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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018 · FINAL · BELGIUM

AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 prize money

The 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme paid $1,600,000 across sixteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 31 August 2018. 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 $1,600,000
A WIN PAID $50,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 130
DATE 31 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme.
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. Three athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Christian Coleman USA $50,000 $100,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Brianna McNeal USA $50,000 $100,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Sergey Shubenkov RUS $50,000 $100,000
Women's 1500 m Laura Muir GBR $50,000 $100,000
Women's 200 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $50,000 $100,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Beatrice Chepkoech KEN $50,000 $100,000
Women's 400 m Salwa Eid Naser BRN $50,000 $100,000
Men's 5000 m Selemon Barega ETH $50,000 $100,000
Men's 800 m Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir KEN $50,000 $100,000
Men's discus throw Fedrick Dacres JAM $50,000 $100,000
Women's discus throw Yaimé Pérez CUB $50,000 $100,000
Men's high jump Brandon Starc AUS $50,000 $100,000
Women's long jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $50,000 $100,000
Men's pole vault Timur Morgunov ANA $50,000 $100,000
Women's shot put Lijiao Gong CHN $50,000 $100,000
Men's triple jump Pedro Pichardo POR $50,000 $100,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $1,600,000$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 130 cheques the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme wrote

130 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $100,000
Christian Coleman USA 100 m 1st $50,000
Ronnie Baker USA 100 m 2nd $20,000
Yohan Blake JAM 100 m 3rd $10,000
Reece Prescod GBR 100 m 4th $6,000
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 5th $5,000
Michael Rodgers USA 100 m 6th $4,000
Chijindu Ujah GBR 100 m 7th $3,000
Isiah Young USA 100 m 8th $2,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $100,000
Brianna McNeal USA 100 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Tobi Amusan NGR 100 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Sharika Nelvis USA 100 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Nadine Visser NED 100 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Eline Berings BEL 100 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Dawn Harper-Nelson USA 100 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $100,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde FRA 110 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Freddie Crittenden USA 110 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Devon Allen USA 110 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Ronald Levy JAM 110 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Balázs Baji HUN 110 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Women's 1500 m · $100,000
Laura Muir GBR 1500 m 1st $50,000
Shelby Houlihan USA 1500 m 2nd $20,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 3rd $10,000
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 1500 m 4th $6,000
Axumawit Embaye ETH 1500 m 5th $5,000
Winny Chebet KEN 1500 m 6th $4,000
Sofia Ennaoui POL 1500 m 7th $3,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 8th $2,000
Women's 200 m · $100,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 200 m 1st $50,000
Dafne Schippers NED 200 m 2nd $20,000
Jamile Samuel NED 200 m 3rd $10,000
Shericka Jackson JAM 200 m 4th $6,000
Jenna Prandini USA 200 m 5th $5,000
Gabrielle Thomas USA 200 m 6th $4,000
Ivet Lalova-Collio BUL 200 m 7th $3,000
Manon Depuydt BEL 200 m 8th $2,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $100,000
Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $50,000
Norah Jeruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $20,000
Hyvin Kiyeng KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $10,000
Emma Coburn USA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $6,000
Celliphine Chepteek Chespol KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $5,000
Courtney Frerichs USA 3000 m steeplechase 6th $4,000
Peruth Chemutai UGA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $3,000
Aisha Praught-Leer JAM 3000 m steeplechase 8th $2,000
Women's 400 m · $100,000
Salwa Eid Naser BRN 400 m 1st $50,000
Phyllis Francis USA 400 m 2nd $20,000
Shakima Wimbley USA 400 m 3rd $10,000
Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 400 m 4th $6,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 5th $5,000
Jessica Beard USA 400 m 6th $4,000
Courtney Okolo USA 400 m 7th $3,000
Camille Laus BEL 400 m 8th $2,000
Men's 5000 m · $100,000
Selemon Barega ETH 5000 m 1st $50,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 5000 m 2nd $20,000
Yomif Kejelcha ETH 5000 m 3rd $10,000
Muktar Edris ETH 5000 m 4th $6,000
Abadi Hadis ETH 5000 m 5th $5,000
Paul Chelimo USA 5000 m 6th $4,000
Richard Yator KEN 5000 m 7th $3,000
Getaneh Molla ETH 5000 m 8th $2,000
Men's 800 m · $100,000
Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir KEN 800 m 1st $50,000
Marcin Lewandowski POL 800 m 2nd $20,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich KEN 800 m 3rd $10,000
Jake Wightman GBR 800 m 4th $6,000
Clayton Murphy USA 800 m 5th $5,000
Wyclife Kinyamal KEN 800 m 6th $4,000
Eliott Crestan BEL 800 m 7th $3,000
Antoine Gakeme BDI 800 m 8th $2,000
Men's discus throw · $100,000
Fedrick Dacres JAM Discus throw 1st $50,000
Andrius Gudžius LTU Discus throw 2nd $20,000
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 3rd $10,000
Mason Finley USA Discus throw 4th $6,000
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 5th $5,000
Christoph Harting GER Discus throw 6th $4,000
Robert Urbanek POL Discus throw 7th $3,000
Ehsan Hadadi IRI Discus throw 8th $2,000
Women's discus throw · $100,000
Yaimé Pérez CUB Discus throw 1st $50,000
Andressa de Morais BRA Discus throw 2nd $20,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 3rd $10,000
Claudine Vita GER Discus throw 4th $6,000
Gia Lewis-Smallwood USA Discus throw 5th $5,000
Whitney Ashley USA Discus throw 6th $4,000
Nadine Müller GER Discus throw 7th $3,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 8th $2,000
Men's high jump · $100,000
Brandon Starc AUS High jump 1st $50,000
Mateusz Przybylko GER High jump 2nd $20,000
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA High jump 3rd $10,000
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 4th $6,000
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 5th $5,000
Naoto Tobe JPN High jump 6th $4,000
Michael Mason CAN High jump 7th $3,000
Jeron Robinson USA High jump =8th shared three ways $667
Bryan Mcbride USA High jump =8th shared three ways $667
Mathew Sawe KEN High jump =8th shared three ways $667
Women's long jump · $100,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Long jump 1st $50,000
Shara Proctor GBR Long jump 2nd $20,000
Sha'keela Saunders USA Long jump 3rd $10,000
Malaika Mihambo GER Long jump 4th $6,000
Brooke Buschkuehl AUS Long jump 5th $5,000
Lorraine Ugen GBR Long jump 6th $4,000
Christabel Nettey CAN Long jump 7th $3,000
Hanne Maudens BEL Long jump 8th $2,000
Men's pole vault · $100,000
Timur Morgunov ANA Pole vault 1st $50,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 2nd $20,000
Shawnacy Barber CAN Pole vault 3rd $10,000
Piotr Lisek POL Pole vault 4th $6,000
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault 5th $5,000
Paweł Wojciechowski POL Pole vault 6th $4,000
Armand Duplantis SWE Pole vault 7th $3,000
Konstantinos Filippidis GRE Pole vault 8th $2,000
Women's shot put · $100,000
Lijiao Gong CHN Shot put 1st $50,000
Raven Saunders USA Shot put 2nd $20,000
Christina Schwanitz GER Shot put 3rd $10,000
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 4th $6,000
Paulina Guba POL Shot put 5th $5,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM Shot put 6th $4,000
Melissa Boekelman NED Shot put 7th $3,000
Yuliya Leantsiuk BLR Shot put 8th $2,000
Men's triple jump · $100,000
Pedro Pichardo POR Triple jump 1st $50,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 2nd $20,000
Donald Scott USA Triple jump 3rd $10,000
Omar Craddock USA Triple jump 4th $6,000
Chris Benard USA Triple jump 5th $5,000
Max Heß GER Triple jump 6th $4,000
Alexis Copello AZE Triple jump 7th $3,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 8th $2,000

