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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2021 · FINAL

Weltklasse Zürich 2021 prize money

The 2021 Weltklasse Zürich paid $1,762,000 across 30 disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 8 to 9 September 2021. Fred Kerley walked out with the most of it, $37,000 from two disciplines.

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 30 times over. Ninth place pays nothing, however good the field.

MEETING PAID $1,762,000
A WIN PAID $30,000
DISCIPLINES 30
ATHLETES PAID 203
DATE 8 to 9 September

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich

one card
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich.
PLACE DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $30,000 50.0%
2nd $12,000 20.0%
3rd $7,000 11.7%
4th $4,000 6.7%
5th $2,500 4.2%
6th $2,000 3.3%
7th $1,500 2.5%
8th $1,000 1.7%
All eight $60,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $30k
2nd $12k
3rd $7,000
4th $4,000
5th $2,500
6th $2,000
7th $1,500
8th $1,000

First place takes 50% of what a discipline pays out and eighth takes 1.7%. That ladder is repeated 30 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

30 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Fred Kerley USA $30,000 $60,000
Women's 100 m Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM $30,000 $60,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Tobi Amusan NGR $30,000 $60,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Devon Allen USA $30,000 $59,000
Men's 1500 m Timothy Cheruiyot KEN $30,000 $60,000
Women's 1500 m Faith Kipyegon KEN $30,000 $60,000
Men's 200 m Kenny Bednarek USA $30,000 $60,000
Women's 200 m Christine Mboma NAM $30,000 $60,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Benjamin Kigen KEN $30,000 $60,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Norah Jeruto KEN $30,000 $60,000
Men's 400 m Michael Cherry USA $30,000 $60,000
Women's 400 m Quanera Hayes USA $30,000 $60,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Karsten Warholm NOR $30,000 $59,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Femke Bol NED $30,000 $60,000
Men's 800 m Emmanuel Korir KEN $30,000 $60,000
Women's 800 m Keely Hodgkinson GBR $30,000 $60,000
Men's discus throw Daniel Ståhl SWE $30,000 $57,500
Women's discus throw Valarie Allman USA $30,000 $57,500
Men's high jump Gianmarco Tamberi ITA $30,000 $57,500
Women's high jump Mariya Lasitskene ANA $30,000 $57,500
Men's javelin throw Johannes Vetter GER $30,000 $59,000
Women's javelin throw Christin Hussong GER $30,000 $57,500
Men's long jump Thobias Montler SWE $30,000 $59,000
Women's long jump Ivana Španović SRB $30,000 $57,500
Men's pole vault Armand Duplantis SWE $30,000 $57,500
Women's pole vault Anzhelika Sidorova ANA $30,000 $55,500
Men's shot put Ryan Crouser USA $30,000 $57,500
Women's shot put Maggie Ewen USA $30,000 $57,500
Men's triple jump Pedro Pichardo POR $30,000 $57,500
Women's triple jump Yulimar Rojas VEN $30,000 $55,500
30 disciplines 30 winners — $1,762,000$1.8m

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 210 cheques the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

