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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · ITALY

Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 prize money

The 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea paid $479,000 across sixteen disciplines at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 4 June 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 $479,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 127
DATE 4 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea.
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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Justin Gatlin USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Sharika Nelvis USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 1500 m Jenny Simpson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Jeneba Tarmoh USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Hyvin Kiyeng KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Johnny Dutch USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Yomif Kejelcha ETH $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
Women's high jump Ruth Beitia ESP $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Vítězslav Veselý CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Darya Klishina RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put David Storl GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Pedro Pichardo CUB $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $479,000

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 127 cheques the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea wrote

127 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Justin Gatlin USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Jimmy Vicaut FRA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Nesta Carter JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Kim Collins SKN 100 m 5th $2,500
Diondre Batson USA 100 m =6th shared two ways $1,750
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m =6th shared two ways $1,750
Andrew Fisher JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $29,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Queen Claye USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Cindy Billaud FRA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 1st $10,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Dawit Seyaum ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Laura Muir GBR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Maureen Koster NED 1500 m 6th $2,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Luiza Gega ALB 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Kerron Stewart JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Simone Facey JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Anthonique Strachan BAH 200 m 4th $3,000
Sherone Simpson JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Bianca Williams GBR 200 m 6th $2,000
Hrystyna Stuy UKR 200 m 7th $1,500
Gloria Hooper ITA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Virginia Nyambura KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Madeline Heiner AUS 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Birtukan Fente Alemu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Salima el Ouali Alami MAR 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 2nd $6,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Floria Guei FRA 400 m 4th $3,000
Olha Zemlyak UKR 400 m 5th $2,500
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 6th $2,000
Christine Day JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Libania Grenot ITA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Johnny Dutch USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Thomas Barr IRL 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jehue Gordon TTO 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Timofey Chalyy RUS 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Yomif Kejelcha ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Paul Kipngetich Tanui KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Imane Merga ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Ali Kaya TUR 5000 m 7th $1,500
Dejen Gebremeskel ETH 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 1st $10,000
Nijel Amos BOT 800 m 2nd $6,000
Job Kinyor KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 4th $3,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA 800 m 7th $1,500
Giordano Benedetti ITA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Yaimé Pérez CUB Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Julia Harting GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 7th $1,500
Anna Rüh GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 1st $10,000
Blanka Vlašić CRO High jump 2nd $6,000
Kamila Lićwinko POL High jump 3rd $4,000
Mariya Lasitskene RUS High jump 4th $3,000
Ana Šimić CRO High jump 5th $2,500
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 6th $2,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump 7th $1,500
Airinė Palšytė LTU High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Ihab Abdelrahman EGY Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Rocco van Rooyen RSA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Norbert Bonvecchio ITA Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Darya Klishina RUS Long jump 1st $10,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum GER Long jump 3rd $4,000
Malaika Mihambo GER Long jump 4th $3,000
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Melanie Bauschke GER Long jump 6th $2,000
Tania Vicenzino ITA Long jump 7th $1,500
Maria del Mar Jover ESP Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Thiago Braz BRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Aleksandr Gripich RUS Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 4th $3,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 5th $2,500
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Tobias Scherbarth GER Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Kévin Ménaldo FRA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
David Storl GER Shot put 1st $10,000
Jordan Clarke USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Tomáš Staněk CZE Shot put 3rd $4,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Jakub Szyszkowski POL Shot put 5th $2,500
Tim Nedow CAN Shot put 6th $2,000
O'Dayne Richards JAM Shot put 7th $1,500
Asmir Kolašinac SRB Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Pedro Pichardo CUB Triple jump 1st $10,000
Alexis Copello CUB Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Ernesto Revé CUB Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 4th $3,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Lyukman Adams RUS Triple jump 6th $2,000
Aleksey Fyodorov RUS Triple jump 7th $1,500
Daniele Cavazzani ITA Triple jump 8th $1,000

127 payments to 127 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea money list

127 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Darya Klishina ANA 1st long jump $10,000
2 David Storl GER 1st shot put $10,000
3 Francena McCorory USA 1st 400 m $10,000
4 Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Jeneba Tarmoh USA 1st 200 m $10,000
6 Jenny Simpson USA 1st 1500 m $10,000
7 Johnny Dutch USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 100 m $10,000
9 Mohammed Aman ETH 1st 800 m $10,000
10 Pedro Pichardo POR 1st triple jump $10,000
11 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Ruth Beitia ESP 1st high jump $10,000
13 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Sharika Nelvis USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
15 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
16 Yomif Kejelcha ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
17 Alexis Copello AZE 2nd triple jump $6,000
18 Blanka Vlašić CRO 2nd high jump $6,000
19 Dani Stevens AUS 2nd discus throw $6,000
20 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
21 Jimmy Vicaut FRA 2nd 100 m $6,000
22 Jordan Clarke USA 2nd shot put $6,000
23 Julius Yego KEN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
24 Kerron Stewart JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
25 Michael Tinsley USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
26 Nijel Amos BOT 2nd 800 m $6,000
27 Paul Kipngetich Tanui KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
28 Shara Proctor GBR 2nd long jump $6,000
29 Sifan Hassan NED 2nd 1500 m $6,000
30 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 2nd 400 m $6,000
Darya Klishina $10k David Storl $10k Francena McCorory $10k Hyvin Jepkemoi $10k Jeneba Tarmoh $10k Jenny Simpson $10k Johnny Dutch $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Mohammed Aman $10k Pedro Pichardo $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Ruth Beitia $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Sharika Nelvis $10k Vítězslav Veselý $10k

Darya Klishina took $10,000 of the $479,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 127; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea pay?

$479,000 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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. 127 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 127 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea?

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. 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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. Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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