DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018 · MONACO

Herculis 2018 prize money

Q: How much prize money did the 2018 Herculis pay?

$380,000 in all, across thirteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

Q: What did winning at the 2018 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.

Q: Who earned the most at the 2018 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.

The 2018 Herculis paid $380,000 across thirteen disciplines at Stade Louis II, Monaco, 20 July 2018. 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 thirteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $380,000

A WIN PAID $10,000

DISCIPLINES 13

ATHLETES PAID 104

DATE 20 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 Herculis

one card

What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 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 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. Eight athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

13 disciplines

Every discipline at the 2018 Herculis, 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	$30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles	Sergey Shubenkov RUS	$10,000	$30,000
Men's 1500 m	Timothy Cheruiyot KEN	$10,000	$30,000
Men's 200 m	Noah Lyles USA	$10,000	$30,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase	Soufiane el Bakkali MAR	$10,000	$30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase	Beatrice Chepkoech KEN	$10,000	$30,000
Women's 400 m	Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH	$10,000	$30,000
Women's 800 m	Caster Semenya RSA	$10,000	$30,000
Men's high jump	Danil Lysenko ANA	$0	$20,000
Women's pole vault	Anzhelika Sidorova ANA	$10,000	$30,000
Men's shot put	Ryan Crouser USA	$10,000	$30,000
Women's shot put	Lijiao Gong CHN	$10,000	$30,000
Men's triple jump	Christian Taylor USA	$10,000	$30,000
13 disciplines	13 winners	-	$380,000

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 104 cheques the 2018 Herculis wrote

105 finishers

Every athlete paid at the 2018 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE	DISCIPLINE	PLACE	PAID
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV	100 m	1st	$10,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV	100 m	2nd	$6,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM	100 m	3rd	$4,000
Jenna Prandini USA	100 m	4th	$3,000
Dafne Schippers NED	100 m	5th	$2,500
Mujinga Kambundji SUI	100 m	6th	$2,000
Carina Horn RSA	100 m	7th	$1,500
Blessing Okagbare NGR	100 m	8th	$1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS	110 m hurdles	1st	$10,000
Orlando Ortega ESP	110 m hurdles	2nd	$6,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA	110 m hurdles	3rd	$4,000
Hansle Parchment JAM	110 m hurdles	4th	$3,000
Devon Allen USA	110 m hurdles	5th	$2,500
Balázs Baji HUN	110 m hurdles	6th	$2,000
Aries Merritt USA	110 m hurdles	7th	$1,500
Kevin Mayer FRA	110 m hurdles	8th	$1,000
Men's 1500 m · $30,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN	1500 m	1st	$10,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN	1500 m	2nd	$6,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR	1500 m	3rd	$4,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR	1500 m	4th	$3,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI	1500 m	5th	$2,500
Brahim Kaazouzi MAR	1500 m	6th	$2,000
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. USA	1500 m	7th	$1,500
Aman Wote ETH	1500 m	8th	$1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Noah Lyles USA	200 m	1st	$10,000
Ramil Guliyev TUR	200 m	2nd	$6,000
Alex Quiñónez ECU	200 m	3rd	$4,000
Alonso Edward PAN	200 m	4th	$3,000
Jereem Richards TTO	200 m	5th	$2,500
Aaron Brown CAN	200 m	6th	$2,000
Luxolo Adams RSA	200 m	7th	$1,500
Ameer Webb USA	200 m	8th	$1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Soufiane el Bakkali MAR	3000 m steeplechase	1st	$10,000
Evan Jager USA	3000 m steeplechase	2nd	$6,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN	3000 m steeplechase	3rd	$4,000
Benjamin Kigen KEN	3000 m steeplechase	4th	$3,000
Hillary Bor USA	3000 m steeplechase	5th	$2,500
Abraham Kibiwot KEN	3000 m steeplechase	6th	$2,000
Kennedy Njiru KEN	3000 m steeplechase	7th	$1,500
Ibrahim Ezzaydouni ESP	3000 m steeplechase	8th	$1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Beatrice Chepkoech KEN	3000 m steeplechase	1st	$10,000
Courtney Frerichs USA	3000 m steeplechase	2nd	$6,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN	3000 m steeplechase	3rd	$4,000
Emma Coburn USA	3000 m steeplechase	4th	$3,000
Norah Jeruto KEN	3000 m steeplechase	5th	$2,500
Peruth Chemutai UGA	3000 m steeplechase	6th	$2,000
Rosefline Chepngetich KEN	3000 m steeplechase	7th	$1,500
Daisy Jepkemei KEN	3000 m steeplechase	8th	$1,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH	400 m	1st	$10,000
Salwa Eid Naser BRN	400 m	2nd	$6,000
Shakima Wimbley USA	400 m	3rd	$4,000
Phyllis Francis USA	400 m	4th	$3,000
Anita Horvat SLO	400 m	5th	$2,500
Libania Grenot ITA	400 m	6th	$2,000
Jessica Beard USA	400 m	7th	$1,500
Floria Guei FRA	400 m	8th	$1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya RSA	800 m	1st	$10,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI	800 m	2nd	$6,000
Natoya Goule-Toppin JAM	800 m	3rd	$4,000
Ajee Wilson USA	800 m	4th	$3,000
Habitam Alemu ETH	800 m	5th	$2,500
Rababe Arafi MAR	800 m	6th	$2,000
Raevyn Rogers USA	800 m	7th	$1,500
Charlene Lipsey USA	800 m	8th	$1,000
Men's high jump · $20,000
Danil Lysenko ANA	High jump	1st annulled	-
Wang Yu CHN	High jump	2nd	$6,000
Majd Eddin Ghazal SYR	High jump	3rd	$4,000
Naoto Tobe JPN	High jump	4th	$3,000
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA	High jump	=5th shared two ways	$2,250
Donald Thomas BAH	High jump	=5th shared two ways	$2,250
Michael Mason CAN	High jump	7th	$1,500
Bryan McBride USA	High jump	=8th shared two ways	$500
Mathew Sawe KEN	High jump	=8th shared two ways	$500
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Anzhelika Sidorova ANA	Pole vault	1st	$10,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE	Pole vault	=2nd shared two ways	$5,000
Yarisley Silva CUB	Pole vault	=2nd shared two ways	$5,000
Sandi Morris USA	Pole vault	4th	$3,000
Jennifer Suhr USA	Pole vault	=5th shared two ways	$2,250
Katie Moon USA	Pole vault	=5th shared two ways	$2,250
Eliza McCartney NZL	Pole vault	7th	$1,500
Ninon Chapelle FRA	Pole vault	8th	$1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Ryan Crouser USA	Shot put	1st	$10,000
Darrell Hill USA	Shot put	2nd	$6,000
Darlan Romani BRA	Shot put	3rd	$4,000
Michał Haratyk POL	Shot put	4th	$3,000
Tom Walsh NZL	Shot put	5th	$2,500
David Storl GER	Shot put	6th	$2,000
Tomáš Staněk CZE	Shot put	7th	$1,500
Curtis Jensen USA	Shot put	8th	$1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Lijiao Gong CHN	Shot put	1st	$10,000
Raven Saunders USA	Shot put	2nd	$6,000
Christina Schwanitz GER	Shot put	3rd	$4,000
Valerie Adams NZL	Shot put	4th	$3,000
Maggie Ewen USA	Shot put	5th	$2,500
Paulina Guba POL	Shot put	6th	$2,000
Michelle Carter USA	Shot put	7th	$1,500
Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM	Shot put	8th	$1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Christian Taylor USA	Triple jump	1st	$10,000
Pedro Pichardo POR	Triple jump	2nd	$6,000
Omar Craddock USA	Triple jump	3rd	$4,000
Chris Benard USA	Triple jump	4th	$3,000
Donald Scott USA	Triple jump	5th	$2,500
Jean-Marc Pontvianne FRA	Triple jump	6th	$2,000
Harold Correa FRA	Triple jump	7th	$1,500
Nelson Évora POR	Triple jump	8th	$1,000

