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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2018 · FINAL · SWITZERLAND

Weltklasse Zürich 2018 prize money

The 2018 Weltklasse Zürich paid $1,596,000 across sixteen disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 30 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 $1,596,000
A WIN PAID $50,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 127
DATE 30 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich.
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. Seven athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV $50,000 $98,000
Men's 1500 m Timothy Cheruiyot KEN $50,000 $100,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles USA $50,000 $100,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Conseslus Kipruto KEN $50,000 $100,000
Men's 400 m Fred Kerley USA $50,000 $98,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Kyron McMaster IVB $50,000 $100,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Dalilah Muhammad USA $50,000 $100,000
Women's 5000 m Hellen Obiri KEN $50,000 $100,000
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya RSA $50,000 $100,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene ANA $50,000 $100,000
Men's javelin throw Andreas Hofmann GER $50,000 $100,000
Women's javelin throw Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR $50,000 $100,000
Men's long jump Luvo Manyonga RSA $50,000 $100,000
Women's pole vault Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE $50,000 $100,000
Men's shot put Tom Walsh NZL $50,000 $100,000
Women's triple jump Caterine Ibarguen COL $50,000 $100,000
16 disciplines 16 winners - $1,596,000$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 127 cheques the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

127 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $98,000
Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 100 m 1st $50,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 100 m 2nd $20,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 100 m 3rd $10,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 100 m 4th $6,000
Dafne Schippers NED 100 m 5th $5,000
Michelle-Lee Ahye TTO 100 m 6th $4,000
Carina Horn RSA 100 m 7th $3,000
Men's 1500 m · $100,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1500 m 1st $50,000
Elijah Motonei Manangoi KEN 1500 m 2nd $20,000
Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 1500 m 3rd $10,000
Abdelaati Iguider MAR 1500 m 4th $6,000
Brahim Kaazouzi MAR 1500 m 5th $5,000
Aman Wote ETH 1500 m 6th $4,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 7th $3,000
Samuel Tefera ETH 1500 m 8th $2,000
Men's 200 m · $100,000
Noah Lyles USA 200 m 1st $50,000
Ramil Guliyev TUR 200 m 2nd $20,000
Jereem Richards TTO 200 m 3rd $10,000
Aaron Brown CAN 200 m 4th $6,000
Alex Quiñónez ECU 200 m 5th $5,000
Alex Wilson SUI 200 m 6th $4,000
Luxolo Adams RSA 200 m 7th $3,000
Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake GBR 200 m 8th $2,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $100,000
Conseslus Kipruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $50,000
Soufiane el Bakkali MAR 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $20,000
Evan Jager USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $10,000
Chala Beyo ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $6,000
Nicholas Kiptonui Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $5,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $4,000
Hillary Bor USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $3,000
Leonard Kipkemoi Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $2,000
Men's 400 m · $98,000
Fred Kerley USA 400 m 1st $50,000
Nathan Strother USA 400 m 2nd $20,000
Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR 400 m 3rd $10,000
Paul Dedewo USA 400 m 4th $6,000
Baboloki Thebe BOT 400 m 5th $5,000
Luguelín Santos DOM 400 m 6th $4,000
Pieter Conradie RSA 400 m 7th $3,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $100,000
Kyron McMaster IVB 400 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Yasmani Copello TUR 400 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Cornel Fredericks RSA 400 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon ITA 400 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Bershawn Jackson USA 400 m hurdles 7th $3,000
TJ Holmes USA 400 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $100,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Georganne Moline USA 400 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Eilidh Doyle GBR 400 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Lea Sprunger SUI 400 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Sage Watson CAN 400 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Wenda Nel RSA 400 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Women's 5000 m · $100,000
Hellen Obiri KEN 5000 m 1st $50,000
Sifan Hassan NED 5000 m 2nd $20,000
Senbere Teferi ETH 5000 m 3rd $10,000
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui KEN 5000 m 4th $6,000
Agnes Jebet Tirop KEN 5000 m 5th $5,000
Genzebe Dibaba ETH 5000 m 6th $4,000
Letesenbet Gidey ETH 5000 m 7th $3,000
Lilian Kasait Rengeruk KEN 5000 m 8th $2,000
Women's 800 m · $100,000
Caster Semenya RSA 800 m 1st $50,000
Ajee Wilson USA 800 m 2nd $20,000
Natoya Goule-Toppin JAM 800 m 3rd $10,000
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 4th $6,000
Raevyn Rogers USA 800 m 5th $5,000
Francine Niyonsaba BDI 800 m 6th $4,000
Selina Rutz-Büchel SUI 800 m 7th $3,000
Rababe Arafi MAR 800 m 8th $2,000
Women's high jump · $100,000
Mariya Lasitskene ANA High jump 1st $50,000
Yuliia Levchenko UKR High jump 2nd $20,000
Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch GER High jump 3rd $10,000
Erika Kinsey SWE High jump 4th $6,000
Kateryna Tabashnyk UKR High jump =5th shared five ways $2,800
Sofie Skoog SWE High jump =5th shared five ways $2,800
Oksana Okuneva UKR High jump =5th shared five ways $2,800
Levern Spencer LCA High jump =5th shared five ways $2,800
Elena Vallortigara ITA High jump =5th shared five ways $2,800
Men's javelin throw · $100,000
Andreas Hofmann GER Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Magnus Kirt EST Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Marcin Krukowski POL Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Julian Weber GER Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Gatis Čakšs LAT Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Women's javelin throw · $100,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Liu Shiying CHN Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Kara Winger USA Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Huihui Lyu CHN Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Nikola Ogrodníková CZE Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Martina Ratej SLO Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Sigrid Borge NOR Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Géraldine Ruckstuhl SUI Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Men's long jump · $100,000
Luvo Manyonga RSA Long jump 1st $50,000
Ruswahl Samaai RSA Long jump 2nd $20,000
Henry Frayne AUS Long jump 3rd $10,000
Tajay Gayle JAM Long jump 4th $6,000
Jeff Henderson USA Long jump 5th $5,000
Marquis Dendy USA Long jump 6th $4,000
Thobias Montler SWE Long jump 7th $3,000
Changzhou Huang CHN Long jump 8th $2,000
Women's pole vault · $100,000
Aikaterini Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 1st $50,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault 2nd $20,000
Anzhelika Sidorova ANA Pole vault 3rd $10,000
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault =4th shared two ways $5,500
Katie Moon USA Pole vault =4th shared two ways $5,500
Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou GRE Pole vault 6th $4,000
Ninon Chapelle FRA Pole vault 7th $3,000
Angelica Moser SUI Pole vault 8th $2,000
Men's shot put · $100,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 1st $50,000
Darrell Hill USA Shot put 2nd $20,000
Ryan Crouser USA Shot put 3rd $10,000
Darlan Romani BRA Shot put 4th $6,000
Tomáš Staněk CZE Shot put 5th $5,000
David Storl GER Shot put 6th $4,000
Michał Haratyk POL Shot put 7th $3,000
Ryan Whiting USA Shot put 8th $2,000
Women's triple jump · $100,000
Caterine Ibarguen COL Triple jump 1st $50,000
Shanieka Ricketts JAM Triple jump 2nd $20,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 3rd $10,000
Tori Franklin USA Triple jump 4th $6,000
Rouguy Diallo FRA Triple jump 5th $5,000
Kristin Gierisch GER Triple jump 6th $4,000
Gabriela Petrova BUL Triple jump 7th $3,000
Ana Peleteiro ESP Triple jump 8th $2,000