219 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · $60,000
Fred Kerley USA 100 m 1st $30,000
Andre De Grasse CAN 100 m 2nd $12,000
Ronnie Baker USA 100 m 3rd $7,000
Trayvon Bromell USA 100 m 4th $4,000
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 5th $2,500
Rohan Browning AUS 100 m 6th $2,000
Mike Rodgers USA 100 m 7th $1,500
Silvan Wicki SUI 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m · $60,000
Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 100 m 1st $30,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 100 m 2nd $12,000
Ajla Del Ponte SUI 100 m 3rd $7,000
Daryll Neita GBR 100 m 4th $4,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 100 m 5th $2,500
Javianne Oliver USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Natasha Morrison JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Marie-Josée Ta Lou CIV 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · $60,000
Tobi Amusan NGR 100 m hurdles 1st $30,000
Nadine Visser NED 100 m hurdles 2nd $12,000
Megan Tapper JAM 100 m hurdles 3rd $7,000
Payton Chadwick USA 100 m hurdles 4th $4,000
Cindy Sember GBR 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Gabbi Cunningham USA 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Luca Kozák HUN 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Ditaji Kambundji SUI 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $59,000
Devon Allen USA 110 m hurdles 1st $30,000
Ronald Levy JAM 110 m hurdles 2nd $12,000
Hansle Parchment JAM 110 m hurdles 3rd $7,000
Daniel Roberts USA 110 m hurdles 4th $4,000
Paolo Dal Molin ITA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Finley Gaio SUI 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Koen Smet NED 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Men's 1500 m · $60,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1500 m 1st $30,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 2nd $12,000
Stewart McSweyn AUS 1500 m 3rd $7,000
Ollie Hoare AUS 1500 m 4th $4,000
Mohamed Katir ESP 1500 m 5th $2,500
Ronald Kwemoi KEN 1500 m 6th $2,000
Charles Simotwo KEN 1500 m 7th $1,500
Ignacio Fontes ESP 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · $60,000
Faith Kipyegon KEN 1500 m 1st $30,000
Sifan Hassan NED 1500 m 2nd $12,000
Josette Andrews USA 1500 m 3rd $7,000
Marta Pérez ESP 1500 m 4th $4,000
Helen Schlachtenhaufen USA 1500 m 5th $2,500
Linden Hall AUS 1500 m 6th $2,000
Axumawit Embaye ETH 1500 m 7th $1,500
Winnie Nanyondo UGA 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $60,000
Kenny Bednarek USA 200 m 1st $30,000
Andre De Grasse CAN 200 m 2nd $12,000
Fred Kerley USA 200 m 3rd $7,000
Aaron Brown CAN 200 m 4th $4,000
Josephus Lyles USA 200 m 5th $2,500
Isaac Makwala BOT 200 m 6th $2,000
Vernon Norwood USA 200 m 7th $1,500
William Reais SUI 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · $60,000
Christine Mboma NAM 200 m 1st $30,000
Shericka Jackson JAM 200 m 2nd $12,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 200 m 3rd $7,000
Mujinga Kambundji SUI 200 m 4th $4,000
Daryll Neita GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Beth Dobbin GBR 200 m 6th $2,000
Dezerea Bryant USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Marije van Hunenstijn NED 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · $60,000
Benjamin Kigen KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $30,000
Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $12,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $7,000
Leonard Bett KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $4,000
Getnet Wale ETH 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Tadese Takele ETH 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Hillary Bor USA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Ahmed Abdelwahed ITA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $60,000
Norah Jeruto KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $30,000
Hyvin Jepkemoi KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $12,000
Courtney Frerichs USA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $7,000
Mekides Abebe ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $4,000
Celliphine Chespol KEN 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Winfred Yavi BRN 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Peruth Chemutai UGA 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Rosefline Chepngetich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $60,000
Michael Cherry USA 400 m 1st $30,000
Kirani James GRN 400 m 2nd $12,000
Deon Lendore TTO 400 m 3rd $7,000
Vernon Norwood USA 400 m 4th $4,000
Liemarvin Bonevacia NED 400 m 5th $2,500
Isaac Makwala BOT 400 m 6th $2,000
Ricky Petrucciani SUI 400 m 7th $1,500
Davide Re ITA 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · $60,000
Quanera Hayes USA 400 m 1st $30,000
Marileidy Paulino DOM 400 m 2nd $12,000
Sada Williams BAR 400 m 3rd $7,000
Stephenie Ann McPherson JAM 400 m 4th $4,000
Candice McLeod JAM 400 m 5th $2,500
Natalia Kaczmarek POL 400 m 6th $2,000
Lieke Klaver NED 400 m 7th $1,500
Kaylin Whitney USA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · $59,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 1st $30,000
Alison dos Santos BRA 400 m hurdles 2nd $12,000
Kyron McMaster IVB 400 m hurdles 3rd $7,000
Rasmus Mägi EST 400 m hurdles 4th $4,000
Constantin Preis GER 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ramsey Angela NED 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Chris McAlister GBR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 400 m hurdles · $60,000
