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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · UNITED STATES

Prefontaine Classic 2015 prize money

The 2015 Prefontaine Classic paid $475,500 across sixteen disciplines at Hayward Field, Eugene, 30 May 2015. Tianna Bartoletta walked out with the most of it, $11,500 from two disciplines.

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 $475,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 124
DATE 30 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic.
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. Three athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Justin Gatlin USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Ezekiel Kemboi KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Kirani James GRN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Johnny Dutch USA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 5000 m Genzebe Dibaba ETH $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Piotr Małachowski POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Christina Obergföll GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Tianna Madison USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's mile Ayanleh Souleiman DJI $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $27,500
Men's shot put Joe Kovacs USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $29,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $475,500

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 125 cheques the 2015 Prefontaine Classic wrote

125 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 2nd $6,000
Tori Bowie USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 4th $3,000
Carmelita Jeter USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Kelly-Ann Baptiste TTO 100 m 6th $2,000
Tianna Madison USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Michelle-Lee Ahye TTO 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Orlando Ortega CUB 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Andrew Riley JAM 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Aleec Harris USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Wenjun Xie CHN 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Justin Gatlin USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Anaso Jobodwana RSA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Isiah Young USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Julian Forte JAM 200 m 5th $2,500
Curtis Mitchell USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 7th $1,500
Gil Roberts USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Jonathan Muia Ndiku KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Hilal Yego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Donn Cabral USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 1st $10,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Christopher Brown BAH 400 m 3rd $4,000
Youssef Ahmed Masrahi KSA 400 m 4th $3,000
Abdalelah Haroun QAT 400 m 5th $2,500
Tony McQuay USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 7th $1,500
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $29,000
Johnny Dutch USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jaheel Hyde JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Sally Kipyego KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Alemitu Haroye ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Irine Chepet Cheptai KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Yelena Korobkina RUS 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Ajee Wilson USA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Brenda Martinez USA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Abeba Aregawi SWE 800 m 4th $3,000
Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Chanelle Price USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 7th $1,500
Marina Arzamasova BLR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Vikas Gowda IND Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Martin Kupper EST Discus throw 4th $3,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 5th $2,500
Ehsan Hadadi IRI Discus throw 6th $2,000
Jared Schuurmans USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Zhang Guowei CHN High jump 2nd $6,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Ivan Ukhov RUS High jump 4th $3,000
Daniil Tsyplakov RUS High jump 5th $2,500
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 6th $2,000
Jesse Williams USA High jump =7th shared three ways $833
Donald Thomas BAH High jump =7th shared three ways $833
Derek Drouin CAN High jump =7th shared three ways $833
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Elizabeth Gleadle CAN Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Linda Stahl GER Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Mariya Abakumova RUS Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Tianna Madison USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 2nd $6,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum GER Long jump 6th $2,000
Funmi Jimoh USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Darya Klishina RUS Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's mile · $30,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI Mile 1st $10,000
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA Mile 2nd $6,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN Mile 3rd $4,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN Mile 4th $3,000
James Kiplagat Magut KEN Mile 5th $2,500
Ronald Kwemoi KEN Mile 6th $2,000
Collins Cheboi KEN Mile 7th $1,500
Johan Cronje RSA Mile 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $27,500
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Valentin Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault 5th $2,500
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 6th $2,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 1st $10,000
David Storl GER Shot put 2nd $6,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 4th $3,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 5th $2,500
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 6th $2,000
O'Dayne Richards JAM Shot put 7th $1,500
Kurt Roberts USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Yekaterina Koneva RUS Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Keila Costa BRA Triple jump 4th $3,000
Yosiris Urrutia COL Triple jump 5th $2,500
Yanmei Li CHN Triple jump 6th $2,000
Amanda Smock USA Triple jump 7th $1,500

125 payments to 124 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

124 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Tianna Bartoletta USA 1st long jump $11,500
2 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 1st mile $10,000
3 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Christina Obergföll GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
5 Eunice Sum KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
6 Ezekiel Kemboi KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
7 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
8 Joe Kovacs USA 1st shot put $10,000
9 Johnny Dutch USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
10 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 200 m $10,000
11 Kirani James GRN 1st 400 m $10,000
12 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
13 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
14 Piotr Małachowski POL 1st discus throw $10,000
15 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
16 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
17 Ajeé Wilson USA 2nd 800 m $6,000
18 Anaso Jobodwana RSA 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Aries Merritt USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
20 Bershawn Jackson USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
21 Christabel Nettey CAN 2nd long jump $6,000
22 David Storl GER 2nd shot put $6,000
23 Faith Kipyegon KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
25 Kara Winger USA 2nd javelin throw $6,000
26 LaShawn Merritt USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
27 Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 2nd mile $6,000
28 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 2nd 100 m $6,000
29 Robert Urbanek POL 2nd discus throw $6,000
30 Sam Kendricks USA 2nd pole vault $6,000
Tianna Bartoletta $12k Ayanleh Souleiman $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Christina Obergföll $10k Eunice Sum $10k Ezekiel Kemboi $10k Genzebe Dibaba $10k Joe Kovacs $10k Johnny Dutch $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Kirani James $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Pascal Martinot-Lagarde $10k Piotr Małachowski $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k

Tianna Bartoletta took $11,500 of the $475,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 124; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2015 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$475,500 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 Prefontaine Classic 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. 125 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 125 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic?

Tianna Bartoletta, on $11,500 from two disciplines. 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. Three athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why three figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Prefontaine Classic 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. Prefontaine Classic 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