Belgium athletics prize money
Belgium has taken $539,875 out of athletics, 30th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Eliott Crestan is the biggest earner on $56,500, 10.5% of the national total.
$394,875 of that belongs to 43 athletes by name. The other $145,000 is the federation's, won by ten teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Belgium athlete athletics has paid
43 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eliott Crestan | 11 | — | $56,500 |
| 2 | Ben Broeders | 21 | 1 | $54,500 |
| 3 | Isaac Kimeli | 3 | 1 | $47,000 |
| 4 | Nafissatou Thiam | 7 | 1 | $29,250 |
| 5 | Thomas Carmoy | 10 | — | $26,125 |
| 6 | Alexander Doom | 9 | 1 | $21,250 |
| 7 | Paulien Couckuyt | 6 | — | $15,750 |
| 8 | Naomi Van den Broeck | 4 | — | $15,500 |
| 9 | Cynthia Bolingo | 2 | 1 | $13,500 |
| 10 | Michael Obasuyi | 4 | — | $12,500 |
| 11 | Philip Milanov | 5 | — | $10,250 |
| 12 | Julien Watrin | 5 | — | $7,250 |
| 13 | Daniel Segers | 3 | — | $6,500 |
| 14 | Jente Hauttekeete | 1 | — | $6,000 |
| 15 | Jonathan Sacoor | 3 | — | $5,500 |
| 16 | Timothy Herman | 4 | — | $5,250 |
| 17 | Robin Vanderbemden | 2 | — | $4,750 |
| 18 | Ruben Verheyden | 3 | — | $4,500 |
| 19 | Kevin Borlée | 3 | — | $4,250 |
| 20 | Renée Eykens | 2 | — | $4,000 |
| 21 | Delphine Nkansa | 4 | — | $3,750 |
| 22 | Elien Vekemans | 3 | — | $3,750 |
| 23 | Ismael Debjani | 3 | — | $3,500 |
| 24 | Jochem Vermeulen | 2 | — | $3,500 |
| 25 | Rani Rosius | 3 | — | $3,250 |
| 26 | Anne Zagré | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 27 | Elie Bacari | 1 | — | $2,500 |
| 28 | Noor Vidts | 2 | — | $2,250 |
| 29 | Merel Maes | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 30 | Tim van de Velde | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 31 | Yanni Sampson | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 32 | Helena Ponette | 2 | — | $1,750 |
| 33 | Camille Laus | 2 | — | $1,500 |
| 34 | Jonathan Borlée | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 35 | Saliyya Guisse | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 36 | Dylan Borlée | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 37 | Ilona Masson | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 38 | Imke Vervaet | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 39 | Kobe Vleminckx | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 40 | Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 41 | Elise Vanderelst | 1 | — | $750 |
| 42 | Hanne Claes | 1 | — | $750 |
| 43 | Jef Vermeiren | 1 | — | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 42 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 43
Eliott Crestan holds 10.5% of everything Belgium has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 29.3% of it between them, and $9,183 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Belgium
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 42 | 5 | $300,875 | — | $300,875 |
| World Championships | 2 | — | $42,000 | $52,000 | $94,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 3 | 1 | $52,000 | $60,000 | $112,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Relays | — | — | — | $33,000 | $33,000 |
| Cross Country | — | — | — | — | — |
| All six | 43 | 6 | $394,875 | $145,000 | $539,875 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Belgium on $300,875, 55.7% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Belgium. Belgium has won nothing at the Ultimate Championship and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 43: four athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Eliott Crestan has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Indoor Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
10 team payments, paid to Belgium rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 1st | Jonathan Sacoor, Ilana Hanssens, Julien Watrin, Helena Ponette | $40,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 2nd | Jonathan Sacoor, Christian Iguacel, Julien Watrin, Robin Vanderbemden | $20,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Dylan Borlée, Imke Vervaet, Alexander Doom, Helena Ponette | $20,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 2nd | Jonathan Sacoor, Robin Vanderbemden, Daniel Segers, Alexander Doom | $20,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 4th | Jonathan Sacoor, Robin Vanderbemden, Alexander Doom, Daniel Segers | $16,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 4th | Naomi Van den Broeck, Imke Vervaet, Camille Laus, Helena Ponette | $16,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Rani Vincke, Rani Rosius, Lien Torfs, Delphine Nkansa | $4,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Julien Watrin, Ilana Hanssens, Florent Mabille, Manon de Marez | $4,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 7th | Julien Watrin, Robin Vanderbemden, Dylan Borlée, Alexander Doom | $3,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Janie De Naeyer, Lotte Van Lent, Robbe Torfs, Rendel Vermeulen | $2,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Belgium against the rest
Where $539,875 puts Belgium
That is 0.7% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 30th out of 121. Belgium has Bahrain above on $593,250 and Slovenia below on $522,625.
The biggest of the 121 is the United States on $16,292,792, which is 21.7% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Belgium
- Germany
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
- Qatar
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Ireland
- Sri Lanka
- Lithuania
- Croatia
- Venezuela
- Senegal
- Puerto Rico
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Belgium won in athletics?
$539,875 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 30th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 0.7% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Belgium athlete earns the most prize money?
Eliott Crestan, on $56,500 from eleven paid finishes. That is 10.5% of everything Belgium has won. Ben Broeders is next on $54,500.
Does prize money won by Belgium go to the athlete or the federation?
$394,875 of that belongs to 43 athletes by name. The other $145,000 is the federation's, won by ten teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Belgium have won athletics prize money?
43, sharing $394,875 between them, which is $9,183 each. Five of them have won a title, 6 in all. Four have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Belgium
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Belgium against the other 120 the sport has paid.