The Alpine Ski World Cup season is over and the FIS has published official data on the prize money earned by alpine skiers for the 2017/2018 season. The ranking was topped by American Mikaela Shiffrin, whose prize money for the season amounted to 702,774.88 Swiss francs (~741,044 USD). Michaela won 12 races and won the Big Crystal Globe for the second time in a row. She surpassed Marcel Hirscher in terms of the amount of prize money, despite the fact that the Austrian won 13 World Cup events this season. The Austrian's prize money amounted to CHF 669,681 (excluding advertising and sponsorship contracts).
The most successful Norwegian was Henrik Kristoffersen, with one win and 14 podium places he won 345,071 francs. Henrik took second place among men both in the overall standings and in terms of the amount of money earned. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland) took second place in the women's prize money, earning CHF 273,794. In third place is American Lindsey Vonn, who won 264,430 Swiss francs this season. Hot on the heels of the American are German Victoria Rebensburg and Italian Sofia Goggia - both earned more than 261 thousand francs during the season. Swiss Beat Feuz, who won the World Cup in downhill - the third most prize money among men, replenished his budget by 260,875 CHF.
The most successful Russian athlete became Pavel Trikhichev, for the season his prize money amounted to 22,355 Swiss francs (excluding taxes), second place in Wengen brought Pavel 20,000 CHF. In terms of the amount of money earned this season, Pavel rose to 45th place among all World Cup alpine skiers.
Prize money is awarded to everyone who finishes in the top thirty in the Alpine Ski World Cup races. The most “generous” men's stages are the downhill and slalom in Kitzbühel, the winners of these competitions receive 74 thousand Swiss francs, and 55,500 CHF are awarded for first place in the super-G. For victory in Schladming, the slalomist receives a prize money of 69,331 CHF; at other prestigious stages, the maximum prize amount is 45,000 Swiss francs, both in technical and speed disciplines. For women, the most “lucrative” stage is the slalom in Flachau, where 79,028.88 CHF was awarded for victory this year. In second place in terms of “generosity” of the classic stages is the Austrian Bad Kleinkirchheim (CHF 54,000 per victory). Prize money at other women's stages is much more modest. The winners of this year's City Event in Oslo received 55,000 francs.
Despite the fact that the prize money at the World Cup stages is quite large, participation in the World Cup at a professional level requires significant expenses. Thus, this year alpine skiers participated in 36 stages of the World Cup (excluding the trip to the Olympics), while at many stages there are several races at once, and downhill skiing requires participation in three training sessions before the main start. The girls had 38 races on the calendar this season, with a total of 45 events scheduled. This season, female skiers visited 22 resorts (if you count both speed and technical competitions) and in Korea, the men's stages took place at 20 ski resorts.
Not all national federations support and sponsor their athletes, providing them with air tickets and preferential/free accommodation at the World Cup stages. Thus, American athletes are only partially compensated for the costs of flights and accommodation, and this applies only to alpine skiers who are among the top 15. Significant contributions are required from the remaining members of the team (from $30,000 per year). At the same time, many federations of Alpine countries provide significant support to both young and experienced athletes, primarily through long-term cooperation with sponsors.
The Winter World Cups ended last weekend. This season, these competitions have remained in the shadow of the Olympics, but for many athletes, performances at the World Cups and Grand Prix remain the main content of their careers and the main source of income. After all, the World Cups were initially conceived not as minor warm-ups before the Olympics or world championships, but as full-fledged commercial starts.
Reward systems in international federations are structured differently. For example, in biathlon the bonus program is quite simple. Each individual race has 42,000 euros at stake, with 12,000 going to the winner. The situation is approximately the same in skiing, where 40,000 Swiss francs are played for each start, with 15,000 of them going to the winner. In both cases, the first ten athletes earn money.
The top ten also receive additional prize money in biathlon overall standings World Cup at the end of the season. First place brings 25,000 euros. Leading the overall standings or one of the four individual events during the season also gives biathletes bonuses. Participating in the race in a yellow or red jersey allows you to earn an additional 500 euros, and in a yellow-red jersey - 1000 euros. The IBU Cup also has its own prize money, and successful performance in the Nations Cup brings money to the federations.
