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Maria Mutola and Justin Gatlin were the top prize-money winners
in track and field in 2003, according to a survey by The Track
Profile News Service. A total of more than $26 million in
prize money and bonuses was paid out.
Mozambique's Mutola also became the first sole winner of
the IAAF Golden League $1 million jackpot. Her total prize
money for the year was at least $1 330 624.
US sprinter Gatlin won $500 000 in the Moscow Challenge, giving
him a total of at least $602 205 for the year.
Second on the men's earnings list was Hicham El Guerrouj
($279 841), followed by triple jumper Christian Olsson ($254
304). El Guerrouj's fellow-IAAF Athlete of the Year, South
Africa's Hestrie Cloete, followed Mutola on the women's list
with $323 560. World pole vault champion Svetlana Feofanova
was third ($318 884).
A total of 27 men worldwide earned $100 000 or more, while
only 19 women did the same.
The top ten men and women, with earnings in US$:
MEN
1. Justin Gatlin, USA, 602,205
2. Hicham El Guerrouj, MAR, 279,841
3. Christian Olsson, SWE, 254,304
4. Dwain Chambers, GBR, 234,260
5. Allen Johnson, USA, 226,420
6. Saif Saaeed Shaheen, QAT, 181,441
7. John Capel, USA, 175,245
8. Haile Gebrselassie, ETH, 167,056
9. Kenenisa Bekele, ETH, 164,130
10. Dwight Phillips, USA, 152,360
… 19. Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, RSA, 119,854
WOMEN
1. Maria Mutola, MOZ, 1,330,624
2. Hestrie Cloete, RSA, 323,560
3. Svetlana Feofanova, RUS, 318,884
4. Kelli White, USA, 304,856
5. Chryste Gaines, USA, 210,392
6. Tatyana Lebedeva, RUS, 188,147
7. Torri Edwards, USA, 154,078
8. Carolina Kluft, SWE, 153,420
9. Vita Palamar, UKR, 153,140
10. Muriel Hurtis, FRA, 152,198
source Time-to-Run
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