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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2019 · FINAL

AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 prize money

The 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme paid $1,592,000 across sixteen disciplines at King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, 6 September 2019. 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 $1,592,000
A WIN PAID $50,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 124
DATE 6 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2019 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.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Dina Asher-Smith $50,000 $100,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Danielle Williams $50,000 $98,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Orlando Ortega $50,000 $98,000
Men's 1500 m Timothy Cheruiyot $50,000 $100,000
Men's 200 m Noah Lyles $50,000 $100,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Getnet Wale $50,000 $100,000
Men's 400 m Michael Norman $50,000 $100,000
Women's 5000 m Sifan Hassan $50,000 $100,000
Women's 800 m Ajeé Wilson $50,000 $100,000
Men's discus throw Daniel Ståhl $50,000 $100,000
Women's discus throw Yaime Pérez $50,000 $98,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene $50,000 $100,000
Women's long jump Malaika Mihambo $50,000 $100,000
Women's pole vault Katerina Stefanidi $50,000 $100,000
Men's shot put Tomas Walsh $50,000 $100,000
Men's triple jump Christian Taylor $50,000 $98,000
16 disciplines 16 winners — $1,592,000$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 124 cheques the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme wrote

149 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $100,000
Dina Asher-Smith 100 m 1st $50,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100 m 2nd $20,000
Marie-Josée Ta Lou 100 m 3rd $10,000
Dafne Schippers 100 m 4th $6,000
Blessing Okagbare 100 m 5th $5,000
Aleia Hobbs 100 m 6th $4,000
Crystal Emmanuel 100 m 7th $3,000
Gina Lückenkemper 100 m 8th $2,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $98,000
Danielle Williams 100 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Kendra Harrison 100 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Nia Ali 100 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Sharika Nelvis 100 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Christina Clemons 100 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Cindy Roleder 100 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Elvira Herman 100 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $98,000
Orlando Ortega 110 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Sergey Shubenkov 110 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Freddie Crittenden 110 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Xie Wenjun 110 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Andrew Pozzi 110 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Antonio Alkana 110 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Men's 1500 m · $100,000
Timothy Cheruiyot 1500 m 1st $50,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 1500 m 2nd $20,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen 1500 m 3rd $10,000
Ronald Musagala 1500 m 4th $6,000
Craig Engels 1500 m 5th $5,000
Marcin Lewandowski 1500 m 6th $4,000
Ayanleh Souleiman 1500 m 7th $3,000
John Gregorek 1500 m 8th $2,000
Men's 200 m · $100,000
Noah Lyles 200 m 1st $50,000
Ramil Guliyev 200 m 2nd $20,000
Andre De Grasse 200 m 3rd $10,000
Aaron Brown 200 m 4th $6,000
Álex Quiñónez 200 m 5th $5,000
Robin Vanderbemden 200 m 6th $4,000
Jereem Richards 200 m 7th $3,000
Alonso Edward 200 m 8th $2,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $100,000
Getnet Wale 3000 m steeplechase 1st $50,000
Soufiane El Bakkali 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $20,000
Lamecha Girma 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $10,000
Benjamin Kigen 3000 m steeplechase 4th $6,000
Hillary Bor 3000 m steeplechase 5th $5,000
Abraham Kibiwot 3000 m steeplechase 6th $4,000
Conseslus Kipruto 3000 m steeplechase 7th $3,000
Fernando Carro 3000 m steeplechase 8th $2,000
Men's 400 m · $100,000
Michael Norman 400 m 1st $50,000
Fred Kerley 400 m 2nd $20,000
Akeem Bloomfield 400 m 3rd $10,000
Obi Igbokwe 400 m 4th $6,000
Kahmari Montgomery 400 m 5th $5,000
Michael Cherry 400 m 6th $4,000
Jonathan Sacoor 400 m 7th $3,000
Nathon Allen 400 m 8th $2,000
Women's 5000 m · $100,000
Sifan Hassan 5000 m 1st $50,000
Letesenbet Gidey 5000 m 2nd $20,000
Konstanze Klosterhalfen 5000 m 3rd $10,000
Hellen Obiri 5000 m 4th $6,000
Margaret Chelimo Kipkemboi 5000 m 5th $5,000
Agnes Jebet Tirop 5000 m 6th $4,000
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford 5000 m 7th $3,000
Fantu Worku 5000 m 8th $2,000
Women's 800 m · $100,000
Ajeé Wilson 800 m 1st $50,000
Raevyn Rogers 800 m 2nd $20,000
Winnie Nanyondo 800 m 3rd $10,000
Olha Lyakhova 800 m 4th $6,000
Natoya Goule 800 m 5th $5,000
Lynsey Sharp 800 m 6th $4,000
Hanna Green 800 m 7th $3,000
Renée Eykens 800 m 8th $2,000
Men's discus throw · $100,000
Daniel Ståhl Discus throw 1st $50,000
Lukas Weisshaidinger Discus throw 2nd $20,000
Fedrick Dacres Discus throw 3rd $10,000
Andrius Gudžius Discus throw 4th $6,000
Piotr Małachowski Discus throw 5th $5,000
Ehsan Hadadi Discus throw 6th $4,000
Ola Stunes Isene Discus throw 7th $3,000
Christoph Harting Discus throw 8th $2,000
Women's discus throw · $98,000
Yaime Pérez Discus throw 1st $50,000
Sandra Perković Discus throw 2nd $20,000
Kristin Pudenz Discus throw 3rd $10,000
Denia Caballero Discus throw 4th $6,000
Claudine Vita Discus throw 5th $5,000
Valarie Allman Discus throw 6th $4,000
Nadine Müller Discus throw 7th $3,000
Women's high jump · $100,000
Mariya Lasitskene High jump 1st $50,000
Yuliya Levchenko High jump 2nd $20,000
Nafissatou Thiam High jump 3rd $10,000
Kamila Lićwinko High jump 4th $6,000
Mirela Demireva High jump 5th $5,000
Yaroslava Mahuchikh High jump 6th $4,000
Nicola McDermott High jump 7th $3,000
Erika Kinsey High jump 8th $2,000
Women's long jump · $100,000
Malaika Mihambo Long jump 1st $50,000
Brittney Reese Long jump 2nd $20,000
Katarina Johnson-Thompson Long jump 3rd $10,000
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Long jump 4th $6,000
Lorraine Ugen Long jump 5th $5,000
Yelena Sokolova Long jump 6th $4,000
Brooke Stratton Long jump 7th $3,000
Caterine Ibargüen Long jump 8th $2,000
Women's pole vault · $100,000
Katerina Stefanidi Pole vault 1st $50,000
Anzhelika Sidorova Pole vault 2nd $20,000
Alysha Newman Pole vault 3rd $10,000
Katie Nageotte Pole vault 4th $6,000
Holly Bradshaw Pole vault 5th $5,000
Robeilys Peinado Pole vault 6th $4,000
Jenn Suhr Pole vault 7th $3,000
Sandi Morris Pole vault 8th $2,000
Men's shot put · $100,000
Tomas Walsh Shot put 1st $50,000
Darlan Romani Shot put 2nd $20,000
Ryan Crouser Shot put 3rd $10,000
Konrad Bukowiecki Shot put 4th $6,000
Darrell Hill Shot put 5th $5,000
Michał Haratyk Shot put 6th $4,000
Tomáš Staněk Shot put 7th $3,000
Joe Kovacs Shot put 8th $2,000
Men's triple jump · $98,000
Christian Taylor Triple jump 1st $50,000
Will Claye Triple jump 2nd $20,000
Omar Craddock Triple jump 3rd $10,000
Donald Scott Triple jump 4th $6,000
Alexis Copello Triple jump 5th $5,000
Nelson Évora Triple jump 6th $4,000
Pedro Pablo Pichardo Triple jump 7th $3,000