Femke Bol NED 400 m hurdles 1st $30,000
Shamier Little USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $12,000
Anna Ryzhykova UKR 400 m hurdles 3rd $7,000
Viktoriya Tkachuk UKR 400 m hurdles 4th $4,000
Gianna Woodruff PAN 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Nnenya Hailey USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Janieve Russell JAM 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Léa Sprunger SUI 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $60,000
Emmanuel Korir KEN 800 m 1st $30,000
Ferguson Rotich KEN 800 m 2nd $12,000
Clayton Murphy USA 800 m 3rd $7,000
Marco Arop CAN 800 m 4th $4,000
Elliot Giles GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Isaiah Harris USA 800 m 6th $2,000
Amel Tuka BIH 800 m 7th $1,500
Wyclife Kinyamal KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · $60,000
Keely Hodgkinson GBR 800 m 1st $30,000
Kate Grace USA 800 m 2nd $12,000
Natoya Goule JAM 800 m 3rd $7,000
Jemma Reekie GBR 800 m 4th $4,000
Halimah Nakaayi UGA 800 m 5th $2,500
Habitam Alemu ETH 800 m 6th $2,000
Catriona Bisset AUS 800 m 7th $1,500
Lore Hoffmann SUI 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · $57,500
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 1st $30,000
Kristjan Čeh SLO Discus throw 2nd $12,000
Fedrick Dacres JAM Discus throw 3rd $7,000
Andrius Gudžius LTU Discus throw 4th $4,000
Simon Pettersson SWE Discus throw 5th $2,500
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 6th $2,000
Women's discus throw · $57,500
Valarie Allman USA Discus throw 1st $30,000
Sandra Perković CRO Discus throw 2nd $12,000
Yaime Pérez CUB Discus throw 3rd $7,000
Denia Caballero CUB Discus throw 4th $4,000
Liliana Cá POR Discus throw 5th $2,500
Marija Tolj CRO Discus throw 6th $2,000
Men's high jump · $57,500
Gianmarco Tamberi ITA High jump 1st $30,000
Andriy Protsenko UKR High jump 2nd $12,000
Ilya Ivanyuk ANA High jump 3rd $7,000
Maksim Nedasekau BLR High jump 4th $4,000
Django Lovett CAN High jump 5th $2,500
Donald Thomas BAH High jump 6th $2,000
Women's high jump · $57,500
Mariya Lasitskene ANA High jump 1st $30,000
Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR High jump 2nd $12,000
Nicola Olyslagers AUS High jump 3rd $7,000
Iryna Herashchenko UKR High jump 4th $4,000
Kamila Lićwinko POL High jump 5th $2,500
Eleanor Patterson AUS High jump 6th $2,000
Men's javelin throw · $59,000
Johannes Vetter GER Javelin throw 1st $30,000
Julian Weber GER Javelin throw 2nd $12,000
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 3rd $7,000
Andrian Mardare MDA Javelin throw 4th $4,000
Anderson Peters GRN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Simon Wieland SUI Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Gatis Čakšs LAT Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Women's javelin throw · $57,500
Christin Hussong GER Javelin throw 1st $30,000
Kelsey-Lee Barber AUS Javelin throw 2nd $12,000
Nikola Ogrodníková CZE Javelin throw 3rd $7,000
Barbora Špotáková CZE Javelin throw 4th $4,000
Līna Mūze LAT Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Maria Andrejczyk POL Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Men's long jump · $59,000
Thobias Montler SWE Long jump 1st $30,000
Steffin McCarter USA Long jump 2nd $12,000
Ruswahl Samaai RSA Long jump 3rd $7,000
Simon Ehammer SUI Long jump 4th $4,000
Benjamin Gföhler SUI Long jump 5th $2,500
Radek Juška CZE Long jump 6th $2,000
Filippo Randazzo ITA Long jump 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · $57,500
Ivana Španović SRB Long jump 1st $30,000
Khaddi Sagnia SWE Long jump 2nd $12,000
Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk UKR Long jump 3rd $7,000
Jazmin Sawyers GBR Long jump 4th $4,000
Malaika Mihambo GER Long jump 5th $2,500
Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova BLR Long jump 6th $2,000
Men's pole vault · $57,500
Armand Duplantis SWE Pole vault 1st $30,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 2nd $12,000
Timur Morgunov ANA Pole vault 3rd $7,000
EJ Obiena PHI Pole vault 4th $4,000
Chris Nilsen USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
KC Lightfoot USA Pole vault 6th $2,000
Women's pole vault · $55,500
Anzhelika Sidorova ANA Pole vault 1st $30,000
Katerina Stefanidi GRE Pole vault 2nd $12,000
Tina Šutej SLO Pole vault 3rd $7,000
Holly Bradshaw GBR Pole vault 4th $4,000
Iryna Zhuk BLR Pole vault 5th $2,500
Men's shot put · $57,500
Ryan Crouser USA Shot put 1st $30,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 2nd $12,000
Armin Sinančević SRB Shot put 3rd $7,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 4th $4,000
Filip Mihaljević CRO Shot put 5th $2,500
Zane Weir ITA Shot put 6th $2,000
Women's shot put · $57,500
Maggie Ewen USA Shot put 1st $30,000
Auriol Dongmo POR Shot put 2nd $12,000
Fanny Roos SWE Shot put 3rd $7,000
Chase Ealey USA Shot put 4th $4,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM Shot put 5th $2,500
Aliona Dubitskaya BLR Shot put 6th $2,000
Men's triple jump · $57,500
Pedro Pichardo POR Triple jump 1st $30,000
Hugues Fabrice Zango BUR Triple jump 2nd $12,000
Yasser Triki ALG Triple jump 3rd $7,000
Tobia Bocchi ITA Triple jump 4th $4,000
Tiago Pereira POR Triple jump 5th $2,500
Donald Scott USA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Women's triple jump · $55,500
Yulimar Rojas VEN Triple jump 1st $30,000
Shanieka Ricketts JAM Triple jump 2nd $12,000
Kimberly Williams JAM Triple jump 3rd $7,000
Patrícia Mamona POR Triple jump 4th $4,000
Thea LaFond DMA Triple jump 5th $2,500

