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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2021

Athletissima 2021 prize money

The 2021 Athletissima paid $350,000 across fourteen disciplines at Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne, 26 August 2021. Fourteen 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 fourteen times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $350,000
A WIN PAID $10,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 113
DATE 26 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2021 Athletissima

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2021 Athletissima.
PLACE DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $10,000 40.0%
2nd $6,000 24.0%
3rd $3,500 14.0%
4th $2,000 8.0%
5th $1,250 5.0%
6th $1,000 4.0%
7th $750 3.0%
8th $500 2.0%
All eight $25,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $10k
2nd $6,000
3rd $3,500
4th $2,000
5th $1,250
6th $1,000
7th $750
8th $500

First place takes 40% of what a discipline pays out and eighth takes 2.0%. That ladder is repeated fourteen 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. Seven athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2021 Athletissima, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce $10,000 $25,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Devon Allen $10,000 $25,000
Women's 1500 m Freweyni Gebreezibeher $10,000 $25,000
Men's 200 m Kenneth Bednarek $10,000 $25,000
Men's 3000 m Jakob Ingebrigtsen $10,000 $25,000
Women's 400 m Marileidy Paulino $10,000 $25,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Femke Bol $10,000 $25,000
Men's 800 m Marco Arop $10,000 $25,000
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene $10,000 $25,000
Men's javelin throw Johannes Vetter $10,000 $25,000
Women's long jump Ivana Španovic $10,000 $25,000
Men's pole vault Christopher Nilsen $10,000 $25,000
Men's shot put Ryan Crouser $10,000 $25,000
Women's triple jump Yulimar Rojas $10,000 $25,000
14 disciplines 14 winners — $350,000

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 113 cheques the 2021 Athletissima wrote

128 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2021 Athletissima, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · $25,000
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce 100 m 1st $10,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah 100 m 2nd $6,000
Shericka Jackson 100 m 3rd $3,500
Marie-Josée Ta Lou 100 m 4th $2,000
Daryll Neita 100 m 5th $1,250
Ajla Del Ponte 100 m 6th $1,000
Mujinga Kambundji 100 m 7th $750
Alexandra Burghardt 100 m 8th $500
Men's 110 m hurdles · $25,000
Devon Allen 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Jason Joseph 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde 110 m hurdles 3rd $3,500
Daniel Roberts 110 m hurdles 4th $2,000
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 5th $1,250
Koen Smet 110 m hurdles 6th $1,000
Andrew Pozzi 110 m hurdles 7th $750
Hansle Parchment 110 m hurdles 8th $500
Women's 1500 m · $25,000
Freweyni Gebreezibeher 1500 m 1st $10,000
Linden Hall 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Josette Norris 1500 m 3rd $3,500
Marta Pérez 1500 m 4th $2,000
Jemma Reekie 1500 m 5th $1,250
Hirut Meshesha 1500 m 6th $1,000
Hanna Klein 1500 m 7th $750
Katie Snowden 1500 m 8th $500
Men's 200 m · $25,000
Kenneth Bednarek 200 m 1st $10,000
Fred Kerley 200 m 2nd $6,000
Steven Gardiner 200 m 3rd $3,500
Aaron Brown 200 m 4th $2,000
Yancarlos Martínez 200 m 5th $1,250
William Reais 200 m 6th $1,000
Fausto Desalu 200 m 7th $750
Isiah Young 200 m 8th $500
Men's 3000 m · $25,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3000 m 1st $10,000
Berihu Aregawi 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Stewart McSweyn 3000 m 3rd $3,500
Birhanu Balew 3000 m 4th $2,000
Selemon Barega 3000 m 5th $1,250
Muktar Edris 3000 m 6th $1,000
Jacob Krop 3000 m 7th $750
Abel Kipsang 3000 m 8th $500
Women's 400 m · $25,000
Marileidy Paulino 400 m 1st $10,000
Sada Williams 400 m 2nd $6,000
Quanera Hayes 400 m 3rd $3,500
Natalia Kaczmarek 400 m 4th $2,000
Candice McLeod 400 m 5th $1,250
Lieke Klaver 400 m 6th $1,000
Jodie Williams 400 m 7th $750
Rachel Pellaud 400 m 8th $500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $25,000
Femke Bol 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Shamier Little 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Anna Ryzhykova 400 m hurdles 3rd $3,500
Dalilah Muhammad 400 m hurdles 4th $2,000
Léa Sprunger 400 m hurdles 5th $1,250
Janieve Russell 400 m hurdles 6th $1,000
Leah Nugent 400 m hurdles 7th $750
Viktoriya Tkachuk 400 m hurdles 8th $500
Men's 800 m · $25,000
Marco Arop 800 m 1st $10,000
Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir 800 m 2nd $6,000
Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich 800 m 3rd $3,500
Gabriel Tual 800 m 4th $2,000
Clayton Murphy 800 m 5th $1,250
Amel Tuka 800 m 6th $1,000
Cornelius Tuwei 800 m 7th $750
Adrián Ben 800 m 8th $500
Women's high jump · $25,000
Mariya Lasitskene High jump 1st $10,000
Yaroslava Mahuchikh High jump 2nd $6,000
Nicola McDermott High jump 3rd $3,500
Iryna Gerashchenko High jump 4th $2,000
Kamila Lićwinko High jump 5th $1,250
Mirela Demireva High jump =6th shared two ways $875
Yuliya Levchenko High jump =6th shared two ways $875
Eleanor Patterson High jump 8th $500
Men's javelin throw · $25,000
Johannes Vetter Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Jakub Vadlejch Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Anderson Peters Javelin throw 3rd $3,500
Andrian Mardare Javelin throw 4th $2,000
Vítezslav Veselý Javelin throw 5th $1,250
Pavel Mialeshka Javelin throw 6th $1,000
Aliaksei Katkavets Javelin throw 7th $750
Gatis Cakšs Javelin throw =8th shared two ways $250
Alexandru Mihaita Novac Javelin throw =8th shared two ways $250
Women's long jump · $25,000
Ivana Španovic Long jump 1st $10,000
Khaddi Sagnia Long jump 2nd $6,000
Jazmin Sawyers Long jump 3rd $3,500
Chantel Malone Long jump 4th $2,000
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk Long jump 5th $1,250
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Long jump 6th $1,000
Abigail Irozuru Long jump 7th $750
Daniela Schlatter Long jump 8th $500
Men's pole vault · $25,000
Christopher Nilsen Pole vault 1st $10,000
Sam Kendricks Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Timur Morgunov Pole vault 3rd $3,500
Armand Duplantis Pole vault 4th $2,000
Ethan Cormont Pole vault =5th shared three ways $1,000
KC Lightfoot Pole vault =5th shared three ways $1,000
Ernest John Obiena Pole vault =5th shared three ways $1,000
Piotr Lisek Pole vault 8th $500
Men's shot put · $25,000
Ryan Crouser Shot put 1st $10,000
Tomas Walsh Shot put 2nd $6,000
Filip Mihaljevic Shot put 3rd $3,500
Armin Sinancevic Shot put 4th $2,000
Joe Kovacs Shot put 5th $1,250
Zane Weir Shot put 6th $1,000
Tomáš Stanek Shot put 7th $750
Darlan Romani Shot put 8th $500
Women's triple jump · $25,000
Yulimar Rojas Triple jump 1st $10,000
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Hanna Minenko Triple jump 3rd $3,500
Kimberly Williams Triple jump 4th $2,000
Patrícia Mamona Triple jump 5th $1,250
Thea LaFond Triple jump 6th $1,000
Liadagmis Povea Triple jump 7th $750
Kristiina Mäkelä Triple jump 8th $500

