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WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · COMBINED

Men's heptathlon indoor prize money

Simon Ehammer won the men's heptathlon at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships with 6670 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.

Fourteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries. Two 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 14
COUNTRIES 11
PAID ACROSS TWO FINALS $176,000

The 2026 final

Toruń, 20 to 22 March 2026

$88,000 paid
The men's heptathlon final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Simon Ehammer Switzerland · world record SUI 6670 $40,000
2 Heath Baldwin United States USA 6337 $20,000
3 Kyle Garland United States USA 6245 $10,000
4 Vilém Stráský Czechia CZE 6188 $8,000
5 Jente Hauttekeete Belgium BEL 6049 $6,000
6 Téo Bastien France FRA 6004 $4,000
7 Jeff Tesselaar Netherlands NED 5960 —
8 Rasmus Roosleht Estonia EST 5952 —
9 Manuel Eitel Germany GER 5818 —
10 Kendrick Thompson Bahamas BAH 5776 —
11 Ondřej Kopecký Czechia CZE 5772 —
12 José Fernando Ferreira Brazil BRA 5627 —
— Makenson Gletty France FRA DNF —
— Dario Dester Italy ITA DNF —
14 finalists 11 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.

The 2025 final

Nanjing, 21 to 23 March 2025

$88,000 paid
The men's heptathlon final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Sander Skotheim Norway NOR 6475 $40,000
2 Johannes Erm Estonia EST 6437 $20,000
3 Till Steinforth Germany GER 6275 $10,000
4 Heath Baldwin United States USA 6188 $8,000
5 Vilém Stráský Czechia CZE 6104 $6,000
6 José Fernando Ferreira Brazil BRA 6010 $4,000
7 Tim Nowak Germany GER 5935 —
8 Risto Lillemets Estonia EST 5866 —
9 Yuma Maruyama Japan JPN 5807 —
10 Zsombor Gálpál Hungary HUN 5548 —
11 Pedro de Oliveira (runner) Brazil BRA 5504 —
— Harrison Williams United States USA DNF —
12 finalists 8 countries — $88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: six of the twelve 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 heptathlon prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE PAYS TORUŃ 2026NANJING 2025
1st $40,000 Simon Ehammer Sander Skotheim
2nd $20,000 Heath Baldwin Johannes Erm
3rd $10,000 Kyle Garland Till Steinforth
4th $8,000 Vilém Stráský Heath Baldwin
5th $6,000 Jente Hauttekeete Vilém Stráský
6th $4,000 Téo Bastien José Fernando Ferreira
The event $88,000 $88,000 paid $88,000 paid
Simon Ehammer $40k
Heath Baldwin $20k
Kyle Garland $10k
Vilém Stráský $8,000
Jente Hauttekeete $6,000
Téo Bastien $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 heptathlon.

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 DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Sander Skotheim Norway $40,000 1 0 $500
Simon Ehammer Switzerland $40,000 21 3 $145,500

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.

Frequently asked questions

How much does the men's heptathlon 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 heptathlon at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Simon Ehammer, with 6670, for $40,000. Fourteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries. Two of them did not finish with a place. It was a world record, which pays nothing on this card: the winner's $40,000 is the whole of it.

Does the men's heptathlon 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 heptathlon pay indoors?

Six. The ladder runs $40,000, $20,000, $10,000, $8,000, $6,000, $4,000, and 7th pays nothing. Eight of the fourteen 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 heptathlon?

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. Simon Ehammer set one in Toruń and took the same $40,000 as every other champion on the programme. Outdoors a world record adds $100,000 on top of the place money.

Did anyone in this final win indoor money elsewhere?

Heath Baldwin has taken $28,000 from two paid finishes, Vilém Stráský has taken $14,000 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