In skiing, the system of distributing money depending on the start is more complex. Thus, at stages included in the opening round of the season in Kuusamo, the Tour de Ski or the closing round in Falun, prize money is paid only to the first three participants. But based on the results of the competition, the money is distributed among the top ten. The winner of the Kuusamo stage earns 33,500 Swiss francs, in Falun - 33,750, and in the Tour de Ski - 90,000.
At the end of the World Cup, only the top six receive prizes for the best places in the overall standings, and the winner receives an additional 25,375 francs. Also in skiing there are bonuses for placing in the top three in the Tour de Ski sprint competition and the title best athlete under 23 years of age at the end of the season. In general, the earnings of the best skiers on the planet are slightly higher than those of best biathletes, although the difference is small.
In alpine skiing, the amount of prize money at different stages may differ and depends on the prize fund. FIS does not give a detailed breakdown, but it is known that the minimum prize for each start in one of the World Cup disciplines is 100,000 Swiss francs for ten people. Big Winners crystal globes Austrians Anna Fenninger and Marcel Hirscher added more than 268,000 and 283,000 euros to their account last season, respectively. This is the highest income in all winter species sports
A complex system is used by FIS to distribute prize money in men's ski jumping. In each individual start, 71,800 Swiss francs are at stake (this amount is higher only in alpine skiing). However, this money is distributed more evenly - among all 30 athletes who scored points. Therefore, the best at the end of the season earn less than in skiing and biathlon. There is, however, also the “Four Hills Tour”, where the organizers pay out additional prize money. By the way, in women's ski jumping the income in comparison with men's is not yet comparable.
Skaters receive prize money only if they finish in the top three at the end of a separate start. The main source of income here is a place in the top ten individually at the end of the season (for the mass start - in the top five). Winning your distance in the World Cup brings you $15,000. In addition, the overall World Cup winner receives an additional $20,000 bonus.
In short track speed skating, prize money is paid only based on the results of the entire World Cup. Winning the competition at one of the distances brings you $5,000. A similar system is used in bobsleigh and skeleton.
Good prize money is awarded at the “Grand Prix” stages for skaters. Money comes from both finishing in the top five at one stage ($18,000 per victory) and participating in the series final ($25,000 per victory). But since you can only take part in two stages, you won’t be able to earn more than $61,000 here in any way. This season, Mao Asada, Alena Savchenko/Robin Shelkov and Meryl Davis/Charlie White managed to do this. Couples, of course, split the income between them.
PRIZE AWARDS AT SELECTED STAGES OF THE WORLD CUP AND GRAND PRIX (IN EURO)
| Kind of sport | Personal start | Team start | ||
| The whole amount | Winner | The whole amount | Winner | |
| Biathlon | 42 000 (10*) | 12 000 | 55 100 (6) | 20 000 |
| Skis** | 32 835,84 (10) | 12 313 | 24 627 (6) | 9 851 |
| Ski jumping (M) | 58 940 (30) | 8 209 | 57 463 (3) | 24 627 |
| Ski jumping (W) | 14 727 (15) | 2 463 | 8 209 (3) | 4 925 |
| Biathlon | 27 213 (20) | 6 567 | 24 627 (3/6***) | 13 134/9 851*** |
| Skiing | 82 090 (10) | no data | - | - |
| Freestyle | 16 418 (10) | 6 978 | - | - |
| Snowboard | 20 522 (10) | 9 235 | - | - |
| Skates | 2 392 (3) | 1 087 | 3 479 (3) | 1 522 |
| Figure skating**** | 32 616 (5) | 13 046,4 | - | - |
* the number of participants, pairs or teams by which the entire amount is divided.
**except for stages of the Tour de Ski, as well as starts in Kuusamo and Falun.
*** team competition/team sprint.
****except for the Grand Prix final.
For alpine skiing, freestyle and snowboarding, the minimum possible payouts are given.
PRIZES FOR THE SEASON OF SOME OVERALL WINNERS OF THE WORLD CUP
| Name | Floor | A country | Kind of sport | Prize money, euros |
| Marcel HIRSCHER | M | Austria | Skiing | 283 919 |
| Anna FENNINGER | AND | Austria | Skiing | 268 237 |
| Martin Jonsrud Sundby | M | Norway | Skis | 196 092 |
| Teresa JOHAUG | AND | Norway | Skis | 187 267 |
| Martin FOURCADE | M | France | Biathlon | 178 350 |
| Kaisa MAKARAINEN | AND | Finland | Biathlon | 137 800 |
| Kamil STOCH | M | Poland | Ski jumping | 121 082 |
| Eric Frenzel | M | Germany | Biathlon | 70 146 |
| Sarah TAKANASHI | AND | Japan | Ski jumping | 48 515 |
| Heather RICHARDSON | AND | USA | Skates | 41 241 |
| Shani DAVIS | M | USA | Skates | 38 580 |
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The planned major changes in the program of cross-country skiing competitions caused an appropriately strong reaction among all interested parties. Let's try to look at the problem of urgent changes from the point of view of their initiators. Not all of their arguments were voiced and explained.
