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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2019

IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 prize money

The 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai paid $447,500 across fifteen disciplines at Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, 18 May 2019. Fifteen 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 fifteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $447,500
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 15
ATHLETES PAID 118
DATE 18 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai.
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 fifteen 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. Five athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

15 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Noah Lyles $10,000 $30,000
Women's 100 m Aleia Hobbs $10,000 $30,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Omar McLeod $10,000 $30,000
Women's 1500 m Rababe Arafi $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Beatrice Chepkoech $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Fred Kerley $10,000 $27,500
Women's 400 m Salwa Eid Naser $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Abderrahman Samba $10,000 $30,000
Men's 5000 m Yomif Kejelcha $10,000 $30,000
Men's high jump Wang Yu $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Andreas Hofmann $10,000 $30,000
Women's javelin throw Lyu Huihui $10,000 $30,000
Men's long jump Tajay Gayle $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Katerina Stefanidi $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Chase Ealey $10,000 $30,000
15 disciplines 15 winners — $447,500

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 118 cheques the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai wrote

153 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $30,000
Noah Lyles 100 m 1st $10,000
Christian Coleman 100 m 2nd $6,000
Akani Simbine 100 m 3rd $4,000
Reece Prescod 100 m 4th $3,000
Su Bingtian 100 m 5th $2,500
Xie Zhenye 100 m 6th $2,000
Isiah Young 100 m 7th $1,500
Mike Rodgers 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m · $30,000
Aleia Hobbs 100 m 1st $10,000
Blessing Okagbare 100 m 2nd $6,000
Elaine Thompson 100 m 3rd $4,000
Vitória Cristina Rosa 100 m 4th $3,000
Jenna Prandini 100 m 5th $2,500
Liang Xiaojing 100 m 6th $2,000
Michelle-Lee Ahye 100 m 7th $1,500
Wei Yongli 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Omar McLeod 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Xie Wenjun 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Sergey Shubenkov 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Orlando Ortega 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Freddie Crittenden 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Andy Pozzi 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Milan Trajkovic 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Antonio Alkana 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Rababe Arafi 1500 m 1st $10,000
Gudaf Tsegay 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Winnie Nanyondo 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Dawit Seyaum 1500 m 4th $3,000
Sifan Hassan 1500 m 5th $2,500
Axumawit Embaye 1500 m 6th $2,000
Winny Chebet 1500 m 7th $1,500
Alemaz Samuel 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Beatrice Chepkoech 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Celliphine Chepteek Chespol 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Peruth Chemutai 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Winfred Mutile Yavi 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Mercy Chepkurui 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Maruša Mišmaš 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Geneviève Lalonde 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Fancy Cherono 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $27,500
Fred Kerley 400 m 1st $10,000
Michael Cherry 400 m 2nd $6,000
Nathan Strother 400 m 3rd $4,000
Nathon Allen 400 m 4th $3,000
Bralon Taplin 400 m 5th $2,500
Wu Yuang 400 m 6th $2,000
Women's 400 m · $30,000
Salwa Eid Naser 400 m 1st $10,000
Sydney McLaughlin 400 m 2nd $6,000
Christine Botlogetswe 400 m 3rd $4,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson 400 m 4th $3,000
Jessica Beard 400 m 5th $2,500
Lisanne de Witte 400 m 6th $2,000
Justyna Święty-Ersetic 400 m 7th $1,500
Shakima Wimbley 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Abderrahman Samba 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Rai Benjamin 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Thomas Barr 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Patryk Dobek 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Rasmus Mägi 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Takatoshi Abe 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Marcio Teles 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Feng Zhiqiang 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 5000 m · $30,000
Yomif Kejelcha 5000 m 1st $10,000
Selemon Barega 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Birhanu Balew 5000 m 4th $3,000
Telahun Haile Bekele 5000 m 5th $2,500
Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli 5000 m 6th $2,000
Joshua Cheptegei 5000 m 7th $1,500
Stanley Waithaka Mburu 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · $30,000
Wang Yu High jump 1st $10,000
Maksim Nedasekau High jump 2nd $6,000
Ilya Ivanyuk High jump 3rd $4,000
Jeron Robinson High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Brandon Starc High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Jamal Wilson High jump =4th shared three ways $2,500
Majd Eddin Ghazal High jump 7th $1,500
Michael Mason High jump 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Andreas Hofmann Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Cheng Chao-tsun Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Marcin Krukowski Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Thomas Röhler Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Liu Qizhen Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Julius Yego Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Ma Qun Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's javelin throw · $30,000
Lyu Huihui Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Līna Mūze Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Christin Hussong Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Madara Palameika Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Nikola Ogrodníková Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Kelsey-Lee Barber Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Ariana Ince Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Sunette Viljoen Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · $30,000
Tajay Gayle Long jump 1st $10,000
Wang Jianan Long jump 2nd $6,000
Ruswahl Samaai Long jump 3rd $4,000
Zhang Yaoguang Long jump 4th $3,000
Miltiadis Tentoglou Long jump 5th $2,500
Zarck Visser Long jump 6th $2,000
Huang Changzhou Long jump 7th $1,500
Emiliano Lasa Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Katerina Stefanidi Pole vault 1st $10,000
Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Li Ling Pole vault =2nd shared two ways $5,000
Sandi Morris Pole vault 4th $3,000
Katie Nageotte Pole vault 5th $2,500
Iryna Zhuk Pole vault 6th $2,000
Alysha Newman Pole vault 7th $1,500
Holly Bradshaw Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Chase Ealey Shot put 1st $10,000
Gong Lijiao Shot put 2nd $6,000
Aliona Dubitskaya Shot put 3rd $4,000
Jessica Ramsey Shot put 4th $3,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd Shot put 5th $2,500
Maggie Ewen Shot put 6th $2,000
Fanny Roos Shot put 7th $1,500
Paulina Guba Shot put 8th $1,000

