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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018 · SWITZERLAND

Athletissima 2018 prize money

The 2018 Athletissima paid $433,500 across fifteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 5 July 2018. 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 fifteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $433,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 15
ATHLETES PAID 113
DATE 5 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 Athletissima.
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 fifteen 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. Five athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

15 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2018 Athletissima, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV $10,000 $27,500
Men's 110 m hurdles Sergey Shubenkov RUS $10,000 $29,000
Women's 1500 m Shelby Houlihan USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Salwa Eid Naser BRN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Abderrahman Samba QAT $10,000 $29,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Shamier Little USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Birhanu Balew BRN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Francine Niyonsaba BDI $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Danil Lysenko ANA $0 $20,000
Women's javelin throw Nikola Ogrodníková CZE $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Malaika Mihambo GER $10,000 $29,000
Women's pole vault Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Tom Walsh NZL $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $29,000
15 disciplines 15 winners - $433,500

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 113 cheques the 2018 Athletissima wrote

114 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2018 Athletissima, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $27,500
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 100 m 1st $10,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Jenna Prandini USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 4th $3,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 100 m 5th $2,500
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 6th $2,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $29,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Devon Allen USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Balázs Baji HUN 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Omar McLeod JAM 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jason Joseph SUI 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Shelby Houlihan USA 1500 m 1st $10,000
Laura Muir GBR 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 1500 m 4th $3,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Caster Semenya RSA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Laura Weightman GBR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Eilish McColgan GBR 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Noah Lyles USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Michael Norman USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Alex Quiñónez ECU 200 m 3rd $4,000
Rai Benjamin USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Paulo André Camilo BRA 200 m 5th $2,500
Isiah Young USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Alex Wilson SUI 200 m 7th $1,500
Alonso Edward PAN 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Salwa Eid Naser BRN 400 m 1st $10,000
Jessica Beard USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Shakima Wimbley USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Anastasia Natalie le-Roy JAM 400 m 6th $2,000
Christine Botlogetswe BOT 400 m 7th $1,500
Courtney Okolo USA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $29,000
Abderrahman Samba QAT 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Yasmani Copello TUR 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
TJ Holmes USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Georganne Moline USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ashley Spencer USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Lea Sprunger SUI 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Sara Slott Petersen DEN 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Birhanu Balew BRN 5000 m 1st $10,000
Selemon Barega ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Abadi Hadis ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Getaneh Molla ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Richard Yator KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Telahun Haile Bekele ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Aron Kifle ERI 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 1st $10,000
Ajee Wilson USA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 3rd $4,000
Margaret Nyairera Wambui KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Raevyn Rogers USA 800 m 5th $2,500
Nelly Jepkosgei BRN 800 m 6th $2,000
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 7th $1,500
Lynsey Sharp GBR 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $20,000
Danil Lysenko ANA High jump 1st annulled -
Brandon Starc AUS High jump 2nd $6,000
Jeron Robinson USA High jump 3rd $4,000
Bryan McBride USA High jump 4th $3,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 5th $2,500
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR High jump =6th shared three ways $1,500
Maksim Nedasekau BLR High jump =6th shared three ways $1,500
Trevor Barry BAH High jump =6th shared three ways $1,500
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Nikola Ogrodníková CZE Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Liu Shiying CHN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Sigrid Borge NOR Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Christin Hussong GER Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Madara Palameika LAT Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $29,000
Malaika Mihambo GER Long jump 1st $10,000
Ivana Vuleta SRB Long jump 2nd $6,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Long jump 3rd $4,000
Ese Brume NGR Long jump 4th $3,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 5th $2,500
Brooke Buschkuehl AUS Long jump 6th $2,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 7th $1,500
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 1st $10,000
Jennifer Suhr USA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Anzhelika Sidorova ANA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Eliza McCartney NZL Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Angelica Bengtsson SWE Pole vault 6th $2,000
Yarisley Silva CUB Pole vault 7th $1,500
Katie Moon USA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 1st $10,000
Darlan Romani BRA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Michał Haratyk POL Shot put 3rd $4,000
Darrell Hill USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Tomáš Staněk CZE Shot put 5th $2,500
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Franck Elemba CGO Shot put 7th $1,500
Stipe Žunić CRO Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $29,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Pedro Pichardo POR Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Chris Benard USA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Alexis Copello AZE Triple jump 4th $3,000
Donald Scott USA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Simo Lipsanen FIN Triple jump 6th $2,000
Elvijs Misāns LAT Triple jump 7th $1,500

113 payments to 113 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 48 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2018 Athletissima money list

113 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abderrahman Samba QAT 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
2 Birhanu Balew BRN 1st 5000 m $10,000
3 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Francine Niyonsaba BDI 1st 800 m $10,000
5 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 1st pole vault $10,000
6 Malaika Mihambo GER 1st long jump $10,000
7 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV 1st 100 m $10,000
8 Nikola Ogrodníková CZE 1st javelin throw $10,000
9 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 1st 400 m $10,000
11 Sergey Shubenkov ANA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
12 Shamier Little USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
13 Shelby Houlihan USA 1st 1500 m $10,000
14 Tom Walsh NZL 1st shot put $10,000
15 Ajeé Wilson USA 2nd 800 m $6,000
16 Brandon Starc AUS 2nd high jump $6,000
17 Darlan Romani BRA 2nd shot put $6,000
18 Devon Allen USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
19 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
20 Ivana Španović SRB 2nd long jump $6,000
21 Janieve Russell JAM 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
22 Jenn Suhr USA 2nd pole vault $6,000
23 Jessica Beard USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
24 Karsten Warholm NOR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Laura Muir GBR 2nd 1500 m $6,000
26 Liu Shiying CHN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
27 Michael Norman USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
28 Pedro Pichardo POR 2nd triple jump $6,000
29 Selemon Barega ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
30 Abadi Hadis ETH 3rd 5000 m $4,000
Abderrahman Samba $10k Birhanu Balew $10k Christian Taylor $10k Francine Niyonsaba $10k Katerina Stefanidi $10k Malaika Mihambo $10k Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $10k Nikola Ogrodníková $10k Noah Lyles $10k Salwa Eid Naser $10k Sergey Shubenkov $10k Shamier Little $10k Shelby Houlihan $10k Tom Walsh $10k Ajeé Wilson $6,000

Abderrahman Samba took $10,000 of the $433,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 113; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 Athletissima pay?

$433,500 in all, across fifteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $27,500, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2018 Athletissima 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. 114 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 113 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 Athletissima?

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. Five athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why five figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Athletissima 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 2018 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2018 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $8,062,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 224 meetings on this site and the $113,397,000 they paid between them. Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it, and the other fifteen are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

The meetings either side of this one