A total of US$2,464,000 is on offer from the IAAF as prize money at this week's IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016, which starts on Thursday (17) and continues until Sunday (20) at the Oregon Convention Center.
As has become traditional, there is also a US$50,000 bonus for any athlete setting a world record during the four-day championships.
PRIZE MONEY* at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016
Individual events (total US$ 2,288,000)
1st US$40,000
2nd US$20,000
3rd US$10,000
4th US$8000
5th US$6000
6th US$4000
Relays per team (total US$176,000)
1st US$40,000
2nd US$20,000
3rd US$10,000
4th US$8000
5th US$6000
6th US$4000
World record bonus
US$50,000 - for any athlete setting a world record.
* all awards are dependent upon athletes undergoing and clearing the usual anti-doping procedures
The final entry lists for the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland are now available.
The lists, as at 14 March 2016, are available to download as a PDF file in the ‘RELATED DOCUMENTS’ panel on the right-hand side of the following page.
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/news/event-previews-portland-2016
Individual event previews are also available on the IAAF website and can be found here.
Full coverage of the championships, including live results, multimedia and event information, will be available here.
NB: official start lists will only become available after the Technical Meeting, which takes place on Thursday 17 March at 1130 local time (GMT -7hrs).
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