118 payments to 118 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai money list

118 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Abderrahman Samba QAT 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
2 Aleia Hobbs USA 1st 100 m $10,000
3 Andreas Hofmann GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
4 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
5 Chase Ealey USA 1st shot put $10,000
6 Fred Kerley USA 1st 400 m $10,000
7 Katerina Stefanidi GRE 1st pole vault $10,000
8 Lü Huihui CHN 1st javelin throw $10,000
9 Noah Lyles USA 1st 100 m $10,000
10 Omar McLeod JAM 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
11 Rababe Arafi MAR 1st 1500 m $10,000
12 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 1st 400 m $10,000
13 Tajay Gayle JAM 1st long jump $10,000
14 Wang Yu CHN 1st high jump $10,000
15 Yomif Kejelcha ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
16 Blessing Okagbare NGR 2nd 100 m $6,000
17 Celliphine Chespol KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
18 Cheng Chao-tsun TPE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
19 Christian Coleman USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
20 Gong Lijiao CHN 2nd shot put $6,000
21 Gudaf Tsegay ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
22 Līna Mūze LAT 2nd javelin throw $6,000
23 Maksim Nedasekau BLR 2nd high jump $6,000
24 Michael Cherry USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
25 Rai Benjamin USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
26 Selemon Barega ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
27 Sydney McLaughlin 2nd 400 m $6,000
28 Wang Jianan CHN 2nd long jump $6,000
29 Xie Wenjun 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
30 Li Ling =2nd pole vault $5,000
Abderrahman Samba $10k Aleia Hobbs $10k Andreas Hofmann $10k Beatrice Chepkoech $10k Chase Ealey $10k Fred Kerley $10k Katerina Stefanidi $10k Lü Huihui $10k Noah Lyles $10k Omar McLeod $10k Rababe Arafi $10k Salwa Eid Naser $10k Tajay Gayle $10k Wang Yu $10k Yomif Kejelcha $10k

Abderrahman Samba took $10,000 of the $447,500 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 118; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai pay?

$447,500 in all, across fifteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $30,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 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. 153 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 118 of them were paid, so 35 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2019 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai?

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

Is the IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 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. IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it, and the other three are 2026, 2025 and 2024.

The meetings either side of this one