Women's 400 m hurdles prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,828,500 in the women's 400 m hurdles, to 65 athletes across 56 runnings of it, from 2018 to 2026. Femke Bol has taken more of it than anyone, $400,000.
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. Seven of the 56 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Two of the 56 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's 400 m hurdles has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Femke Bol | 28 | 28 | 1st | $400,000 |
| 2 | Rushell Clayton | 28 | 5 | 1st | $145,250 |
| 3 | Shamier Little | 20 | 2 | 2nd | $131,500 |
| 4 | Anna Cockrell | 14 | 4 | 1st | $113,500 |
| 5 | Dalilah Muhammad | 17 | 6 | 1st | $110,500 |
| 6 | Janieve Russell | 32 | 0 | 3rd | $97,000 |
| 7 | Emma Zapletalová | 13 | 5 | 2nd | $96,500 |
| 8 | Gianna Woodruff | 26 | 1 | 2nd | $86,000 |
| 9 | Anna Ryzhykova | 31 | 0 | 3rd | $83,500 |
| 10 | Sydney McLaughlin | 3 | 3 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 11 | Andrenette Knight | 18 | 1 | 2nd | $66,250 |
| 12 | Ayomide Folorunso | 26 | 0 | 3rd | $48,750 |
| 13 | Shiann Salmon | 9 | 1 | 1st | $39,250 |
| 14 | Amalie Iuel | 17 | 0 | 4th | $36,000 |
| 15 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | 18 | 0 | 2nd | $30,000 |
| 16 | Zuzana Hejnová | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $28,500 |
| 17 | Léa Sprunger | 10 | 0 | 5th | $18,750 |
| 18 | Ashley Spencer | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $18,000 |
| 19 | Jasmine Jones | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $18,000 |
| 20 | Paulien Couckuyt | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $15,750 |
| 21 | Jessie Knight | 9 | 0 | 3rd | $13,500 |
| 22 | Lina Nielsen | 8 | 0 | 4th | $12,000 |
| 23 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | 5 | 0 | 4th | $11,000 |
| 24 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | 5 | 0 | 5th | $10,000 |
| 25 | Kori Carter | 4 | 0 | 4th | $9,000 |
| 26 | Viivi Lehikoinen | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 27 | Naomi Van den Broeck | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $8,500 |
| 28 | Sage Watson | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $7,750 |
| 29 | Kemi Adekoya | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $6,500 |
| 30 | Nnenya Hailey | 4 | 0 | 4th | $6,250 |
| 31 | Anna Hall | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $5,750 |
| 32 | Meghan Beesley | 4 | 0 | 6th | $5,750 |
| 33 | Tia-Adana Belle | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $4,500 |
| 34 | Wenda Nel | 3 | 0 | 4th | $4,500 |
| 35 | Jessica Turner | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $4,000 |
| 36 | Louise Maraval | 3 | 0 | 5th | $4,000 |
| 37 | Sarah Carli | 2 | 0 | 5th | $4,000 |
| 38 | Savannah Sutherland | 2 | 0 | 6th | $4,000 |
| 39 | Leah Nugent | 4 | 0 | 5th | $3,500 |
| 40 | Line Kloster | 4 | 0 | 6th | $3,250 |
Femke Bol has collected $400,000 of the $1,828,500 this discipline has paid out, 21.9% of it. Femke Bol has won 28 of them, more than anyone else. 47 of the 65 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 65.
Every Diamond League women's 400 m hurdles
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women's 400 m hurdles paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2024 ran it nine times and 2018 once. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the women's 400 m hurdles is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 6 | $335,000 |
| Bislett Games | 8 | $219,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 7 | $190,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 4 | $175,000 |
| Athletissima | 6 | $159,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 4 | $130,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 4 | $105,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 3 | $105,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 2 | $85,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 3 | $80,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 2 | $60,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 2 | $55,000 |
| Anniversary Games | 2 | $54,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 1 | $25,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| 16 meetings | 56 | $1,828,500$1.8m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Bislett Games has run it eight times and paid $219,500 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's 400 m hurdles
The seven ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's 400 m hurdles 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. The Diamond+ columns are the two of 56 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the women's 400 m hurdles?
$1,828,500 across 56 runnings of it, to 65 athletes from 27 countries. That is 3.4% of everything the series has paid, and the 11th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's 400 m hurdles pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. 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. Seven of the 56 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the women's 400 m hurdles?
Femke Bol, on $400,000 from 28 paid finishes, 28 of them wins. 47 of the 65 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 400 m hurdles titles?
Femke Bol, on 28 wins. Ten different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 400 m hurdles across the 56 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 400 m hurdles?
56 times across eight seasons, from 2018 to 2026, on the programmes of sixteen different meetings. Bislett Games has run it eight times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the women's 400 m hurdles pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 445 payments have gone to 65 athletes in this discipline, and twelve 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 400 m hurdles, which has paid $1,865,250.
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