IAAF World Cup in Athletics logo (© c)
A total prize purse of $2,972,000 will be paid by the IAAF at this weekend’s 10th IAAF World Cup in Athletics, Athens, Greece (16 -17 September 2006)
(all amounts are in US$)
Places / Prize*
Individual events
1st 30,000
2nd 15,000
3rd 10,000
4th 7000
5th 5000
6th 3000
7th 2000
8th 1000
Relay events
1st 30,000
2nd 20,000
3rd 10,000
4th 8000
5th 6000
6th 5000
7th 4000
8th 3000
Any Athletes surpassing a World Record in the World Cup of Athletics will be awarded US $100,000.
All prize winners must undergo and clear the usual anti-doping procedures.
The performances of the host team Greece are not part of the prize money structure. For example, if a Greek athlete finishes fourth, then the athletes in the five places behind are rewarded with prize money as if they had finished fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth.