USA 1st long jump $10,000
2 Carmelita Jeter USA 1st 200 m $10,000
3 Christina Obergföll GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
4 Dayron Robles CUB 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
5 Dimitrios Chondrokoukis GRE 1st high jump $10,000
6 Dylan Armstrong CAN 1st shot put $10,000
7 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
8 Jenn Suhr USA 1st pole vault $10,000
9 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
10 Kirani James GRN 1st 400 m $10,000
11 Ngonidzashe Makusha ZWE 1st long jump $10,000
12 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
13 Robert Harting GER 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
15 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
16 Yohan Blake JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
17 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 2nd long jump $6,000
18 Allyson Felix USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Alysia Montaño USA 2nd 800 m $6,000
20 Asafa Powell JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
21 Jason Richardson USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
22 LaShawn Merritt USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
23 Melaine Walker JAM 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
24 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR 2nd long jump $6,000
25 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
26 Ryan Whiting USA 2nd shot put $6,000
27 Sally Kipyego KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
28 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
29 Silke Spiegelburg GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
30 Sunette Viljoen RSA 2nd javelin throw $6,000
Brittney Reese $10k Carmelita Jeter $10k Christina Obergföll $10k Dayron Robles $10k Dimitrios Chondrokoukis $10k Dylan Armstrong $10k Ezekiel Kemboi $10k Jenn Suhr $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Kirani James $10k Ngonidzashe Makusha $10k Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba $10k Robert Harting $10k Valerie Adams $10k Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot $10k

Brittney Reese took $10,000 of the $484,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 131; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$484,500 in all, across 17 disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich 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. 136 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 131 of them were paid, so 5 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich?

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. 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 Weltklasse Zürich 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. Weltklasse Zürich 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