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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · MONACO

Herculis 2012 prize money

The 2012 Herculis paid $445,500 across fifteen disciplines at Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, 20 July 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 fifteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $445,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 15
ATHLETES PAID 116
DATE 20 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Herculis

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Herculis.
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 fifteen 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

15 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Herculis, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Blessing Okagbare NGR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Aries Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Nickel Ashmeade JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Mercy Cherono KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Jonathan Borlée BEL $10,000 $29,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Yelena Kotulskaya RUS $10,000 $28,500
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Jesse Williams USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR $10,000 $29,000
Men's long jump Irving Saladino PAN $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Silke Spiegelburg GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $29,000
15 disciplines 15 winners - $445,500

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 116 cheques the 2012 Herculis wrote

117 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 1st $10,000
Tianna Madison USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 100 m 5th $2,500
Sheri-Ann Brooks JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Lauryn Williams USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Myriam Soumaré FRA 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
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Jeff Porter USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Garfield Darien FRA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Andrew Riley JAM 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Dimitri Bascou FRA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Nick Willis NZL 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1500 m 4th $3,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Benson Seurei KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Collins Cheboi KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Álvaro Rodríguez ESP 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Wallace Spearmon USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Calesio Newman USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Marvin Anderson JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Maurice Mitchell USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Tremaine Harris CAN 200 m 7th $1,500
Ben Bassaw FRA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Buze Diriba ETH 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Shannon Rowbury USA 3000 m 4th $3,000
Azmera Gebru ETH 3000 m 5th $2,500
Veronica Wanjiru KEN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Emebet Anteneh ETH 3000 m 7th $1,500
Gabriele Grunewald USA 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Bernard Nganga KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Brahim Taleb MAR 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Jukka Keskisalo FIN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $29,000
Jonathan Borlée BEL 400 m 1st $10,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 2nd $6,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 3rd $4,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 4th $3,000
Jeremy Wariner USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 7th $1,500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Lashinda Demus USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Melaine Walker JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Denisa Rosolová CZE 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
T'erea Brown USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Aurelie Chaboudez FRA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Tiffany Williams USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $28,500
Yelena Kotulskaya RUS 800 m 1st $10,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 2nd $6,000
Alysia Montaño USA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Molly Ludlow USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Marilyn Okoro GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Yuneysi Santiusti CUB 800 m 6th $2,000
Irina Maracheva RUS 800 m 7th annulled -
Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 800 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
Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Zinaida Sendriutė LTU Discus throw 5th $2,500
Nataliya Semenova UKR Discus throw 6th $2,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump 1st $10,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 2nd $6,000
Derek Drouin CAN High jump 3rd $4,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 4th $3,000
Aleksey Dmitrik RUS High jump 5th $2,500
Trevor Barry BAH High jump 6th $2,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 7th $1,500
Rožle Prezelj SLO High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $29,000
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Roman Avramenko UKR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Jarrod Bannister AUS Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Lassi Etelätalo FIN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Stuart Farquhar NZL Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Cyrus Hostetler USA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Men's long jump · $30,000
Irving Saladino PAN Long jump 1st $10,000
Mitchell Watt AUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Mauro Vinicius da Silva BRA Long jump 4th $3,000
Sebastian Bayer GER Long jump 5th $2,500
Marquise Goodwin USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Luis Felipe Méliz ESP Long jump 7th $1,500
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 1st $10,000
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Jiřina Ptáčníková CZE Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Svetlana Feofanova RUS Pole vault 6th $2,000
Martina Strutz GER Pole vault 7th $1,500
Vanessa Boslak FRA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 4th $3,000
Dailenys Alcántara CUB Triple jump 5th $2,500
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 6th $2,000
Teresa Nzola Meso FRA Triple jump 7th $1,500

116 payments to 116 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 2012 Herculis money list

116 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Aries Merritt USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
2 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
3 Blessing Okagbare NGR 1st 100 m $10,000
4 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
5 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
6 Irving Saladino PAN 1st long jump $10,000
7 Jesse Williams USA 1st high jump $10,000
8 Jonathan Borlée BEL 1st 400 m $10,000
9 Mercy Cherono KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
10 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
11 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 1st javelin throw $10,000
12 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
13 Silke Spiegelburg GER 1st pole vault $10,000
14 Yelena Kotulskaya RUS 1st 800 m $10,000
15 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
16 Churandy Martina NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
17 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 2nd 800 m $6,000
18 Jason Richardson USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
19 Kimberly Williams JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
20 Kirani James GRN 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Lashinda Demus USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
22 Mitchell Watt AUS 2nd long jump $6,000
23 Nadine Müller GER 2nd discus throw $6,000
24 Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
25 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
26 Robbie Grabarz GBR 2nd high jump $6,000
27 Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
28 Tianna Bartoletta USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
29 Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT 2nd javelin throw $6,000
30 Yarisley Silva CUB 2nd pole vault $6,000
Aries Merritt $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Blessing Okagbare $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Conseslus Kipruto $10k Irving Saladino $10k Jesse Williams $10k Jonathan Borlée $10k Mercy Cherono $10k Nickel Ashmeade $10k Oleksandr Pyatnytsya $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Silke Spiegelburg $10k Yelena Kotulskaya $10k Zuzana Hejnová $10k

Aries Merritt took $10,000 of the $445,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 116; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Herculis pay?

$445,500 in all, across fifteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2012 Herculis 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. 117 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 116 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Herculis?

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 Herculis 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. Herculis 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