The main reason for the innovations was the decline in spectator interest in cross-country skiing. And this trend directly entails a decrease in the attention of other interested parties - investors.
The main sources of income for the International ski federation FIS – sale of television rights and sponsorship investments. Previously "LS" magazine. The trends have not changed. Let's now take a look at the federation's treasury.
I suggest not to go deep into other people’s pockets, no matter how much you would like to, but just compare some of the FIS financial statements, which will be a good help in assessing popularity ski types. After all, “monetization” modern sports becomes no less an adequate indicator of its attractiveness than generally accepted TV ratings. Those on whom financial viability depends - advertisers, sponsors, partners - react just as sensitively as fans to the spectacle of the proposed sports event. The money “goes” to where the audience’s interest is noticeable.
The prize fund is a significant part of the budget, and it truly reflects the financial priorities of one of the world's largest sports federations. Ski racing is not among the favorites in this regard.
*men's tournament only
A comparison of prize payouts generally confirms the relationship between different skiing sports in terms of TV ratings. The more telegenic, tele-attractive disciplines have fatter wallets. Behind last years Sponsorship bins have increased noticeably for snowboarding and freestyle skiing, which are almost equal to ski racing in terms of the total amount of prize money. Freestyle and snowboarding received an additional Olympic quota in the program Winter Games, which significantly increases their financial attractiveness. Ski jumping is strengthening its financial potential due to the rapid development of women's sport. Next up is the participation of women in Nordic combined in the World Cup of the 2019/20 season and in the World Championships in 2021. The Olympics for combined skiers are planned for 2022.
And here ski race could lose Olympic marathon events in four years. FIS President Kasper thought about this more than once when discussing the prospects for the Games. True, it is possible that marathons will be replaced by… ski cross, and a mixed relay race may appear. But the likelihood of some reduction in the cross-country skiing program is very high. Just as it is quite possible that FIS will abandon such expensive and costly Olympic disciplines as downhill skiing and large ski jumping.
Fees
We have been accustomed to obligatory financial statistics in reporting on tennis, football and other prestigious sports. Earnings of representatives of different ski disciplines look more than modest compared to the income of the stars of advanced money sports. This is probably the main reason for the restrained interest in dividends for cyclical athletes (and maybe cyclists). However, world leaders can hardly be called poor and insolvent skiing, regardless of their specialization.
Alpine skiing is the sweetest FIS sport in terms of all financial indicators. Leader skiers earn many times more than representatives of other disciplines. Gender inequality in the distribution of prize money has long ceased, and female champions often earn more than men. This was the case last season in alpine skiing. American Mikaela Schifrin earned 70 thousand francs more than the Austrian World Cup winner Marcel Hirscher (529 thousand prize money). Norwegian Heidi Weng was also financially more successful by 57 thousand francs compared to compatriot Martin Sundby (215 thousand) in cross-country skiing.
Prize payments in the 2016/17 FIS Men's World Cup
(Swiss francs)
Fees of Russian skiers
In the context of the prize money received, a small digression from the main topic of the article will probably be interesting. The prize money earned by the best Russian racer Sergei Ustyugov in the 2016/17 season (172 thousand) corresponds to the level of 6-7 places in the Alpine Ski Cup and approximately third place in ski jumping.
The best Russian ski jumper Evgeny Klimov, who took 17th place in the World Cup, earned 38 thousand francs. But the Russian ski racer Alexander Bessmertnykh has 9.5 thousand francs on his account for 11th place in the distance and 15th in the overall cup rankings. Sprint specialization allows some athletes to earn no worse than distance athletes. For example, Gleb Retivykh, the second Russian driver in cup fees, earned 21 thousand for 11th place among sprinters, and Natalya Matveeva’s seventh place in the sprint classification brought the highest fee among her compatriots - 27 thousand francs. For comparison, the 11th place of Yulia Chekaleva, the best Russian woman in the overall cup standings, brought her 8.5 thousand in prize money.
