Women's 800 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $3,795,000 in the women's 800 m, to 165 athletes across 115 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Caster Semenya has taken more of it than anyone, $280,500.
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. Nine of the 115 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Ten of the 115 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 | Caster Semenya | 25 | 18 | 1st | $280,500 |
| 2 | Francine Niyonsaba | 25 | 10 | 2nd | $198,000 |
| 3 | Ajeé Wilson | 27 | 6 | 1st | $197,250 |
| 4 | Audrey Werro | 12 | 7 | 1st | $191,500 |
| 5 | Keely Hodgkinson | 19 | 9 | 1st | $169,000 |
| 6 | Eunice Sum | 24 | 11 | 1st | $156,500 |
| 7 | Mary Moraa | 14 | 9 | 1st | $148,500 |
| 8 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | 34 | 1 | 2nd | $140,000 |
| 9 | Janeth Jepkosgei | 23 | 2 | 1st | $96,000 |
| 10 | Habitam Alemu | 26 | 0 | 2nd | $82,250 |
| 11 | Lynsey Sharp | 26 | 1 | 1st | $81,500 |
| 12 | Georgia Hunter Bell | 9 | 2 | 1st | $77,500 |
| 13 | Halimah Nakaayi | 27 | 0 | 3rd | $68,500 |
| 14 | Rénelle Lamote | 24 | 1 | 1st | $65,250 |
| 15 | Alysia Montaño | 14 | 2 | 1st | $61,000 |
| 16 | Prudence Sekgodiso | 16 | 2 | 2nd | $60,000 |
| 17 | Raevyn Rogers | 17 | 0 | 2nd | $59,750 |
| 18 | Jemma Reekie | 18 | 1 | 1st | $59,250 |
| 19 | Tsige Duguma | 8 | 3 | 1st | $57,250 |
| 20 | Jennifer Meadows | 13 | 2 | 1st | $52,500 |
| 21 | Brenda Martinez | 13 | 2 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 22 | Addison Wiley | 11 | 1 | 1st | $51,500 |
| 23 | Malika Akkaoui | 16 | 0 | 2nd | $51,000 |
| 24 | Athing Mu | 3 | 3 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 25 | Kate Grace | 10 | 1 | 2nd | $45,750 |
| 26 | Femke Broeders-Bol | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $44,000 |
| 27 | Margaret Wambui | 9 | 0 | 3rd | $40,000 |
| 28 | Pamela Jelimo | 6 | 2 | 1st | $39,500 |
| 29 | Halima Hachlaf | 7 | 2 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 30 | Molly Ludlow | 14 | 0 | 2nd | $38,500 |
| 31 | Catriona Bisset | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $34,750 |
| 32 | Laura Muir | 7 | 2 | 1st | $34,500 |
| 33 | Kenia Sinclair | 6 | 2 | 1st | $32,500 |
| 34 | Anaïs Bourgoin | 8 | 0 | 3rd | $29,500 |
| 35 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | 14 | 0 | 3rd | $29,500 |
| 36 | Fantu Magiso | 4 | 2 | 1st | $29,000 |
| 37 | Lilian Odira | 3 | 1 | 1st | $25,500 |
| 38 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | 11 | 0 | 3rd | $25,000 |
| 39 | Nelly Jepkosgei | 6 | 1 | 1st | $24,500 |
| 40 | Chanelle Price | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $23,500 |
Caster Semenya has collected $280,500 of the $3,795,000 this discipline has paid out, 7.4% of it. Caster Semenya has won 18 of them, more than anyone else. 110 of the 165 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 165.
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 2010 seven times. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 12 | $578,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 13 | $435,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 7 | $365,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 9 | $270,000 |
| Athletissima | 9 | $260,500 |
| Doha Diamond League | 8 | $240,000 |
| Bislett Games | 8 | $219,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 7 | $213,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 7 | $203,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 7 | $200,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 6 | $189,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 5 | $147,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 5 | $139,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 5 | $135,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 2 | $60,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games | 2 | $60,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 2 | $50,000 |
| British Grand Prix | 1 | $30,000 |
| 18 meetings | 115 | $3,795,000$3.8m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Prefontaine Classic has run it thirteen times and paid $435,000 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 115 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?
$3,795,000 across 115 runnings of it, to 165 athletes from 42 countries. That is 3.3% of everything the series has paid, and the 8th 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. Nine of the 115 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?
Caster Semenya, on $280,500 from 25 paid finishes, 18 of them wins. 110 of the 165 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 800 m titles?
Caster Semenya, on 18 wins. 34 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 800 m across the 115 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 800 m?
115 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 18 different meetings. Prefontaine Classic has run it thirteen 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. 904 payments have gone to 165 athletes in this discipline, and 102 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 sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's 800 m, which has paid $3,808,500.
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