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WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · TRACK

Men's 3000 metres indoor prize money

Josh Kerr won the men's 3000 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in 7:35.56 and took $40,000. Second was worth $20,000 and third $10,000, and the money ran six deep, so the final paid $88,000 in all.

Fifteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries. Every event indoors carries the same $88,000, relays included, and the championships put up $2,376,000 across 27 of them in Toruń. The two finals below are the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, and the ladder under them has not moved between the two.

THE WINNER TOOK $40,000
THE EVENT CARRIES $88,000
IN THE FINAL 15
COUNTRIES 11
PAID ACROSS TWO FINALS $176,000

The 2026 final

Toruń, 20 to 22 March 2026

$88,000 paid
The men's 3000 metres final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Josh Kerr Great Britain GBR 7:35.56 $40,000
2 Cole Hocker United States USA 7:35.70 $20,000
3 Yann Schrub France FRA 7:35.71 $10,000
4 Jacob Krop Kenya KEN 7:36.76 $8,000
5 Yared Nuguse United States USA 7:37.08 $6,000
6 Valentín Soca Uruguay URU 7:37.10 $4,000
7 Luan Munnik South Africa RSA 7:37.94 —
8 Addisu Yihune Ethiopia ETH 7:38.60 —
9 Nick Griggs Ireland IRL 7:39.03 —
10 Pol Oriach Spain ESP 7:39.78 —
11 Azeddine Habz France FRA 7:39.87 —
12 Getnet Wale Ethiopia ETH 7:40.21 —
13 Andrew Coscoran Ireland IRL 7:43.89 —
14 Geordie Beamish New Zealand NZL 7:45.05 —
15 Alexander Tesfay Eritrea ERI 7:48.24 —
15 finalists 11 countries — $88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: nine of the fifteen athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The six paid places came to $88,000.

The 2025 final

Nanjing, 21 to 23 March 2025

$88,000 paid
The men's 3000 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway NOR 7:46.09 $40,000
2 Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia ETH 7:46.25 $20,000
3 Ky Robinson Australia AUS 7:47.09 $10,000
4 Sam Gilman United States USA 7:47.19 $8,000
5 Dylan Jacobs United States USA 7:48.41 $6,000
6 Andrew Coscoran Ireland IRL 7:48.53 $4,000
7 Anass Essayi Morocco MAR 7:49.00 —
8 Cornelius Kemboi Kenya KEN 7:49.00 —
9 Biniam Mehary Ethiopia ETH 7:49.18 —
10 Dawit Seare Eritrea ERI 7:49.49 —
11 Getnet Wale Ethiopia ETH 7:50.07 —
12 Sam Parsons Germany GER 7:54.15 —
13 James Gormley Ireland IRL 7:56.43 —
14 Sun Ningkai China CHN 8:02.72 —
14 finalists 10 countries — $88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: eight of the fourteen athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The six paid places came to $88,000.

What each place is worth

The ladder, and who has taken each rung of it

$88,000 an event
The men's 3000 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE PAYS TORUŃ 2026NANJING 2025
1st $40,000 Josh Kerr Jakob Ingebrigtsen
2nd $20,000 Cole Hocker Berihu Aregawi
3rd $10,000 Yann Schrub Ky Robinson
4th $8,000 Jacob Krop Sam Gilman
5th $6,000 Yared Nuguse Dylan Jacobs
6th $4,000 Valentín Soca Andrew Coscoran
The event $88,000 $88,000 paid $88,000 paid
Josh Kerr $40k Cole Hocker $20k Yann Schrub $10k Jacob Krop $8,000 Yared Nuguse $6,000
Valentín Soca $4,000

The winner takes 45% of what the event pays out and the other five places share the rest. That shape is the same in every event on the indoor programme, relays included, so the chart is the championship's ladder rather than anything particular to the men's 3000 metres.

What this field earns the rest of the year

The same athletes on the Diamond League money list

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What the athletes paid in this event have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE INDOORS TOKYO DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway $80,000 — 32 19 $345,000
Josh Kerr Great Britain $40,000 — 10 2 $56,000
Berihu Aregawi Ethiopia $20,000 — 13 4 $91,750
Cole Hocker United States $20,000 $70,000 14 1 $54,500
Ky Robinson Australia $10,000 $16,000 5 0 $7,000
Yann Schrub France $10,000 — 2 0 $1,000
Jacob Krop Kenya $8,000 — 21 1 $43,250
Yared Nuguse United States $6,000 — 20 6 $140,500
Andrew Coscoran Ireland $4,000 — 9 0 $6,250

Three days in March against careers of Diamond League meetings. The series runs fifteen times a summer and pays six places at a fraction of these rates, which is why an indoor title is one of the larger single cheques in this field's year. The Tokyo column is the outdoor World Championships, where the same ladder runs eight places deep and a title pays $70,000.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the men's 3000 metres pay at the World Indoor Championships?

The event carries $88,000, split six ways: $40,000 to the winner, $20,000 for second and $10,000 for third, down to $4,000 for 6th. In Toruń that came to $88,000.

Who won the men's 3000 metres at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Josh Kerr, in 7:35.56, for $40,000. Fifteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries.

Does the men's 3000 metres pay the same as every other indoor event?

Yes. Every event on the programme carries the same $88,000, and so does every relay, which makes the indoor championships the one meeting in athletics where a team of four and a single athlete are paid the same figure. Across 53 finals that comes to $4,664,000.

How many places does the men's 3000 metres pay indoors?

Six. The ladder runs $40,000, $20,000, $10,000, $8,000, $6,000, $4,000, and 7th pays nothing. Nine of the fifteen athletes in the 2026 final went home with nothing from the prize fund.

Is there a bonus for a world record in the men's 3000 metres?

No. The indoor card is the ladder and nothing else, so a world record is worth the place it won and not a dollar more. Outdoors a world record adds $100,000 on top of the place money.

Did anyone in this final win indoor money elsewhere?

Jakob Ingebrigtsen has taken $80,000 from two paid finishes.

Where to next

The rest of the championships

Indoor Championships prize money holds all 53 finals, the 233 athletes who were paid and the $4,664,000 that was put up. World Championships prize money is the outdoor version, where a title pays $70,000 and the ladder runs eight deep, and Diamond League prize money is the series most of this field races all summer. The senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships is where this distance goes in the winter. It has paid $280,000 across two championships, $30,000 to win, and a second ladder the same size again to the federations behind the first six countries in the team standing.

Every other event on the indoor programme