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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018

Doha Diamond League 2018 prize money

The 2018 Doha Diamond League paid $389,000 across thirteen disciplines at Qatar SC Stadium, Doha, 4 May 2018. Thirteen 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 thirteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $389,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 13
ATHLETES PAID 103
DATE 4 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 Doha Diamond League

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 Doha Diamond League.
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 thirteen 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

13 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2018 Doha Diamond League, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Kendra Harrison USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KEN $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Steven Gardiner BAH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Abderrahman Samba QAT $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Emmanuel Korir KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Sandra Elkasević CRO $10,000 $29,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Barsham QAT $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Sandi Morris USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Pedro Pichardo POR $10,000 $30,000
13 disciplines 13 winners — $389,000

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 103 cheques the 2018 Doha Diamond League wrote

125 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2018 Doha Diamond League, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV 100 m 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 2nd $6,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 100 m 3rd $4,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 4th $3,000
Carina Horn RSA 100 m 5th $2,500
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 6th $2,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 100 m 7th $1,500
Jura Levy JAM 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Brianna Rollins-McNeal USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jasmin Stowers USA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Isabelle Pedersen NOR 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Nadine Visser NED 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya RSA 1500 m 1st $10,000
Nelly Jepkosgei BRN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Besu Sado ETH 1500 m 4th $3,000
Alemaz Samuel ETH 1500 m 5th $2,500
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 1500 m 6th $2,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 7th $1,500
Judy Kiyeng KEN 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Noah Lyles USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Jereem Richards TTO 200 m 2nd $6,000
Ramil Guliyev TUR 200 m 3rd $4,000
Aaron Brown CAN 200 m 4th $3,000
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Andre De Grasse CAN 200 m 6th $2,000
Brandon Carnes USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Rasheed Dwyer JAM 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KEN 3000 m 1st $10,000
Agnes Tirop KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Jenny Simpson USA 3000 m 4th $3,000
Letesenbet Gidey ETH 3000 m 5th $2,500
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Meskerem Mamo ETH 3000 m 7th $1,500
Beyenu Degefa ETH 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Steven Gardiner BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Abdalelah Haroun QAT 400 m 2nd $6,000
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 3rd $4,000
Gil Roberts USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Baboloki Thebe BOT 400 m 5th $2,500
Mohamed Nasir Abbas QAT 400 m 6th $2,000
Vernon Norwood USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Pieter Conradie RSA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Abderrahman Samba QAT 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Kyron McMaster IVB 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Yasmani Copello TUR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Cornel Fredericks RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Kerron Clement USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jack Green GBR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Kariem Hussein SUI 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Emmanuel Korir KEN 800 m 1st $10,000
Elijah Manangoi KEN 800 m 2nd $6,000
Nicholas Kipkoech KEN 800 m 3rd $4,000
Adam Kszczot POL 800 m 4th $3,000
Ferguson Rotich KEN 800 m 5th $2,500
Clayton Murphy USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Antoine Gakeme BDI 800 m 7th $1,500
Jamal Hairane QAT 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $29,000
Sandra Elkasević CRO Discus throw 1st $10,000
Yaime Pérez CUB Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Andressa de Morais BRA Discus throw 4th $3,000
Dani Stevens AUS Discus throw 5th $2,500
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Barsham QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR High jump 2nd $6,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 3rd $4,000
Mateusz Przybylko GER High jump 4th $3,000
Andriy Protsenko UKR High jump 5th $2,500
Wang Yu CHN High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Edgar Rivera MEX High jump =6th shared two ways $1,750
Hamdi Ali QAT High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Andreas Hofmann GER Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Magnus Kirt EST Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ahmed Bader Magour QAT Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Katie Moon USA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Katerina Stefanidi GRE Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Robeilys Peinado VEN Pole vault 6th $2,000
Alysha Newman CAN Pole vault 7th $1,500
Olga Mullina ANA Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Pedro Pichardo POR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Alexis Copello AZE Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 4th $3,000
Chris Benard USA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Godfrey Khotso Mokoena RSA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Dong Bin CHN Triple jump 7th $1,500
Max Heß GER Triple jump 8th $1,000

103 payments to 103 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 42 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 Doha Diamond League money list

103 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abderrahman Samba QAT 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
2 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KAZ 1st 3000 m $10,000
3 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 1500 m $10,000
4 Emmanuel Korir KEN 1st 800 m $10,000
5 Kendra Harrison USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
6 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV 1st 100 m $10,000
7 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
8 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $10,000
9 Pedro Pichardo POR 1st triple jump $10,000
10 Sandi Morris USA 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Sandra Elkasević CRO 1st discus throw $10,000
12 Steven Gardiner BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
13 Thomas Röhler GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
14 Abdalelah Haroun QAT 2nd 400 m $6,000
15 Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
16 Bershawn Jackson USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
17 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd 100 m $6,000
18 Brianna McNeal USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
19 Christian Taylor USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
20 Elijah Manangoi KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
21 Holly Bradshaw GBR 2nd pole vault $6,000
22 Jereem Richards TTO 2nd 200 m $6,000
23 Johannes Vetter GER 2nd javelin throw $6,000
24 Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR 2nd high jump $6,000
25 Nelly Jepkosgei BRN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
26 Yaime Pérez CUB 2nd discus throw $6,000
27 Alexis Copello AZE 3rd triple jump $4,000
28 Andreas Hofmann GER 3rd javelin throw $4,000
29 Denia Caballero CUB 3rd discus throw $4,000
30 Donald Thomas BAH 3rd high jump $4,000
Abderrahman Samba $10k Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui $10k Caster Semenya $10k Emmanuel Korir $10k Kendra Harrison $10k Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Noah Lyles $10k Pedro Pichardo $10k Sandi Morris $10k Sandra Elkasević $10k Steven Gardiner $10k Thomas Röhler $10k Abdalelah Haroun $6,000 Agnes Jebet Tirop $6,000

Abderrahman Samba took $10,000 of the $389,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 103; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 Doha Diamond League pay?

$389,000 in all, across thirteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2018 Doha Diamond League 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. 125 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 103 of them were paid, so 22 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 Doha Diamond League?

Thirteen 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 Doha Diamond League 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 three meetings and paid $1,196,000, and Diamond League prize money covers all 104 meetings on this site and the $53,753,250 they paid between them. Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it, and the other eight are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019 and 2017.

The meetings either side of this one