Main marketsFIS
More than half (58%) of all sponsorship investments in FIS programs and projects come from three European countries: Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The American market is third in this ranking with a share of 15%. Russia is included in the “rest of the world” category with an insignificant contribution (data from REPUCOM).
Volume of sponsorship investments of leading winter sports markets
Now pay attention to the popularity of different types of skiing in the mentioned market leading countries. Alpine skiing is the undoubted favorite in the attractiveness rating. The only exception is Germany, where the priority of spectator interest is still given to biathlon (data from REPUCOM).
Popularity of winter (skiing) sports
In Italy, France, Sweden skiing also in the top reputation, but with less superiority over other disciplines.
Unfortunately, cross-country skiing has lost its once strong position in the winter popularity ratings, despite remaining fairly voluminous television coverage.
Volume of television broadcasts (hours) and television audience (million people) in ten leading winter sports countries
Over the years, alpine skiing has been gaining greatest number television airtime (almost 3,400 hours in the 2015/16 season) in the top ten countries supporting the winter sports market. This top 10 list also includes Russia.
While alpine skiing leads the world in terms of TV coverage, ski jumping attracts the largest number of viewers. The main contribution to the jumping television audience comes from watching the New Year's Four Hills Tournament.
The relatively low performance of freestyle and snowboarding should not be underestimated. These relatively new winter disciplines are rapidly gaining television appeal. It is already comparable to Nordic combined, and the enviable pace of expansion of their markets promises very enviable prospects for freestyle and snowboarding.
To be continued for sure. Soon.
Organized by the Ministry of Sports for athletes who, for one reason or another, did not make it to Pyeongchang. - organize competitions in which, as happened in skiing, athletes who have nothing to do with the Olympics often win, but at the same time receive very substantial bonuses. Let us remind you that they are equal to what was paid to the winners of the 2018 Games - 4 million rubles for first place, 2.5 million for second, and 1.7 million for third.
But there is one more side to this whole story. How comparable are these crazy “alternative” bonuses to the amounts they earn? Russian stars winter sports, excommunicated from Pyeongchang, at the World Cup stages - that is, through their daily work in competition with the best athletes in the world? The answer to this question was quite discouraging.
SKIS
This season, the International Ski Federation ( FIS ) reduced the bonus fund by almost a third. If in the previous three years 15 thousand Swiss francs (approximately 909 thousand rubles at the current exchange rate) were awarded for winning a race at the World Cup stage, now it is only 10 thousand (606 thousand rubles). Separate prize money is awarded for the Tour de Ski (by the way, this season they have been reduced by almost half) and for the final place in the overall World Cup standings.
Last Saturday Zealous took second place in the sprint at the World Cup in Lahti, overtaking in the process the world ski prodigy, three-time champion of the 2018 Games from Norway Johannes Klebo. And he received 7.5 thousand francs (approximately 450 thousand rubles) for this. Having won the sprint at alternative starts in Malinovka, Arkhangelsk region, where, Zealous received 4 million rubles.
BIATHLON
General prize fund The World Cup this season is 3.277 million euros. The winner of each race at the stage receives 13 thousand euros, the team that wins the relay receives 20 thousand. There are bonuses based on the results of the overall classification, the Nations Cup, as well as bonuses for entering the start line in the red or yellow jersey of the World Cup leader - 750 euros for each race.
Anton SHIPULIN 2.88 million rubles
Ekaterina YURLOVA-PERKHT 742 thousand rubles
Alternative starts will take place as part of the Russian Championship, scheduled for early April. Usually most of the leading biathletes simply did not come to it. Now the situation is different - you can earn more for winning one race than for the entire season in the World Cup.
SKATES
Winning a World Cup race is worth $1,500. If there are two identical distances at one stage, the amount is divided in half. Plus there are prizes for the final place in the overall World Cup and World Championships.
Prize money for Russian team leaders who did not go to Pyeongchang
Denis YUSKOV 471 thousand rubles
Pavel KULIZHNIKOV 216 thousand rubles
Not all amounts are reflected here: the same Yuskov will receive another 15 thousand dollars (approximately 850 thousand rubles) for winning the overall World Cup at a distance of 1500 meters - the World Cup final will take place on March 17-18 in Minsk. And in a week it will be possible to go to alternative starts in Kolomna.
