Mondo Duplantis- Post College and Beyond!

[Big Tusk]

What happens with the Diamond League prize money in a two-way tie for first? Do they each get $10,000, or do they split the total money for first & second ($10K + $6K) and therefore get $8,000 each?

And who gets the automatic entry to Worlds?

[polevaultpower]

And who gets the automatic entry to Worlds?

I believe the prize money is added up and split, so they would each get $8,000.

The auto spot for Worlds is the overall winner. The vaulters would likely have a jump off at the finale, just not the regular meets.

[tandfman]

The "auto spot" is actually a wild card. It's up to the athlete's federation to enter or not enter the athlete. Moreover, if a country has two wild cards in an event--one for the defending champion and one for the DL winner--and they are different people, they can use only one of those wild cards.

[polevaultpower]

The question is, what happens if two pole vaulters (or high jumpers) tie for first in the Diamond League finale and don't want to have a jump off.

My assumption is most athletes would want the jump off in that situation. But what if they didn't? Can they be co-champions? Would the IAAF give two wild cards? It is a good question...

[dukehjsteve]

ok here is one final hypothetical... when a jump off is in the offing, but one athlete absolutely refuses but the other wants to go on, what then ? Does the one remaining keep jumping, higher or lower depending on his successes or failures until he clears a height, or does the refusing athlete's refusal give him a DQ and an automatic win to the other.. without any attempt(s) needed ?

[tandfman]

The rule is clear on that point. If only one refuses to jump in a jump-off, the other is declared the winner, whether or not he/she jumps. See IAAF Rule 181.9(e).

[Per Andersen]

The question is, what happens if two pole vaulters (or high jumpers) tie for first in the Diamond League finale and don't want to have a jump off.

My assumption is most athletes would want the jump off in that situation. But what if they didn't? Can they be co-champions? Would the IAAF give two wild cards? It is a good question...

This is exactly what happened at the World Indoor Champs in 2014. In the Women's HJ Licwinko and Kuchina were supposed to have a jump-off. However, they both declined and got to share 1st place.

[jazzcyclist]

The rule is clear on that point. If only one refuses to jump in a jump-off, the other is declared the winner, whether or not he/she jumps. See IAAF Rule 181.9(e).

That's what happened at the 2012 US Olympic Trials when Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix "tied" in the 100 final.

[gh]

That's what happened at the 2012 US Olympic Trials when Jeneba Tarmoh and Allyson Felix "tied" in the 100 final.

The rule only applies to the conduct of running a vertical jump. The OT 100 was an administrative issue outside the scope of the rules, which don't involve themselves with any given meet's qualifyign procedures.

[Atticus]

I see Mondo is jumping in Göteborg tomorrow.
Too low key for a 6?