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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2019 · FINAL

Weltklasse Zürich 2019 prize money

The 2019 Weltklasse Zürich paid $1,600,000 across sixteen disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 29 August 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 $1,600,000
A WIN PAID $50,000
DISCIPLINES 16
ATHLETES PAID 128
DATE 29 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich

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

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

16 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Noah Lyles $50,000 $100,000
Women's 1500 m Sifan Hassan $50,000 $100,000
Women's 200 m Shaunae Miller-Uibo $50,000 $100,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Beatrice Chepkoech $50,000 $100,000
Women's 400 m Salwa Eid Naser $50,000 $100,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Karsten Warholm $50,000 $100,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Sydney McLaughlin $50,000 $100,000
Men's 5000 m Joshua Cheptegei $50,000 $100,000
Men's 800 m Donavan Brazier $50,000 $100,000
Men's high jump Andriy Protsenko $50,000 $100,000
Men's javelin throw Magnus Kirt $50,000 $100,000
Women's javelin throw Lyu Huihui $50,000 $100,000
Men's long jump Juan Miguel Echevarría $50,000 $100,000
Men's pole vault Sam Kendricks $50,000 $100,000
Women's shot put Gong Lijao $50,000 $100,000
Women's triple jump Shanieka Ricketts $50,000 $100,000
16 disciplines 16 winners — $1,600,000$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 128 cheques the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

155 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $100,000
Noah Lyles 100 m 1st $50,000
Xie Zhenye 100 m 2nd $20,000
Yohan Blake 100 m 3rd $10,000
Justin Gatlin 100 m 4th $6,000
Akani Simbine 100 m 5th $5,000
Zharnel Hughes 100 m 6th $4,000
Adam Gemili 100 m 7th $3,000
Mike Rodgers 100 m 8th $2,000
Women's 1500 m · $100,000
Sifan Hassan 1500 m 1st $50,000
Konstanze Klosterhalfen 1500 m 2nd $20,000
Gabriela DeBues-Stafford 1500 m 3rd $10,000
Genzebe Dibaba 1500 m 4th $6,000
Winnie Nanyondo 1500 m 5th $5,000
Winny Chebet 1500 m 6th $4,000
Rababe Arafi 1500 m 7th $3,000
Jenny Simpson 1500 m 8th $2,000
Women's 200 m · $100,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo 200 m 1st $50,000
Dina Asher-Smith 200 m 2nd $20,000
Elaine Thompson 200 m 3rd $10,000
Dafne Schippers 200 m 4th $6,000
Mujinga Kambundji 200 m 5th $5,000
Blessing Okagbare 200 m 6th $4,000
Crystal Emmanuel 200 m 7th $3,000
Jamile Samuel 200 m 8th $2,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $100,000
Beatrice Chepkoech 3000 m steeplechase 1st $50,000
Hyvin Kiyeng 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $20,000
Norah Jeruto 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $10,000
Daisy Jepkemei 3000 m steeplechase 4th $6,000
Gesa Felicitas Krause 3000 m steeplechase 5th $5,000
Emma Coburn 3000 m steeplechase 6th $4,000
Winfred Yavi 3000 m steeplechase 7th $3,000
Celliphine Chepteek Chespol 3000 m steeplechase 8th $2,000
Women's 400 m · $100,000
Salwa Eid Naser 400 m 1st $50,000
Shakima Wimbley 400 m 2nd $20,000
Lisanne de Witte 400 m 3rd $10,000
Justyna Święty-Ersetic 400 m 4th $6,000
Laviai Nielsen 400 m 5th $5,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson 400 m 6th $4,000
Kendall Ellis 400 m 7th $3,000
Jessica Beard 400 m 8th $2,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $100,000
Karsten Warholm 400 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Rai Benjamin 400 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Kyron McMaster 400 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Yasmani Copello 400 m hurdles 4th $6,000
David Kendziera 400 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Thomas Barr 400 m hurdles 6th $4,000
TJ Holmes 400 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Kariem Hussein 400 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $100,000
Sydney McLaughlin 400 m hurdles 1st $50,000
Shamier Little 400 m hurdles 2nd $20,000
Dalilah Muhammad 400 m hurdles 3rd $10,000
Zuzana Hejnová 400 m hurdles 4th $6,000
Léa Sprunger 400 m hurdles 5th $5,000
Hanna Ryzhykova 400 m hurdles 6th $4,000
Janieve Russell 400 m hurdles 7th $3,000
Ashley Spencer 400 m hurdles 8th $2,000
Men's 5000 m · $100,000
Joshua Cheptegei 5000 m 1st $50,000
Hagos Gebrhiwet 5000 m 2nd $20,000
Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli 5000 m 3rd $10,000
Telahun Haile Bekele 5000 m 4th $6,000
Selemon Barega 5000 m 5th $5,000
Yomif Kejelcha 5000 m 6th $4,000
Stanley Waithaka Mburu 5000 m 7th $3,000
Paul Chelimo 5000 m 8th $2,000
Men's 800 m · $100,000
Donavan Brazier 800 m 1st $50,000
Nijel Amos 800 m 2nd $20,000
Brandon McBride 800 m 3rd $10,000
Emmanuel Korir 800 m 4th $6,000
Clayton Murphy 800 m 5th $5,000
Amel Tuka 800 m 6th $4,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 800 m 7th $3,000
Wycliffe Kinyamal 800 m 8th $2,000
Men's high jump · $100,000
Andriy Protsenko High jump 1st $50,000
Brandon Starc High jump 2nd $20,000
Tihomir Ivanov High jump 3rd $10,000
Michael Mason High jump 4th $6,000
Ilya Ivanyuk High jump =5th shared two ways $4,500
Naoto Tobe High jump =5th shared two ways $4,500
Jeron Robinson High jump 7th $3,000
Maksim Nedasekau High jump 8th $2,000
Men's javelin throw · $100,000
Magnus Kirt Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Cheng Chao-tsun Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Andreas Hofmann Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Marcin Krukowski Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Johannes Vetter Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Thomas Röhler Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Bernhard Seifert Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Women's javelin throw · $100,000
Lyu Huihui Javelin throw 1st $50,000
Kelsey-Lee Barber Javelin throw 2nd $20,000
Nikola Ogrodníková Javelin throw 3rd $10,000
Christin Hussong Javelin throw 4th $6,000
Barbora Špotáková Javelin throw 5th $5,000
Eda Tuğsuz Javelin throw 6th $4,000
Līna Mūze Javelin throw 7th $3,000
Tatsiana Khaladovich Javelin throw 8th $2,000
Men's long jump · $100,000
Juan Miguel Echevarría Long jump 1st $50,000
Ruswahl Samaai Long jump 2nd $20,000
Tajay Gayle Long jump 3rd $10,000
Luvo Manyonga Long jump 4th $6,000
Miltiadis Tentoglou Long jump 5th $5,000
Wang Jianan Long jump 6th $4,000
Thobias Montler Long jump 7th $3,000
Zarck Visser Long jump 8th $2,000
Men's pole vault · $100,000
Sam Kendricks Pole vault 1st $50,000
Armand Duplantis Pole vault 2nd $20,000
Piotr Lisek Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $8,000
Cole Walsh Pole vault =3rd shared two ways $8,000
Renaud Lavillenie Pole vault =5th shared three ways $4,000
Chris Nilsen Pole vault =5th shared three ways $4,000
Paweł Wojciechowski Pole vault =5th shared three ways $4,000
Thiago Braz Pole vault 8th $2,000
Women's shot put · $100,000
Gong Lijao Shot put 1st $50,000
Chase Ealey Shot put 2nd $20,000
Christina Schwanitz Shot put 3rd $10,000
Aliona Dubitskaya Shot put 4th $6,000
Brittany Crew Shot put 5th $5,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd Shot put 6th $4,000
Fanny Roos Shot put 7th $3,000
Jessica Ramsey Shot put 8th $2,000
Women's triple jump · $100,000
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 1st $50,000
Yulimar Rojas Triple jump 2nd $20,000
Liadagmis Povea Triple jump 3rd $10,000
Keturah Orji Triple jump 4th $6,000
Paraskevi Papachristou Triple jump 5th $5,000
Patrícia Mamona Triple jump 6th $4,000
Kimberly Williams Triple jump 7th $3,000
Ana Peleteiro Triple jump 8th $2,000