SHORT TRACK
There are no prizes for individual stages of the World Cup. Only for places in the overall standings, plus performances at the World and European Championships.
Prize money for Russian team leaders who did not go to Pyeongchang
Victor AN 45 thousand rubles
Money An received only for 6th place in the all-around at the European Championships. It will be possible to earn something else at the World Championships, which will be held on March 16-18 in Canada - for winning a separate distance there is 2 thousand dollars, plus bonuses for the all-around. Alternative starts will take place on March 29 - April 1 in St. Petersburg.
As for bobsleigh and skeleton, there are no exact data on prize money for performances in the World Cup.
If we talk about sports where alternative starts are not provided, then, for example, figure skaters Ksenia Stolbova And Fedor Klimov, who missed the Olympics due to non-invitation of a partner, this season earned $54,500 (approximately 3.1 million rubles) in prize money between them.
Alexey Avdokhin - about how much winter sports heroes earn
To avoid any misunderstandings: we did not take into account personal contracts, salaries of the Ministry of Sports/CSP/regions/departments (in the case of Russia) and other income that cannot be calculated. Our text contains only the fees specified in official documents international federations.
World Cup and World Championship race
1st place - 13,000
2nd place - 10,000
3rd place - 7000...
10th place - 1000
Bonus for entering the race wearing a red or yellow bib– €750 (at the World Cup – €1000)
1st place - 28,000
2nd place - 23,000
3rd place - 18,000...
10th place – €6000
IBU Cup racing
1st place - 3000
2nd place - 2000
3rd place - 1500...
Biathlon is the only winter sport where prize payments are tied to the euro. At stake for each individual race is exactly 50 thousand (in total, the IBU spends more than €3.5 million on paying prize money to biathletes during the season), which is divided by those who finish in the top 10. You can earn a little more in the relay race - the winners receive 20 thousand for everyone (in the super mix - 10 thousand), 6th place guarantees 4 thousand.
Martin Fourcade is gradually approaching last year's result of 240 thousand, but Gabriela Soukalova will most likely not reach Daria Domracheva, who earned only 10 thousand less than the Frenchman a year ago. It is interesting that 18 of the 140 thousand earned by Fourcade went to him only for entering the races in a red or yellow (and more often in a red-yellow) jersey.
Ski race
All fees from the FIS (International Ski Federation) in Swiss francs (1 franc = 0.924 euros, or 64.5 rubles at the FIS rate)
World Cup race
1st place - 15,000
2nd place - 10,000
3rd place - 5000...
10th place - 250
Bonus at the end of the season for a place in the overall standings
1st place - 34,200
2nd place - 22,500
3rd place - 13,500...
6th place - 4500
Race in the Tour de Ski/Tour of Canada
1st place - 3000
2nd place - 2000
3rd place - 1000
Bonus at the end of the Tour de Ski/Tour Canada for a place in the general classification
1st place - 100,000
2nd place - 57,500/60,000
3rd place - 35,000/30,000...
10th place - 2000/1500
Bonus at the end of the Tour de Ski/Tour Canada for a place in the sprint classification
1st place - 6000/8000
2nd place - 3000/4000
3rd place - 2000/3000
Bonus for entering a Tour race wearing a red or yellow bib - 1000
The earnings of top ski stars are higher than in biathlon - the money that Fourcade and Soukalova plan to earn by the end of the season fell into the account of Sundby and Johaug by mid-January. The Norwegians earned more than half of their capital in ten days of the Tour de Ski - now it’s clear why skiers sometimes prefer it to the World Championships, and new stage races like the Tour of Canada appear on the ski calendar.
But it’s difficult to make good money without success in Tours, especially if you rarely win prizes. Evgeniy Belov has accumulated three and a half thousand francs this season (excluding modest relay bonuses), Alexander Legkov - a little more than one and a half thousand, and Max Vylegzhanin, except for 750 francs for fourth place in the December relay, has absolutely nothing.
Freestyle
Start of the World Cup
1st place — 11,250
2nd place - 5875
3rd place - 3125...
10th place - 375
Snowboard
Start of the World Cup
1st place — 11,250
2nd place - 5875
3rd place - 3125...
