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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · NORWAY

Bislett Games 2012 prize money

The 2012 Bislett Games paid $466,000 across sixteen disciplines at Bislett Stadion, Oslo, 7 June 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 $466,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 123
DATE 7 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Bislett Games

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Bislett Games.
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 Bislett Games, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $29,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Sally Pearson AUS $10,000 $29,000
Women's 1500 m Abeba Aregawi ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Milcah Chemos KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Amantle Montsho BOT $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Javier Culson PUR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Dejen Gebremeskel ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Chaunte Lowe USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Olga Kucherenko RUS $0 $19,000
Men's mile Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $29,000
Men's shot put Tomasz Majewski POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Lyukman Adams RUS $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $466,000

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 123 cheques the 2012 Bislett Games wrote

124 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Bislett Games, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $29,000
Usain Bolt JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Lerone Clarke JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Justyn Warner CAN 100 m 4th $3,000
Simon Magakwe RSA 100 m 5th $2,500
Marlon Devonish GBR 100 m 6th $2,000
Fabio Cerutti ITA 100 m 7th $1,500
Women's 100 m hurdles · $29,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kristi Castlin USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Priscilla Schliep CAN 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Lolo Jones USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Lisa Urech SUI 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Abeba Aregawi ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Anna Mishchenko UKR 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Ibtissam Lakhouad MAR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Morgan Uceny USA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Ingvill Måkestad Bovim NOR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Anna Willard USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 200 m 1st $10,000
Abiodun Oyepitan GBR 200 m 2nd $6,000
Charonda Williams USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Mariya Ryemyen UKR 200 m 4th $3,000
Sheri-Ann Brooks JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Kerron Stewart JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
Sherone Simpson JAM 200 m 7th $1,500
Folake Akinyemi NOR 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Milcah Chemos KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Birtukan Adamu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 1st $10,000
Patricia Hall JAM 400 m 2nd $6,000
Debbie Dunn USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m 4th $3,000
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Moa Hjelmer SWE 400 m 6th $2,000
Marie Gayot FRA 400 m 7th $1,500
Nicola Sanders GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
David Greene GBR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Cornel Fredericks RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Richard Yates GBR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Georg Fleischhauer GER 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Imane Merga ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Tariku Bekele ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Kenenisa Bekele ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 5000 m 6th $2,000
Sileshi Sihine ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Yigrem Demelash ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Yarelis Barrios CUB Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Żaneta Glanc POL Discus throw 4th $3,000
Natalia Stratulat MDA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Nicoleta Grasu ROU Discus throw 6th $2,000
Monique Jansen NED Discus throw 7th $1,500
Grete Etholm NOR Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Chaunte Lowe USA High jump 1st $10,000
Tia Hellebaut BEL High jump 2nd $6,000
Marina Aitova KAZ High jump 3rd $4,000
Anna Iljuštšenko EST High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Øyunn Grindem Mogstad NOR High jump 6th $2,000
Tonje Angelsen NOR High jump 7th $1,500
Stine Kufaas NOR High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Fatih Avan TUR Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Matthias de Zordo GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Stuart Farquhar NZL Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Ivan Zaytsev UZB Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $19,000
Olga Kucherenko RUS Long jump 1st annulled -
Yelena Sokolova RUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 5th $2,500
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 6th $2,000
Olga Zaytseva RUS Long jump 7th $1,500
Men's mile · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN Mile 2nd $6,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH Mile 3rd $4,000
Gideon Gathimba KEN Mile 4th $3,000
Amine Laalou MAR Mile 5th $2,500
James Kiplagat Magut KEN Mile 6th $2,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN Mile 7th $1,500
Hamza Driouch QAT Mile 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
Łukasz Michalski POL Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Lázaro Borges CUB Pole vault 4th $3,000
Alhaji Jeng SWE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Björn Otto GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Jérôme Clavier FRA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Men's shot put · $30,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 1st $10,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 2nd $6,000
David Storl GER Shot put 3rd $4,000
Kim Juhl Christensen DEN Shot put 4th $3,000
Marco Fortes POR Shot put 5th $2,500
Óðinn Björn Þorsteinsson ISL Shot put 6th $2,000
Leif Arrhenius SWE Shot put 7th $1,500
Stian Andersen NOR Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Lyukman Adams RUS Triple jump 1st $10,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Seref Osmanoglu UKR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 4th $3,000
Peder Pawel Nielsen DEN Triple jump 5th $2,500
Alexis Copello CUB Triple jump 6th $2,000
Osviel Hernández CUB Triple jump 7th $1,500
Onochie Achike GBR Triple jump 8th $1,000

123 payments to 123 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 43 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 Bislett Games money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abeba Aregawi SWE 1st 1500 m $10,000
2 Amantle Montsho BOT 1st 400 m $10,000
3 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st mile $10,000
4 Chaunte Lowe USA 1st high jump $10,000
5 Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
6 Javier Culson PUR 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
7 Lyukman Adams RUS 1st triple jump $10,000
8 Milcah Chemos KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
9 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Sally Pearson AUS 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
12 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
13 Tomasz Majewski POL 1st shot put $10,000
14 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
15 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
16 Abiodun Oyepitan GBR 2nd 200 m $6,000
17 Asafa Powell JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
18 Caleb Ndiku KEN 2nd mile $6,000
19 Christian Taylor USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
20 Dylan Armstrong CAN 2nd shot put $6,000
21 Fatih Avan TUR 2nd javelin throw $6,000
22 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Jehue Gordon TTO 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Kristi Castlin USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
26 Malte Mohr GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
27 Nadine Müller GER 2nd discus throw $6,000
28 Patricia Hall JAM 2nd 400 m $6,000
29 Sofia Assefa ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
30 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2nd high jump $6,000
Abeba Aregawi $10k Amantle Montsho $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Chaunte Lowe $10k Dejen Gebremeskel $10k Javier Culson $10k Lyukman Adams $10k Milcah Chemos $10k Murielle Ahouré-Demps $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Sally Pearson $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Tomasz Majewski $10k Usain Bolt $10k Vítězslav Veselý $10k

Abeba Aregawi took $10,000 of the $466,000 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 2012 Bislett Games pay?

$466,000 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $29,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2012 Bislett Games 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 123 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Bislett Games?

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. 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 Bislett Games 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. Bislett Games 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