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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · UNITED KINGDOM

London Grand Prix 2012 prize money

The 2012 London Grand Prix paid $475,000 across sixteen disciplines at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, 13 to 14 July 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 $475,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 122
DATE 13 to 14 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 London Grand Prix

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 London 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 London Grand Prix, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Tyson Gay USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Kellie Wells USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 1500 m Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Charonda Williams USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Ancuţa Bobocel ROU $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Christine Ohuruogu GBR $10,000 $29,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Javier Culson PUR $10,000 $29,000
Men's 5000 m Mo Farah GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Adam Kszczot POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Gerd Kanter EST $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Chaunte Lowe USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Goldie Sayers GBR $10,000 $29,000
Men's long jump Mitchell Watt AUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Björn Otto GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Reese Hoffa USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $475,000

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 London Grand Prix wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 London Grand Prix, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $29,000
Tyson Gay USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Ryan Bailey USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Michael Frater JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Trell Kimmons USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Kemar Hyman CAY 100 m 7th $1,500
Women's 100 m hurdles · $29,000
Kellie Wells USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Ginnie Crawford USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Kristi Castlin USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Christina Clemons USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Danielle Carruthers USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Phylicia George CAN 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Anna Willard USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Laura Weightman GBR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Morgan Uceny USA 1500 m 5th $2,500
Shannon Rowbury USA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Lisa Dobriskey GBR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Kaila McKnight AUS 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Charonda Williams USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Aleen Bailey JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Myriam Soumaré FRA 200 m 5th $2,500
Sherone Simpson JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
Margaret Adeoye GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie BAH 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Ancuţa Bobocel ROU 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Poļina Jeļizarova LAT 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Barbara Parker GBR 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Bridget Franek USA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Katarzyna Kowalska POL 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Ashley Higginson USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Phanencer Chemion KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Beverly Ramos PUR 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $29,000
Christine Ohuruogu GBR 400 m 1st $10,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Jessica Beard USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Shana Cox GBR 400 m 7th $1,500
Men's 400 m hurdles · $29,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Greene GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Félix Sánchez DOM 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Mo Farah GBR 5000 m 1st $10,000
Collis Birmingham AUS 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Moses Ndiema Kipsiro UGA 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Mark Kosgei Kiptoo KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Dathan Ritzenhein USA 5000 m 5th $2,500
Emmanuel Kipkemei Bett KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Craig Mottram AUS 5000 m 7th $1,500
Juan Luis Barrios MEX 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 1st $10,000
Job Kinyor KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Andrew Osagie GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Abubaker Kaki SUD 800 m 4th $3,000
Boaz Kiplagat Lalang KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Michael Rutt USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Elijah Greer USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Gareth Warburton GBR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 1st $10,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Lawrence Okoye GBR Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Erik Cadée NED Discus throw 4th $3,000
Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 5th $2,500
Rutger Smith NED Discus throw 6th $2,000
Abdul Buhari GBR Discus throw 7th $1,500
Brett Morse GBR 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
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Emma Green SWE High jump 5th $2,500
Airinė Palšytė LTU High jump 6th $2,000
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER High jump 7th $1,500
Tonje Angelsen NOR High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $29,000
Goldie Sayers GBR Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Vera Markaryan UKR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Kimberley Mickle AUS Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Kathryn Mitchell AUS Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Men's long jump · $30,000
Mitchell Watt AUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Eusebio Cáceres ESP Long jump 4th $3,000
J.j. Jegede GBR Long jump 5th $2,500
Irving Saladino PAN Long jump 6th $2,000
Ignisious Gaisah GHA Long jump 7th $1,500
Alyn Camara GER Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Björn Otto GER Pole vault 1st $10,000
Romain Mesnil FRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 4th $3,000
Karsten Dilla GER Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Andrew Sutcliffe GBR Pole vault 7th $1,500
Steven Lewis GBR Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Rutger Smith NED Shot put 4th $3,000
Carl Myerscough GBR Shot put 5th $2,500
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Marco Fortes POR Shot put 7th $1,500
Kim Juhl Christensen DEN Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Leevan Sands BAH Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Tosin Oke NGR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Samyr Laine HAI Triple jump 4th $3,000
Daniele Greco ITA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Karl Taillepierre FRA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Aarik Wilson USA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Fabrizio Schembri ITA Triple jump 8th $1,000

123 payments to 122 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. 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 London Grand Prix money list

122 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Adam Kszczot POL 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Ancuţa Bobocel ROU 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
3 Björn Otto GER 1st pole vault $10,000
4 Charonda Williams USA 1st 200 m $10,000
5 Chaunte Lowe USA 1st high jump $10,000
6 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
7 Christine Ohuruogu GBR 1st 400 m $10,000
8 Gerd Kanter EST 1st discus throw $10,000
9 Goldie Sayers GBR 1st javelin throw $10,000
10 Javier Culson PUR 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
11 Kellie Wells USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
12 Maryam Yusuf Jamal BRN 1st 1500 m $10,000
13 Mitchell Watt AUS 1st long jump $10,000
14 Mo Farah GBR 1st 5000 m $10,000
15 Reese Hoffa USA 1st shot put $10,000
16 Tyson Gay USA 1st 100 m $10,000
17 Amantle Montsho BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
18 Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Barbora Špotáková CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
20 Chris Tomlinson GBR 2nd long jump $6,000
21 Collis Birmingham AUS 2nd 5000 m $6,000
22 David Greene GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
23 Jenny Simpson USA 2nd 1500 m $6,000
24 Job Koech Kinyor KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
25 Leevan Sands BAH 2nd triple jump $6,000
26 Poļina Jeļizarova LAT 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
27 Romain Mesnil FRA 2nd pole vault $6,000
28 Ryan Bailey USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
29 Sally Pearson AUS 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
30 Tia Hellebaut BEL 2nd high jump $6,000
Adam Kszczot $10k Ancuţa Bobocel $10k Björn Otto $10k Charonda Williams $10k Chaunte Lowe $10k Christian Taylor $10k Christine Ohuruogu $10k Gerd Kanter $10k Goldie Sayers $10k Javier Culson $10k Kellie Wells $10k Maryam Yusuf Jamal $10k Mitchell Watt $10k Mo Farah $10k Reese Hoffa $10k

Adam Kszczot took $10,000 of the $475,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 122; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 London Grand Prix pay?

$475,000 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 London 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. 123 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 123 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 London Grand Prix?

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. One athlete was paid more than once at this meeting.

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 London 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. London Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it, and the other six are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one