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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2026 · SUI

Weltklasse Zürich 2026 prize money

The 2026 Weltklasse Zürich paid $500,000 across fourteen disciplines at Letzigrund, Zürich, 26 to 27 August 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 112
DATE 26 to 27 August

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich

two cards
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich.
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 Weltklasse Zürich, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Women's 100 m Diamond+ Julien Alfred LCA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Diamond+ Masai Russell USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 1500 m Diamond+ Cole Hocker USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 200 m Diamond+ Kenny Bednarek USA $20,000 $40,000
Men's 400 m hurdles Diamond+ Alison dos Santos BRA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 800 m Diamond+ Audrey Werro SUI $20,000 $40,000
Women's high jump Diamond+ Nicola Olyslagers AUS $20,000 $40,000
Men's long jump Diamond+ Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE $20,000 $40,000
Men's 3000 m Parker Wolfe USA $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Faith Cherotich KEN $10,000 $30,000
Women's 400 m hurdles Anna Cockrell USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's javelin throw Rumesh Tharanga SRI $10,000 $30,000
Women's pole vault Hana Moll USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's shot put Jordan Geist USA $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 112 cheques the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich wrote

145 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Women's 100 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Julien Alfred LCA 100 m 1st $20,000
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA 100 m 2nd $6,000
Sha'Carri Richardson USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Tina Clayton JAM 100 m 4th $3,000
Amy Hunt GBR 100 m 5th $2,500
Brianna Lyston JAM 100 m 6th $2,000
Jonielle Smith JAM 100 m 7th $1,500
Zoe Hobbs NZL 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $40,000
Masai Russell USA 100 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Tobi Amusan NGR 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Nadine Visser NED 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Danielle Williams JAM 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ackera Nugent JAM 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Pia Skrzyszowska POL 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Ditaji Kambundji SUI 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Annik Kälin SUI 100 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 1500 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Cole Hocker USA 1500 m 1st $20,000
Phanuel Koech KEN 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Yared Nuguse USA 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Anass Essayi MAR 1500 m 4th $3,000
Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 1500 m 5th $2,500
Hobbs Kessler USA 1500 m 6th $2,000
Vincent Ciattei USA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Robert Farken GER 1500 m 8th $1,000
Men's 200 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Kenny Bednarek USA 200 m 1st $20,000
Sinesipho Dambile RSA 200 m 2nd $6,000
Andre De Grasse CAN 200 m 3rd $4,000
Makanakaishe Charamba ZWE 200 m 4th $3,000
José Figueroa PUR 200 m 5th $2,500
Bryan Levell JAM 200 m 6th $2,000
Timothé Mumenthaler SUI 200 m 7th $1,500
Reynier Mena CUB 200 m 8th $1,000
Men's 400 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $40,000
Alison dos Santos BRA 400 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Ezekiel Nathaniel NGR 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Matheus Lima BRA 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Abderrahman Samba QAT 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Matic Ian Guček SLO 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Dany Brand SUI 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Chris Robinson USA 400 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 800 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Audrey Werro SUI 800 m 1st $20,000
Femke Broeders-Bol NED 800 m 2nd $6,000
Georgia Hunter Bell GBR 800 m 3rd $4,000
Saida Tsehaye ETH 800 m 4th $3,000
Sarah Billings AUS 800 m 5th $2,500
Veronica Vancardo SUI 800 m 6th $2,000
Eloisa Coiro ITA 800 m 7th $1,500
Valentina Rosamilia SUI 800 m 8th $1,000
Women's high jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Nicola Olyslagers AUS High jump 1st $20,000
Iryna Herashchenko UKR High jump 2nd $6,000
Marija Vuković MNE High jump 3rd $4,000
Lamara Distin JAM High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Yaroslava Mahuchikh UKR High jump =4th shared two ways $2,750
Eleanor Patterson AUS High jump 6th $2,000
Angelina Topić SRB High jump 7th $1,500
Maria Żodzik POL High jump 8th $1,000
Men's long jump · Diamond+ · $40,000
Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE Long jump 1st $20,000
Tajay Gayle JAM Long jump 2nd $6,000
Wayne Pinnock JAM Long jump 3rd $4,000
Jorge A. Hodelín CUB Long jump 4th $3,000
Bozhidar Sarâboyukov BUL Long jump 5th $2,500
Simon Ehammer SUI Long jump 6th $2,000
Luka Bošković SRB Long jump 7th $1,500
Lester Lescay ESP Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m · $30,000
Parker Wolfe USA 3000 m 1st $10,000
Graham Blanks USA 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Cameron Myers AUS 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Egide Ntakarutimana BDI 3000 m 4th $3,000
Biniam Mehary ETH 3000 m 5th $2,500
Ky Robinson AUS 3000 m 6th $2,000
Grant Fisher USA 3000 m 7th $1,500
Nico Young USA 3000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Faith Cherotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Doris Lemngole KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Peruth Chemutai UGA 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Lexy Halladay-Lowry USA 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Elise Thorner GBR 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Gesa Felicitas Krause GER 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Lea Meyer GER 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Olivia Gürth GER 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m hurdles · $30,000
Anna Cockrell USA 400 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Dalilah Muhammad USA 400 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Rushell Clayton JAM 400 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Fatoumata Binta Diallo POR 400 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Gianna Woodruff PAN 400 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Emma Zapletalová SVK 400 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Amalie Iuel NOR 400 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Emily Newnham GBR 400 m hurdles 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
Dawid Wegner POL Javelin throw 3rd $4,000
Keshorn Walcott TTO Javelin throw 4th $3,000
Julius Yego KEN Javelin throw 5th $2,500
Marc Minichello USA Javelin throw 6th $2,000
Curtis Thompson USA Javelin throw 7th $1,500
Thomas Röhler GER Javelin throw 8th $1,000
Women's pole vault · $30,000
Hana Moll USA Pole vault 1st $10,000
Angelica Moser SUI Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Katie Moon USA Pole vault 3rd $4,000
Sandi Morris USA Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Tina Šutej SLO Pole vault =4th shared two ways $2,750
Imogen Ayris NZL Pole vault 6th $2,000
Emily Grove USA Pole vault 7th $1,500
Eliza McCartney NZL Pole vault 8th $1,000
Men's shot put · $30,000
Jordan Geist USA Shot put 1st $10,000
Rajindra Campbell JAM Shot put 2nd $6,000
Leonardo Fabbri ITA Shot put 3rd $4,000
Joe Kovacs USA Shot put 4th $3,000
Roger Steen USA Shot put 5th $2,500
Tom Walsh NZL Shot put 6th $2,000
Adrian Piperi USA Shot put 7th $1,500
Payton Otterdahl USA Shot put 8th $1,000