128 payments to 128 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

128 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Andriy Protsenko UKR 1st high jump $50,000
2 Beatrice Chepkoech KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $50,000
3 Donavan Brazier USA 1st 800 m $50,000
4 Gong Lijao CHN 1st shot put $50,000
5 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 1st 5000 m $50,000
6 Juan Miguel Echevarría CUB 1st long jump $50,000
7 Karsten Warholm NOR 1st 400 m hurdles $50,000
8 Lü Huihui CHN 1st javelin throw $50,000
9 Magnus Kirt EST 1st javelin throw $50,000
10 Noah Lyles USA 1st 100 m $50,000
11 Salwa Eid Naser BRN 1st 400 m $50,000
12 Sam Kendricks USA 1st pole vault $50,000
13 Shanieka Ricketts JAM 1st triple jump $50,000
14 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 1st 200 m $50,000
15 Sifan Hassan NED 1st 1500 m $50,000
16 Sydney McLaughlin 1st 400 m hurdles $50,000
17 Armand Duplantis SWE 2nd pole vault $20,000
18 Brandon Starc AUS 2nd high jump $20,000
19 Chase Ealey USA 2nd shot put $20,000
20 Cheng Chao-tsun TPE 2nd javelin throw $20,000
21 Dina Asher-Smith GBR 2nd 200 m $20,000
22 Hagos Gebrhiwet ETH 2nd 5000 m $20,000
23 Hyvin Kiyeng 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $20,000
24 Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS 2nd javelin throw $20,000
25 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER 2nd 1500 m $20,000
26 Nijel Amos BOT 2nd 800 m $20,000
27 Rai Benjamin USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $20,000
28 Ruswahl Samaai RSA 2nd long jump $20,000
29 Shakima Wimbley USA 2nd 400 m $20,000
30 Shamier Little USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $20,000
Andriy Protsenko $50k Beatrice Chepkoech $50k Donavan Brazier $50k Gong Lijao $50k Joshua Cheptegei $50k Juan Miguel Echevarría $50k Karsten Warholm $50k Lü Huihui $50k Magnus Kirt $50k Noah Lyles $50k Salwa Eid Naser $50k Sam Kendricks $50k Shanieka Ricketts $50k Shaunae Miller-Uibo $50k Sifan Hassan $50k

Andriy Protsenko took $50,000 of the $1,600,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 128; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$1,600,000 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 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. 155 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 128 of them were paid, so 27 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2019 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. Nine athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why nine 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 $1,600,000.

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. Weltklasse Zürich 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