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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2026 · GBR

London Athletics Meet 2026 prize money

The 2026 London Athletics Meet paid $498,000 across fourteen disciplines at London Stadium, London, 18 July 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 $498,000
A WIN PAID $20,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 110
DATE 18 July

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2026 London Athletics Meet

two cards
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2026 London Athletics Meet.
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 London Athletics Meet, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Diamond+ Kanyinsola Ajayi NGR $20,000 $40,000
Women's 200 m Diamond+ Julien Alfred LCA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 400 m Diamond+ Marileidy Paulino DOM $20,000 $40,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Diamond+ Karsten Warholm NOR $20,000 $39,000
Women's 800 m Diamond+ Keely Hodgkinson GBR $20,000 $39,000
Women's long jump Diamond+ Malaika Mihambo GER $20,000 $40,000
Men's mile Diamond+ Josh Kerr GBR $20,000 $40,000
Men's pole vault Diamond+ Sam Kendricks USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Ja'Kobe Tharp USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m Jessica Hull AUS $10,000 $30,000
Men's 400 m Rai Benjamin USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 800 m Brandon Miller USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's discus throw Cierra Jackson USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's high jump Nicola Olyslagers AUS $10,000 $30,000
14 disciplines 14 winners — $498,000

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 110 cheques the 2026 London Athletics Meet wrote

126 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2026 London Athletics Meet, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Kanyinsola Ajayi NGR 100 m 1st $20,000
Oblique Seville JAM 100 m 2nd $6,000
Romell Glave GBR 100 m 3rd $4,000
Emmanuel Eseme CMR 100 m 4th $3,000
Gift Leotlela RSA 100 m 5th $2,500
Jordan Anthony USA 100 m 6th $2,000
Zharnel Hughes GBR 100 m 7th $1,500
Jeremiah Azu GBR 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Julien Alfred LCA 200 m 1st $20,000
Gabby Thomas USA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 200 m 3rd $4,000
Dina Asher-Smith GBR 200 m 4th $3,000
Amy Hunt GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Success Eduan GBR 200 m 6th $2,000
Anavia Battle USA 200 m 7th $1,500
Cambrea Sturgis USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Marileidy Paulino DOM 400 m 1st $20,000
Henriette Jæger NOR 400 m 2nd $6,000
Stacey-Ann Williams JAM 400 m 3rd $4,000
Nickisha Pryce JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Natalia Bukowiecka POL 400 m 5th $2,500
Roxana Gómez CUB 400 m 6th $2,000
Yemi Mary John GBR 400 m 7th $1,500
Charlotte Henrich GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $39,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Emil Agyekum GER 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Abderrahman Samba QAT 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Ezekiel Nathaniel NGR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Matheus Lima BRA 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Alastair Chalmers GBR 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Caleb Dean USA 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Women's 800 m · Diamond+ · $39,000
Keely Hodgkinson GBR 800 m 1st $20,000
Femke Broeders-Bol NED 800 m 2nd $6,000
Tsige Duguma ETH 800 m 3rd $4,000
Sarah Billings AUS 800 m 4th $3,000
Jemma Reekie GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Isabelle Boffey GBR 800 m 6th $2,000
Addison Wiley USA 800 m 7th $1,500
Women's long jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Malaika Mihambo GER Long jump 1st $20,000
Claire Bryant USA Long jump 2nd $6,000
Larissa Iapichino ITA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Hilary Kpatcha FRA Long jump 4th $3,000
Agate de Sousa POR Long jump 5th $2,500
Lucy Hadaway GBR Long jump 6th $2,000
Ramona Elena Verman ROU Long jump 7th $1,500
Jazmin Sawyers GBR Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's mile · Diamond+ · $40,000
Josh Kerr GBR Mile 1st $20,000
Yared Nuguse USA Mile 2nd $6,000
Jake Heyward GBR Mile 3rd $4,000
Robert Farken GER Mile 4th $3,000
Nathan Green USA Mile 5th $2,500
Arlo Ludewick GBR Mile 6th $2,000
Ethan Strand USA Mile 7th $1,500
Thomas Keen GBR Mile 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · Diamond+ · $40,000
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault 1st $20,000
Armand Duplantis SWE Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Kurtis Marschall AUS Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Emmanouil Karalis GRE Pole vault 4th $3,000
Sondre Guttormsen NOR Pole vault 5th $2,500
Renaud Lavillenie FRA Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Menno Vloon NED Pole vault =6th shared two ways $1,750
Owen Heard GBR Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's 110 m hurdles · $30,000
Ja'Kobe Tharp USA 110 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Kendry Menéndez CUB 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Trey Cunningham USA 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Jamal Britt USA 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Cordell Tinch USA 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Orlando Bennett JAM 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Demario Prince JAM 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Sam Bennett GBR 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m · $30,000
Jessica Hull AUS 3000 m 1st $10,000
Rose Davies AUS 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Sarah Healy IRL 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Hannah Nuttall GBR 3000 m 4th $3,000
Fantaye Belayneh ETH 3000 m 5th $2,500
Linden Hall AUS 3000 m 6th $2,000
Georgia Griffith AUS 3000 m 7th $1,500
Medina Eisa ETH 3000 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m · $30,000
Rai Benjamin USA 400 m 1st $10,000
Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR 400 m 2nd $6,000
Jacory Patterson USA 400 m 3rd $4,000
Jereem Richards TTO 400 m 4th $3,000
Lee Eppie BOT 400 m 5th $2,500
Khaleb McRae USA 400 m 6th $2,000
Vernon Norwood USA 400 m 7th $1,500
Ben Jefferies GBR 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · $30,000
Brandon Miller USA 800 m 1st $10,000
Mark English IRL 800 m 2nd $6,000
Max Burgin GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Emmanuel Wanyonyi KEN 800 m 4th $3,000
Ben Pattison GBR 800 m 5th $2,500
Peter Bol AUS 800 m 6th $2,000
Cian McPhillips IRL 800 m 7th $1,500
Tobias Grønstad NOR 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's discus throw · $30,000
Cierra Jackson USA Discus throw 1st $10,000
Valarie Sion USA Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Jorinde van Klinken NED Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Vanessa Kamga SWE Discus throw 4th $3,000
Alida van Daalen NED Discus throw 5th $2,500
Laulauga Tausaga USA Discus throw 6th $2,000
Shanice Craft GER Discus throw 7th $1,500
Zara Obamakinwa GBR Discus throw 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · $30,000
Nicola Olyslagers AUS High jump 1st $10,000
Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR High jump 2nd $6,000
Eleanor Patterson AUS High jump 3rd $4,000
Maria Żodzik POL High jump 4th $3,000
Angelina Topić SRB High jump 5th $2,500
Lamara Distin JAM High jump 6th $2,000
Marija Vuković MNE High jump 7th $1,500
Morgan Lake GBR High jump 8th $1,000

