Diamond League 2012 prize money
The 2012 Diamond League paid $6,473,500 to 755 athletes across fourteen meetings, from 11 May to 7 September. Sandra Elkasević took more of it than anyone, $66,000.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so one card covers every discipline at every meeting of the season: $10,000 for a series win, at the final, and eight places paid in each. There was no Diamond+ tier this season, so every discipline paid the same.
Who earned the most in 2012
The 2012 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | 7 | 6 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 2 | Valerie Adams | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 3 | Barbora Špotáková | 7 | 4 | 1st | $58,000 |
| 4 | Kaliese Carter | 7 | 4 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 5 | Olga Rypakova | 7 | 4 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 6 | Renaud Lavillenie | 6 | 5 | 1st | $52,250 |
| 7 | Christian Taylor | 7 | 3 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 8 | Abeba Aregawi | 6 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 9 | Amantle Montsho | 7 | 2 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 10 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | 6 | 4 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 11 | Reese Hoffa | 5 | 5 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 12 | Usain Bolt | 5 | 5 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 13 | Chaunte Lowe | 6 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 14 | Jason Richardson | 7 | 2 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 15 | Yelena Sokolova | 5 | 4 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 16 | Angelo Taylor | 8 | 3 | 1st | $44,500 |
| 17 | Blessing Okagbare | 9 | 1 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 18 | Gerd Kanter | 6 | 3 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 19 | Javier Culson | 5 | 4 | 1st | $42,500 |
| 20 | Mercy Cherono | 5 | 3 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 21 | Robbie Grabarz | 6 | 2 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 22 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 6 | 2 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 23 | Nickel Ashmeade | 7 | 2 | 1st | $41,500 |
| 24 | Vítězslav Veselý | 6 | 2 | 1st | $41,000 |
| 25 | Asbel Kiprop | 6 | 3 | 1st | $40,000 |
| 26 | Aries Merritt | 5 | 3 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 27 | Churandy Martina | 7 | 1 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 28 | Carmelita Jeter | 6 | 2 | 1st | $38,500 |
| 29 | Pamela Jelimo | 5 | 2 | 1st | $38,000 |
| 30 | Charonda Williams | 7 | 2 | 1st | $37,000 |
| 31 | Dylan Armstrong | 7 | 1 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 32 | Fabiana Murer | 6 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 33 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | 4 | 3 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 34 | Jesse Williams | 6 | 2 | 1st | $35,250 |
| 35 | Aleksandr Menkov | 4 | 3 | 1st | $34,000 |
| 36 | Luguelín Santos | 6 | 1 | 1st | $34,000 |
| 37 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | 6 | 1 | 1st | $33,500 |
| 38 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | 5 | 3 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 39 | Silas Kiplagat | 4 | 3 | 1st | $33,000 |
| 40 | Kellie Wells | 5 | 1 | 1st | $32,000 |
Sandra Elkasević collected $66,000 of the $6,473,500 the season paid out, 1.0% of it. 409 athletes were paid more than once in 2012 and the rest were paid once, which is what a money list of a series that runs fourteen times a summer looks like. The table lists the 40 biggest of 755.
Every meeting of 2012
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | Doha | 11 May | 16 | $458,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | Shanghai | 19 May | 16 | $477,000 |
| Golden Gala | Rome | 31 May | 16 | $466,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 2 June | 16 | $470,500 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 7 June | 16 | $466,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | New York City | 9 June | 15 | $442,500 |
| Meeting Areva | Saint-Denis | 6 July | 17 | $507,000 |
| London Grand Prix | London | 13 to 14 July | 16 | $475,000 |
| Herculis | Fontvieille | 20 July | 15 | $445,500 |
| DN Galan | Stockholm | 17 August | 17 | $459,000 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 23 August | 16 | $447,500 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix | Birmingham | 26 August | 16 | $450,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | 30 August | 17 | $476,000 |
| Memorial van Damme | Brussels | 7 September | 15 | $433,000 |
| 14 meetings | 14 cities | - | 224 | $6,473,500$6.5m |
What the season paid, meeting by meeting
season running total
The line is the running total, and it is close to straight because the pots barely move: every series meeting pays the same rate a discipline, so what separates them is how many disciplines they ran.
Every discipline of 2012
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2012 |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's long jump | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $208,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 7 | $208,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $207,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 7 | $207,000 |
| Men's shot put | 7 | $206,000 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $205,500 |
| Women's discus throw | 7 | $205,500 |
| Women's triple jump | 7 | $205,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 7 | $204,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $203,500 |
| Men's javelin throw | 7 | $200,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $200,000 |
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $199,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 7 | $197,500 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $194,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 7 | $193,500 |
| Men's high jump | 7 | $188,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $179,500 |
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | $179,000 |
| Women's long jump | 7 | $178,000 |
| Women's shot put | 7 | $174,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | $150,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | $120,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 3 | $90,000 |
| Men's mile | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| 35 disciplines | 224 | $6,473,500$6.5m |
No discipline runs at every meeting. The series rotates them, so a discipline's total for the season is its rate multiplied by how many times it was on the programme, and the column above is a count of appearances rather than a ranking of anything.
What each place paid in 2012
The card in force across the season
| PLACE | SERIES |
|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 |
Every column is the whole of what that kind of discipline paid in 2012. There is no appearance money in these figures, no bonus for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money did the 2012 Diamond League pay?
$6,473,500 across fourteen meetings and 35 disciplines, to 755 athletes. That is 5.7% of everything the series has paid across the sixteen seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2012?
$10,000 at a series meeting. The figure is the same in every discipline on the card, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays.
Who earned the most in the 2012 Diamond League?
Sandra Elkasević, on $66,000 from seven paid finishes, six of them wins. 409 of the 755 athletes paid in 2012 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2012 Diamond League run?
Fourteen, every one of them paid at the series rate, because the season had no final of its own. Every series meeting paid the same rate for the same finishing place, so what separates one meeting's pot from another is how many disciplines it ran.
How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?
Eight places. Ninth pays nothing however fast the race was: 1,702 payments in 2012 went to 755 athletes from 82 countries, and 52 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
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