Uganda athletics prize money
Uganda has taken $514,750 out of athletics, 32nd of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Peruth Chemutai is the biggest earner on $86,750, 16.9% of the national total.
$462,750 of that belongs to sixteen athletes by name. The other $52,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Uganda athlete athletics has paid
16 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peruth Chemutai | 20 | 3 | $86,750 |
| 2 | Joshua Cheptegei | 10 | 2 | $85,500 |
| 3 | Jacob Kiplimo | 8 | 2 | $80,000 |
| 4 | Halimah Nakaayi | 28 | — | $70,500 |
| 5 | Winnie Nanyondo | 20 | — | $42,750 |
| 6 | Ronald Musagala | 6 | 1 | $22,500 |
| 7 | Joy Cheptoyek | 2 | — | $21,000 |
| 8 | Sarah Chelangat | 5 | — | $19,000 |
| 9 | Abel Chelangat | 1 | — | $11,000 |
| 10 | Tarsis Orogot | 2 | — | $9,500 |
| 11 | Keneth Kiprop | 2 | — | $5,000 |
| 12 | Tom Dradiga | 1 | — | $4,000 |
| 13 | Rispa Cherop | 1 | — | $3,000 |
| 14 | Tom Dradriga | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 15 | Oscar Chelimo | 1 | — | $750 |
| 16 | Peter Maru | 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. Twelve of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 16
Peruth Chemutai holds 16.9% of everything Uganda has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 49% of it between them, and $28,922 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Uganda
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 12 | 6 | $355,750 | — | $355,750 |
| World Championships | 2 | — | $17,000 | — | $17,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 1 | — | $4,000 | — | $4,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Relays | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cross Country | 5 | 2 | $86,000 | $52,000 | $138,000 |
| All six | 16 | 8 | $462,750 | $52,000 | $514,750 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Uganda on $355,750, 69.1% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Uganda. Uganda has won nothing at the Ultimate Championship and the World Relays.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 16: 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. Joshua Cheptegei has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Cross Country Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
4 team payments, paid to Uganda rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race, 2024 | 2nd | Jacob Kiplimo, Joshua Cheptegei, Dan Kibet, Hosea Kiplangat | $16,000 |
| Senior men's race, 2026 | 3rd | Jacob Kiplimo, Dolphine Chelimo, Keneth Kiprop, Emmanuel Kibet | $12,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2026 | 3rd | Joy Cheptoyek, Rispa Cherop, Sarah Chelangat, Rebecca Chelangat | $12,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2024 | 3rd | Sarah Chelangat, Loice Chekwemoi, Rachael Zena Chebet, Annet Chemengich Chelangat | $12,000 |
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.
Uganda against the rest
Where $514,750 puts Uganda
That is 0.7% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 32nd out of 121. Uganda has Slovenia above on $522,625 and Czechia below on $487,208.
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 Uganda
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- 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
- India
- Slovakia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Uganda won in athletics?
$514,750 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 32nd of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 0.7% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Uganda athlete earns the most prize money?
Peruth Chemutai, on $86,750 from 20 paid finishes and three wins. That is 16.9% of everything Uganda has won. Joshua Cheptegei is next on $85,500.
Does prize money won by Uganda go to the athlete or the federation?
$462,750 of that belongs to sixteen athletes by name. The other $52,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Uganda have won athletics prize money?
16, sharing $462,750 between them, which is $28,922 each. Four of them have won a title, 8 in all. Four have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Uganda
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 Uganda against the other 120 the sport has paid.