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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2017 · CHINA

IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 prize money

The 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai paid $416,000 across fourteen disciplines at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, 13 May 2017. Fourteen 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 fourteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $416,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 111
DATE 13 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai.
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 fourteen 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

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai, 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 Omar McLeod JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Faith Kipyegon KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $26,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Bershawn Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Hellen Obiri KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Kipyegon Bett KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's discus throw Philip Milanov BEL $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Perković CRO $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Luvo Manyonga RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Sam Kendricks USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Lijiao Gong CHN $10,000 $30,000
14 disciplines 14 winners - $416,000

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 111 cheques the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai wrote

112 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai, 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
Tori Bowie USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 100 m 3rd $4,000
Michelle-Lee Ahye TTO 100 m 4th $3,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 5th $2,500
Veronica Campbell-Brown JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Morolake Akinosun USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Christania Williams JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Omar McLeod JAM 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Wenjun Xie CHN 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Sergey Shubenkov ANA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Gregor Traber GER 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
David Oliver USA 110 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
Besu Sado ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Malika Akkaoui MAR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Angelika Cichocka POL 1500 m 6th $2,000
Claudia Mihaela Bobocea ROU 1500 m 7th $1,500
Katie Mackey USA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Noah Lyles USA 200 m 1st $10,000
LaShawn Merritt USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Adam Gemili GBR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Ameer Webb USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Zhenye Xie CHN 200 m 5th $2,500
Aaron Brown CAN 200 m 6th $2,000
Churandy Martina NED 200 m 7th $1,500
Brendon Rodney CAN 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $26,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Natasha Hastings USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Olha Zemlyak UKR 400 m 3rd annulled -
Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Justyna Święty-Ersetic POL 400 m 6th $2,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 7th $1,500
Morgan Mitchell AUS 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Kerron Clement USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Javier Culson PUR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Annsert Whyte JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Nicholas Bett KEN 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Senbere Teferi ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Letesenbet Gidey ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 5000 m 4th $3,000
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Sofia Assefa ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Sentayehu Lewetegn ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Mercyline Chelangat UGA 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Kipyegon Bett KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Robert Biwott KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
David Rudisha KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Alfred Kipketer KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 6th $2,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 7th $1,500
Brandon McBride CAN 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $30,000
Philip Milanov BEL Discus throw 1st $10,000
Piotr Małachowski POL Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 4th $3,000
Christoph Harting GER Discus throw 5th $2,500
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 6th $2,000
Daniel Jasinski GER Discus throw 7th $1,500
Martin Kupper EST Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 4th $3,000
Yaimé Pérez CUB Discus throw 5th $2,500
Xinyue Su CHN Discus throw 6th $2,000
Julia Harting GER Discus throw 7th $1,500
Melina Robert-Michon FRA Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Wang Yu CHN High jump 2nd $6,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 3rd $4,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Zhang Guowei CHN High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Sylwester Bednarek POL High jump 6th $2,000
Michael Mason CAN High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Men's long jump · $30,000
Luvo Manyonga RSA Long jump 1st $10,000
Xinglong Gao CHN Long jump 2nd $6,000
Changzhou Huang CHN Long jump 3rd $4,000
Yaoguang Zhang CHN Long jump 4th $3,000
Ruswahl Samaai RSA Long jump 5th $2,500
Jeff Henderson USA Long jump 6th $2,000
Emiliano Lasa URU Long jump 7th $1,500
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Thiago Braz BRA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 5th $2,500
Raphael Holzdeppe GER Pole vault 6th $2,000
Stanley Joseph FRA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Yao Jie CHN Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 1st $10,000
Daniella Hill USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Ka Bian CHN Shot put 4th $3,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Melissa Boekelman NED Shot put 6th $2,000
Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR Shot put 7th $1,500
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 8th $1,000

111 payments to 111 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 36 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai money list

111 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Bershawn Jackson USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
2 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
3 Faith Kipyegon KEN 1st 1500 m $10,000
4 Gong Lijiao CHN 1st shot put $10,000
5 Hellen Obiri KEN 1st 5000 m $10,000
6 Kipyegon Bett KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
7 Luvo Manyonga RSA 1st long jump $10,000
8 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
9 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Omar McLeod JAM 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
11 Philip Milanov BEL 1st discus throw $10,000
12 Sam Kendricks USA 1st pole vault $10,000
13 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
14 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
15 Dani Stevens AUS 2nd discus throw $6,000
16 Daniella Hill USA 2nd shot put $6,000
17 Dawit Seyaum ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
18 L. J. van Zyl RSA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
19 LaShawn Merritt USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
20 Natasha Hastings USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Orlando Ortega ESP 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
22 Piotr Małachowski POL 2nd discus throw $6,000
23 Renaud Lavillenie FRA 2nd pole vault $6,000
24 Robert Biwott KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
25 Senbere Teferi ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
26 Tori Bowie USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
27 Wang Yu CHN 2nd high jump $6,000
28 Xinglong Gao CHN 2nd long jump $6,000
29 Adam Gemili GBR 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Andriy Protsenko UKR 3rd high jump $4,000
Bershawn Jackson $10k Elaine Thompson-Herah $10k Faith Kipyegon $10k Gong Lijiao $10k Hellen Obiri $10k Kipyegon Bett $10k Luvo Manyonga $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Noah Lyles $10k Omar McLeod $10k Philip Milanov $10k Sam Kendricks $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Dani Stevens $6,000

Bershawn Jackson took $10,000 of the $416,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 111; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai pay?

$416,000 in all, across fourteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 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. 112 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 111 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai?

Fourteen 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 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. IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it, and the other twelve are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one