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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · BELGIUM

Memorial van Damme 2012 prize money

The 2012 Memorial van Damme paid $433,000 across fifteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 7 September 2012. Fourteen 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 $433,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 15
ATHLETES PAID 116
DATE 7 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Memorial van Damme

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Memorial van Damme.
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. Six athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

15 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Memorial van Damme, 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
Men's 110 m hurdles Aries Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Silas Kiplagat KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Myriam Soumaré FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Kévin Borlée BEL $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 Francine Niyonsaba BDI $10,000 $26,000
Men's discus throw Gerd Kanter EST $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Svetlana Shkolina RUS $0 $20,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $10,000 $28,000
Men's long jump Aleksandr Menkov RUS $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Silke Spiegelburg GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova KAZ $10,000 $29,000
15 disciplines 15 winners - $433,000

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 116 cheques the 2012 Memorial van Damme wrote

120 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Memorial van Damme, 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
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Kemar Bailey-Cole JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 4th $3,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Ryan Bailey USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Jimmy Vicaut FRA 100 m 7th $1,500
Gerald Phiri ZAM 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
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Lehann Fourie RSA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Ryan Brathwaite BAR 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 1500 m 4th $3,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Daniel Kipchirchir Komen KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Myriam Soumaré FRA 200 m 1st $10,000
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Charonda Williams USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Samantha Henry-Robinson JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Mariya Ryemyen UKR 200 m 6th $2,000
Libania Grenot ITA 200 m 7th $1,500
Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer RUS 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Ángel Mullera ESP 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Silas Kosgei Kitum KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 1st $10,000
Jonathan Borlée BEL 400 m 2nd $6,000
Lalonde Gordon TTO 400 m 3rd $4,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 4th $3,000
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 5th $2,500
Calvin Smith USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Allodin Fothergill JAM 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
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
Ajoke Odumosu NGR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Anna Ryzhykova UKR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Elodie Ouédraogo BEL 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ristananna Tracey JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Vera Barbosa POR 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Gelete Burka ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Buze Diriba ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Almaz Ayana ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $26,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 1st $10,000
Pamela Jelimo KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Mariya Savinova RUS 800 m 3rd annulled -
Brenda Martinez USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Anna Willard USA 800 m 5th $2,500
Halima Hachlaf MAR 800 m 6th $2,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 7th $1,500
Jemma Simpson GBR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 1st $10,000
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Virgilijus Alekna LTU Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Erik Cadée NED Discus throw 4th $3,000
Lawrence Okoye GBR Discus throw 5th $2,500
Vikas Gowda IND Discus throw 6th $2,000
Frank Casanas ESP Discus throw 7th $1,500
Benn Harradine AUS Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $20,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 1st annulled -
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Tia Hellebaut BEL High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Eleriin Haas EST High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Mélanie Melfort FRA High jump 5th $2,500
Chaunte Lowe USA High jump 6th $2,000
Olena Holosha UKR High jump 7th $1,500
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $28,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Vera Markaryan UKR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 6th annulled -
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Linda Stahl GER Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Aleksandr Menkov RUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Sergey Morgunov RUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Chris Tomlinson GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Tyrone Smith BER Long jump 5th $2,500
Ignisious Gaisah GHA Long jump 6th $2,000
Nicolas Stempnick BEL Long jump 7th $1,500
Hans van Alphen BEL Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 1st $10,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Anastasiya Savchenko RUS Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Angelica Bengtsson SWE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Alana Boyd AUS Pole vault 6th $2,000
Lisa Ryzih GER Pole vault =7th shared two ways $1,250
Jiřina Ptáčníková CZE Pole vault =7th shared two ways $1,250
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Marija Šestak SLO Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Hanna Minenko UKR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 5th $2,500
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 6th $2,000
Svetlana Bolshakova BEL Triple jump 7th $1,500
Viktoriya Valyukevich RUS Triple jump 8th annulled -

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 Memorial van Damme money list

116 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Aleksandr Menkov RUS 1st long jump $10,000
2 Aries Merritt USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
3 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
4 Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1st 800 m $10,000
6 Gerd Kanter EST 1st discus throw $10,000
7 Kaliese Carter JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 Kevin Borlée BEL 1st 400 m $10,000
9 Myriam Soumaré FRA 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Olga Rypakova KAZ 1st triple jump $10,000
11 Silas Kiplagat KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
12 Silke Spiegelburg GER 1st pole vault $10,000
13 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
14 Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
15 Anna Chicherova RUS 2nd high jump $6,000
16 Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
17 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
18 Fabiana Murer BRA 2nd pole vault $6,000
19 Jason Richardson USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
20 Jonathan Borlée BEL 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Martin Wierig GER 2nd discus throw $6,000
22 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Mercy Cherono KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Nesta Carter JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
25 Olha Saladukha UKR 2nd triple jump $6,000
26 Pamela Jelimo KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
27 Perri Shakes-Drayton GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
28 Sergey Morgunov RUS 2nd long jump $6,000
29 Sunette Viljoen RSA 2nd javelin throw $6,000
30 Bethwell Birgen KEN 3rd 1500 m $4,000
Aleksandr Menkov $10k Aries Merritt $10k Barbora Špotáková $10k Brimin Kiprop Kipruto $10k Francine Niyonsaba $10k Gerd Kanter $10k Kaliese Carter $10k Kevin Borlée $10k Myriam Soumaré $10k Olga Rypakova $10k Silas Kiplagat $10k Silke Spiegelburg $10k Usain Bolt $10k Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot $10k Anna Chicherova $6,000

Aleksandr Menkov took $10,000 of the $433,000 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 Memorial van Damme pay?

$433,000 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 Memorial van Damme 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. 120 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 116 of them were paid, so 4 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Memorial van Damme?

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

Is the Memorial van Damme 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. Memorial van Damme 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