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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · UNITED KINGDOM

Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 prize money

The 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games paid $474,000 across sixteen disciplines at Stadium at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, 24 & 25 July 2015. 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 $474,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 123
DATE 24 & 25 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games.
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. Two athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Dafne Schippers NED $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Jason Richardson USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Zharnel Hughes GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Wayde van Niekerk RSA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Mercy Cherono KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Philip Milanov BEL $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Marco Fassinotti ITA $10,000 $27,500
Women's javelin throw Madara Palameika LAT $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Marquis Dendy USA $10,000 $29,000
Men's mile Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE $10,000 $27,500
Women's shot put Michelle Carter USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova KAZ $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $474,000

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 123 cheques the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 2nd $6,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 3rd $4,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 100 m 4th $3,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Tianna Madison USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Charonda Williams USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Alexandria Anderson USA 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Ronnie Ash USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Orlando Ortega CUB 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jeff Porter USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Kevin Craddock USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Lawrence Clarke GBR 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Zharnel Hughes GBR 200 m 1st $10,000
Dedric Dukes USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Anaso Jobodwana RSA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Julian Forte JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Daniel Talbot GBR 200 m 6th $2,000
Curtis Mitchell USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Harry Adams USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Clement Kimutai Kemboi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Andrew Bayer USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Wayde van Niekerk RSA 400 m 1st $10,000
David Verburg USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Christopher Brown BAH 400 m 3rd $4,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 4th $3,000
Youssef Ahmed Masrahi KSA 400 m 5th $2,500
Rabah Yousif GBR 400 m 6th $2,000
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 7th $1,500
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Georganne Moline USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Wenda Nel RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Meghan Beesley GBR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Tiffany Williams USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Molly Huddle USA 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Janet Kisa KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Marielle Hall USA 5000 m 4th $3,000
Haftamnesh Tesfaye ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Emily Sisson USA 5000 m 6th $2,000
Rhona Auckland GBR 5000 m 7th $1,500
Kate Avery GBR 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Sifan Hassan NED 800 m 2nd $6,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Molly Ludlow USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Chanelle Price USA 800 m 5th $2,500
Angelika Cichocka POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Shelayna Oskan-Clarke GBR 800 m 7th $1,500
Selina Rutz-Büchel SUI 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Philip Milanov BEL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Benn Harradine AUS Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 4th $3,000
Vikas Gowda IND Discus throw 5th $2,500
Gerhard Mayer AUT Discus throw 6th $2,000
Apostolos Parellis CYP Discus throw 7th $1,500
Martin Kupper EST Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $27,500
Marco Fassinotti ITA High jump 1st $10,000
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA High jump 2nd $6,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 3rd $4,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 4th $3,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 5th $2,500
Naoto Tobe JPN High jump 6th $2,000
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Kimberley Mickle AUS Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Goldie Sayers GBR Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Elizabeth Gleadle CAN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Margaryta Dorozhon ISR Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $29,000
Marquis Dendy USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Zarck Visser RSA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 4th $3,000
Christian Taylor USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Dan Bramble GBR Long jump 6th $2,000
Kafétien Gomis FRA Long jump 7th $1,500
Men's mile · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA Mile 2nd $6,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI Mile 3rd $4,000
Charlie da'Vall Grice GBR Mile 4th $3,000
Ben Blankenship USA Mile 5th $2,500
Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR Mile 6th $2,000
Jakub Holuša CZE Mile 7th $1,500
Leonel Manzano USA Mile 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $27,500
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE Pole vault 1st $10,000
Anzhelika Sidorova RUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Alana Boyd AUS Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Mary Saxer USA Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Marion Lotout FRA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 3rd $4,000
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 6th $2,000
Felisha Johnson USA Shot put 7th $1,500
Rachel Wallader GBR Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 1st $10,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Sineade Gutzmore GBR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Dovilė Kilty LTU Triple jump 5th $2,500
Jeanine Assani Issouf FRA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Lucie Májková CZE Triple jump 7th $1,500
Teresa Nzola Meso FRA Triple jump 8th $1,000

123 payments to 123 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 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st mile $10,000
2 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
3 Dafne Schippers NED 1st 100 m $10,000
4 Eunice Sum KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
5 Jason Richardson USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
6 Madara Palameika LAT 1st javelin throw $10,000
7 Marco Fassinotti ITA 1st high jump $10,000
8 Marquis Dendy USA 1st long jump $10,000
9 Mercy Cherono KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
10 Michelle Carter USA 1st shot put $10,000
11 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Olga Rypakova KAZ 1st triple jump $10,000
13 Philip Milanov BEL 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 1st 400 m $10,000
15 Zharnel Hughes GBR 1st 200 m $10,000
16 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
17 Anzhelika Sidorova ANA 2nd pole vault $6,000
18 Barbora Špotáková CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
19 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd 100 m $6,000
20 David Verburg USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Dedric Dukes USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
22 Georganne Moline USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
23 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 2nd high jump $6,000
24 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
25 Kimberly Williams JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
26 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 2nd mile $6,000
27 Molly Huddle USA 2nd 5000 m $6,000
28 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
29 Robert Urbanek POL 2nd discus throw $6,000
30 Sifan Hassan NED 2nd 800 m $6,000
Asbel Kiprop $10k Conseslus Kipruto $10k Dafne Schippers $10k Eunice Sum $10k Jason Richardson $10k Madara Palameika $10k Marco Fassinotti $10k Marquis Dendy $10k Mercy Cherono $10k Michelle Carter $10k Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou $10k Olga Rypakova $10k Philip Milanov $10k Wayde van Niekerk $10k Zharnel Hughes $10k

Asbel Kiprop took $10,000 of the $474,000 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 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games pay?

$474,000 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 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games 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. 123 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 123 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Sainsburys Anniversary Games?

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

Is the Sainsburys Anniversary Games 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 2015 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2015 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $6,668,750, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Sainsburys Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it, and the other seven are 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014 and 2013.

The meetings either side of this one