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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2017 · FINAL · SWITZERLAND

Weltklasse Zürich 2017 prize money

The 2017 Weltklasse Zürich paid $1,598,000 across sixteen disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 24 August 2017. Sixteen athletes left with the biggest cheque of the day, $50,000 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 $1,598,000
A WIN PAID $50,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 127
DATE 24 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich.
PLACE DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $50,000 50.0%
2nd $20,000 20.0%
3rd $10,000 10.0%
4th $6,000 6.0%
5th $5,000 5.0%
6th $4,000 4.0%
7th $3,000 3.0%
8th $2,000 2.0%
All eight $100,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $50k
2nd $20k
3rd $10k
4th $6,000
5th $5,000
6th $4,000
7th $3,000
8th $2,000

First place takes 50% of what a discipline pays out and eighth takes 2.0%. 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 2017 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Chijindu Ujah GBR $50,000 $100,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Sally Pearson AUS $50,000 $100,000
Men's 1500 m Timothy Cheruiyot KEN $50,000 $100,000
Women's 200 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $50,000 $100,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Ruth Jebet BRN $50,000 $100,000
Men's 400 m Isaac Makwala BOT $50,000 $98,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Kyron McMaster IVB $50,000 $100,000
Men's 5000 m Mo Farah GBR $50,000 $100,000
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya RSA $50,000 $100,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $50,000 $100,000
Men's javelin throw Jakub Vadlejch CZE $50,000 $100,000
Women's javelin throw Barbora Špotáková CZE $50,000 $100,000
Men's long jump Luvo Manyonga RSA $50,000 $100,000
Men's pole vault Sam Kendricks USA $50,000 $100,000
Women's shot put Lijiao Gong CHN $50,000 $100,000
Women's triple jump Olga Rypakova KAZ $50,000 $100,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $1,598,000$1.6m

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 2017 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

127 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $100,000
Chijindu Ujah GBR 100 m 1st $50,000
Ben Youssef Meité CIV 100 m 2nd $20,000
Ronnie Baker USA 100 m 3rd $10,000
Justin Gatlin USA 100 m 4th $6,000
Isiah Young USA 100 m 5th $5,000
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 6th $4,000
Asafa Powell JAM 100 m 7th $3,000
Adam Gemili GBR 100 m 8th $2,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $100,000
Sally Pearson AUS 100 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Christina Clemons USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Alina Talay BLR 100 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Kristi Castlin USA 100 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Men's 1500 m · $100,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1500 m 1st $50,000
Silas Kiplagat KEN 1500 m 2nd $20,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 1500 m 3rd $10,000
Asbel Kiprop KEN 1500 m 4th $6,000
Charles Cheboi Simotwo KEN 1500 m 5th $5,000
Vincent Kibet KEN 1500 m 6th $4,000
Jake Wightman GBR 1500 m 7th $3,000
Jakub Holuša CZE 1500 m 8th $2,000
Women's 200 m · $100,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 200 m 1st $50,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 200 m 2nd $20,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 200 m 3rd $10,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 4th $6,000
Kyra Jefferson USA 200 m 5th $5,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 200 m 6th $4,000
Simone Facey JAM 200 m 7th $3,000
Crystal Emmanuel CAN 200 m 8th $2,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $100,000
Ruth Jebet BRN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $50,000
Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $20,000
Norah Jeruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $10,000
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $6,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $5,000
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 6th $4,000
Sofia Assefa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 7th $3,000
Celliphine Chepteek Chespol KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $2,000
Men's 400 m · $98,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 1st $50,000
Gil Roberts USA 400 m 2nd $20,000
Vernon Norwood USA 400 m 3rd $10,000
Pavel Maslák CZE 400 m 4th $6,000
Kévin Borlée BEL 400 m 5th $5,000
Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 400 m 6th $4,000
Pieter Conradie RSA 400 m 7th $3,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $100,000
Kyron McMaster IVB 400 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Kerron Clement USA 400 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Yasmani Copello TUR 400 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 6th $4,000
LJ van Zyl RSA 400 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Men's 5000 m · $100,000
Mo Farah GBR 5000 m 1st $50,000
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 2nd $20,000
Yomif Kejelcha ETH 5000 m 3rd $10,000
Selemon Barega ETH 5000 m 4th $6,000
Mohammed Ahmed CAN 5000 m 5th $5,000
Yenew Alamirew ETH 5000 m 6th $4,000
Albert Rop BRN 5000 m 7th $3,000
Ben True USA 5000 m 8th $2,000
Women's 800 m · $100,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 1st $50,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 2nd $20,000
Margaret Nyairera Wambui KEN 800 m 3rd $10,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 4th $6,000
Sifan Hassan NED 800 m 5th $5,000
Charlene Lipsey USA 800 m 6th $4,000
Melissa Bishop-Nriagu CAN 800 m 7th $3,000
Selina Rutz-Büchel SUI 800 m 8th $2,000
Men's high jump · $100,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $50,000
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR High jump 2nd $20,000
Bohdan Bondarenko UKR High jump 3rd $10,000
Robbie Grabarz GBR High jump 4th $6,000
Michael Mason CAN High jump 5th $5,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 6th $4,000
Sylwester Bednarek POL High jump 7th $3,000
Tom Gale GBR High jump 8th $2,000
Men's javelin throw · $100,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Tero Pitkämäki FIN Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Magnus Kirt EST Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Ahmed Bader Magour QAT Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Women's javelin throw · $100,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Sara Kolak CRO Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Elizabeth Gleadle CAN Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Men's long jump · $100,000
Luvo Manyonga RSA Long jump 1st $50,000
Ruswahl Samaai RSA Long jump 2nd $20,000
Jarrion Lawson USA Long jump 3rd $10,000
Michel Tornéus SWE Long jump 4th $6,000
Fabrice Lapierre AUS Long jump 5th $5,000
Emiliano Lasa URU Long jump 6th $4,000
Michael Hartfield USA Long jump 7th $3,000
Benjamin Gföhler SUI Long jump 8th $2,000
Men's pole vault · $100,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 1st $50,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $15,000
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $15,000
Kurtis Marschall AUS Pole vault 4th $6,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 5th $5,000
Kévin Ménaldo FRA Pole vault 6th $4,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 7th $3,000
Dominik Alberto SUI Pole vault 8th $2,000
Women's shot put · $100,000
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 1st $50,000
Anita Márton HUN Shot put 2nd $20,000
Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR Shot put 3rd $10,000
Michelle Carter USA Shot put 4th $6,000
Daniella Hill USA Shot put 5th $5,000
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 6th $4,000
Cleopatra Borel TTO Shot put 7th $3,000
Brittany Smith USA Shot put 8th $2,000
Women's triple jump · $100,000
Olga Rypakova KAZ Triple jump 1st $50,000
Yulimar Rojas VEN Triple jump 2nd $20,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 3rd $10,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 4th $6,000
Hanna Minenko ISR Triple jump 5th $5,000
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 6th $4,000
Anna Jagaciak POL Triple jump 7th $3,000
Elena Andreea Taloș ROU Triple jump 8th $2,000

