Italy athletics prize money
Italy has taken $2,130,250 out of athletics, 7th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Larissa Iapichino is the biggest earner on $347,500, 16.3% of the national total.
$2,086,250 of that belongs to 69 athletes by name. The other $44,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Italy athlete athletics has paid
69 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larissa Iapichino | 19 | 7 | $347,500 |
| 2 | Gianmarco Tamberi | 21 | 6 | $299,250 |
| 3 | Andy Díaz | 20 | 12 | $298,500 |
| 4 | Mattia Furlani | 14 | 2 | $165,250 |
| 5 | Leonardo Fabbri | 24 | 5 | $165,000 |
| 6 | Nadia Battocletti | 9 | 2 | $121,500 |
| 7 | Zaynab Dosso | 10 | 1 | $77,500 |
| 8 | Roberta Bruni | 19 | — | $50,875 |
| 9 | Matteo Sioli | 7 | 2 | $49,750 |
| 10 | Ayomide Folorunso | 26 | — | $48,750 |
| 11 | Andrea Dallavalle | 5 | — | $41,250 |
| 12 | Lorenzo Simonelli | 9 | — | $35,750 |
| 13 | Antonella Palmisano | 1 | — | $35,000 |
| 14 | Alessandro Sibilio | 3 | 1 | $23,000 |
| 15 | Filippo Tortu | 12 | — | $22,250 |
| 16 | Iliass Aouani | 1 | — | $22,000 |
| 17 | Marco Fassinotti | 8 | — | $21,000 |
| 18 | Marcell Jacobs | 7 | — | $19,750 |
| 19 | Filippo Randazzo | 5 | 1 | $17,000 |
| 20 | Dariya Derkach | 7 | — | $16,750 |
| 21 | Zane Weir | 10 | — | $16,500 |
| 22 | Elena Vallortigara | 12 | — | $15,000 |
| 23 | Tobia Bocchi | 5 | — | $11,750 |
| 24 | Fausto Desalu | 9 | — | $11,000 |
| 25 | Davide Re | 3 | — | $9,500 |
| 26 | Elena Bellò | 5 | — | $8,750 |
| 27 | Daisy Osakue | 6 | — | $7,500 |
| 28 | Yohanes Chiappinelli | 1 | — | $7,000 |
| 29 | Marta Zenoni | 4 | — | $6,500 |
| 30 | Elisa Molinarolo | 5 | — | $6,250 |
| 31 | Manuel Lando | 3 | — | $6,250 |
| 32 | Chituru Ali | 3 | — | $6,000 |
| 33 | Dalia Kaddari | 5 | — | $6,000 |
| 34 | Federico Riva | 1 | — | $6,000 |
| 35 | Nick Ponzio | 5 | — | $6,000 |
| 36 | Sara Fantini | 1 | — | $6,000 |
| 37 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | 5 | — | $5,500 |
| 38 | Luminosa Bogliolo | 3 | — | $5,250 |
| 39 | Giada Carmassi | 4 | — | $5,000 |
| 40 | Paolo Dal Molin | 4 | — | $5,000 |
| 41 | Riccardo Orsoni | 1 | — | $5,000 |
| 42 | Eloisa Coiro | 4 | — | $4,750 |
| 43 | Gaia Sabbatini | 3 | — | $4,250 |
| 44 | Osama Zoghlami | 4 | — | $3,500 |
| 45 | Stefano Sottile | 2 | — | $3,375 |
| 46 | Edoardo Scotti | 3 | — | $2,750 |
| 47 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | 2 | — | $2,750 |
| 48 | Linda Olivieri | 3 | — | $2,500 |
| 49 | Lorenzo Perini | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 50 | Ludovica Cavalli | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 51 | Alessia Trost | 2 | — | $2,250 |
| 52 | Ottavia Cestonaro | 2 | — | $1,500 |
| 53 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 54 | Samuele Ceccarelli | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 55 | Alice Muraro | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 56 | Anna Polinari | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 57 | Catalin Tecuceanu | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 58 | Elisa Valensin | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 59 | Francesco Pernici | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 60 | Sintayehu Vissa | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 61 | Gloria Hooper | 1 | — | $750 |
| 62 | Laura Strati | 1 | — | $750 |
| 63 | Luca Sito | 1 | — | $750 |
| 64 | Vladimir Aceti | 1 | — | $750 |
| 65 | Alice Mangione | 1 | — | $500 |
| 66 | Elena Carraro | 1 | — | $500 |
| 67 | Federica Del Buono | 1 | — | $500 |
| 68 | Pietro Arese | 1 | — | $500 |
| 69 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | 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. 63 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 69
Larissa Iapichino holds 16.3% of everything Italy has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 44.4% of it between them, and $30,236 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Italy
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 63 | 31 | $1,231,750 | — | $1,231,750 |
| World Championships | 12 | 1 | $274,500 | $10,000 | $284,500 |
| Indoor Championships | 8 | 5 | $280,000 | — | $280,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 2 | 2 | $300,000 | — | $300,000 |
| World Relays | — | — | — | $34,000 | $34,000 |
| Cross Country | — | — | — | — | — |
| All six | 69 | 39 | $2,086,250$2.1m | $44,000 | $2,130,250$2.1m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Italy on $1,231,750, 57.8% of the national total. Five of the six have paid Italy. Italy has won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 69: eleven 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. Larissa Iapichino has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Indoor Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
8 team payments, paid to Italy rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Alice Pagliarini, Gloria Hooper, Dalia Kaddari, Alessia Pavese | $8,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 5th | Lorenzo Benati, Anna Polinari, Vladimir Aceti, Eloisa Coiro | $6,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Luca Sito, Anna Polinari, Vladimir Aceti, Alice Mangione | $6,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Fausto Desalu, Matteo Melluzzo, Lorenzo Patta, Filippo Tortu | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Ilaria Accame, Anna Polinari, Alessandra Bonora, Rebecca Borga | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Rebecca Borga, Virginia Troiani, Alessandra Bonora, Alice Mangione | $4,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Anna Polinari, Virginia Troiani, Eloisa Coiro, Alice Mangione | $4,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Chiara Melon, Gaya Bertello, Roberto Rigali, Stephen Baffour | $4,000 |
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.
Italy against the rest
Where $2,130,250 puts Italy
That is 2.8% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 7th out of 121. Italy has Australia above on $2,530,500 and the Netherlands below on $2,032,667.
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 Italy
- United States
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Australia
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Germany
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Italy won in athletics?
$2,130,250 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 7th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 2.8% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Italy athlete earns the most prize money?
Larissa Iapichino, on $347,500 from 19 paid finishes and seven wins. That is 16.3% of everything Italy has won. Gianmarco Tamberi is next on $299,250.
Does prize money won by Italy go to the athlete or the federation?
$2,086,250 of that belongs to 69 athletes by name. The other $44,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Italy have won athletics prize money?
69, sharing $2,086,250 between them, which is $30,236 each. Ten of them have won a title, 39 in all. Eleven have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Italy
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 Italy against the other 120 the sport has paid.