SALARYSPORT
★ 0
DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2019

Prefontaine Classic 2019 prize money

The 2019 Prefontaine Classic paid $389,000 across thirteen disciplines at Cobb Track and Angell Field, Stanford, 30 June 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 $389,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 13
ATHLETES PAID 103
DATE 30 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2019 Prefontaine Classic

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

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

13 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2019 Prefontaine Classic, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Christian Coleman $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Orlando Ortega $10,000 $30,000
Women's 200 m Blessing Okagbare $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Sifan Hassan $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Beatrice Chepkoech $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Michael Norman $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Rai Benjamin $10,000 $30,000
Women's 800 m Caster Semenya $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene ANA $10,000 $29,000
Men's mile Timothy Cheruiyot $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Armand Duplantis $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Darlan Romani $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Gong Lijiao $10,000 $30,000
13 disciplines 13 winners — $389,000

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 103 cheques the 2019 Prefontaine Classic wrote

103 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2019 Prefontaine Classic, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Christian Coleman 100 m 1st $10,000
Justin Gatlin 100 m 2nd $6,000
Zharnel Hughes 100 m 3rd $4,000
Cravon Gillespie 100 m 4th $3,000
Mike Rodgers 100 m 5th $2,500
Arthur Cissé 100 m 6th $2,000
Filippo Tortu 100 m 7th $1,500
Cameron Burrell 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Orlando Ortega 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Wilhem Belocian 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Omar McLeod 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Devon Allen 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Xie Wenjun 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Freddie Crittenden 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Aleec Harris 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $30,000
Blessing Okagbare 200 m 1st $10,000
Elaine Thompson 200 m 2nd $6,000
Dina Asher-Smith 200 m 3rd $4,000
Salwa Eid Naser 200 m 4th $3,000
Jenna Prandini 200 m 5th $2,500
Dafne Schippers 200 m 6th $2,000
Brittany Brown 200 m 7th $1,500
Kyra Jefferson 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Sifan Hassan 3000 m 1st $10,000
Konstanze Klosterhalfen 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Letesenbet Gidey 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Genzebe Dibaba 3000 m 4th $3,000
Laura Weightman 3000 m 5th $2,500
Hellen Obiri 3000 m 6th $2,000
Agnes Jebet Tirop 3000 m 7th $1,500
Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui 3000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Beatrice Chepkoech 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Emma Coburn 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Hyvin Jepkemoi 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Daisy Jepkemei 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Courtney Frerichs 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Winfred Yavi 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Purity Cherotich Kirui 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Michael Norman 400 m 1st $10,000
Kahmari Montgomery 400 m 2nd $6,000
Fred Kerley 400 m 3rd $4,000
Jonathan Jones 400 m 4th $3,000
Wil London 400 m 5th $2,500
Machel Cedenio 400 m 6th $2,000
Michael Cherry 400 m 7th $1,500
Bralon Taplin 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Rai Benjamin 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kyron McMaster 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Yasmani Copello 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
David Kendziera 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
TJ Holmes 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Khallifah Rosser 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Amere Lattin 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Ludvy Vaillant 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $30,000
Caster Semenya 800 m 1st $10,000
Ajeé Wilson 800 m 2nd $6,000
Raevyn Rogers 800 m 3rd $4,000
Hanna Green 800 m 4th $3,000
Habitam Alemu 800 m 5th $2,500
Natoya Goule 800 m 6th $2,000
Wang Chunyu 800 m 7th $1,500
Nataliya Pryshchepa 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $29,000
Mariya Lasitskene ANA High jump 1st $10,000
Vashti Cunningham High jump 2nd $6,000
Yaroslava Mahuchikh High jump 3rd $4,000
Yuliya Levchenko High jump 4th $3,000
Erika Kinsey High jump 5th $2,500
Levern Spencer High jump 6th $2,000
Nicola McDermott High jump 7th $1,500
Men's mile · $30,000
Timothy Cheruiyot Mile 1st $10,000
Ayanleh Souleiman Mile 2nd $6,000
Filip Ingebrigtsen Mile 3rd $4,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Mile 4th $3,000
Craig Engels Mile 5th $2,500
Matthew Centrowitz Jr. Mile 6th $2,000
Ben Blankenship Mile 7th $1,500
Samuel Tefera Mile 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Armand Duplantis Pole vault 1st $10,000
Sam Kendricks Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Piotr Lisek Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Chris Nilsen Pole vault 4th $3,000
Cole Walsh Pole vault 5th $2,500
Valentin Lavillenie Pole vault 6th $2,000
Thiago Braz da Silva Pole vault 7th $1,500
Renaud Lavillenie Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Darlan Romani Shot put 1st $10,000
Ryan Crouser Shot put 2nd $6,000
Tom Walsh Shot put 3rd $4,000
Michał Haratyk Shot put 4th $3,000
Joe Kovacs Shot put 5th $2,500
Darrell Hill Shot put 6th $2,000
Tomáš Staněk Shot put 7th $1,500
Payton Otterdahl Shot put 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Gong Lijiao Shot put 1st $10,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd Shot put 2nd $6,000
Chase Ealey Shot put 3rd $4,000
Aliona Dubitskaya Shot put 4th $3,000
Christina Schwanitz Shot put 5th $2,500
Michelle Carter Shot put 6th $2,000
Magdalyn Ewen Shot put 7th $1,500
Paulina Guba Shot put 8th $1,000

103 payments to 103 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 Prefontaine Classic money list

103 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Armand Duplantis SWE 1st pole vault $10,000
2 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
3 Blessing Okagbare NGR 1st 200 m $10,000
4 Caster Semenya RSA 1st 800 m $10,000
5 Christian Coleman USA 1st 100 m $10,000
6 Darlan Romani BRA 1st shot put $10,000
7 Gong Lijiao CHN 1st shot put $10,000
8 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
9 Michael Norman USA 1st 400 m $10,000
10 Orlando Ortega 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
11 Rai Benjamin USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
12 Sifan Hassan NED 1st 3000 m $10,000
13 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st mile $10,000
14 Ajeé Wilson USA 2nd 800 m $6,000
15 Ayanleh Souleiman DJI 2nd mile $6,000
16 Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM 2nd shot put $6,000
17 Elaine Thompson 2nd 200 m $6,000
18 Emma Coburn USA 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
19 Justin Gatlin USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
20 Kahmari Montgomery USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 2nd 3000 m $6,000
22 Kyron McMaster IVB 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
23 Ryan Crouser USA 2nd shot put $6,000
24 Sam Kendricks USA 2nd pole vault $6,000
25 Vashti Cunningham USA 2nd high jump $6,000
26 Wilhem Belocian FRA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
27 Chase Ealey USA 3rd shot put $4,000
28 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 3rd 200 m $4,000
29 Filip Ingebrigtsen NOR 3rd mile $4,000
30 Fred Kerley USA 3rd 400 m $4,000
Armand Duplantis $10k Beatrice Chepkoech $10k Blessing Okagbare $10k Caster Semenya $10k Christian Coleman $10k Darlan Romani $10k Gong Lijiao $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Michael Norman $10k Orlando Ortega $10k Rai Benjamin $10k Sifan Hassan $10k Timothy Cheruiyot $10k Ajeé Wilson $6,000 Ayanleh Souleiman $6,000

Armand Duplantis took $10,000 of the $389,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 103; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2019 Prefontaine Classic pay?

$389,000 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 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. 103 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 103 of them were paid, so 0 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2019 Prefontaine Classic?

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.

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 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. Prefontaine Classic 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