110 payments to 110 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 33 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 London Athletics Meet money list

110 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Josh Kerr GBR 1st mile $20,000
2 Julien Alfred LCA 1st 200 m $20,000
3 Kanyinsola Ajayi NGR 1st 100 m $20,000
4 Karsten Warholm NOR 1st 400 m hurdles $20,000
5 Keely Hodgkinson GBR 1st 800 m $20,000
6 Malaika Mihambo GER 1st long jump $20,000
7 Marileidy Paulino DOM 1st 400 m $20,000
8 Sam Kendricks USA 1st pole vault $20,000
9 Brandon Miller USA 1st 800 m $10,000
10 Cierra Jackson USA 1st discus throw $10,000
11 Ja'Kobe Tharp USA 1st 110 m hurdles $10,000
12 Jessica Hull AUS 1st 3000 m $10,000
13 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 1st high jump $10,000
14 Rai Benjamin USA 1st 400 m $10,000
15 Armand Duplantis SWE 2nd pole vault $6,000
16 Claire Bryant USA 2nd long jump $6,000
17 Emil Agyekum GER 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
18 Femke Broeders-Bol NED 2nd 800 m $6,000
19 Gabby Thomas USA 2nd 200 m $6,000
20 Henriette Jæger NOR 2nd 400 m $6,000
21 Kendry Menéndez CUB 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
22 Mark English IRL 2nd 800 m $6,000
23 Matthew Hudson-Smith GBR 2nd 400 m $6,000
24 Oblique Seville JAM 2nd 100 m $6,000
25 Rose Davies AUS 2nd 3000 m $6,000
26 Valarie Sion USA 2nd discus throw $6,000
27 Yared Nuguse USA 2nd mile $6,000
28 Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
29 Abderrahman Samba QAT 3rd 400 m hurdles $4,000
30 Eleanor Patterson AUS 3rd high jump $4,000
Josh Kerr $20k Julien Alfred $20k Kanyinsola Ajayi $20k Karsten Warholm $20k Keely Hodgkinson $20k Malaika Mihambo $20k Marileidy Paulino $20k Sam Kendricks $20k Brandon Miller $10k Cierra Jackson $10k Ja'Kobe Tharp $10k Jessica Hull $10k Nicola Olyslagers $10k Rai Benjamin $10k Armand Duplantis $6,000

Josh Kerr took $20,000 of the $498,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 110; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2026 London Athletics Meet pay?

$498,000 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 London Athletics Meet 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. 126 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 110 of them were paid, so 16 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2026 London Athletics Meet?

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 London Athletics Meet 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. London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it, and the other three are 2025, 2024 and 2023.

The meetings either side of this one