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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2016 · UNITED STATES

Prefontaine Classic 2016 prize money

The 2016 Prefontaine Classic paid $464,500 across sixteen disciplines at Hayward Field, Eugene, 27 to 28 May 2016. Fifteen 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 $464,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 122
DATE 27 to 28 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic

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

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Justin Gatlin USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Kendra Harrison USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Faith Kipyegon KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Tori Bowie USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Ruth Jebet BRN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $29,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Michael Tinsley USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Muktar Edris ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Boris Berian USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Chaunte Lowe USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Ihab Abdelrahman EGY $0 $19,000
Women's long jump Brittney Reese USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Renaud Lavillenie FRA $10,000 $29,000
Men's shot put Joe Kovacs USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $27,500
16 disciplines 16 winners - $464,500

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 122 cheques the 2016 Prefontaine Classic wrote

123 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Justin Gatlin USA 100 m 1st $10,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Tyson Gay USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Femi Ogunode QAT 100 m 5th $2,500
Ameer Webb USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Bingtian Su CHN 100 m 7th $1,500
Andre de Grasse CAN 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Brianna McNeal USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Nia Ali USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Tiffany Porter GBR 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Dawit Seyaum ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 4th $3,000
Linden Hall AUS 1500 m 5th $2,500
Laura Weightman GBR 1500 m 6th $2,000
Shelby Houlihan USA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Brenda Martinez USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Tori Bowie USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 2nd $6,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Jenna Prandini USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Joanna Atkins USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Kaylin Whitney USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Kimberlyn Duncan USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Candyce McGrone USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Ruth Jebet BRN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Leah Falland USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Lidya Chepkurui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $29,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Francena McCorory USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Shericka Jackson JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Quanera Hayes USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Sanya Richards-Ross USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Michael Tinsley USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kerron Clement USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jeffery Gibson BAH 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Yasmani Copello TUR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Nicholas Bett KEN 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Mohammed Ahmed CAN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Edwin Cheruiyot Soi KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Hassan Mead USA 5000 m 6th $2,000
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Joshua Cheptegei UGA 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Boris Berian USA 800 m 1st $10,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Mohammed Aman ETH 800 m 3rd $4,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 4th $3,000
Timothy Kitum KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Amel Tuka BIH 800 m 6th $2,000
Wesley Vázquez PUR 800 m 7th $1,500
Andrew Wheating USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Shanice Craft GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 5th $2,500
Julia Harting GER Discus throw 6th $2,000
Jade Lally GBR Discus throw 7th $1,500
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Chaunte Lowe USA High jump 1st $10,000
Levern Spencer LCA High jump 2nd $6,000
Alessia Trost ITA High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Kamila Lićwinko POL High jump =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Vashti Cunningham USA High jump 5th $2,500
Ruth Beitia ESP High jump 6th $2,000
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER High jump 7th $1,500
Isobel Pooley GBR High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $19,000
Ihab Abdelrahman EGY Javelin throw 1st annulled -
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Cyrus Hostetler USA Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · $30,000
Brittney Reese USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 2nd $6,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 3rd $4,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR Long jump 4th $3,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 5th $2,500
Janay Deloach USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Tianna Madison USA Long jump 7th $1,500
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $29,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $3,500
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault 6th $2,000
Changrui Xue CHN Pole vault 7th $1,500
Men's shot put · $30,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Reese Hoffa USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tomasz Majewski POL Shot put 4th $3,000
Jordan Clarke USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Ryan Crouser USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Tim Nedow CAN Shot put 7th $1,500
Kurt Roberts USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $27,500
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Will Claye USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Omar Craddock USA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Alexis Copello AZE Triple jump 4th $3,000
Bin Dong CHN Triple jump 5th $2,500
Teddy Tamgho FRA Triple jump 6th $2,000

122 payments to 122 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 33 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

122 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Boris Berian USA 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Brittney Reese USA 1st long jump $10,000
3 Chaunte Lowe USA 1st high jump $10,000
4 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
5 Faith Kipyegon KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
6 Joe Kovacs USA 1st shot put $10,000
7 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 100 m $10,000
8 Kendra Harrison USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
9 Michael Tinsley USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
10 Muktar Edris ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
11 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Ruth Jebet BRN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
13 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
15 Tori Bowie USA 1st 200 m $10,000
16 Asafa Powell JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
17 Brianna Rollins-McNeal USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
18 Dafne Schippers NED 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Dawit Seyaum ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
20 Ferguson Rotich KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
21 Francena McCorory USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
22 Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 2nd 5000 m $6,000
23 Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
24 Ivana Španović SRB 2nd long jump $6,000
25 Julius Yego KEN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
26 Kerron Clement USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
27 Levern Spencer LCA 2nd high jump $6,000
28 Nadine Müller GER 2nd discus throw $6,000
29 Shawn Barber CAN 2nd pole vault $6,000
30 Tom Walsh NZL 2nd shot put $6,000
Boris Berian $10k Brittney Reese $10k Chaunte Lowe $10k Christian Taylor $10k Faith Kipyegon $10k Joe Kovacs $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Kendra Harrison $10k Michael Tinsley $10k Muktar Edris $10k Renaud Lavillenie $10k Ruth Jebet $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Tori Bowie $10k

Boris Berian took $10,000 of the $464,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 122; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2016 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$464,500 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 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. 123 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 122 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2016 Prefontaine Classic?

Fifteen 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. Four athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why four 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 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. 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, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one