Women's 800 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,954,000 in the women's 800 m, to 92 athletes across 56 runnings of it, from 2017 to 2026. Audrey Werro has taken more of it than anyone, $191,500.
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: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Ten of the 56 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's 800 m has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Audrey Werro | 12 | 7 | 1st | $191,500 |
| 2 | Keely Hodgkinson | 19 | 9 | 1st | $169,000 |
| 3 | Mary Moraa | 14 | 9 | 1st | $148,500 |
| 4 | Ajeé Wilson | 10 | 4 | 1st | $106,750 |
| 5 | Natoya Goule | 26 | 1 | 2nd | $106,500 |
| 6 | Georgia Hunter Bell | 9 | 2 | 1st | $77,500 |
| 7 | Halimah Nakaayi | 27 | 0 | 3rd | $68,500 |
| 8 | Caster Semenya | 6 | 6 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 9 | Prudence Sekgodiso | 16 | 2 | 2nd | $60,000 |
| 10 | Jemma Reekie | 18 | 1 | 1st | $59,250 |
| 11 | Tsige Duguma | 8 | 3 | 1st | $57,250 |
| 12 | Addison Wiley | 11 | 1 | 1st | $51,500 |
| 13 | Athing Mu | 3 | 3 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 14 | Raevyn Rogers | 13 | 0 | 2nd | $49,250 |
| 15 | Habitam Alemu | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $44,250 |
| 16 | Femke Broeders-Bol | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $44,000 |
| 17 | Kate Grace | 8 | 1 | 2nd | $40,250 |
| 18 | Rénelle Lamote | 19 | 0 | 2nd | $40,250 |
| 19 | Catriona Bisset | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $34,750 |
| 20 | Anaïs Bourgoin | 8 | 0 | 3rd | $29,500 |
| 21 | Laura Muir | 5 | 2 | 1st | $29,000 |
| 22 | Sage Hurta | 11 | 0 | 3rd | $26,000 |
| 23 | Lilian Odira | 3 | 1 | 1st | $25,500 |
| 24 | Francine Niyonsaba | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $24,000 |
| 25 | Sarah Billings | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $20,500 |
| 26 | Nelly Jepkosgei | 4 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 27 | Hanna Green | 4 | 1 | 1st | $16,500 |
| 28 | Saida Tsehaye | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $16,000 |
| 29 | Lynsey Sharp | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $15,500 |
| 30 | Shafiqua Maloney | 7 | 0 | 4th | $15,250 |
| 31 | Winnie Nanyondo | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $15,000 |
| 32 | Oratile Nowe | 6 | 0 | 4th | $14,000 |
| 33 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $13,500 |
| 34 | Olha Lyakhova | 3 | 0 | 4th | $13,000 |
| 35 | Margaret Wambui | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 36 | Rose Mary Almanza | 2 | 1 | 1st | $11,500 |
| 37 | Faith Kipyegon | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 38 | Anita Horvat | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $9,750 |
| 39 | Veronica Vancardo | 3 | 0 | 4th | $9,000 |
| 40 | Elena Bellò | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $8,750 |
Audrey Werro has collected $191,500 of the $1,954,000 this discipline has paid out, 9.8% of it. Keely Hodgkinson and Mary Moraa have won nine of them, more than anyone else. 62 of the 92 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 92.
Every Diamond League women's 800 m
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women's 800 m 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: 2026 ran it nine times and 2017 twice. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the women's 800 m is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 4 | $285,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 6 | $270,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 7 | $255,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 5 | $150,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 5 | $150,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 5 | $140,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 4 | $139,000 |
| Bislett Games | 5 | $135,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 4 | $125,000 |
| Athletissima | 4 | $120,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 2 | $55,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 2 | $50,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 1 | $30,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 1 | $25,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 1 | $25,000 |
| 15 meetings | 56 | $1,954,000$2.0m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Prefontaine Classic has run it seven times and paid $255,000 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's 800 m
The nine ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 | $60,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $9,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's 800 m 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 ten 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 800 m?
$1,954,000 across 56 runnings of it, to 92 athletes from 33 countries. That is 3.6% of everything the series has paid, and the 4th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's 800 m 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: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the women's 800 m?
Audrey Werro, on $191,500 from twelve paid finishes, seven of them wins. 62 of the 92 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 800 m titles?
Keely Hodgkinson and Mary Moraa, on nine wins apiece. 19 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 800 m across the 56 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 800 m?
56 times across nine seasons, from 2017 to 2026, on the programmes of fifteen different meetings. Prefontaine Classic has run it seven 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 800 m pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 447 payments have gone to 92 athletes in this discipline, and 88 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 800 m, which has paid $1,879,000.
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