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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · MONACO

Herculis 2015 prize money

The 2015 Herculis paid $474,500 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Louis II, Fontvieille, 17 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 $474,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 123
DATE 17 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Herculis

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Herculis.
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 Herculis, 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 $29,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Sharika Nelvis USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 1500 m Genzebe Dibaba ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Candyce McGrone USA $10,000 $29,000
Men's 3000 m Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Habiba Ghribi TUN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Francena McCorory USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Bershawn Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Amel Tuka BIH $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $27,500
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Ivana Vuleta SRB $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Joe Kovacs USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $474,500

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 Herculis wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $29,000
Justin Gatlin USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Tyson Gay USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Jimmy Vicaut FRA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Chijindu Ujah GBR 100 m 4th $3,000
Keston Bledman TTO 100 m 5th $2,500
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Emmanuel Biron FRA 100 m 7th $1,500
Women's 100 m hurdles · $29,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Brianna McNeal USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Shannon Rowbury USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 4th $3,000
Laura Muir GBR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Maureen Koster NED 1500 m 6th $2,000
Besu Sado ETH 1500 m 7th $1,500
Anna Shchagina RUS 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $29,000
Candyce McGrone USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 200 m 4th $3,000
Kaylin Whitney USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Dezerea Bryant USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 200 m 7th $1,500
Men's 3000 m · $30,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Yenew Alamirew ETH 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Isiah Kiplangat Koech KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 3000 m 4th $3,000
Garrett Heath USA 3000 m 5th $2,500
Ben Blankenship USA 3000 m 6th $2,000
Ali Kaya TUR 3000 m 7th $1,500
Hillary Kipkorir Maiyo KEN 3000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Habiba Ghribi TUN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Virginia Nyambura KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Purity Kirui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Salima el Ouali Alami MAR 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Tigest Getent Mekonen BRN 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
Christine Day JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Christine Ohuruogu GBR 400 m 4th $3,000
Floria Guei FRA 400 m 5th $2,500
Libania Grenot ITA 400 m 6th $2,000
Phyllis Francis USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Marie Gayot FRA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Patryk Dobek POL 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Johnny Dutch USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Mohamed Seghaier TUN 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Michael Stigler USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Mickael Francois FRA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Amel Tuka BIH 800 m 1st $10,000
Nijel Amos BOT 800 m 2nd $6,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 800 m 3rd $4,000
Boris Berian USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 5th $2,500
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $27,500
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Zinaida Sendriutė LTU Discus throw 6th $2,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Mariya Lasitskene RUS High jump 1st $10,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Svetlana Shkolina RUS High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Airinė Palšytė LTU High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Kamila Lićwinko POL High jump 6th $2,000
Alessia Trost ITA High jump 7th $1,500
Erika Kinsey SWE High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ari Mannio FIN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Hamish Peacock AUS Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 1st $10,000
Tianna Madison USA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 4th $3,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 5th $2,500
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Darya Klishina RUS Long jump 7th $1,500
Bianca Stuart BAH Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 4th $3,000
Brad Walker USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Jan Kudlička CZE Pole vault 6th $2,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 7th $1,500
Michal Balner CZE Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Christian Cantwell USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 4th $3,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Jordan Clarke USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 7th $1,500
Tsanko Arnaudov POR Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
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
Benjamin Compaoré FRA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Marquis Dendy USA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Harold Correa FRA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Julian Reid GBR Triple jump 8th $1,000

123 payments to 123 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 35 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 Herculis money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Amel Tuka BIH 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Bershawn Jackson USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
3 Caleb Ndiku KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
4 Candyce McGrone USA 1st 200 m $10,000
5 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
6 Francena McCorory USA 1st 400 m $10,000
7 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1st 1500 m $10,000
8 Habiba Ghribi TUN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
9 Ivana Španović SRB 1st long jump $10,000
10 Joe Kovacs USA 1st shot put $10,000
11 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 100 m $10,000
12 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
13 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
14 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
15 Sharika Nelvis USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
16 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 1st javelin throw $10,000
17 Christian Cantwell USA 2nd shot put $6,000
18 Dafne Schippers NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Dani Stevens AUS 2nd discus throw $6,000
20 Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
21 Kendra Harrison USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
22 Konstantinos Filippidis GRE 2nd pole vault $6,000
23 Nijel Amos BOT 2nd 800 m $6,000
24 Patryk Dobek POL 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Pedro Pichardo POR 2nd triple jump $6,000
26 Sifan Hassan NED 2nd 1500 m $6,000
27 Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 2nd 400 m $6,000
28 Tianna Bartoletta USA 2nd long jump $6,000
29 Tyson Gay USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
30 Vítězslav Veselý CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
Amel Tuka $10k Bershawn Jackson $10k Caleb Ndiku $10k Candyce McGrone $10k Christian Taylor $10k Francena McCorory $10k Genzebe Dibaba $10k Habiba Ghribi $10k Ivana Španović $10k Joe Kovacs $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Sharika Nelvis $10k

Amel Tuka took $10,000 of the $474,500 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 Herculis pay?

$474,500 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $29,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2015 Herculis 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 Herculis?

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 Herculis 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. Herculis 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