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DIAMOND LEAGUE · WOMEN · 1 RUNNING

Women's 2 miles prize money

The Diamond League has paid $30,000 in the women's 2 miles, to eight athletes across one running of it, all in 2026. Aleshign Baweke 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 2026 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 $30,000
A WIN IN 2026 $10,000
RUNNINGS 1
SEASONS 1
ATHLETES PAID 8

Who the women's 2 miles has paid the most

Every running of it on this site, added up

8 paid
The athletes the Diamond League women's 2 miles has paid the most across its 1 runnings.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS BEST DAY EARNED
1 Aleshign Baweke ETH 1 1 1st 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $10,000
2 Hirut Meshesha ETH 1 0 2nd 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $6,000
3 Shelby Houlihan USA 1 0 3rd 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $4,000
4 Marta Alemayo ETH 1 0 4th 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $3,000
5 Margot Appleton USA 1 0 5th 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $2,500
6 Karissa Schweizer USA 1 0 6th 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $2,000
7 Yenawa Nbret ETH 1 0 7th 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $1,500
8 Asayech Ayichew ETH 1 0 8th 2026 · Prefontaine Classic $1,000
Aleshign Baweke $10k Hirut Meshesha $6,000 Shelby Houlihan $4,000 Marta Alemayo $3,000 Margot Appleton $2,500 Karissa Schweizer $2,000 Yenawa Nbret $1,500 Asayech Ayichew $1,000

Aleshign Baweke has collected $10,000 of the $30,000 this discipline has paid out, 33.3% of it. Nobody on the list has been paid in it twice.

Every Diamond League women's 2 miles

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

$30,000
Every running of the Diamond League women's 2 miles on this site, with its winner and what it paid.
SEASON MEETING WINNER THE WIN EVENT PAID
2026 Prefontaine Classic 3 to 4 July Aleshign Baweke ETH $10,000 $30,000
1 1 running 1 winner $10,000 $30,000

It was run once, in 2026, for $30,000. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.

Where the women'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 women's 2 miles, with how often.
MEETING RUNNINGS PAID FOR IT
Prefontaine Classic 1 $30,000
1 meeting 1 $30,000

Prefontaine Classic is the only meeting on this site to have run it, and it paid $30,000 for it. That page holds everything the meeting has paid across every edition of it.

What each place pays in the women's 2 miles

The ladder this discipline has been paid under

eight places
What the Diamond League women's 2 miles has paid for each finishing place, on every rate card it has run under.
PLACE SERIES 2025-26
1st $10,000
2nd $6,000
3rd $4,000
4th $3,000
5th $2,500
6th $2,000
7th $1,500
8th $1,000
All eight $30,000

One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women'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 women's 2 miles?

$30,000 across one running of it, to eight athletes from two countries. That is 0.1% of everything the series has paid, and the 40th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.

What does a win in the women'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 women's 2 miles?

Aleshign Baweke, 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 women's 2 miles titles?

It has been run once, and Aleshign Baweke won it.

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

Once, in 2026, 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 women'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 three 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 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's 2 miles, which has paid $25,000.

Every other Diamond League discipline

Every Diamond League meeting

Every Diamond League season