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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2017 · MONACO

Herculis 2017 prize money

The 2017 Herculis paid $359,000 across twelve disciplines at Stade Louis II, Monaco, 21 July 2017. Twelve 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 twelve times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $359,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 12
ATHLETES PAID 95
DATE 21 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2017 Herculis

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2017 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 twelve 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. Seven athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

12 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2017 Herculis, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Usain Bolt JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Kendra Harrison USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 1500 m Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Hellen Obiri KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Evan Jager USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Wayde van Niekerk RSA $10,000 $29,000
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene ANA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Piotr Lisek POL $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $10,000 $30,000
12 disciplines 12 winners - $359,000

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 95 cheques the 2017 Herculis wrote

96 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2017 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Usain Bolt JAM 100 m 1st $10,000
Isiah Young USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Chijindu Ujah GBR 100 m 4th $3,000
Bingtian Su CHN 100 m 5th $2,500
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Christopher Belcher USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Yunier Pérez CUB 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Nia Ali USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Pamela Dutkiewicz-Emmerich GER 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Isabelle Pedersen NOR 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 1500 m 1st $10,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Ronald Kwemoi KEN 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Homiyu Tesfaye GER 1500 m 5th $2,500
Charles Cheboi Simotwo KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Chris O'Hare GBR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Marcin Lewandowski POL 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 200 m 1st $10,000
Kyra Jefferson USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Kimberlyn Duncan USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Finette Agyapong GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Gloria Hooper ITA 200 m 6th $2,000
Maroussia Paré FRA 200 m 7th $1,500
Fanny Peltier FRA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Laura Muir GBR 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Eilish McColgan GBR 3000 m 4th $3,000
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 3000 m 5th $2,500
Shannon Rowbury USA 3000 m 6th $2,000
Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 3000 m 7th $1,500
Shelby Houlihan USA 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Stanley Kipkoech Kebenei USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Benjamin Kigen KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Amos Kirui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Andrew Bayer USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Hillary Bor USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $29,000
Wayde van Niekerk RSA 400 m 1st $10,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Baboloki Thebe BOT 400 m 3rd $4,000
Gil Roberts USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Vernon Norwood USA 400 m 5th $2,500
Luka Janežič SLO 400 m 6th $2,000
Tony McQuay USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Teddy Atine-Venel FRA 400 m 8th annulled -
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 1st $10,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 2nd $6,000
Ajee Wilson USA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Sifan Hassan NED 800 m 4th $3,000
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu CAN 800 m 5th $2,500
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 6th $2,000
Brenda Martinez USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Charlene Lipsey USA 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Mariya Lasitskene ANA High jump 1st $10,000
Yuliia Levchenko UKR High jump 2nd $6,000
Vashti Cunningham USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Alessia Trost ITA High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Maruša Černjul SLO High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Erika Kinsey SWE High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Oksana Okuneva UKR High jump 7th $1,500
Inika McPherson USA High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Ahmed Bader Magour QAT Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Bernhard Seifert GER Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault 1st $10,000
Jan Kudlička CZE Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Kévin Ménaldo FRA Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Axel Chapelle FRA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Kurtis Marschall AUS Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Valentin Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
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
Elena Andreea Taloș ROU Triple jump 5th $2,500
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 6th $2,000
Jeanine Assani Issouf FRA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Rouguy Diallo FRA Triple jump 8th $1,000

95 payments to 95 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 31 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2017 Herculis money list

95 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $10,000
2 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $10,000
3 Elijah Manangoi KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
4 Evan Jager USA 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Hellen Obiri KEN 1st 3000 m $10,000
6 Kendra Harrison USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
7 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV 1st 200 m $10,000
8 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
9 Piotr Lisek POL 1st pole vault $10,000
10 Thomas Röhler GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
11 Usain Bolt JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
12 Wayde van Niekerk RSA 1st 400 m $10,000
13 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
14 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 2nd 800 m $6,000
15 Isaac Makwala BOT 2nd 400 m $6,000
16 Isiah Young USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
17 Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
18 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
19 Kyra Jefferson USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
20 Sharika Nelvis USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
21 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
22 Yulimar Rojas VEN 2nd triple jump $6,000
23 Yuliya Levchenko UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
24 Jan Kudlička CZE =2nd pole vault $5,000
25 Kévin Menaldo FRA =2nd pole vault $5,000
26 Ajeé Wilson USA 3rd 800 m $4,000
27 Akani Simbine RSA 3rd 100 m $4,000
28 Baboloki Thebe BOT 3rd 400 m $4,000
29 Danielle Williams JAM 3rd 100 m hurdles $4,000
30 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 3rd 200 m $4,000
Caster Semenya $10k Caterine Ibargüen $10k Elijah Manangoi $10k Evan Jager $10k Hellen Obiri $10k Kendra Harrison $10k Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Piotr Lisek $10k Thomas Röhler $10k Usain Bolt $10k Wayde van Niekerk $10k Beatrice Chepkoech $6,000 Francine Niyonsaba $6,000 Isaac Makwala $6,000

Caster Semenya took $10,000 of the $359,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 95; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2017 Herculis pay?

$359,000 in all, across twelve disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2017 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. 96 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 95 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2017 Herculis?

Twelve 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. Seven athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why seven 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 2017 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2017 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $7,921,500, 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, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one