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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · CHINA

Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 prize money

The 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix paid $477,000 across sixteen disciplines at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, 19 May 2012. 17 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 $477,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 125
DATE 19 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Shanghai Golden 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.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Asafa Powell JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Xiang Liu CHN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Genzebe Dibaba ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Milcah Chemos KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Novlene Williams-Mills JAM $10,000 $28,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Angelo Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH $10,000 $29,000
Men's 800 m Leonard Kirwa Kosencha KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Chaunte Lowe USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Janay Deloach USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Yansheng Yang CHN $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Reese Hoffa USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Phillips Idowu GBR $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $477,000

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 126 cheques the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Darvis Patton USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Mario Forsythe JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Bingtian Su CHN 100 m 6th $2,000
Michael Frater JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Xiang Liu CHN 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Dexter Faulk USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kevin Craddock USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Dongpeng Shi CHN 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Wenjun Xie CHN 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Abeba Aregawi ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Ibtissam Lakhouad MAR 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Kaila McKnight AUS 1500 m 6th $2,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Charonda Williams USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Tiffany Townsend USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Aleen Bailey JAM 200 m 7th $1,500
Yongli Wei CHN 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
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Lydia Chebet Rotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Li Zhenzhu CHN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Barbara Parker GBR 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $28,000
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 1st $10,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Shericka Williams JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Debbie Dunn USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Antonina Yefremova UKR 400 m 6th annulled -
Xiaoyin Tang CHN 400 m 7th $1,500
Jingwen Chen CHN 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Justin Gaymon USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Wen Cheng CHN 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Aleksandr Derevyagin RUS 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Li Zhilong CHN 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Yuta Imazeki JPN 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Isa Phillips JAM 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $29,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
John Kipkoech KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Vincent Kiprop Chepkok KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Kenenisa Bekele ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Augustine Kiprono Choge KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Sammy Alex Mutahi KEN 5000 m 8th annulled -
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Timothy Kitum KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
André Olivier RSA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Andreas Bube DEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Jeffrey Riseley AUS 800 m 5th $2,500
Alfred Kirwa Yego KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Zinaida Sendriutė LTU Discus throw 4th $3,000
Xinyue Su CHN Discus throw 5th $2,500
Aretha D. Thurmond USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Fei Yang CHN Discus throw 7th $1,500
Sabine Rumpf GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Chaunte Lowe USA High jump 1st $10,000
Xingjuan Zheng CHN High jump 2nd $6,000
Marina Aitova KAZ High jump 3rd $4,000
Inika McPherson USA High jump 4th $3,000
Svetlana Radzivil UZB High jump 5th $2,500
Airinė Palšytė LTU High jump 6th $2,000
Vita Styopina UKR High jump 7th $1,500
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Matthias de Zordo GER Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Chen Qi CHN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Robert Oosthuizen RSA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Xingyu Jiang CHN Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Viktoriya Rybalko UKR Long jump 4th $3,000
Wupin Wang CHN Long jump 5th $2,500
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 6th $2,000
Cornelia Ioana Deiac ROU Long jump 7th $1,500
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Yansheng Yang CHN Pole vault 1st $10,000
Björn Otto GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Malte Mohr GER Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Brad Walker USA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Hendrik Gruber GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Zhang Wei CHN Pole vault 7th $1,500
Mark Hollis USA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 2nd $6,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Asmir Kolašinac SRB Shot put 5th $2,500
Nedžad Mulabegović CRO Shot put 6th $2,000
Guangfu Wang CHN Shot put 7th $1,500
Like Wang CHN Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Phillips Idowu GBR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Will Claye USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Henry Frayne AUS Triple jump 4th $3,000
Bin Dong CHN Triple jump 5th $2,500
Shuo Cao CHN Triple jump 6th $2,000
Samyr Laine HAI Triple jump 7th $1,500
Yanxi Li CHN Triple jump 8th $1,000

126 payments to 125 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 31 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix money list

125 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Angelo Taylor USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
2 Asafa Powell JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
3 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd long jump $10,000
4 Chaunte Lowe USA 1st high jump $10,000
5 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1st 1500 m $10,000
6 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
7 Janay Deloach USA 1st long jump $10,000
8 Leonard Kirwa Kosencha KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
9 Milcah Chemos KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
10 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 1st 400 m $10,000
11 Phillips Idowu GBR 1st triple jump $10,000
12 Reese Hoffa USA 1st shot put $10,000
13 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Veronica Campbell Brown JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
15 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
16 Xiang Liu CHN 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
17 Yansheng Yang CHN 1st pole vault $10,000
18 Abeba Aregawi SWE 2nd 1500 m $6,000
19 Amantle Montsho BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
20 Björn Otto GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
21 Carmelita Jeter USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
22 David Oliver USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
23 Dylan Armstrong CAN 2nd shot put $6,000
24 Justin Gaymon USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Matthias de Zordo GER 2nd javelin throw $6,000
26 Mike Rodgers USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
27 Sofia Assefa ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
28 Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA 2nd discus throw $6,000
29 Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
30 Timothy Kitum KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
Angelo Taylor $10k Asafa Powell $10k Blessing Okagbare $10k Chaunte Lowe $10k Genzebe Dibaba $10k Hagos Gebrhiwet $10k Janay Deloach $10k Leonard Kirwa Kosencha $10k Milcah Chemos $10k Novlene Williams-Mills $10k Phillips Idowu $10k Reese Hoffa $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Veronica Campbell Brown $10k Vítězslav Veselý $10k

Angelo Taylor took $10,000 of the $477,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 125; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix pay?

$477,000 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 Shanghai Golden 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. 128 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 126 of them were paid, so 2 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix?

17 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.

Is the Shanghai Golden 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. Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it, and the other twelve are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one