104 payments to 104 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 39 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 Herculis money list

104 paid

#	ATHLETE	BEST OF IT	PAID HERE
1	Anzhelika Sidorova ANA	1st pole vault	$10,000
2	Beatrice Chepkoech KEN	1st 3000 m steeplechase	$10,000
3	Caster Semenya RSA	1st 800 m	$10,000
4	Christian Taylor USA	1st triple jump	$10,000
5	Gong Lijiao CHN	1st shot put	$10,000
6	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV	1st 100 m	$10,000
7	Noah Lyles USA	1st 200 m	$10,000
8	Ryan Crouser USA	1st shot put	$10,000
9	Sergey Shubenkov ANA	1st 110 m hurdles	$10,000
10	Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH	1st 400 m	$10,000
11	Soufiane El Bakkali MAR	1st 3000 m steeplechase	$10,000
12	Timothy Cheruiyot KEN	1st 1500 m	$10,000
13	Courtney Frerichs USA	2nd 3000 m steeplechase	$6,000
14	Darrell Hill USA	2nd shot put	$6,000
15	Elijah Manangoi KEN	2nd 1500 m	$6,000
16	Evan Jager USA	2nd 3000 m steeplechase	$6,000
17	Francine Niyonsaba BDI	2nd 800 m	$6,000
18	Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV	2nd 100 m	$6,000
19	Orlando Ortega ESP	2nd 110 m hurdles	$6,000
20	Pedro Pichardo POR	2nd triple jump	$6,000
21	Ramil Guliyev TUR	2nd 200 m	$6,000
22	Raven Saunders USA	2nd shot put	$6,000
23	Salwa Eid Naser BRN	2nd 400 m	$6,000
24	Wang Yu CHN	2nd high jump	$6,000
25	Katerina Stefanidi GRE	=2nd pole vault	$5,000
26	Yarisley Silva CUB	=2nd pole vault	$5,000
27	Álex Quiñónez ECU	3rd 200 m	$4,000
28	Christina Schwanitz GER	3rd shot put	$4,000
29	Conseslus Kipruto KEN	3rd 3000 m steeplechase	$4,000
30	Darlan Romani BRA	3rd shot put	$4,000

Anzhelika Sidorova $10k Beatrice Chepkoech $10k Caster Semenya $10k Christian Taylor $10k Gong Lijiao $10k Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $10k Noah Lyles $10k Ryan Crouser $10k Sergey Shubenkov $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Soufiane El Bakkali $10k Timothy Cheruiyot $10k Courtney Frerichs $6,000 Darrell Hill $6,000 Elijah Manangoi $6,000

Anzhelika Sidorova took $10,000 of the $380,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 104; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 Herculis pay?

$380,000 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 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. 105 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 104 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 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. Eight athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why eight 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 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. Herculis 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.