Sri Lanka athletics prize money
Sri Lanka has taken $292,250 out of athletics, 60th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Rumesh Tharanga is the biggest earner on $272,000, 93.1% of the national total.
$280,250 of that belongs to two athletes by name. The other $12,000 is the federation's, won by two teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Sri Lanka athlete athletics has paid
2 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rumesh Tharanga | 8 | 6 | $272,000 |
| 2 | Yupun Abeykoon | 5 | - | $8,250 |
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. Two of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
All two of them
Rumesh Tharanga holds 93.1% of everything Sri Lanka has won in athletics. The two biggest hold 95.9% of it between them, and $140,125 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Sri Lanka
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 2 | 5 | $124,250 | - | $124,250 |
| World Championships | 1 | - | $6,000 | - | $6,000 |
| Indoor Championships | - | - | - | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 1 | 1 | $150,000 | - | $150,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 2 | 6 | $280,250 | $12,000 | $292,250 |
The Ultimate Championship is the biggest of the six for Sri Lanka on $150,000, 51.3% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka has won nothing at the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 2: one athlete has been paid by more than one of the six, and is counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Rumesh Tharanga has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
2 team payments, paid to Sri Lanka rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Kalinga Kumarage, H.D.R Madushan, J.O. Shashintha Silva, S.M.S.V Rajakaruna | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Harshani Fernando, Jayeshi Uththara, Nadeesha Ramanayake, Lakshima Mendis | $6,000 |
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.
Sri Lanka against the rest
Where $292,250 puts Sri Lanka
That is 0.2% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 60th out of 130. Sri Lanka has Panama above on $313,500 and India below on $284,000.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% 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 Sri Lanka
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
- Panama
- India
- Slovakia
- Burundi
- Senegal
- British Virgin Islands
- Djibouti
- Mexico
- South Korea
- Tunisia
- Burkina Faso
- Ecuador
- Azerbaijan
- Austria
- Barbados
- Romania
- Dominica
- Denmark
- Israel
- Iran
- Cameroon
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Sri Lanka won in athletics?
$292,250 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 60th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.2% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Sri Lanka athlete earns the most prize money?
Rumesh Tharanga, on $272,000 from eight paid finishes and six wins. That is 93.1% of everything Sri Lanka has won. Yupun Abeykoon is next on $8,250.
Does prize money won by Sri Lanka go to the athlete or the federation?
$280,250 of that belongs to two athletes by name. The other $12,000 is the federation's, won by two teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Sri Lanka have won athletics prize money?
2, sharing $280,250 between them, which is $140,125 each. One of them has won a title, 6 in all. One has been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Sri Lanka
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 Sri Lanka against the other 129 the sport has paid.