112 payments to 112 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 44 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 Weltklasse Zürich money list

112 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Alison dos Santos BRA 1st 400 m hurdles $20,000
2 Audrey Werro SUI 1st 800 m $20,000
3 Cole Hocker USA 1st 1500 m $20,000
4 Julien Alfred LCA 1st 100 m $20,000
5 Kenny Bednarek USA 1st 200 m $20,000
6 Masai Russell USA 1st 100 m hurdles $20,000
7 Miltiadis Tentoglou GRE 1st long jump $20,000
8 Nicola Olyslagers AUS 1st high jump $20,000
9 Anna Cockrell USA 1st 400 m hurdles $10,000
10 Faith Cherotich KEN 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
11 Hana Moll USA 1st pole vault $10,000
12 Jordan Geist USA 1st shot put $10,000
13 Parker Wolfe USA 1st 3000 m $10,000
14 Rumesh Tharanga SRI 1st javelin throw $10,000
15 Anderson Peters GRN 2nd javelin throw $6,000
16 Angelica Moser SUI 2nd pole vault $6,000
17 Dalilah Muhammad USA 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
18 Doris Lemngole KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
19 Femke Broeders-Bol NED 2nd 800 m $6,000
20 Graham Blanks USA 2nd 3000 m $6,000
21 Iryna Herashchenko UKR 2nd high jump $6,000
22 Karsten Warholm NOR 2nd 400 m hurdles $6,000
23 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden USA 2nd 100 m $6,000
24 Phanuel Koech KEN 2nd 1500 m $6,000
25 Rajindra Campbell JAM 2nd shot put $6,000
26 Sinesipho Dambile RSA 2nd 200 m $6,000
27 Tajay Gayle JAM 2nd long jump $6,000
28 Tobi Amusan NGR 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
29 Andre De Grasse CAN 3rd 200 m $4,000
30 Cameron Myers AUS 3rd 3000 m $4,000
Alison dos Santos $20k Audrey Werro $20k Cole Hocker $20k Julien Alfred $20k Kenny Bednarek $20k Masai Russell $20k Miltiadis Tentoglou $20k Nicola Olyslagers $20k Anna Cockrell $10k Faith Cherotich $10k Hana Moll $10k Jordan Geist $10k Parker Wolfe $10k Rumesh Tharanga $10k Anderson Peters $6,000

Alison dos Santos took $20,000 of the $500,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 112; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich 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 Weltklasse Zürich 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. 145 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 112 of them were paid, so 33 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2026 Weltklasse Zürich?

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 Weltklasse Zürich 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. Weltklasse Zürich 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