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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · BELGIUM

Memorial Van Damme 2015 prize money

The 2015 Memorial Van Damme paid $476,500 across sixteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 11 September 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 $476,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 126
DATE 11 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme.
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 Memorial Van Damme, 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 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Dafne Schippers NED $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Habiba Ghribi TUN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Jeffery Gibson BAH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Yomif Kejelcha ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Adam Kszczot POL $10,000 $27,500
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Tero Pitkämäki FIN $10,000 $30,000
Women's mile Faith Kipyegon KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Tom Walsh NZL $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $29,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $476,500

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 126 cheques the 2015 Memorial Van Damme wrote

127 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme, 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
Femi Ogunode QAT 100 m 2nd $6,000
Jimmy Vicaut FRA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 5th $2,500
Ramon Gittens BAR 100 m 6th $2,000
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 7th $1,500
Chijindu Ujah GBR 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Cindy Roleder GER 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Noemi Zbären SUI 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Anne Zagré BEL 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 1st $10,000
Allyson Felix USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Candyce McGrone USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Sherone Simpson JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
Jodie Williams GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Olivia Borlée BEL 200 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
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Hiwot Ayalew ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Purity Kirui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Virginia Nyambura KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Stephanie Garcia USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Marie Gayot FRA 400 m 5th $2,500
Christine Day JAM 400 m 6th $2,000
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Floria Guei FRA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Jeffery Gibson BAH 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Michael Bultheel BEL 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Thomas Barr IRL 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Nicholas Bett KEN 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Bonface Mucheru KEN 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Yomif Kejelcha ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Ben True USA 5000 m 7th $1,500
Ryan Hill USA 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $27,500
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 1st $10,000
Nijel Amos BOT 800 m 2nd $6,000
Amel Tuka BIH 800 m 3rd $4,000
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 4th $3,000
Nader Belhanbel MAR 800 m 5th annulled -
Robert Biwott KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Antoine Gakeme BDI 800 m 7th $1,500
Alfred Kipketer KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Yaimé Pérez CUB Discus throw 4th $3,000
Julia Harting GER Discus throw 5th $2,500
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Shanice Craft GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Mariya Lasitskene RUS High jump 1st $10,000
Anna Chicherova RUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 3rd $4,000
Ana Šimić CRO High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Isobel Pooley GBR High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Nafissatou Thiam BEL High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Kamila Lićwinko POL High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Yuliia Levchenko UKR High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Vítězslav Veselý CZE Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Andreas Hofmann GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Ihab Abdelrahman EGY Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's mile · $30,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN Mile 1st $10,000
Sifan Hassan NED Mile 2nd $6,000
Shannon Rowbury USA Mile 3rd $4,000
Jenny Simpson USA Mile 4th $3,000
Mercy Cherono KEN Mile 5th $2,500
Abeba Aregawi SWE Mile 6th $2,000
Rababe Arafi MAR Mile 7th $1,500
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN Mile 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Robert Sobera POL Pole vault 5th $2,500
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 7th $1,500
Tobias Scherbarth GER Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
O'Dayne Richards JAM Shot put 2nd $6,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
David Storl GER Shot put 4th $3,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Asmir Kolašinac SRB Shot put 6th $2,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 7th $1,500
Reese Hoffa USA 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
Lyukman Adams RUS Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Omar Craddock USA Triple jump 4th $3,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Tosin Oke NGR Triple jump 6th $2,000
Dmitriy Sorokin RUS Triple jump 7th $1,500
Pablo Torrijos ESP Triple jump 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Hanna Minenko ISR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Yekaterina Koneva RUS Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 4th $3,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 5th $2,500
Gabriela Petrova BUL Triple jump 6th $2,000
Jeanine Assani Issouf FRA Triple jump 7th $1,500

126 payments to 126 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 42 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 Memorial Van Damme money list

126 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Adam Kszczot POL 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
3 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Dafne Schippers NED 1st 200 m $10,000
5 Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
6 Faith Kipyegon KEN 1st mile $10,000
7 Habiba Ghribi TUN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
8 Jeffery Gibson BAH 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
9 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 100 m $10,000
10 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
11 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
13 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
14 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Tom Walsh NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Yomif Kejelcha ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
17 Allyson Felix USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
18 Anna Chicherova RUS 2nd high jump $6,000
19 Bershawn Jackson USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
20 Denia Caballero CUB 2nd discus throw $6,000
21 Femi Ogunode QAT 2nd 100 m $6,000
22 Francena McCorory USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
23 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko ISR 2nd triple jump $6,000
25 Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
26 Nijel Amos BOT 2nd 800 m $6,000
27 O'Dayne Richards JAM 2nd shot put $6,000
28 Pedro Pichardo POR 2nd triple jump $6,000
29 Sharika Nelvis USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
30 Shawn Barber CAN 2nd pole vault $6,000
Adam Kszczot $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Christian Taylor $10k Dafne Schippers $10k Dawn Harper-Nelson $10k Faith Kipyegon $10k Habiba Ghribi $10k Jeffery Gibson $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Tero Pitkämäki $10k Tom Walsh $10k

Adam Kszczot took $10,000 of the $476,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 126; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2015 Memorial Van Damme pay?

$476,500 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 Memorial Van Damme 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 126 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Memorial Van Damme?

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 Memorial Van Damme 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. Memorial Van Damme 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