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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · SWITZERLAND

Athletissima 2015 prize money

The 2015 Athletissima paid $478,000 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 9 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 $478,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 125
DATE 9 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Athletissima.
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 2015 Athletissima, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m hurdles Dawn Harper-Nelson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Sifan Hassan NED $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Zharnel Hughes GBR $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Allyson Felix USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Virginia Nyambura KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Bershawn Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Mo Farah GBR $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Nijel Amos BOT $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Yaimé Pérez CUB $10,000 $29,000
Women's high jump Anna Chicherova RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Keshorn Walcott TTO $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Tianna Madison USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Paweł Wojciechowski POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put David Storl GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $29,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $478,000

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 2015 Athletissima wrote

126 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Athletissima, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Queen Claye USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kristi Castlin USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jacquelyn Coward USA 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 1st $10,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 1500 m 4th $3,000
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 1500 m 5th $2,500
Siham Hilali MAR 1500 m 6th $2,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Senbere Teferi ETH 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Zharnel Hughes GBR 200 m 1st $10,000
Anaso Jobodwana RSA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Isiah Young USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas GRE 200 m 4th $3,000
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 5th $2,500
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 6th $2,000
Ameer Webb USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 200 m 3rd $4,000
Dezerea Bryant USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Bianca Williams GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Virginia Nyambura KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Ruth Jebet BRN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Tigest Getent Mekonen BRN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Caroline Tuigong KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Sviatlana Kudzelich BLR 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Anyika Onuora GBR 400 m 4th $3,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Regina George NGR 400 m 6th $2,000
Phyllis Francis USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Indira Terrero ESP 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Denis Kudryavtsev RUS 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Quincy Downing USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Mo Farah GBR 5000 m 1st $10,000
Yomif Kejelcha ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Yasin Haji ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Bedan Karoki KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Aweke Ayalew BRN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Nijel Amos BOT 800 m 1st $10,000
David Rudisha KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Alfred Kipketer KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 5th $2,500
Job Kinyor KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA 800 m 7th $1,500
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $29,000
Yaimé Pérez CUB Discus throw 1st $10,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 4th $3,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 6th $2,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Women's high jump · $30,000
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 1st $10,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 2nd $6,000
Erika Kinsey SWE High jump 3rd $4,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 4th $3,000
Ana Šimić CRO High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Svetlana Radzivil UZB High jump =5th shared two ways $2,250
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER High jump 7th $1,500
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Hamish Peacock AUS Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Tianna Madison USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 3rd $4,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 4th $3,000
Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum GER Long jump 5th $2,500
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 6th $2,000
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Darya Klishina RUS Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 1st $10,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 4th $3,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Thiago Braz BRA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Aleksandr Gripich RUS Pole vault =7th shared two ways $1,250
Kévin Ménaldo FRA Pole vault =7th shared two ways $1,250
Men's shot put · $30,000
David Storl GER Shot put 1st $10,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 5th $2,500
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 7th $1,500
Jordan Clarke USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $29,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Pedro Pichardo CUB Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Omar Craddock USA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Lyukman Adams RUS Triple jump 5th $2,500
Fabrizio Donato ITA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Fabian Florant NED Triple jump 7th $1,500

126 payments to 125 athletes, because one of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 38 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 Athletissima money list

125 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Allyson Felix USA 1st 200 m $10,000
2 Anna Chicherova RUS 1st high jump $10,000
3 Bershawn Jackson USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
4 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
5 David Storl GER 1st shot put $10,000
6 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
7 Keshorn Walcott TTO 1st javelin throw $10,000
8 Mo Farah GBR 1st 5000 m $10,000
9 Nijel Amos BOT 1st 800 m $10,000
10 Paweł Wojciechowski POL 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
12 Sifan Hassan NED 1st 1500 m $10,000
13 Tianna Bartoletta USA 1st long jump $10,000
14 Virginia Nyambura KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
15 Yaime Pérez CUB 1st discus throw $10,000
16 Zharnel Hughes GBR 1st 200 m $10,000
17 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 2nd 400 m $8,000
18 Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Dafne Schippers NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
20 David Rudisha KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
21 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
22 Hiwot Ayalew ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
23 Jasmin Stowers USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
24 Joe Kovacs USA 2nd shot put $6,000
25 L. J. van Zyl RSA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
26 Pedro Pichardo POR 2nd triple jump $6,000
27 Raphael Holzdeppe GER 2nd pole vault $6,000
28 Ruth Beitia ESP 2nd high jump $6,000
29 Sandra Elkasević CRO 2nd discus throw $6,000
30 Shara Proctor GBR 2nd long jump $6,000
Allyson Felix $10k Anna Chicherova $10k Bershawn Jackson $10k Christian Taylor $10k David Storl $10k Dawn Harper-Nelson $10k Keshorn Walcott $10k Mo Farah $10k Nijel Amos $10k Paweł Wojciechowski $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Sifan Hassan $10k Tianna Bartoletta $10k Virginia Nyambura $10k Yaime Pérez $10k

Allyson Felix took $10,000 of the $478,000 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 2015 Athletissima pay?

$478,000 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 Athletissima 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. 126 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 126 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Athletissima?

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. 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 Athletissima 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. Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it, and the other fifteen are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one