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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2015 · SWITZERLAND

Weltklasse Zürich 2015 prize money

The 2015 Weltklasse Zürich paid $480,000 across sixteen disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 3 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 $480,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 129
DATE 3 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich.
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. Six athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich, 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 Sergey Shubenkov RUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Asbel Kiprop KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Alonso Edward PAN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Almaz Ayana ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m LaShawn Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Zuzana Hejnová CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Robert Urbanek POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Greg Rutherford GBR $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Ivana Vuleta SRB $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Christina Schwanitz GER $10,000 $30,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $480,000

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 129 cheques the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

129 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich, 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
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 2nd $6,000
Tori Bowie USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Candyce McGrone USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Michelle-Lee Ahye TTO 100 m 5th $2,500
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Natasha Morrison JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Kelly-Ann Baptiste TTO 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Orlando Ortega CUB 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Shane Brathwaite BAR 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Mikel Thomas TTO 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jason Richardson USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Dimitri Bascou FRA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Robert Biwott KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Ronald Kwemoi KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Henrik Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 6th $2,000
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Robby Andrews USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 1st $10,000
Rasheed Dwyer JAM 200 m 2nd $6,000
Anaso Jobodwana RSA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Nickel Ashmeade JAM 200 m 4th $3,000
Miguel Francis ANT 200 m 5th $2,500
Isiah Young USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Kenji Fujimitsu JPN 200 m 7th $1,500
Daniel Talbot GBR 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Almaz Ayana ETH 3000 m 1st $10,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Senbere Teferi ETH 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Jenny Simpson USA 3000 m 4th $3,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 5th $2,500
Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot KEN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Shannon Rowbury USA 3000 m 7th $1,500
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Clement Kimutai Kemboi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Brahim Taleb MAR 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Matthew Hughes CAN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 2nd $6,000
Wayde van Niekerk RSA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 4th $3,000
Rabah Yousif GBR 400 m 5th $2,500
David Verburg USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 7th $1,500
Steven Gardiner BAH 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sara Slott Petersen DEN 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Georganne Moline USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Wenda Nel RSA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 2nd $6,000
Fabienne Kohlmann GER 800 m 3rd $4,000
Sifan Hassan NED 800 m 4th $3,000
Marina Arzamasova BLR 800 m 5th $2,500
Rénelle Lamote FRA 800 m 6th $2,000
Joanna Jóźwik POL 800 m 7th $1,500
Brenda Martinez USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Philip Milanov BEL Discus throw 4th $3,000
Vikas Gowda IND Discus throw 5th $2,500
Apostolos Parellis CYP Discus throw 6th $2,000
Martin Wierig GER Discus throw 7th $1,500
Jason Morgan JAM Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump 2nd $6,000
Zhang Guowei CHN High jump 3rd $4,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 4th $3,000
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA High jump 5th $2,500
Jaroslav Bába CZE High jump 6th $2,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
JaCorian Duffield USA High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Elizabeth Gleadle CAN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Christin Hussong GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Linda Stahl GER Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Huihui Lyu CHN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Greg Rutherford GBR Long jump 1st $10,000
Marquis Dendy USA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 3rd $4,000
Jeff Henderson USA Long jump 4th $3,000
Wang Jianan CHN Long jump 5th $2,500
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 6th $2,000
Christian Taylor USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Aleksandr Menkov RUS Long jump 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
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Jazmin Sawyers GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 5th $2,500
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Alina Rotaru-Kottmann ROU Long jump 7th $1,500
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE Pole vault 1st $10,000
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Nicole Büchler SUI Pole vault 4th $3,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Silke Spiegelburg GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Anzhelika Sidorova RUS Pole vault 7th $1,500
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Women's shot put · $30,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 1st $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Tia Brooks-Wannemacher USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 6th $2,000
Paulina Guba POL Shot put 7th $1,500
Jillian Camarena-Williams USA Shot put 8th $1,000

129 payments to 129 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 44 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

129 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Almaz Ayana ETH 1st 3000 m $10,000
2 Alonso Edward PAN 1st 200 m $10,000
3 Asbel Kiprop KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
4 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
5 Christina Schwanitz GER 1st shot put $10,000
6 Eunice Sum KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
7 Greg Rutherford GBR 1st long jump $10,000
8 Ivana Španović SRB 1st long jump $10,000
9 LaShawn Merritt USA 1st 400 m $10,000
10 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
11 Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
13 Robert Urbanek POL 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Sergey Shubenkov ANA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
15 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
16 Zuzana Hejnová CZE 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
17 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd 100 m $6,000
18 Bohdan Bondarenko UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
19 David Oliver USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
20 Elijah Manangoi KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
21 Elizabeth Gleadle CAN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
22 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 2nd 3000 m $6,000
23 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
24 Kirani James GRN 2nd 400 m $6,000
25 Lynsey Sharp GBR 2nd 800 m $6,000
26 Marquis Dendy USA 2nd long jump $6,000
27 Michelle Carter USA 2nd shot put $6,000
28 Piotr Małachowski POL 2nd discus throw $6,000
29 Rasheed Dwyer JAM 2nd 200 m $6,000
30 Sara Petersen DEN 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
Almaz Ayana $10k Alonso Edward $10k Asbel Kiprop $10k Barbora Špotáková $10k Christina Schwanitz $10k Eunice Sum $10k Greg Rutherford $10k Ivana Španović $10k LaShawn Merritt $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou $10k Paul Kipsiele Koech $10k Robert Urbanek $10k Sergey Shubenkov $10k Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce $10k

Almaz Ayana took $10,000 of the $480,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 129; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$480,000 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 Weltklasse Zürich 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. 129 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 129 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2015 Weltklasse Zürich?

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. Six athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why six figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Weltklasse Zürich 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. Weltklasse Zürich 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