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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2016 · MONACO

Herculis 2016 prize money

The 2016 Herculis paid $474,500 across sixteen disciplines at Stade Louis II, Monaco, 15 July 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 123
DATE 15 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2016 Herculis

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2016 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. Two athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2016 Herculis, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Dafne Schippers NED $10,000 $29,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Orlando Ortega ESP $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Ronald Kwemoi KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Alonso Edward PAN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Hellen Obiri KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Wayde van Niekerk RSA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Eilidh Doyle GBR $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Piotr Małachowski POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Gianmarco Tamberi ITA $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Damar Forbes JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE $10,000 $27,500
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 123 cheques the 2016 Herculis wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2016 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $29,000
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 1st $10,000
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Carina Horn RSA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Morolake Akinosun USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Tianna Madison USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Desiree Henry GBR 100 m 6th $2,000
Madiea Ghafoor NED 100 m 7th $1,500
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Dimitri Bascou FRA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 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
Damian Czykier POL 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Antonio Alkana RSA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Omar McLeod JAM 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Ronald Kwemoi KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Mo Farah GBR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Ryan Gregson AUS 1500 m 7th $1,500
Jakub Holuša CZE 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 1st $10,000
Christophe Lemaitre FRA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 3rd $4,000
Nery Brenes CRC 200 m 4th $3,000
Shota Iizuka JPN 200 m 5th $2,500
Julian Forte JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
Yancarlos Martínez DOM 200 m 7th $1,500
James Ellington GBR 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Mercy Cherono KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Janet Kisa KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal NOR 3000 m 4th $3,000
Stephanie Twell GBR 3000 m 5th $2,500
Nicole Sifuentes CAN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Katie Mackey USA 3000 m 7th $1,500
Dominique Scott RSA 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Barnabas Kipyego KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Soufiane el Bakkali MAR 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Andrew Bayer USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Lawrence Kemboi Kipsang KEN 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Sebastián Martos ESP 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Wayde van Niekerk RSA 400 m 1st $10,000
Machel Cedenio TTO 400 m 2nd $6,000
Bralon Taplin GRN 400 m 3rd $4,000
Tony McQuay USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 5th $2,500
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 6th $2,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 7th $1,500
Mame-Ibra Anne FRA 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Sara Slott Petersen DEN 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Wenda Nel RSA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Lea Sprunger SUI 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Phara Anacharsis FRA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Ashley Spencer USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 1st $10,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 2nd $6,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Molly Ludlow USA 800 m 4th $3,000
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Angelika Cichocka POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 7th $1,500
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Mauricio Ortega COL Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Zoltán Kővágó HUN Discus throw 4th $3,000
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 5th $2,500
David Wrobel GER Discus throw 6th $2,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 7th $1,500
Lois Maikel Martínez ESP Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA High jump 1st $10,000
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump 2nd $6,000
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR High jump 3rd $4,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 6th $2,000
Derek Drouin CAN High jump 7th $1,500
Chris Baker GBR High jump 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Kathryn Mitchell AUS Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Sunette Viljoen RSA Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Sara Kolak CRO Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Katharina Molitor GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Mathilde Andraud FRA Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Damar Forbes JAM Long jump 1st $10,000
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Xinglong Gao CHN Long jump 3rd $4,000
Ruswahl Samaai RSA Long jump 4th $3,000
Michael Hartfield USA Long jump 5th $2,500
Changzhou Huang CHN Long jump 6th $2,000
Tyrone Smith BER Long jump 7th $1,500
Kevin Mayer FRA Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $27,500
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 1st $10,000
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Fabiana Murer BRA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault 4th $3,000
Eliza McCartney NZL Pole vault 5th $2,500
Li Ling CHN Pole vault 6th $2,000
Women's shot put · $29,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 2nd $6,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tia Brooks-Wannemacher USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 5th $2,500
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 6th $2,000
Emel Dereli̇ TUR Shot put 7th $1,500
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Yulimar Rojas VEN Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Olha Saladukha UKR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 6th $2,000
Jeanine Assani Issouf FRA Triple jump 7th $1,500

123 payments to 123 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 50 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 Herculis money list

123 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Alonso Edward PAN 1st 200 m $10,000
2 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $10,000
3 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Dafne Schippers NED 1st 100 m $10,000
6 Damar Forbes JAM 1st long jump $10,000
7 Eilidh Doyle GBR 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
8 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 1st high jump $10,000
9 Hellen Obiri KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
10 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Orlando Ortega ESP 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
12 Piotr Małachowski POL 1st discus throw $10,000
13 Ronald Kwemoi KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
14 Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Valerie Adams NZL 1st shot put $10,000
16 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 1st 400 m $10,000
17 Bohdan Bondarenko UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
18 Cassandra Tate USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
19 Christina Schwanitz GER 2nd shot put $6,000
20 Christophe Lemaitre FRA 2nd 200 m $6,000
21 Daniel Ståhl SWE 2nd discus throw $6,000
22 Dimitri Bascou FRA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
23 Elijah Manangoi KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
24 Fabrice Lapierre AUS 2nd long jump $6,000
25 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 2nd 800 m $6,000
26 Kathryn Mitchell AUS 2nd javelin throw $6,000
27 Machel Cedenio TTO 2nd 400 m $6,000
28 Mercy Cherono KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
29 Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
30 Veronica Campbell Brown JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
Alonso Edward $10k Caster Semenya $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Conseslus Kipruto $10k Dafne Schippers $10k Damar Forbes $10k Eilidh Doyle $10k Gianmarco Tamberi $10k Hellen Obiri $10k Katerina Stefanidi $10k Orlando Ortega $10k Piotr Małachowski $10k Ronald Kwemoi $10k Tatsiana Khaladovich $10k Valerie Adams $10k

Alonso Edward 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 2016 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 2016 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 2016 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. Two athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why two 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 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. Herculis 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