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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · UNITED KINGDOM

Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 prize money

The 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix paid $450,500 across sixteen disciplines at Alexander Stadium, Birmingham, 26 August 2012. 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 $450,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 121
DATE 26 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Aviva British 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. Four athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix, 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 Aries Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Nickel Ashmeade JAM $10,000 $24,000
Women's 3000 m Mercy Cherono KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN $10,000 $29,000
Men's 400 m Angelo Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Kaliese Carter JAM $10,000 $27,000
Women's 800 m Mariya Savinova RUS $0 $20,000
Men's discus throw Robert Harting GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Robbie Grabarz GBR $10,000 $24,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Aleksandr Menkov RUS $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Jennifer Suhr USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $27,500
Women's triple jump Olha Saladukha UKR $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $450,500

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 121 cheques the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix wrote

126 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix, 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
Alexandria Anderson USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Gloria Asumnu NGR 100 m 4th $3,000
Charonda Williams USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Aleen Bailey JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Myriam Soumaré FRA 100 m 7th $1,500
Anyika Onuora GBR 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ryan Brathwaite BAR 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Lawrence Clarke GBR 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Lehann Fourie RSA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
James Kiplagat Magut KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Nathan Brannen CAN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $24,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Tyson Gay USA 200 m 2nd annulled -
Wallace Spearmon USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 4th $3,000
Ryan Bailey USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Adam Gemili GBR 200 m 6th $2,000
Christian Malcolm GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Mario Forsythe JAM 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 3000 m 4th $3,000
Veronica Wanjiru KEN 3000 m 5th $2,500
Julia Bleasdale GBR 3000 m 6th $2,000
Gelete Burka ETH 3000 m 7th $1,500
Emebet Anteneh ETH 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $29,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Donn Cabral USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Haron Lagat KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Łukasz Oslizlo POL 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Rob Mullett GBR 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Youcef Abdi AUS 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 2nd $6,000
Jonathan Borlée BEL 400 m 3rd $4,000
Rabah Yousif SUD 400 m 4th $3,000
Calvin Smith USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Rusheen McDonald JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Conrad Williams GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $27,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m hurdles 4th annulled -
Denisa Rosolová CZE 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Elodie Ouédraogo BEL 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Irina Davydova RUS 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $20,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 1st annulled -
Pamela Jelimo KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Marilyn Okoro GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Maggie Vessey USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Winny Chebet KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Jemma Simpson GBR 800 m 7th $1,500
Jessica Warner-Judd GBR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Robert Harting GER Discus throw 1st $10,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Lawrence Okoye GBR Discus throw 4th $3,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 5th $2,500
Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 6th $2,000
Benn Harradine AUS Discus throw 7th $1,500
Abdul Buhari GBR Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $24,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 1st $10,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 2nd annulled -
Andrey Silnov RUS High jump 3rd $4,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 4th $3,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 5th $2,500
Jamie Nieto USA High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Mickaël Hanany FRA High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Michael Mason CAN High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Vera Markaryan UKR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Kathryn Mitchell AUS Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir ISL Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Aleksandr Menkov RUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Christian Taylor USA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
JJ Jegede GBR Long jump 5th $2,500
Sebastian Bayer GER Long jump 6th $2,000
Mitchell Watt AUS Long jump 7th $1,500
Elvijs Misāns LAT Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $29,000
Jennifer Suhr USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Jiřina Ptáčníková CZE Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Alana Boyd AUS Pole vault 5th $2,500
Lisa Ryzih GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Mary Saxer USA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Women's shot put · $27,500
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 3rd $4,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 4th $3,000
Yevgeniya Kolodko RUS Shot put 5th annulled -
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 6th $2,000
Josephine Terlecki GER Shot put 7th $1,500
Eden Francis GBR Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Trecia Kaye Smith JAM Triple jump 4th $3,000
Tatyana Lebedeva RUS Triple jump 5th $2,500
Keila Costa BRA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 7th $1,500
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 8th $1,000

121 payments to 121 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. 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 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix money list

121 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 1st long jump $10,000
2 Angelo Taylor USA 1st 400 m $10,000
3 Aries Merritt USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
4 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
5 Carmelita Jeter USA 1st 100 m $10,000
6 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
7 Jenn Suhr USA 1st pole vault $10,000
8 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
9 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1st 1500 m $10,000
10 Mercy Cherono KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
11 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
12 Olha Saladukha UKR 1st triple jump $10,000
13 Robbie Grabarz GBR 1st high jump $10,000
14 Robert Harting GER 1st discus throw $10,000
15 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
17 Christian Taylor USA 2nd long jump $6,000
18 Christina Obergföll GER 2nd javelin throw $6,000
19 Gerd Kanter EST 2nd discus throw $6,000
20 Jason Richardson USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
21 Kimberly Williams JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
22 Luguelín Santos DOM 2nd 400 m $6,000
23 Michelle Carter USA 2nd shot put $6,000
24 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
25 Pamela Jelimo KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
26 Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
27 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
28 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
29 Yarisley Silva CUB 2nd pole vault $6,000
30 Alexandria Anderson USA 3rd 100 m $4,000
Aleksandr Menkov $10k Angelo Taylor $10k Aries Merritt $10k Barbora Špotáková $10k Carmelita Jeter $10k Jairus Kipchoge Birech $10k Jenn Suhr $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Mekonnen Gebremedhin $10k Mercy Cherono $10k Nickel Ashmeade $10k Olha Saladukha $10k Robbie Grabarz $10k Robert Harting $10k Valerie Adams $10k

Aleksandr Menkov took $10,000 of the $450,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 121; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix pay?

$450,500 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 Aviva British 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. 126 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 121 of them were paid, so 5 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Aviva British Grand Prix?

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. 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 Aviva British 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 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. Aviva British Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it, and the other nine are 2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2011.

The meetings either side of this one