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WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · TRACK

Men's 60 metres indoor prize money

Jordan Anthony won the men's 60 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in 6.41 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.

Eight athletes contested the final in Toruń, from six countries. One of them did not finish with a place. 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 8
COUNTRIES 6
PAID ACROSS TWO FINALS $176,000

The 2026 final

Toruń, 20 to 22 March 2026

$88,000 paid
The men's 60 metres final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Jordan Anthony United States USA 6.41 $40,000
2 Kishane Thompson Jamaica JAM 6.45 $20,000
3 Trayvon Bromell United States USA 6.45 $10,000
4 Jeremiah Azu Great Britain GBR 6.46 $8,000
5 Emmanuel Eseme Cameroon CMR 6.58 $6,000
6 Taymir Burnet Netherlands NED 6.61 $4,000
7 Bryan Levell Jamaica JAM 7.69 —
— Simon Verherstraeten Belgium BEL DNF —
8 finalists 6 countries — $88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: two of the eight 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 60 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Jeremiah Azu Great Britain GBR 6.49 $40,000
2 Lachlan Kennedy Australia AUS 6.50 $20,000
3 Akani Simbine South Africa RSA 6.54 $10,000
4 Xie Zhenye China CHN 6.58 $8,000
5 Rohan Watson Jamaica JAM 6.59 $6,000
6 Ronnie Baker United States USA 6.59 $4,000
7 Julian Forde Barbados BAR 6.64 —
— Eloy Benitez Puerto Rico PUR DNF —
8 finalists 8 countries — $88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: two of the eight 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 60 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE PAYS TORUŃ 2026NANJING 2025
1st $40,000 Jordan Anthony Jeremiah Azu
2nd $20,000 Kishane Thompson Lachlan Kennedy
3rd $10,000 Trayvon Bromell Akani Simbine
4th $8,000 Jeremiah Azu Xie Zhenye
5th $6,000 Emmanuel Eseme Rohan Watson
6th $4,000 Taymir Burnet Ronnie Baker
The event $88,000 $88,000 paid $88,000 paid
Jordan Anthony $40k Kishane Thompson $20k Trayvon Bromell $10k Jeremiah Azu $8,000 Emmanuel Eseme $6,000 Taymir Burnet $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 60 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
Jeremiah Azu Great Britain $48,000 — 14 0 $23,000
Jordan Anthony United States $40,000 — 4 0 $13,500
Kishane Thompson Jamaica $20,000 $35,000 6 2 $61,250
Lachlan Kennedy Australia $20,000 — 5 0 $12,500
Akani Simbine South Africa $10,000 $6,000 37 11 $213,750
Trayvon Bromell United States $10,000 — 18 6 $139,000
Xie Zhenye China $8,000 — 9 0 $33,750
Emmanuel Eseme Cameroon $6,000 — 15 2 $87,000
Rohan Watson Jamaica $6,000 — 8 0 $9,250
Ronnie Baker United States $4,000 — 9 3 $45,250
Taymir Burnet Netherlands $4,000 — 1 0 $500

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 60 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 60 metres at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Jordan Anthony, in 6.41, for $40,000. Eight athletes contested the final in Toruń, from six countries. One of them did not finish with a place.

Does the men's 60 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 60 metres pay indoors?

Six. The ladder runs $40,000, $20,000, $10,000, $8,000, $6,000, $4,000, and 7th pays nothing. Two of the eight 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 60 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?

Jeremiah Azu has taken $48,000 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.

Every other event on the indoor programme