127 payments to 127 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

127 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Andreas Hofmann GER 1st javelin throw $50,000
2 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $50,000
3 Caterine Ibargüen COL 1st triple jump $50,000
4 Conseslus Kipruto KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $50,000
5 Dalilah Muhammad USA 1st 400 m hurdles $50,000
6 Fred Kerley USA 1st 400 m $50,000
7 Hellen Obiri KEN 1st 5000 m $50,000
8 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 1st pole vault $50,000
9 Kyron McMaster IVB 1st 400 m hurdles $50,000
10 Luvo Manyonga RSA 1st long jump $50,000
11 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $50,000
12 Murielle Ahouré-Demps CIV 1st 100 m $50,000
13 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $50,000
14 Tatsiana Khaladovich BLR 1st javelin throw $50,000
15 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st 1500 m $50,000
16 Tom Walsh NZL 1st shot put $50,000
17 Ajeé Wilson USA 2nd 800 m $20,000
18 Darrell Hill USA 2nd shot put $20,000
19 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 2nd 100 m $20,000
20 Elijah Manangoi KEN 2nd 1500 m $20,000
21 Karsten Warholm NOR 2nd 400 m hurdles $20,000
22 Liu Shiying CHN 2nd javelin throw $20,000
23 Magnus Kirt EST 2nd javelin throw $20,000
24 Nathan Strother USA 2nd 400 m $20,000
25 Ramil Guliyev TUR 2nd 200 m $20,000
26 Ruswahl Samaai RSA 2nd long jump $20,000
27 Sandi Morris USA 2nd pole vault $20,000
28 Shamier Little USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $20,000
29 Shanieka Ricketts JAM 2nd triple jump $20,000
30 Sifan Hassan NED 2nd 5000 m $20,000
Andreas Hofmann $50k Caster Semenya $50k Caterine Ibargüen $50k Conseslus Kipruto $50k Dalilah Muhammad $50k Fred Kerley $50k Hellen Obiri $50k Katerina Stefanidi $50k Kyron McMaster $50k Luvo Manyonga $50k Mariya Lasitskene $50k Murielle Ahouré-Demps $50k Noah Lyles $50k Tatsiana Khaladovich $50k Timothy Cheruiyot $50k

Andreas Hofmann took $50,000 of the $1,596,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 127; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$1,596,000 in all, across sixteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $98,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich 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. 127 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 127 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich?

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

Is the Weltklasse Zürich 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 $1,596,000.

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. Weltklasse Zürich 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