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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2026 · QAT

Doha Diamond League 2026 prize money

The 2026 Doha Diamond League paid $500,000 across fourteen disciplines at Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, 19 June 2026. Eight athletes left with the biggest cheque of the day, $20,000 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. Two ladders, in fact: eight of these disciplines were Diamond+, which pays $40,000 against the $30,000 the other six paid.

MEETING PAID $500,000
A WIN PAID $20,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 113
DATE 19 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2026 Doha Diamond League

two cards
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2026 Doha Diamond League.
PLACE DIAMOND+DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $20,000$10,000 50.0%
2nd $6,000$6,000 15.0%
3rd $4,000$4,000 10.0%
4th $3,000$3,000 7.5%
5th $2,500$2,500 6.3%
6th $2,000$2,000 5.0%
7th $1,500$1,500 3.8%
8th $1,000$1,000 2.5%
All eight $40,000$30,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $20k
2nd $6,000
3rd $4,000
4th $3,000
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 2.5%. 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. Two athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2026 Doha Diamond League, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Diamond+ Kemba Nelson JAM $20,000 $40,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Diamond+ Cordell Tinch USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Diamond+ Soufiane El Bakkali MAR $20,000 $40,000
Women's 400 m Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
Women's 5000 m Diamond+ Medina Eisa ETH $20,000 $40,000
Women's 800 m Diamond+ Addison Wiley USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's high jump Diamond+ Matteo Sioli ITA $20,000 $40,000
Men's pole vault Diamond+ Emmanouil Karalis GRE $20,000 $40,000
Women's 1500 m Birke Haylom ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's 200 m Sinesipho Dambile RSA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Emma Zapletalová SVK $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Rumesh Tharanga LKA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Pedro Pichardo POR $10,000 $30,000
Women's triple jump Davisleydi Velazco CUB $10,000 $30,000
14 disciplines 14 winners — $500,000

Every discipline on the same tier pays out the identical amount, so the last column is two figures 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 2026 Doha Diamond League wrote

134 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2026 Doha Diamond League, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Kemba Nelson JAM 100 m 1st $20,000
Zaynab Dosso ITA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Patrizia Van der Weken LUX 100 m 3rd $4,000
Jaël Bestué ESP 100 m 4th $3,000
Anavia Battle USA 100 m 5th $2,500
María Isabel Pérez ESP 100 m 6th $2,000
Destiny Smith-Barnett LBR 100 m 7th $1,500
Dana Noor Salem QAT 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $40,000
Cordell Tinch USA 110 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Asier Martínez ESP 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Thomas Wilkes FRA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Enrique Llopis ESP 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Kendry Menéndez CUB 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Romain Lecoeur FRA 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Just Kwaou-Mathey FRA 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jamal Britt USA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m steeplechase · Diamond+ · $40,000
Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 3000 m steeplechase 1st $20,000
Samuel Firewu ETH 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Daniel Arce ESP 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Abraham Kibiwot KEN 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Abrham Sime ETH 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Niklas Buchholz GER 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Hailemariyam Amare ETH 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Ahmed Jaziri TUN 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Marileidy Paulino DOM 400 m 1st $20,000
Natalia Bukowiecka POL 400 m 2nd $6,000
Roxana Gómez CUB 400 m 3rd $4,000
Bassant Hemida EGY 400 m 4th $3,000
Martina Weil CHL 400 m 5th $2,500
Paris Peoples USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Skadi Schier GER 400 m 7th $1,500
Obakeng Kamberuka BOT 400 m 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Medina Eisa ETH 5000 m 1st $20,000
Likina Amebaw ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Marta Alemayo ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Bernesh Dessie ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Hawi Abera ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Nelvin Jepkemboi KEN 5000 m 6th $2,000
Melknat Wudu ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Cynthia Chepkirui KEN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Addison Wiley USA 800 m 1st $20,000
Tsige Duguma ETH 800 m 2nd $6,000
Halimah Nakaayi UGA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Prudence Sekgodiso RSA 800 m 4th $3,000
Oratile Nowe BOT 800 m 5th $2,500
Nigist Getachew ETH 800 m 6th $2,000
Rénelle Lamote FRA 800 m 7th $1,500
Shafiqua Maloney VCT 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Matteo Sioli ITA High jump 1st $20,000
Mutaz Barsham QAT High jump 2nd $6,000
Oleh Doroshchuk UKR High jump 3rd $4,000
Raymond Richards JAM High jump 4th $3,000
Tyus Wilson USA High jump 5th $2,500
Erick Portillo MEX High jump 6th $2,000
Jan Štefela CZE High jump 7th $1,500
Mateusz Kołodziejski POL High jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · Diamond+ · $40,000
Emmanouil Karalis GRE Pole vault 1st $20,000
Chris Nilsen USA Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Sondre Guttormsen NOR Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 4th $3,000
KC Lightfoot USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Seif Heneida QAT Pole vault 6th $2,000
Menno Vloon NED Pole vault 7th $1,500
Zach Bradford USA Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
EJ Obiena PHI Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Women's 1500 m · $30,000
Birke Haylom ETH 1500 m 1st $10,000
Saron Berhe ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Haregeweyni Kalayu ETH 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 1500 m 4th $3,000
Águeda Marqués ESP 1500 m 5th $2,500
Gaia Sabbatini ITA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Marta Zenoni ITA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Aster Areri ETH 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · $30,000
Sinesipho Dambile RSA 200 m 1st $10,000
Makanakaishe Charamba ZWE 200 m 2nd $6,000
Alexander Ogando DOM 200 m 3rd $4,000
Phaezel Selepe BOT 200 m 4th $3,000
Reynier Mena CUB 200 m 5th $2,500
Kyree King USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Cheickna Traore CIV 200 m 7th $1,500
Robin Ganter GER 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Emma Zapletalová SVK 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Rushell Clayton JAM 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Kemi Adekoya BRN 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Gianna Woodruff PAN 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Amalie Iuel NOR 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ashley Miller ZWE 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ayomide Folorunso ITA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Eileen Demes GER 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Rumesh Tharanga LKA Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Anderson Peters GRD Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Curtis Thompson USA Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Neeraj Chopra IND Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Artur Felfner UKR Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Jakub Vadlejch CZE Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Pedro Pichardo POR Triple jump 1st $10,000
Jordan Scott JAM Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Yasser Triki ALG Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Andrea Dallavalle ITA Triple jump 4th $3,000
Almir dos Santos BRA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Dawoud Jok SSD Triple jump 6th $2,000
Nikolaos Andrikopoulos GRE Triple jump 7th $1,500
Lázaro Martínez CUB Triple jump 8th $1,000
Women's triple jump · $30,000
Davisleydi Velazco CUB Triple jump 1st $10,000
Leyanis Pérez CUB Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Saly Sarr SEN Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Liadagmis Povea CUB Triple jump 4th $3,000
Thea LaFond DMA Triple jump 5th $2,500
Ilionis Guillaume FRA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Elena Andreea Taloș ROU Triple jump 7th $1,500
Tuğba Danışmaz TUR Triple jump 8th $1,000

