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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2026 · ITA

Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 prize money

The 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea paid $500,000 across fourteen disciplines at Stadio Olimpico, Rome, 4 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 4 June

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea

two cards
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea.
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. Four athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Diamond+ Noah Lyles USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Diamond+ Trey Cunningham USA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 1500 m Diamond+ Georgia Hunter Bell GBR $20,000 $40,000
Women's 200 m Diamond+ Julien Alfred LCA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 400 m Diamond+ Henriette Jæger NOR $20,000 $40,000
Men's high jump Diamond+ Matteo Sioli ITA $20,000 $40,000
Men's long jump Diamond+ Bozhidar Sarâboyukov BGR $20,000 $40,000
Women's pole vault Diamond+ Molly Caudery GBR $20,000 $40,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Megan Simmonds JAM $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Emma Zapletalová SVK $10,000 $30,000
Women's 5000 m Likina Amebaw ETH $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Rumesh Tharanga SRI $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Leonardo Fabbri ITA $10,000 $30,000
Men's triple jump Andy Díaz ITA $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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea wrote

140 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Noah Lyles USA 100 m 1st $20,000
Emmanuel Eseme CMR 100 m 2nd $6,000
Letsile Tebogo BOT 100 m 3rd $4,000
Jordan Anthony USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Marcell Jacobs ITA 100 m 5th $2,500
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 6th $2,000
Ackeem Blake JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 100 m 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $40,000
Trey Cunningham USA 110 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Orlando Bennett JAM 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Enrique Llopis ESP 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Rachid Muratake JPN 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Thomas Wilkes FRA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jason Joseph SUI 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Jakub Szymański POL 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Just Kwaou-Mathey FRA 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Georgia Hunter Bell GBR 1500 m 1st $20,000
Klaudia Kazimierska POL 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Nikki Hiltz USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Agathe Guillemot FRA 1500 m 4th $3,000
Patricia Silva POR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Ludovica Cavalli ITA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Abbey Caldwell AUS 1500 m 7th $1,500
Salomé Afonso POR 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Julien Alfred LCA 200 m 1st $20,000
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Anavia Battle USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Amy Hunt GBR 200 m 4th $3,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Jaël Bestué ESP 200 m 6th $2,000
Maboundou Koné CIV 200 m 7th $1,500
Elisa Valensin ITA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Henriette Jæger NOR 400 m 1st $20,000
Lurdes Gloria Manuel CZE 400 m 2nd $6,000
Nickisha Pryce JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Aaliyah Butler USA 400 m 4th $3,000
Amber Anning GBR 400 m 5th $2,500
Lieke Klaver NED 400 m 6th $2,000
Keely Hodgkinson GBR 400 m 7th $1,500
Anna Polinari ITA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's high jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Matteo Sioli ITA High jump 1st $20,000
Erick Portillo MEX High jump 2nd $6,000
Romaine Beckford JAM High jump 3rd $4,000
Mateusz Kołodziejski POL High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Tomohiro Shinno JPN High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Yual Reath AUS High jump 6th $2,000
Raymond Richards JAM High jump 7th $1,500
Jan Štefela CZE High jump 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Bozhidar Sarâboyukov BGR Long jump 1st $20,000
Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE Long jump 2nd $6,000
Jorge A. Hodelín CUB Long jump 3rd $4,000
Tajay Gayle JAM Long jump 4th $3,000
Gerson Baldé POR Long jump 5th $2,500
Thobias Montler SWE Long jump 6th $2,000
Wayne Pinnock JAM Long jump 7th $1,500
Liam Adcock AUS Long jump 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · Diamond+ · $40,000
Molly Caudery GBR Pole vault 1st $20,000
Nina Kennedy AUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Angelica Moser SUI Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Tina Šutej SLO Pole vault 4th $3,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault 5th $2,500
Amálie Švábíková CZE Pole vault 6th $2,000
Elisa Molinarolo ITA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Eliza McCartney NZL Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Olivia McTaggart NZL Pole vault =8th shared two ways $500
Women's 100 m hurdles · $30,000
Megan Simmonds JAM 100 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kendra Harrison USA 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Nadine Visser NED 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Marione Fourie RSA 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Pia Skrzyszowska POL 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Tonea Marshall USA 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Giada Carmassi ITA 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Emma Zapletalová SVK 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Anna Cockrell USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Rushell Clayton JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Gianna Woodruff PAN 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Jasmine Jones USA 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Amalie Iuel NOR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Alice Muraro ITA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 5000 m · $30,000
Likina Amebaw ETH 5000 m 1st $10,000
Aleshign Baweke ETH 5000 m 2nd $6,000
Freweyni Hailu ETH 5000 m 3rd $4,000
Senayet Getachew ETH 5000 m 4th $3,000
Medina Eisa ETH 5000 m 5th $2,500
Hirut Meshesha ETH 5000 m 6th $2,000
Fantaye Belayneh ETH 5000 m 7th $1,500
Winfred Yavi BRN 5000 m 8th $1,000
Men's javelin throw · $30,000
Rumesh Tharanga SRI Javelin throw 1st $10,000
Anderson Peters GRN Javelin throw 2nd $6,000
Curtis Thompson USA Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Dawid Wegner POL Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Sachin Yadav IND Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Leonardo Fabbri ITA Shot put 1st $10,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Ryan Crouser USA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 4th $3,000
Rajindra Campbell JAM Shot put 5th $2,500
Jordan Geist USA Shot put 6th $2,000
Zane Weir ITA Shot put 7th $1,500
Roger Steen USA Shot put 8th $1,000
Men's triple jump · $30,000
Andy Díaz ITA Triple jump 1st $10,000
Jordan Scott JAM Triple jump 2nd $6,000
Jaydon Hibbert JAM Triple jump 3rd $4,000
Lázaro Martínez CUB Triple jump 4th $3,000
Yasser Triki ALG Triple jump 5th $2,500
Russell Robinson USA Triple jump 6th $2,000
Almir dos Santos BRA Triple jump 7th $1,500
Endiorass Kingley AUT Triple jump 8th $1,000

