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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018 · UNITED STATES

Prefontaine Classic 2018 prize money

The 2018 Prefontaine Classic paid $416,500 across fourteen disciplines at Hayward Field, Eugene, 26 May 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 fourteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $416,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 109
DATE 26 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic.
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 fourteen times at this meeting and it is the whole of how the Diamond League pays: no appearance money, no record bonus, nothing for ninth.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic, 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 Omar McLeod JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Shelby Houlihan USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles USA $10,000 $29,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Benjamin Kigen KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH $10,000 $29,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Janieve Russell JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Genzebe Dibaba ETH $10,000 $28,500
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya RSA $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Thomas Röhler GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Jennifer Suhr USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Ryan Crouser USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor USA $10,000 $30,000
14 disciplines 14 winners - $416,500

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 109 cheques the 2018 Prefontaine Classic wrote

110 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic, 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
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 4th $3,000
Tori Bowie USA 100 m 5th $2,500
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 100 m 6th $2,000
Blessing Okagbare NGR 100 m 7th $1,500
Javianne Oliver USA 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Omar McLeod JAM 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Sergey Shubenkov RUS 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Devon Allen USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Orlando Ortega ESP 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ronald Levy JAM 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Aries Merritt USA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Andrew Pozzi GBR 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Aleec Harris USA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Shelby Houlihan USA 1500 m 1st $10,000
Laura Muir GBR 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Jenny Simpson USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Winny Chebet KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Linden Hall AUS 1500 m 6th $2,000
Brenda Martinez USA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Dawit Seyaum ETH 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $29,000
Noah Lyles USA 200 m 1st $10,000
Jereem Richards TTO 200 m 2nd $6,000
Aaron Brown CAN 200 m 3rd $4,000
Anaso Jobodwana RSA 200 m 4th $3,000
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Ameer Webb USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Ramil Guliyev TUR 200 m 7th $1,500
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Benjamin Kigen KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Amos Kirui KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Nicholas Kiptonui Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Jairus Kipchoge Birech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Hillary Bor USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Paul Kipsiele Koech KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $29,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 400 m 1st $10,000
Phyllis Francis USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Shakima Wimbley USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Jessica Beard USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Jaide Stepter Baynes USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Courtney Okolo USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Georganne Moline USA 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Sage Watson CAN 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Zuzana Hejnová CZE 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ashley Spencer USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Cassandra Tate USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $28,500
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Letesenbet Gidey ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Gudaf Tsegay ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 5000 m 5th $2,500
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Meraf Bahta SWE 5000 m 7th annulled -
Dominique Scott RSA 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 1st $10,000
Ajee Wilson USA 800 m 2nd $6,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 3rd $4,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 4th $3,000
Charlene Lipsey USA 800 m 5th $2,500
Margaret Nyairera Wambui KEN 800 m 6th $2,000
Raevyn Rogers USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Eunice Jepkoech Sum KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT High jump 1st $10,000
Danil Lysenko ANA High jump 2nd $6,000
Wang Yu CHN High jump 3rd $4,000
Erik Kynard USA High jump 4th $3,000
Jeron Robinson USA High jump 5th $2,500
Andrii Protsenko UKR High jump 6th $2,000
Mateusz Przybylko GER High jump 7th $1,500
Donald Thomas BAH 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
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Magnus Kirt EST Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ahmed Bader Magour QAT Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Petr Frydrych CZE Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Jennifer Suhr USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Eliza McCartney NZL Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Katie Moon USA Pole vault 4th $3,000
Robeilys Peinado VEN Pole vault 5th $2,500
Anzhelika Sidorova ANA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 7th $1,500
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Ryan Crouser USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Michał Haratyk POL Shot put 2nd $6,000
Darlan Romani BRA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 4th $3,000
Darrell Hill USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 6th $2,000
David Storl GER Shot put 7th $1,500
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Christian Taylor USA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Will Claye USA Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Almir dos Santos BRA Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Alexis Copello AZE Triple jump 4th $3,000
Bin Dong CHN Triple jump 5th $2,500
Max Heß GER Triple jump 6th $2,000
Nelson Évora POR Triple jump 7th $1,500
Chris Benard USA Triple jump 8th $1,000

109 payments to 109 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 34 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

109 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Benjamin Kigen KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
2 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $10,000
3 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
4 Genzebe Dibaba ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
5 Janieve Russell JAM 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
6 Jenn Suhr USA 1st pole vault $10,000
7 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith CIV 1st 100 m $10,000
8 Mutaz Barsham QAT 1st high jump $10,000
9 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $10,000
10 Omar McLeod JAM 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
11 Ryan Crouser USA 1st shot put $10,000
12 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
13 Shelby Houlihan USA 1st 1500 m $10,000
14 Thomas Röhler GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Ajeé Wilson USA 2nd 800 m $6,000
16 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
17 Dalilah Muhammad USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
18 Danil Lysenko ANA 2nd high jump $6,000
19 Eliza McCartney NZL 2nd pole vault $6,000
20 Jereem Richards TTO 2nd 200 m $6,000
21 Johannes Vetter GER 2nd javelin throw $6,000
22 Laura Muir GBR 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
24 Michał Haratyk POL 2nd shot put $6,000
25 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 2nd 100 m $6,000
26 Phyllis Francis USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
27 Sergey Shubenkov ANA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
28 Will Claye USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
29 Aaron Brown CAN 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Almir dos Santos BRA 3rd triple jump $4,000
Benjamin Kigen $10k Caster Semenya $10k Christian Taylor $10k Genzebe Dibaba $10k Janieve Russell $10k Jenn Suhr $10k Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $10k Mutaz Barsham $10k Noah Lyles $10k Omar McLeod $10k Ryan Crouser $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Shelby Houlihan $10k Thomas Röhler $10k Ajeé Wilson $6,000

Benjamin Kigen took $10,000 of the $416,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 109; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$416,500 in all, across fourteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic 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. 110 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 109 of them were paid, so 1 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 Prefontaine Classic?

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.

Is the Prefontaine Classic 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. Prefontaine Classic 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