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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2016 · SWITZERLAND

Athletissima 2016 prize money

The 2016 Athletissima paid $474,500 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 25 August 2016. 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 124
DATE 25 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2016 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2016 Athletissima.
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 2016 Athletissima, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1000 m Ayanleh Souleiman DJI $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Orlando Ortega ESP $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Churandy Martina NED $10,000 $29,000
Women's 3000 m Genzebe Dibaba ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Abraham Kibiwot KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m LaShawn Merritt USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Dalilah Muhammad USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Francine Niyonsaba BDI $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Philip Milanov BEL $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Madara Palameika LAT $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Ivana Vuleta SRB $10,000 $27,500
Men's pole vault Sam Kendricks USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Valerie Adams NZL $10,000 $29,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $29,000
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 124 cheques the 2016 Athletissima wrote

124 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2016 Athletissima, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Jenna Prandini USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Morolake Akinosun USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Desiree Henry GBR 100 m 4th $3,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 100 m 5th $2,500
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 100 m 7th $1,500
Christania Williams JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 1000 m · $30,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 1000 m 1st $10,000
Robert Biwott KEN 1000 m 2nd $6,000
Jonathan Kitilit KEN 1000 m 3rd $4,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1000 m 4th $3,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 1000 m 5th $2,500
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA 1000 m 6th $2,000
Nicholas Kiplangat Kipkoech KEN 1000 m 7th $1,500
Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR 1000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Omar McLeod JAM 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Dimitri Bascou FRA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Wilhem Belocian FRA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Balázs Baji HUN 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
David Oliver USA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Konstantinos Douvalidis GRE 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $29,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 1st $10,000
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 2nd $6,000
Julian Forte JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas GRE 200 m 4th $3,000
Reece Prescod GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Solomon Bockarie NED 200 m 6th $2,000
James Ellington GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 3000 m 1st $10,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 3000 m 4th $3,000
Janet Kisa KEN 3000 m 5th $2,500
Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Haftamnesh Tesfaye ETH 3000 m 7th $1,500
Alexa Efraimson USA 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Nicholas Kiptonui Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Abel Kiprop Mutai KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Brimin Kiprop Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Donn Cabral USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Amos Kirui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Andrew Bayer USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Steven Gardiner BAH 400 m 2nd $6,000
Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 400 m 3rd $4,000
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 4th $3,000
Martyn Rooney GBR 400 m 5th $2,500
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 6th $2,000
Mame-Ibra Anne FRA 400 m 7th $1,500
Joel Burgunder SUI 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Sara Slott Petersen DEN 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ashley Spencer USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Hanna Titimets UKR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Lea Sprunger SUI 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 1st $10,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu CAN 800 m 4th $3,000
Selina Rutz-Büchel SUI 800 m 5th $2,500
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 6th $2,000
Nataliia Krol UKR 800 m 7th $1,500
Winny Chebet KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Philip Milanov BEL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Zoltán Kővágó HUN Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Robert Harting GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 5th $2,500
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 6th $2,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 7th $1,500
Martin Kupper EST Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 2nd $6,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump 4th $3,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 5th $2,500
Donald Thomas BAH High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Pavel Seliverstau BLR High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Konstantinos Baniotis GRE High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Kathryn Mitchell AUS Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Liina Laasma EST Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Christina Obergföll GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Maria Andrejczyk POL Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $27,500
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 1st $10,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 2nd $6,000
Darya Klishina ANA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 4th $3,000
Tianna Madison USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 6th $2,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 4th $3,000
Robert Sobera POL Pole vault 5th $2,500
Stanley Joseph FRA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 7th $1,500
Tobias Scherbarth GER Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Women's shot put · $29,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 3rd $4,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 5th $2,500
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 6th $2,000
Felisha Johnson USA Shot put 7th $1,500
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Paraskevi Papachristou GRE Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 6th $2,000
Ruslana Tsykhotska UKR Triple jump 7th $1,500

124 payments to 124 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 39 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2016 Athletissima money list

124 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abraham Kibiwot KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
2 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 1st 1000 m $10,000
3 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Churandy Martina NED 1st 200 m $10,000
5 Dalilah Muhammad USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
6 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
7 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1st 800 m $10,000
8 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1st 3000 m $10,000
9 Ivana Španović SRB 1st long jump $10,000
10 LaShawn Merritt USA 1st 400 m $10,000
11 Madara Palameika LAT 1st javelin throw $10,000
12 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
13 Orlando Ortega ESP 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
14 Philip Milanov BEL 1st discus throw $10,000
15 Sam Kendricks USA 1st pole vault $10,000
16 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
17 Alonso Edward PAN 2nd 200 m $6,000
18 Barbora Špotáková CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
19 Eilidh Doyle GBR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
20 Eunice Sum KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
21 Hellen Obiri KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
22 Jenna Prandini USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
23 Lorraine Ugen GBR 2nd long jump $6,000
24 Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT 2nd discus throw $6,000
25 Michelle Carter USA 2nd shot put $6,000
26 Nicholas Kiptanui Bett KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
27 Olga Rypakova KAZ 2nd triple jump $6,000
28 Omar McLeod JAM 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
29 Robbie Grabarz GBR 2nd high jump $6,000
30 Robert Biwott KEN 2nd 1000 m $6,000
Abraham Kibiwot $10k Ayanleh Souleiman $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Churandy Martina $10k Dalilah Muhammad $10k Elaine Thompson-Herah $10k Francine Niyonsaba $10k Genzebe Dibaba $10k Ivana Španović $10k LaShawn Merritt $10k Madara Palameika $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Orlando Ortega $10k Philip Milanov $10k Sam Kendricks $10k

Abraham Kibiwot took $10,000 of the $474,500 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 2016 Athletissima pay?

$474,500 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 2016 Athletissima 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. 124 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 124 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2016 Athletissima?

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 Athletissima 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 2016 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2016 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $6,634,000, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it, and the other fifteen are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one