10th place - 375
In freestyle and snowboarding, the amounts are similar (in snowboarding they are diplomatically called minimum, but, as a rule, they are also the maximum) - if you try, you can earn around a hundred thousand Swiss francs in a season. The Russians are better at snowboarding - in addition to boardcrosser Olyunin, slalomists Andrei Sobolev (15,562) and Vic Wild (5,187) have made some money.
Ski jumping
Start of the World Cup (men/women)
1st place - 10,000/3000
2nd place - 8000/2400
3rd place – 6000/1800…
30/20th place - 100/330
Biathlon
Start of the World Cup
1st place - 8000
2nd place - 6000
3rd place - 4000...
20th place - 350
Jumping disciplines in skiing are paid more modestly than others, but they are hired with regularity and frequency: 37 starts per season for jumpers, 25 for combined athletes. In addition, team starts are decently paid in jumping - 30 thousand for the four winners, 22 thousand for second place, 18 thousand for third.
Finally, yesterday’s biathlete Evgeniy Klimov earned his first money in three years in the World Cup thanks to three finishes in the top 30. But in the biathlon, everything is the same for Russia - no money, no glory.
Skiing
Start of the World Cup
1st place - 41,500
2nd place - 18,000
3rd place - 9000...
30th place - 450
The most commercial of the winter disciplines, the top ten here are almost guaranteed to earn more than a hundred thousand per season. Last year's leaders, Austrians Anna Fenninger and Marcel Hirscher, between them won almost a million francs (431 thousand and 482 thousand, respectively), Alexander Khoroshilov finished a breakthrough season with 90 thousand. This season promises an increase - both for him and for the leaders.
Figure skating
All fees from the ISU (International Skating Union) in dollars
Place at the Grand Prix stage
1st place - 18,000
2nd place - 13,000
3rd place - 9000...
5th place - 2000
Place in the Grand Prix Final
1st place - 25,000
2nd place — 18,000
3rd place - 12,000...
6th place - 3000
European Championship and Four Continents Tournament
Singles/pairs skating and dancing (amount for two)
1st place - 20,000/30,000
2nd place - 13,000/19,500
3rd place - 8,000/12,000...
8th/6th place – 3000/6000
World Championship
Singles/pairs skating and dancing (for two)
1st place - 45,000/67,500
2nd place - 27,000/40,500
3rd place - 18,000/27,000
12th/10th place – 2000/4500
Skaters are unfairly limited to two stages of the Grand Prix, so a single skater will not be able to earn more than 61 thousand per series (but to do this, they need to win both stages and the final - this year only the Canadian dance duo managed to do this). Decent bonuses for European and world championships come to the rescue - not the level of alpine skiers, of course, but definitely more than other skating athletes (hockey players, of course, don’t count).
Skating
Start of the World Cup (if there are two identical races at one stage, the amount is divided in half)
1st place - 1500
2nd place - 1000
3rd place – 800
Bonus at the end of the season for a place in the overall standings in each individual distance
1st place - 15,000
2nd place - 10,000
3rd place - 7000...
10th place - 1500
World Championships (classical all-around / sprint all-around / individual distances)
1st place - 20,000/12,750/3500
2nd place - 12,000/7500/2000
3rd place – 8000/5000/1500…
12th place - 1000/500/250
Europe championship
1st place - 5000
2nd place - 3000
3rd place - 2000...
12th place - 250
At the speed skating World Cup, bonuses go only to the winners (and at those distances that are run twice per stage they are also cut in half - usually these are 500 meters, so Pavel Kulizhnikov suffers more than others), but here there are three decently paid world championships. In addition to Kulizhnikov, Denis Yuskov collected good bonuses (under 10 thousand) - only Pavel and the Dutch Sven Kramer and Kjeld News had more.
Short track
Bonus at the end of the season for a place in the overall standings for each individual distance
1st place - 5000
2nd place - 4000
3rd place - 3000...
10th place - 1000
World Championship (place in individual race)
1st place - 2000
2nd place - 1500
3rd place - 850
World Championship (place in final classification)
1st place - 6000
2nd place - 4000
3rd place - 3000...
12th place - 250
European Championship (place in the general classification)
1st place - 2500
2nd place - 1500
3rd place - 1000...
12th place - 250
There are no prizes for places at individual stages of the World Cup in short track speed skating. You can earn some money only at the end of the season or at the World Championships - for the top players it will be somewhere between 10 and 15 thousand dollars.
There are no official data on prize payouts in the World Cup for luge, bobsleigh and skeleton in the public domain.
