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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2019

Herculis 2019 prize money

The 2019 Herculis paid $383,500 across thirteen disciplines at Stade Louis II, Monaco, 12 July 2019. 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 $383,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 13
ATHLETES PAID 99
DATE 12 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2019 Herculis

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2019 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. Six athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

13 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2019 Herculis, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Justin Gatlin $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Keni Harrison $10,000 $29,000
Women's 200 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10,000 $29,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Soufiane El Bakkali $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Steven Gardiner $10,000 $25,500
Women's 400 m hurdles Sydney McLaughlin $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Nijel Amos $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Andreas Hofmann $10,000 $30,000
Women's mile Sifan Hassan $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Piotr Lisek $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Yulimar Rojas $10,000 $30,000
13 disciplines 13 winners — $383,500

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 99 cheques the 2019 Herculis wrote

118 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2019 Herculis, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Justin Gatlin 100 m 1st $10,000
Noah Lyles 100 m 2nd $6,000
Mike Rodgers 100 m 3rd $4,000
Akani Simbine 100 m 4th $3,000
Cravon Gillespie 100 m 5th $2,500
Jimmy Vicaut 100 m 6th $2,000
Arthur Cissé 100 m 7th $1,500
Divine Oduduru 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $29,000
Keni Harrison 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Danielle Williams 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Christina Clemons 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Janeek Brown 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Nia Ali 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Karolina Kołeczek 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Sharika Nelvis 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 200 m · $29,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo 200 m 1st $10,000
Elaine Thompson 200 m 2nd $6,000
Dafne Schippers 200 m 3rd $4,000
Teahna Daniels 200 m 4th $3,000
Jenna Prandini 200 m 5th $2,500
Marie-Josée Ta Lou 200 m 6th $2,000
Gabrielle Thomas 200 m 7th $1,500
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Soufiane El Bakkali 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Benjamin Kigen 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Getnet Wale 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Fernando Carro 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Abraham Kibiwott 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Hillary Bor 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Djilali Bedrani 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Takele Nigate 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $25,500
Steven Gardiner 400 m 1st $10,000
Abderrahman Samba 400 m 2nd $6,000
Nathan Strother 400 m 3rd $4,000
Luka Janežič 400 m 4th $3,000
Davide Re 400 m 5th $2,500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Sydney McLaughlin 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Ashley Spencer 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Zuzana Hejnová 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Janieve Russell 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Rushell Clayton 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Léa Sprunger 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Kori Carter 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Anna Ryzhykova 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Nijel Amos 800 m 1st $10,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 800 m 2nd $6,000
Amel Tuka 800 m 3rd $4,000
Michael Saruni 800 m 4th $3,000
Brandon McBride 800 m 5th $2,500
Wesley Vázquez 800 m 6th $2,000
Adam Kszczot 800 m 7th $1,500
Jake Wightman 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Mariya Lasitskene High jump 1st $10,000
Mirela Demireva High jump 2nd $6,000
Nicola McDermott High jump 3rd $4,000
Ana Šimić High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Levern Spencer High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Kamila Lićwinko High jump 6th $2,000
Erika Kinsey High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
María Fernanda Murillo High jump =7th shared two ways $1,250
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Andreas Hofmann Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Magnus Kirt Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Thomas Röhler Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Cheng Chao-tsun Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Marcin Krukowski Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Toni Kuusela Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Kevin Mayer Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's mile · $30,000
Sifan Hassan Mile 1st $10,000
Laura Weightman Mile 2nd $6,000
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Mile 3rd $4,000
Gudaf Tsegay Mile 4th $3,000
Rababe Arafi Mile 5th $2,500
Axumawit Embaye Mile 6th $2,000
Winnie Nanyondo Mile 7th $1,500
Ciara Mageean Mile 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Piotr Lisek Pole vault 1st $10,000
Mondo Duplantis Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Thiago Braz Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Paweł Wojciechowski Pole vault 4th $3,000
Sam Kendricks Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Renaud Lavillenie Pole vault =5th shared two ways $2,250
Valentin Lavillenie Pole vault 7th $1,500
Alioune Sene Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Christian Taylor Triple jump 1st $10,000
Will Claye Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Pedro Pablo Pichardo Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Hugues Fabrice Zango Triple jump 4th $3,000
Nelson Évora Triple jump 5th $2,500
Donald Scott Triple jump 6th $2,000
Almir dos Santos Triple jump 7th $1,500
Latario Collie-Minns Triple jump 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Yulimar Rojas Triple jump 1st $10,000
Liadagmis Povea Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Kimberly Williams Triple jump 4th $3,000
Olha Saladukha Triple jump 5th $2,500
Caterine Ibargüen Triple jump 6th $2,000
Olga Rypakova Triple jump 7th $1,500
Paraskevi Papachristou Triple jump 8th $1,000

99 payments to 99 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2019 Herculis money list

99 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Andreas Hofmann GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
2 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $10,000
3 Justin Gatlin USA 1st 100 m $10,000
4 Kendra Harrison USA 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
5 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
6 Nijel Amos BOT 1st 800 m $10,000
7 Piotr Lisek POL 1st pole vault $10,000
8 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 200 m $10,000
9 Sifan Hassan NED 1st mile $10,000
10 Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
11 Steven Gardiner BAH 1st 400 m $10,000
12 Sydney McLaughlin 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
13 Yulimar Rojas VEN 1st triple jump $10,000
14 Abderrahman Samba QAT 2nd 400 m $6,000
15 Armand Duplantis SWE 2nd pole vault $6,000
16 Ashley Spencer 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
17 Benjamin Kigen KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
18 Danielle Williams JAM 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
19 Elaine Thompson 2nd 200 m $6,000
20 Ferguson Rotich KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
21 Laura Weightman GBR 2nd mile $6,000
22 Liadagmis Povea CUB 2nd triple jump $6,000
23 Magnus Kirt EST 2nd javelin throw $6,000
24 Mirela Demireva BUL 2nd high jump $6,000
25 Noah Lyles USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
26 Will Claye USA 2nd triple jump $6,000
27 Amel Tuka BIH 3rd 800 m $4,000
28 Christina Clemons USA 3rd 100 m hurdles $4,000
29 Dafne Schippers NED 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford CAN 3rd mile $4,000
Andreas Hofmann $10k Christian Taylor $10k Justin Gatlin $10k Kendra Harrison $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Nijel Amos $10k Piotr Lisek $10k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $10k Sifan Hassan $10k Soufiane El Bakkali $10k Steven Gardiner $10k Sydney McLaughlin $10k Yulimar Rojas $10k Abderrahman Samba $6,000 Armand Duplantis $6,000

Andreas Hofmann took $10,000 of the $383,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 99; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2019 Herculis pay?

$383,500 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 2019 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. 118 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 99 of them were paid, so 19 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2019 Herculis?

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. Six athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why six 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 2019 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2019 Diamond League ran fourteen meetings and paid $8,092,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 104 meetings on this site and the $53,753,250 they paid between them. Herculis has its own page across every edition of it, and the other six are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

The meetings either side of this one