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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2016 · BELGIUM

Memorial Van Damme 2016 prize money

The 2016 Memorial Van Damme paid $476,000 across sixteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 9 September 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 $476,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 127
DATE 9 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme

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

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme, 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 110 m hurdles Orlando Ortega ESP $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Timothy Cheruiyot KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Julian Forte JAM $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $28,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Cassandra Tate USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Almaz Ayana ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Adam Kszczot POL $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Daniel Ståhl SWE $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Erik Kynard USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Madara Palameika LAT $10,000 $29,000
Men's long jump Luvo Manyonga RSA $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Sandi Morris USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Michelle Carter USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $29,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $476,000

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 127 cheques the 2016 Memorial Van Damme wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2016 Memorial Van Damme, 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
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 2nd $6,000
Christania Williams JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Desiree Henry GBR 100 m 4th $3,000
Carina Horn RSA 100 m 5th $2,500
Simone Facey JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Jeneba Tarmoh USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Natasha Morrison JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Wilhem Belocian FRA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Dimitri Bascou FRA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
David Omoregie GBR 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Milan Trajkovic CYP 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Balázs Baji HUN 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jarret Eaton USA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Taoufik Makhloufi ALG 1500 m 4th $3,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Robert Biwott KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Vincent Kibet KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Bethwell Birgen KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Julian Forte JAM 200 m 1st $10,000
Adam Gemili GBR 200 m 2nd $6,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 3rd $4,000
Christophe Lemaitre FRA 200 m 4th $3,000
Ramil Guliyev TUR 200 m 5th $2,500
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 6th $2,000
Daniel Talbot GBR 200 m 7th $1,500
Solomon Bockarie NED 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Mahiedine Mekhissi FRA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Nicholas Kiptonui Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hillary Bor USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Andrew Bayer USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Yoann Kowal FRA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $28,000
Caster Semenya RSA 400 m 1st $10,000
Courtney Okolo USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Shericka Jackson JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Olha Zemlyak UKR 400 m 6th annulled -
Libania Grenot ITA 400 m 7th $1,500
Floria Guei FRA 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sara Slott Petersen DEN 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Kaliese Carter JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Wenda Nel RSA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Hanna Titimets UKR 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Almaz Ayana ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Senbere Teferi ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Etenesh Diro ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Shannon Rowbury USA 5000 m 5th $2,500
Alice Aprot Nawowuna KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot KEN 5000 m 7th $1,500
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 1st $10,000
Kipyegon Bett KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Amel Tuka BIH 800 m 3rd $4,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Alfred Kipketer KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Pierre-Ambroise Bosse FRA 800 m 6th $2,000
Clayton Murphy USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Jonathan Kitilit KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 1st $10,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Martin Kupper EST Discus throw 4th $3,000
Philip Milanov BEL Discus throw 5th $2,500
Apostolos Parellis CYP Discus throw 6th $2,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 7th $1,500
Gerd Kanter EST Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 1st $10,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 2nd $6,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 3rd $4,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 4th $3,000
Pavel Seliverstau BLR High jump 5th $2,500
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR High jump 6th $2,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 7th $1,500
Bram Ghuys BEL High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Chris Baker GBR High jump =8th shared three ways $333
Women's javelin throw · $29,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Liina Laasma EST Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Kathryn Mitchell AUS Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Men's long jump · $30,000
Luvo Manyonga RSA Long jump 1st $10,000
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 2nd $6,000
Jarrion Lawson USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Xinglong Gao CHN Long jump 4th $3,000
Emiliano Lasa URU Long jump 5th $2,500
Damar Forbes JAM Long jump 6th $2,000
Henry Frayne AUS Long jump 7th $1,500
Benjamin Gföhler SUI Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Nicole Büchler SUI Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Lisa Ryzih GER Pole vault 4th $3,000
Tina Šutej SLO Pole vault 5th $2,500
Alysha Newman CAN Pole vault 6th $2,000
Kelsie Ahbe CAN Pole vault 7th $1,500
Angelica Moser SUI Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Valerie Adams NZL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 5th $2,500
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 6th $2,000
Melissa Boekelman NED Shot put 7th $1,500
Brittany Crew CAN Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $29,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $10,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Paraskevi Papachristou GRE Triple jump 4th $3,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 5th $2,500
Dana Velďáková SVK Triple jump 6th $2,000
Susana Costa POR Triple jump 7th $1,500

127 payments to 127 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 45 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 Memorial Van Damme money list

127 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Adam Kszczot POL 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Almaz Ayana ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
3 Cassandra Tate USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
4 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 400 m $10,000
5 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
6 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
7 Daniel Ståhl SWE 1st discus throw $10,000
8 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
9 Erik Kynard USA 1st high jump $10,000
10 Julian Forte JAM 1st 200 m $10,000
11 Luvo Manyonga RSA 1st long jump $10,000
12 Madara Palameika LAT 1st javelin throw $10,000
13 Michelle Carter USA 1st shot put $10,000
14 Orlando Ortega ESP 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
15 Sandi Morris USA 1st pole vault $10,000
16 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
17 Abdalaati Iguider MAR 2nd 1500 m $6,000
18 Adam Gemili GBR 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Barbora Špotáková CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
20 Courtney Okolo USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Dafne Schippers NED 2nd 100 m $6,000
22 Evan Jager USA 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
23 Fabrice Lapierre AUS 2nd long jump $6,000
24 Hellen Obiri KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
25 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 2nd pole vault $6,000
26 Kipyegon Bett KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
27 Mutaz Barsham QAT 2nd high jump $6,000
28 Olga Rypakova KAZ 2nd triple jump $6,000
29 Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
30 Piotr Małachowski POL 2nd discus throw $6,000
Adam Kszczot $10k Almaz Ayana $10k Cassandra Tate $10k Caster Semenya $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Conseslus Kipruto $10k Daniel Ståhl $10k Elaine Thompson-Herah $10k Erik Kynard $10k Julian Forte $10k Luvo Manyonga $10k Madara Palameika $10k Michelle Carter $10k Orlando Ortega $10k Sandi Morris $10k

Adam Kszczot took $10,000 of the $476,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 127; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2016 Memorial Van Damme pay?

$476,000 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 2016 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. 128 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 127 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2016 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. 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 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 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. 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, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one