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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · SWITZERLAND

Athletissima 2012 prize money

The 2012 Athletissima paid $447,500 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 23 August 2012. 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 $447,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 114
DATE 23 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Athletissima.
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 2012 Athletissima, 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 Jason Richardson USA $10,000 $29,000
Men's 1500 m Silas Kiplagat KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $29,000
Women's 3000 m Mercy Cherono KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech 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 $28,500
Women's 800 m Pamela Jelimo KEN $10,000 $20,500
Men's discus throw Gerd Kanter EST $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $24,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Yelena Sokolova RUS $10,000 $26,500
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $29,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $24,000
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova KAZ $10,000 $27,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $447,500

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 114 cheques the 2012 Athletissima wrote

124 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Athletissima, 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
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Kelly-Ann Baptiste TTO 100 m 3rd $4,000
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 7th $1,500
Olesya Povh UKR 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $29,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Jeff Porter USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Garfield Darien FRA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Joel Brown USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Collins Cheboi KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Benson Seurei KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $29,000
Usain Bolt JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Jason Young JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Warren Weir JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Wallace Spearmon USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Marvin Anderson JAM 200 m 7th $1,500
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Veronica Wanjiru KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Gelete Burka ETH 3000 m 4th $3,000
Azmera Gebru ETH 3000 m 5th $2,500
Buze Diriba ETH 3000 m 6th $2,000
Emebet Anteneh ETH 3000 m 7th $1,500
Almenesh Belete BEL 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Bernard Nganga KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Roba Gari ETH 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Ivan Lukyanov MDA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 1st $10,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 2nd $6,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 3rd $4,000
Rusheen McDonald JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 5th $2,500
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Lalonde Gordon TTO 400 m 7th $1,500
Conrad Williams GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $28,500
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Anna Ryzhykova UKR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m hurdles 7th annulled -
Irina Davydova RUS 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $20,500
Pamela Jelimo KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 2nd annulled -
Yelena Kotulskaya RUS 800 m 3rd $4,000
Diane Cummins CAN 800 m 4th $3,000
Irina Maracheva RUS 800 m 5th annulled -
Hilary Stellingwerff CAN 800 m 6th $2,000
Nataliya Lupu UKR 800 m 7th $1,500
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 1st $10,000
Lawrence Okoye GBR Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 5th $2,500
Erik Cadée NED Discus throw 6th $2,000
Ehsan Hadadi IRI Discus throw 7th $1,500
Benn Harradine AUS Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $24,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 2nd annulled -
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 3rd $4,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 4th $3,000
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump 5th $2,500
Aleksandr Shustov RUS High jump 6th $2,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Jesse Williams USA High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Linda Stahl GER Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Vera Markaryan UKR Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir ISL Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $26,500
Yelena Sokolova RUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 6th annulled -
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR Long jump 7th annulled -
Veronika Shutkova BLR Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $29,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Steven Lewis GBR Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 4th $3,000
Steven Hooker AUS Pole vault 5th $2,500
Brad Walker USA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Romain Mesnil FRA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Dmitriy Starodubtsev RUS Pole vault 8th annulled -
Women's shot put · $24,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Yevgeniya Kolodko RUS Shot put 3rd annulled -
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 4th $3,000
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 5th $2,500
Irina Tarasova RUS Shot put 6th annulled -
Josephine Terlecki GER Shot put 7th $1,500
Chiara Rosa ITA Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $27,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 4th $3,000
Hanna Minenko UKR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Viktoriya Valyukevich RUS Triple jump 6th annulled -
Marija Šestak SLO Triple jump 7th $1,500

114 payments to 114 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. 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 2012 Athletissima money list

114 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
2 Carmelita Jeter USA 1st 100 m $10,000
3 Gerd Kanter EST 1st discus throw $10,000
4 Jason Richardson USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
5 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
6 Kirani James GRN 1st 400 m $10,000
7 Mercy Cherono KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
8 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
9 Olga Rypakova KAZ 1st triple jump $10,000
10 Pamela Jelimo KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
11 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
12 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
13 Silas Kiplagat KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
14 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
15 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Yelena Sokolova ANA 1st long jump $10,000
17 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd long jump $6,000
18 Churandy Martina NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 David Oliver USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
20 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
21 Lawrence Okoye GBR 2nd discus throw $6,000
22 Luguelín Santos DOM 2nd 400 m $6,000
23 Malte Mohr GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
24 Mariya Abakumova RUS 2nd javelin throw $6,000
25 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
26 Melaine Walker JAM 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
27 Michelle Carter USA 2nd shot put $6,000
28 Olha Saladukha UKR 2nd triple jump $6,000
29 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
30 Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
Barbora Špotáková $10k Carmelita Jeter $10k Gerd Kanter $10k Jason Richardson $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Kirani James $10k Mercy Cherono $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Olga Rypakova $10k Pamela Jelimo $10k Paul Kipsiele Koech $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Silas Kiplagat $10k Usain Bolt $10k Valerie Adams $10k

Barbora Špotáková took $10,000 of the $447,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 114; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Athletissima pay?

$447,500 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 2012 Athletissima 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. 124 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 114 of them were paid, so 10 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Athletissima?

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 Athletissima 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 2012 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2012 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $6,473,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Athletissima 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, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one