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 2017 Weltklasse Zürich money list

127 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Barbora Špotáková CZE 1st javelin throw $50,000
2 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $50,000
3 CJ Ujah GBR 1st 100 m $50,000
4 Gong Lijiao CHN 1st shot put $50,000
5 Isaac Makwala BOT 1st 400 m $50,000
6 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 1st javelin throw $50,000
7 Kyron McMaster IVB 1st 400 m hurdles $50,000
8 Luvo Manyonga RSA 1st long jump $50,000
9 Mo Farah GBR 1st 5000 m $50,000
10 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $50,000
11 Olga Rypakova KAZ 1st triple jump $50,000
12 Ruth Jebet BRN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $50,000
13 Sally Pearson AUS 1st 100 m hurdles $50,000
14 Sam Kendricks USA 1st pole vault $50,000
15 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 200 m $50,000
16 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st 1500 m $50,000
17 Anita Márton HUN 2nd shot put $20,000
18 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $20,000
19 Ben Youssef Meïté CIV 2nd 100 m $20,000
20 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2nd 200 m $20,000
21 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 2nd 800 m $20,000
22 Gil Roberts USA 2nd 400 m $20,000
23 Karsten Warholm NOR 2nd 400 m hurdles $20,000
24 Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS 2nd javelin throw $20,000
25 Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR 2nd high jump $20,000
26 Muktar Edris ETH 2nd 5000 m $20,000
27 Ruswahl Samaai RSA 2nd long jump $20,000
28 Sharika Nelvis USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $20,000
29 Silas Kiplagat KEN 2nd 1500 m $20,000
30 Thomas Röhler GER 2nd javelin throw $20,000
Barbora Špotáková $50k Caster Semenya $50k CJ Ujah $50k Gong Lijiao $50k Isaac Makwala $50k Jakub Vadlejch $50k Kyron McMaster $50k Luvo Manyonga $50k Mo Farah $50k Mutaz Barsham $50k Olga Rypakova $50k Ruth Jebet $50k Sally Pearson $50k Sam Kendricks $50k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $50k

Barbora Špotáková took $50,000 of the $1,598,000 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 2017 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$1,598,000 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $100,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$50,000. That is 50% 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. 127 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 127 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich?

Sixteen athletes tied at the top on $50,000 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 Weltklasse Zürich worth more than a normal Diamond League meeting?

Yes. This is the final, and the final pays on its own card: $50,000 for winning a standard discipline here against $10,000 for winning one at a series meeting of the same season. That is why the meeting pot is $1,598,000.

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. Weltklasse Zürich 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