113 payments to 113 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 2021 Athletissima money list

113 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Chris Nilsen USA 1st pole vault $10,000
2 Devon Allen USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
3 Femke Bol NED 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
4 Freweyni Gebreezibeher 1st 1500 m $10,000
5 Ivana Španović SRB 1st long jump $10,000
6 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 1st 3000 m $10,000
7 Johannes Vetter GER 1st javelin throw $10,000
8 Kenny Bednarek USA 1st 200 m $10,000
9 Marco Arop CAN 1st 800 m $10,000
10 Marileidy Paulino DOM 1st 400 m $10,000
11 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $10,000
12 Ryan Crouser USA 1st shot put $10,000
13 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JAM 1st 100 m $10,000
14 Yulimar Rojas VEN 1st triple jump $10,000
15 Berihu Aregawi ETH 2nd 3000 m $6,000
16 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
17 Emmanuel Korir KEN 2nd 800 m $6,000
18 Fred Kerley USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
19 Jakub Vadlejch CZE 2nd javelin throw $6,000
20 Jason Joseph SUI 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
21 Khaddi Sagnia SWE 2nd long jump $6,000
22 Linden Hall AUS 2nd 1500 m $6,000
23 Sada Williams BAR 2nd 400 m $6,000
24 Sam Kendricks USA 2nd pole vault $6,000
25 Shamier Little USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
26 Shanieka Ricketts JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
27 Tom Walsh NZL 2nd shot put $6,000
28 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
29 Anderson Peters GRN 3rd javelin throw $3,500
30 Anna Ryzhykova UKR 3rd 400 m hurdles $3,500
Chris Nilsen $10k Devon Allen $10k Femke Bol $10k Freweyni Gebreezibeher $10k Ivana Španović $10k Jakob Ingebrigtsen $10k Johannes Vetter $10k Kenny Bednarek $10k Marco Arop $10k Marileidy Paulino $10k Mariya Lasitskene $10k Ryan Crouser $10k Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce $10k Yulimar Rojas $10k Berihu Aregawi $6,000

Chris Nilsen took $10,000 of the $350,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 113; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2021 Athletissima pay?

$350,000 in all, across fourteen disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $25,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2021 Athletissima pay?

$10,000. That is 40% 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. 128 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 113 of them were paid, so 15 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2021 Athletissima?

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

Is the Athletissima 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 2021 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2021 Diamond League ran twelve meetings and paid $5,591,000, and Diamond League prize money covers all 104 meetings on this site and the $53,753,250 they paid between them. Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it, and the other six are 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2019.

The meetings either side of this one