130 payments to 130 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 40 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 AG Memorial Van Damme money list

130 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $50,000
2 Brandon Starc AUS 1st high jump $50,000
3 Brianna Rollins-McNeal USA 1st 100 m hurdles $50,000
4 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st long jump $50,000
5 Christian Coleman USA 1st 100 m $50,000
6 Emmanuel Korir KEN 1st 800 m $50,000
7 Fedrick Dacres JAM 1st discus throw $50,000
8 Gong Lijiao CHN 1st shot put $50,000
9 Laura Muir GBR 1st 1500 m $50,000
10 Pedro Pichardo POR 1st triple jump $50,000
11 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 1st 400 m $50,000
12 Selemon Barega ETH 1st 5000 m $50,000
13 Sergey Shubenkov ANA 1st 110 m hurdles $50,000
14 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 200 m $50,000
15 Timur Morgunov ANA 1st pole vault $50,000
16 Yaime Pérez CUB 1st discus throw $50,000
17 Andressa de Morais BRA 2nd discus throw $20,000
18 Andrius Gudžius LTU 2nd discus throw $20,000
19 Christian Taylor USA 2nd triple jump $20,000
20 Dafne Schippers NED 2nd 200 m $20,000
21 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2nd 5000 m $20,000
22 Kendra Harrison USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $20,000
23 Marcin Lewandowski POL 2nd 800 m $20,000
24 Mateusz Przybylko GER 2nd high jump $20,000
25 Norah Jeruto KAZ 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $20,000
26 Orlando Ortega ESP 2nd 110 m hurdles $20,000
27 Phyllis Francis USA 2nd 400 m $20,000
28 Raven Saunders USA 2nd shot put $20,000
29 Ronnie Baker USA 2nd 100 m $20,000
30 Sam Kendricks USA 2nd pole vault $20,000
Beatrice Chepkoech $50k Brandon Starc $50k Brianna Rollins-McNeal $50k Caterine Ibargüen $50k Christian Coleman $50k Emmanuel Korir $50k Fedrick Dacres $50k Gong Lijiao $50k Laura Muir $50k Pedro Pichardo $50k Salwa Eid Naser $50k Selemon Barega $50k Sergey Shubenkov $50k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $50k Timur Morgunov $50k

Beatrice Chepkoech took $50,000 of the $1,600,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 130; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme pay?

$1,600,000 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 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme 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. 130 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 130 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme?

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

Is the AG Memorial Van Damme 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 $1,600,000.

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. AG Memorial Van Damme 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