210 payments to 203 athletes, because seven of them were paid in more than one discipline. The money went to 56 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2021 Weltklasse Zürich money list

203 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Fred Kerley USA 1st 100 m $37,000
2 Anzhelika Sidorova ANA 1st pole vault $30,000
3 Armand Duplantis SWE 1st pole vault $30,000
4 Benjamin Kigen KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $30,000
5 Christin Hussong GER 1st javelin throw $30,000
6 Christine Mboma NAM 1st 200 m $30,000
7 Daniel Ståhl SWE 1st discus throw $30,000
8 Devon Allen USA 1st 110 m hurdles $30,000
9 Elaine Thompson-Herah JAM 1st 100 m $30,000
10 Emmanuel Korir KEN 1st 800 m $30,000
11 Faith Kipyegon KEN 1st 1500 m $30,000
12 Femke Bol NED 1st 400 m hurdles $30,000
13 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 1st high jump $30,000
14 Ivana Španović SRB 1st long jump $30,000
15 Johannes Vetter GER 1st javelin throw $30,000
16 Karsten Warholm NOR 1st 400 m hurdles $30,000
17 Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1st 800 m $30,000
18 Kenny Bednarek USA 1st 200 m $30,000
19 Maggie Ewen USA 1st shot put $30,000
20 Mariya Lasitskene ANA 1st high jump $30,000
21 Michael Cherry USA 1st 400 m $30,000
22 Norah Jeruto KAZ 1st 3000 m steeplechase $30,000
23 Pedro Pichardo POR 1st triple jump $30,000
24 Quanera Hayes USA 1st 400 m $30,000
25 Ryan Crouser USA 1st shot put $30,000
26 Thobias Montler SWE 1st long jump $30,000
27 Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 1st 1500 m $30,000
28 Tobi Amusan NGR 1st 100 m hurdles $30,000
29 Valarie Allman USA 1st discus throw $30,000
30 Yulimar Rojas VEN 1st triple jump $30,000
Fred Kerley $37k Anzhelika Sidorova $30k Armand Duplantis $30k Benjamin Kigen $30k Christin Hussong $30k Christine Mboma $30k Daniel Ståhl $30k Devon Allen $30k Elaine Thompson-Herah $30k Emmanuel Korir $30k Faith Kipyegon $30k Femke Bol $30k Gianmarco Tamberi $30k Ivana Španović $30k Johannes Vetter $30k

Fred Kerley took $37,000 of the $1,762,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 203; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$1,762,000 in all, across 30 disciplines. Every discipline paid the same $60,000, because the series applies one card to all of them.

What did winning at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich pay?

$30,000. 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. 219 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 210 of them were paid, so 9 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich?

Fred Kerley, on $37,000 from two disciplines. Seven athletes were paid more than once at this meeting.

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: $30,000 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 $1,762,000.

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. Weltklasse Zürich 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