124 payments to 124 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 AG Memorial Van Damme money list

124 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Ajeé Wilson USA 1st 800 m $50,000
2 Christian Taylor USA 1st triple jump $50,000
3 Daniel Ståhl SWE 1st discus throw $50,000
4 Danielle Williams JAM 1st 100 m hurdles $50,000
5 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 1st 100 m $50,000
6 Getnet Wale ETH 1st 3000 m steeplechase $50,000
7 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 1st pole vault $50,000
8 Malaika Mihambo GER 1st long jump $50,000
9 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $50,000
10 Michael Norman USA 1st 400 m $50,000
11 Noah Lyles USA 1st 200 m $50,000
12 Orlando Ortega 1st 110 m hurdles $50,000
13 Sifan Hassan NED 1st 5000 m $50,000
14 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st 1500 m $50,000
15 Tom Walsh NZL 1st shot put $50,000
16 Yaime Pérez CUB 1st discus throw $50,000
17 Anzhelika Sidorova ANA 2nd pole vault $20,000
18 Brittney Reese USA 2nd long jump $20,000
19 Darlan Romani BRA 2nd shot put $20,000
20 Fred Kerley USA 2nd 400 m $20,000
21 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 2nd 1500 m $20,000
22 Kendra Harrison USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $20,000
23 Letesenbet Gidey ETH 2nd 5000 m $20,000
24 Lukas Weisshaidinger 2nd discus throw $20,000
25 Raevyn Rogers USA 2nd 800 m $20,000
26 Ramil Guliyev TUR 2nd 200 m $20,000
27 Ronald Levy JAM 2nd 110 m hurdles $20,000
28 Sandra Perković CRO 2nd discus throw $20,000
29 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 2nd 100 m $20,000
30 Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $20,000
Ajeé Wilson $50k Christian Taylor $50k Daniel Ståhl $50k Danielle Williams $50k Dina Asher-Smith $50k Getnet Wale $50k Katerina Stefanidi $50k Malaika Mihambo $50k Mariya Lasitskene $50k Michael Norman $50k Noah Lyles $50k Orlando Ortega $50k Sifan Hassan $50k Timothy Cheruiyot $50k Tom Walsh $50k

Ajeé Wilson took $50,000 of the $1,592,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 124; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme pay?

$1,592,000 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 2019 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. 149 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 124 of them were paid, so 25 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2019 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.

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 $1,592,000.

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. AG Memorial Van Damme 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