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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2012 · SWITZERLAND

Weltklasse Zürich 2012 prize money

The 2012 Weltklasse Zürich paid $476,000 across 17 disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 30 August 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 17 times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $476,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 17
ATHLETES PAID 123
DATE 30 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich.
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 17 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

17 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Dawn Harper-Nelson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Abeba Aregawi ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Etenesh Diro ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Sanya Richards-Ross USA $10,000 $25,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Angelo Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Mohammed Aman ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Ivan Ukhov RUS $0 $20,000
Men's javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $26,000
Women's long jump Yelena Sokolova RUS $10,000 $24,500
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $25,500
Men's shot put Reese Hoffa USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $26,000
Men's triple jump Fabrizio Donato ITA $10,000 $30,000
17 disciplines 17 winners - $476,000

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 124 cheques the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

132 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Allyson Felix USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 4th $3,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Kerron Stewart JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Ezinne Okparaebo NOR 100 m 7th $1,500
Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Queen Claye USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Kellie Wells USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ginnie Crawford USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Priscilla Schliep CAN 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jessica Zelinka CAN 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Phylicia George CAN 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Abeba Aregawi ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Shannon Rowbury USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Mimi Belete BRN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Hannah England GBR 1500 m 6th $2,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Brenda Martinez USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Usain Bolt JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Jason Young JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Warren Weir JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Wallace Spearmon USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 6th $2,000
Alex Wilson SUI 200 m 7th $1,500
Patrick van Luijk NED 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Etenesh Diro ETH 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Habiba Ghribi TUN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Ancuţa Bobocel ROU 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Antje Möldner-Schmidt GER 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $25,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Amantle Montsho BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Antonina Krivoshapka RUS 400 m 4th annulled -
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Natalya Antyukh RUS 400 m 6th annulled -
DeeDee Trotter USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Christine Ohuruogu GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Angelo Taylor USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Omar Cisneros CUB 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Félix Sánchez DOM 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Leford Green JAM 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Rhys Williams GBR 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Bernard Lagat USA 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
John Kipkoech KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Tariku Bekele ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Yigrem Demelash ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Imane Merga ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 1st $10,000
David Rudisha KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Leonard Kirwa Kosencha KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Duane Solomon USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Andrew Osagie GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Michael Rimmer GBR 800 m 6th $2,000
Timothy Kitum KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Anthony Chemut KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Yarelis Barrios CUB Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Żaneta Glanc POL Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Stephanie Brown-Trafton USA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 5th $2,500
Zinaida Sendriutė LTU Discus throw 6th $2,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Julia Harting GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $20,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 1st annulled -
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 2nd $6,000
Andrey Silnov RUS High jump 3rd $4,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump 4th $3,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Jamie Nieto USA High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Men's javelin throw · $26,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Antti Ruuskanen FIN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR Javelin throw 3rd annulled -
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Valeriy Iordan RUS Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Vadims Vasiļevskis LAT Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $24,500
Yelena Sokolova RUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Olga Kucherenko RUS Long jump 4th annulled -
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR Long jump 5th annulled -
Lyudmila Kolchanova RUS Long jump 6th $2,000
Irene Pusterla SUI Long jump 7th $1,500
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $25,500
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Björn Otto GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Jan Kudlička CZE Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Steven Lewis GBR Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Men's shot put · $29,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 3rd $4,000
Dylan Armstrong CAN Shot put 4th $3,000
Cory Martin USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Asmir Kolašinac SRB Shot put 6th $2,000
Marco Fortes POR Shot put 7th $1,500
Women's shot put · $26,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 3rd $4,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 4th $3,000
Yevgeniya Kolodko RUS Shot put 5th annulled -
Natalya Mikhnevich BLR Shot put 6th $2,000
Irina Tarasova RUS Shot put 7th annulled -
Nadine Kleinert GER Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Fabrizio Donato ITA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Seref Osmanoglu UKR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Daniele Greco ITA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Samyr Laine HAI Triple jump 6th $2,000
Fabrizio Schembri ITA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Alexander Hochuli SUI Triple jump 8th $1,000

124 payments to 123 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 37 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abeba Aregawi SWE 1st 1500 m $10,000
2 Angelo Taylor USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
3 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
4 Etenesh Diro ETH 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Fabrizio Donato ITA 1st triple jump $10,000
6 Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
7 Mohammed Aman ETH 1st 800 m $10,000
8 Reese Hoffa USA 1st shot put $10,000
9 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
10 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
11 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 1st 400 m $10,000
12 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
13 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 1st javelin throw $10,000
14 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
15 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Yelena Sokolova ANA 1st long jump $10,000
17 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd long jump $9,000
18 Amantle Montsho BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
19 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
20 Björn Otto GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
21 Carmelita Jeter USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
22 Christian Taylor USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
23 David Rudisha KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
24 Hiwot Ayalew ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
25 Mercy Cherono KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
26 Michelle Carter USA 2nd shot put $6,000
27 Nickel Ashmeade JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
28 Omar Cisneros CUB 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
29 Queen Claye USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
30 Robbie Grabarz GBR 2nd high jump $6,000
Abeba Aregawi $10k Angelo Taylor $10k Dawn Harper-Nelson $10k Etenesh Diro $10k Fabrizio Donato $10k Isiah Kiplangat Koech $10k Mohammed Aman $10k Reese Hoffa $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Sanya Richards-Ross $10k Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce $10k Tero Pitkämäki $10k Usain Bolt $10k Valerie Adams $10k

Abeba Aregawi took $10,000 of the $476,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 123; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$476,000 in all, across 17 disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich 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. 132 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 124 of them were paid, so 8 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2012 Weltklasse Zürich?

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. 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 Weltklasse Zürich 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. Weltklasse Zürich 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