Seeing the article about Paula Radcliffe winning a lamp (when the men's winner won a TV) got me thinking- what is the worst prize you have ever won?
For me, I once won a $20 gift certificate to a restaurant for getting second place in a local 5k ... the restaurant closed a week later and I never got to use it. Probably not a huge loss in the end, since a dinner for 2 would have probably been closer to $100 at that place.