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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · ITALY

Golden Gala 2012 prize money

The 2012 Golden Gala paid $466,000 across sixteen disciplines at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 31 May 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 $466,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 125
DATE 31 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Golden Gala

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Golden Gala.
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. Nine athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Golden Gala, 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 $30,000
Women's 100 m Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Dawn Harper-Nelson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Abeba Aregawi ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Javier Culson PUR $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 Fantu Magiso ETH $10,000 $24,500
Men's discus throw Ehsan Hadadi IRI $10,000 $29,000
Men's high jump Robbie Grabarz GBR $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $10,000 $26,500
Men's long jump Greg Rutherford GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $26,000
Women's triple jump Olha Saladukha UKR $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 125 cheques the 2012 Golden Gala wrote

129 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Golden Gala, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Usain Bolt JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Christophe Lemaitre FRA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 4th $3,000
Lerone Clarke JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Kimmari Roach JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Jak Ali Harvey JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Ainsley Waugh JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 1st $10,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
LaVerne Jones-Ferrette ISV 100 m 4th $3,000
Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 100 m 5th $2,500
Sherone Simpson JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Gloria Asumnu NGR 100 m 7th $1,500
Mikele Barber USA 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kellie Wells USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton JAM 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Michelle Perry USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Priscilla Schliep CAN 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Marzia Caravelli ITA 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Abeba Aregawi ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Morgan Uceny USA 1500 m 4th $3,000
Corinna Harrer GER 1500 m 5th $2,500
Ibtissam Lakhouad MAR 1500 m 6th $2,000
Renata Pliś POL 1500 m 7th $1,500
Hilary Stellingwerff CAN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Mahiedine Mekhissi FRA 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Jacob Araptany UGA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Benjamin Kiplagat UGA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Cornel Fredericks RSA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Nathan Woodward GBR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Omar Cisneros CUB 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon ITA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 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
T'erea Brown USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Queen Claye USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Meseret Defar ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Gelete Burka ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Veronica Wanjiru KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Genet Yalew ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Azmera Gebru ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $24,500
Fantu Magiso ETH 800 m 1st $10,000
Pamela Jelimo KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 3rd annulled -
Yuneysi Santiusti CUB 800 m 4th $3,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Malika Akkaoui MAR 800 m 6th $2,000
Yekaterina Kostetskaya RUS 800 m 7th annulled -
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $29,000
Ehsan Hadadi IRI Discus throw 1st $10,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 4th $3,000
Jarred Rome USA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Giovanni Faloci ITA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Hannes Kirchler ITA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Men's high jump · $30,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 1st $10,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Trevor Barry BAH High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 4th $3,000
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis CYP High jump 5th $2,500
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 6th $2,000
Zhang Guowei CHN High jump 7th $1,500
Aleksey Dmitrik RUS High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Silvano Chesani ITA High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Marco Fassinotti ITA High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Women's javelin throw · $26,500
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Goldie Sayers GBR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 5th annulled -
Zahra Bani ITA Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Men's long jump · $30,000
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 1st $10,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Aleksandr Menkov RUS Long jump 3rd $4,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Michel Tornéus SWE Long jump 5th $2,500
Tommi Evilä FIN Long jump 6th $2,000
Salim Sdiri FRA Long jump 7th $1,500
Ignisious Gaisah GHA Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Romain Mesnil FRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Björn Otto GER Pole vault 4th $3,000
Steven Lewis GBR Pole vault 5th $2,500
Steven Hooker AUS Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Fábio Gomes da Silva BRA Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Claudio Michel Stecchi ITA Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Women's shot put · $26,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 2nd $6,000
Nadezhda Ostapchuk BLR Shot put 3rd annulled -
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Xiangrong Liu CHN Shot put 5th $2,500
Chiara Rosa ITA Shot put 6th $2,000
Nadine Kleinert GER Shot put 7th $1,500
Josephine Terlecki GER Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Yamilé Aldama GBR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 5th $2,500
Simona la Mantia ITA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Marija Šestak SLO Triple jump 7th $1,500
Keila Costa BRA Triple jump 8th $1,000

125 payments to 125 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 41 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 Golden Gala money list

125 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abeba Aregawi SWE 1st 1500 m $10,000
2 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
3 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
4 Ehsan Haddadi IRI 1st discus throw $10,000
5 Fantu Magiso ETH 1st 800 m $10,000
6 Greg Rutherford GBR 1st long jump $10,000
7 Javier Culson PUR 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
9 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 1st 100 m $10,000
10 Olha Saladukha UKR 1st triple jump $10,000
11 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
12 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
13 Robbie Grabarz GBR 1st high jump $10,000
14 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
15 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
17 Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
18 Asafa Powell JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
19 Bershawn Jackson USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
20 Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA 2nd long jump $6,000
21 Gong Lijiao CHN 2nd shot put $6,000
22 Hellen Obiri KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Kellie Wells USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
24 Lashinda Demus USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Meseret Defar ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
26 Olga Rypakova KAZ 2nd triple jump $6,000
27 Pamela Jelimo KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
28 Romain Mesnil FRA 2nd pole vault $6,000
29 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
30 Sunette Viljoen RSA 2nd javelin throw $6,000
Abeba Aregawi $10k Barbora Špotáková $10k Dawn Harper-Nelson $10k Ehsan Haddadi $10k Fantu Magiso $10k Greg Rutherford $10k Javier Culson $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Murielle Ahouré-Demps $10k Olha Saladukha $10k Paul Kipsiele Koech $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Robbie Grabarz $10k Usain Bolt $10k Valerie Adams $10k

Abeba Aregawi took $10,000 of the $466,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 125; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Golden Gala pay?

$466,000 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 Golden Gala 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. 129 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 125 of them were paid, so 4 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Golden Gala?

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

Is the Golden Gala 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. Golden Gala 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