113 payments to 113 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 49 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2026 Doha Diamond League money list

113 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Addison Wiley USA 1st 800 m $20,000
2 Cordell Tinch USA 1st 110 m hurdles $20,000
3 Emmanouil Karalis GRE 1st pole vault $20,000
4 Kemba Nelson JAM 1st 100 m $20,000
5 Marileidy Paulino DOM 1st 400 m $20,000
6 Matteo Sioli ITA 1st high jump $20,000
7 Medina Eisa ETH 1st 5000 m $20,000
8 Soufiane El Bakkali MAR 1st 3000 m steeplechase $20,000
9 Birke Haylom ETH 1st 1500 m $10,000
10 Davisleydi Velazco CUB 1st triple jump $10,000
11 Emma Zapletalová SVK 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
12 Pedro Pichardo POR 1st triple jump $10,000
13 Rumesh Tharanga SRI 1st javelin throw $10,000
14 Sinesipho Dambile RSA 1st 200 m $10,000
15 Anderson Peters GRN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
16 Asier Martínez ESP 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
17 Chris Nilsen USA 2nd pole vault $6,000
18 Jordan Scott JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
19 Leyanis Pérez CUB 2nd triple jump $6,000
20 Likina Amebaw ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
21 Makanakaishe Charamba ZWE 2nd 200 m $6,000
22 Mutaz Barsham QAT 2nd high jump $6,000
23 Natalia Bukowiecka POL 2nd 400 m $6,000
24 Rushell Clayton JAM 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
25 Samuel Firewu ETH 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
26 Saron Berhe ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
27 Tsige Duguma ETH 2nd 800 m $6,000
28 Zaynab Dosso ITA 2nd 100 m $6,000
29 Alexander Ogando DOM 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Curtis Thompson USA 3rd javelin throw $4,000
Addison Wiley $20k Cordell Tinch $20k Emmanouil Karalis $20k Kemba Nelson $20k Marileidy Paulino $20k Matteo Sioli $20k Medina Eisa $20k Soufiane El Bakkali $20k Birke Haylom $10k Davisleydi Velazco $10k Emma Zapletalová $10k Pedro Pichardo $10k Rumesh Tharanga $10k Sinesipho Dambile $10k Anderson Peters $6,000

Addison Wiley took $20,000 of the $500,000 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 2026 Doha Diamond League pay?

$500,000 in all, across fourteen disciplines. Six of them paid $30,000 and eight were Diamond+, which paid $40,000.

What did winning at the 2026 Doha Diamond League pay?

$20,000 in a Diamond+ discipline and $10,000 in the rest. 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. 134 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 113 of them were paid, so 21 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2026 Doha Diamond League?

Eight athletes tied at the top on $20,000 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. Two athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why two figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Doha Diamond League 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 2026 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2026 Diamond League ran fifteen meetings and paid $9,200,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 104 meetings on this site and the $53,753,250 they paid between them. Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it, and the other eight are 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018 and 2017.

The meetings either side of this one