113 payments to 113 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 41 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea money list

113 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov BUL 1st long jump $20,000
2 Georgia Hunter Bell GBR 1st 1500 m $20,000
3 Henriette Jæger NOR 1st 400 m $20,000
4 Julien Alfred LCA 1st 200 m $20,000
5 Matteo Sioli ITA 1st high jump $20,000
6 Molly Caudery GBR 1st pole vault $20,000
7 Noah Lyles USA 1st 100 m $20,000
8 Trey Cunningham USA 1st 110 m hurdles $20,000
9 Andy Díaz ITA 1st triple jump $10,000
10 Emma Zapletalová SVK 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
11 Leonardo Fabbri ITA 1st shot put $10,000
12 Likina Amebaw ETH 1st 5000 m $10,000
13 Megan Simmonds JAM 1st 100 m hurdles $10,000
14 Rumesh Tharanga SRI 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Aleshign Baweke ETH 2nd 5000 m $6,000
16 Anderson Peters GRN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
17 Anna Cockrell USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
18 Emmanuel Eseme CMR 2nd 100 m $6,000
19 Erick Portillo MEX 2nd high jump $6,000
20 Joe Kovacs USA 2nd shot put $6,000
21 Jordan Scott JAM 2nd triple jump $6,000
22 Kendra Harrison USA 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
23 Klaudia Kazimierska POL 2nd 1500 m $6,000
24 Lurdes Gloria Manuel CZE 2nd 400 m $6,000
25 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
26 Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 2nd long jump $6,000
27 Nina Kennedy AUS 2nd pole vault $6,000
28 Orlando Bennett JAM 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
29 Anavia Battle USA 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Angelica Moser SUI 3rd pole vault $4,000
Bozhidar Sarâboyukov $20k Georgia Hunter Bell $20k Henriette Jæger $20k Julien Alfred $20k Matteo Sioli $20k Molly Caudery $20k Noah Lyles $20k Trey Cunningham $20k Andy Díaz $10k Emma Zapletalová $10k Leonardo Fabbri $10k Likina Amebaw $10k Megan Simmonds $10k Rumesh Tharanga $10k Aleshign Baweke $6,000

Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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. 140 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 113 of them were paid, so 27 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea?

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

Is the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 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. Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it, and the other six are 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2019.

The meetings either side of this one