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Men's 2 miles prize money

The Diamond League has paid $25,000 in the men's 2 miles, to eight athletes across one running of it, all in 2021. Joshua Cheptegei has taken more of it than anyone, $10,000.

The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2021 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. It has only ever been run at a series meeting, so the final ladder has never applied to it.

PAID IN IT $25,000
A WIN IN 2021 $10,000
RUNNINGS 1
SEASONS 1
ATHLETES PAID 8

Who the men's 2 miles has paid the most

Every running of it on this site, added up

8 paid
The athletes the Diamond League men's 2 miles has paid the most across its 1 runnings.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS BEST DAY EARNED
1 Joshua Cheptegei UGA 1 1 1st 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $10,000
2 Selemon Barega ETH 1 0 2nd 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $6,000
3 Paul Chelimo USA 1 0 3rd 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $3,500
4 Jacob Kiplimo UGA 1 0 4th 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $2,000
5 Berihu Aregawi ETH 1 0 5th 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $1,250
6 Grant Fisher USA 1 0 6th 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $1,000
7 Joe Klecker USA 1 0 7th 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $750
8 Mark Owon Lomuket KEN 1 0 8th 2021 · Prefontaine Classic $500
Joshua Cheptegei $10k Selemon Barega $6,000 Paul Chelimo $3,500 Jacob Kiplimo $2,000 Berihu Aregawi $1,250 Grant Fisher $1,000 Joe Klecker $750 Mark Owon Lomuket $500

Joshua Cheptegei has collected $10,000 of the $25,000 this discipline has paid out, 40.0% of it. Nobody on the list has been paid in it twice.

Every Diamond League men's 2 miles

Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took

$25,000
Every running of the Diamond League men's 2 miles on this site, with its winner and what it paid.
SEASON MEETING WINNER THE WIN EVENT PAID
2021 Prefontaine Classic 21 August Joshua Cheptegei UGA $10,000 $25,000
1 1 running 1 winner $10,000 $25,000

It was run once, in 2021, for $25,000. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.

Where the men's 2 miles is run

The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it

1 meeting
Every Diamond League meeting that has run the men's 2 miles, with how often.
MEETING RUNNINGS PAID FOR IT
Prefontaine Classic 1 $25,000
1 meeting 1 $25,000

Prefontaine Classic is the only meeting on this site to have run it, and it paid $25,000 for it. That page holds everything the meeting has paid across every edition of it.

What each place pays in the men's 2 miles

The ladder this discipline has been paid under

eight places
What the Diamond League men's 2 miles has paid for each finishing place, on every rate card it has run under.
PLACE SERIES 2021-24
1st $10,000
2nd $6,000
3rd $3,500
4th $2,000
5th $1,250
6th $1,000
7th $750
8th $500
All eight $25,000

One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's 2 miles is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. It has never been picked as a Diamond+ discipline, so it has always paid the standard ladder.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's 2 miles?

$25,000 across one running of it, to eight athletes from four countries. That is under 0.1% of everything the series has paid, and the 41st biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.

What does a win in the men's 2 miles pay?

$10,000. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays.

Who has earned the most in the men's 2 miles?

Joshua Cheptegei, on $10,000 from one paid finish, which was the win. None of the eight athletes the discipline has paid was paid in it twice.

Who has won the most Diamond League men's 2 miles titles?

It has been run once, and Joshua Cheptegei won it.

How often does the Diamond League run the men's 2 miles?

Once, in 2021, on the programme of one meeting. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.

How far down the field does the men's 2 miles pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. eight payments have gone to eight athletes in this discipline, and five other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

Diamond League prize money holds all nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The 2021 season is at Diamond League 2021. The other half of the event is at Women's 2 miles, which has paid $30,000.

Every other Diamond League discipline

Every Diamond League meeting

Every Diamond League season