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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · UNITED STATES

Prefontaine Classic 2012 prize money

The 2012 Prefontaine Classic paid $470,500 across sixteen disciplines at Hayward Field, Eugene, 2 June 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 $470,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 120
DATE 2 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic.
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 Prefontaine Classic, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 110 m hurdles Xiang Liu CHN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Wallace Spearmon USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Milcah Chemos KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m LaShawn Merritt USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 400 m Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Mo Farah GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Abubaker Kaki SUD $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $25,500
Women's high jump Anna Chicherova RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT $10,000 $29,000
Women's long jump Shara Proctor GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's mile Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Fabiana Murer BRA $10,000 $29,000
Men's shot put Reese Hoffa USA $10,000 $29,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $29,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $470,500

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 120 cheques the 2012 Prefontaine Classic wrote

120 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Xiang Liu CHN 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Dexter Faulk USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ryan Wilson USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ashton Eaton USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Andrew Turner GBR 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Wallace Spearmon USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Marvin Anderson JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Rondel Sorrillo TTO 200 m 4th $3,000
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure NOR 200 m 5th $2,500
Emmanuel Callender TTO 200 m 6th $2,000
Richard Thompson TTO 200 m 7th $1,500
Shawn Crawford USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Bianca Knight USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
LaShauntea Moore USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Candyce McGrone USA 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
Barbara Parker GBR 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Lyudmila Remeslova RUS 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $29,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Christopher Brown BAH 400 m 2nd $6,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 4th $3,000
Jeremy Wariner USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Demetrius Pinder BAH 400 m 6th $2,000
Oscar Pistorius RSA 400 m 7th $1,500
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 4th $3,000
DeeDee Trotter USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 6th $2,000
Debbie Dunn USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Mo Farah GBR 5000 m 1st $10,000
Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Galen Rupp USA 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Kenenisa Bekele ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
John Kipkoech KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Samuel Chelanga KEN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Abubaker Kaki SUD 800 m 1st $10,000
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 2nd $6,000
Nick Symmonds USA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Khadevis Robinson USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 5th $2,500
Anthony Chemut KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Job Kinyor KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Tyler Mulder USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $25,500
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Żaneta Glanc POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Krishna Poonia IND Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Women's high jump · $30,000
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 1st $10,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Chaunte Lowe USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Brigetta Barrett USA High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Emma Green SWE High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Xingjuan Zheng CHN High jump 6th $2,000
Ebba Jungmark SWE High jump 7th $1,500
Mélanie Melfort FRA High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $29,000
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Stuart Farquhar NZL Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Cyrus Hostetler USA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Sergey Makarov RUS Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Zigismunds Sirmais LAT Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · $30,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 1st $10,000
Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin FRA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Bianca Stuart BAH Long jump 4th $3,000
Ineta Radēviča LAT Long jump 5th $2,500
Maurren Higa Maggi BRA Long jump 6th $2,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's mile · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH Mile 2nd $6,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI Mile 3rd $4,000
Bethwell Birgen KEN Mile 4th $3,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN Mile 5th $2,500
Collins Cheboi KEN Mile 6th $2,000
Nick Willis NZL Mile 7th $1,500
Abdelaati Iguider MAR Mile 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $29,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Svetlana Feofanova RUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Martina Strutz GER Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Lacy Janson USA Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Kylie Hutson USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Angelica Bengtsson SWE Pole vault 6th $2,000
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault 7th $1,500
Men's shot put · $29,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Dan Taylor USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Justin Rodhe CAN Shot put 7th $1,500
Men's triple jump · $29,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Will Claye USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Phillips Idowu GBR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Leevan Sands BAH Triple jump 4th $3,000
Henry Frayne AUS Triple jump 5th $2,500
Walter Davis USA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Yanxi Li CHN Triple jump 7th $1,500

120 payments to 120 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 30 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

120 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abubaker Kaki SUD 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Allyson Felix USA 1st 200 m $10,000
3 Anna Chicherova RUS 1st high jump $10,000
4 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st mile $10,000
5 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
6 Fabiana Murer BRA 1st pole vault $10,000
7 LaShawn Merritt USA 1st 400 m $10,000
8 Milcah Chemos KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
9 Mo Farah GBR 1st 5000 m $10,000
10 Reese Hoffa USA 1st shot put $10,000
11 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
12 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 1st 400 m $10,000
13 Shara Proctor GBR 1st long jump $10,000
14 Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Wallace Spearmon USA 1st 200 m $10,000
16 Xiang Liu CHN 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
17 Amantle Montsho BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
18 Aries Merritt USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
19 Christopher Brown BAH 2nd 400 m $6,000
20 Churandy Martina NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
21 Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin FRA 2nd long jump $6,000
22 Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
23 Jeneba Tarmoh USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
24 Mekonnen Gebremedhin ETH 2nd mile $6,000
25 Mohammed Aman ETH 2nd 800 m $6,000
26 Sofia Assefa ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
27 Svetlana Feofanova RUS 2nd pole vault $6,000
28 Svetlana Shkolina RUS 2nd high jump $6,000
29 Tomasz Majewski POL 2nd shot put $6,000
30 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
Abubaker Kaki $10k Allyson Felix $10k Anna Chicherova $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Christian Taylor $10k Fabiana Murer $10k LaShawn Merritt $10k Milcah Chemos $10k Mo Farah $10k Reese Hoffa $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Sanya Richards-Ross $10k Shara Proctor $10k Vadims Vasiļevskis $10k Wallace Spearmon $10k

Abubaker Kaki took $10,000 of the $470,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 120; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$470,500 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 Prefontaine Classic 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 120 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Prefontaine Classic?

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. 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 Prefontaine Classic 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. Prefontaine Classic 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