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WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · TRACK

Women's 400 metres indoor prize money

Lurdes Gloria Manuel won the women's 400 metres at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in 50.76 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 eight 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 8
COUNTRIES 8
PAID ACROSS TWO FINALS $176,000

The 2026 final

Toruń, 20 to 22 March 2026

$88,000 paid
The women's 400 metres final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Lurdes Gloria Manuel Czechia CZE 50.76 $40,000
2 Natalia Bukowiecka Poland POL 50.83 $20,000
3 Lieke Klaver Netherlands NED 51.02 $10,000
4 Wadeline Venlogh Haiti HAI 51.07 $8,000
5 Mercy Oketch Kenya KEN 51.25 $6,000
6 Blanca Hervás Spain ESP 51.43 $4,000
7 Henriette Jæger Norway NOR 51.50 —
8 Zoe Sherar Canada CAN 51.74 —
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.

The 2025 final

Nanjing, 21 to 23 March 2025

$88,000 paid
The women's 400 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Amber Anning Great Britain GBR 50.60 $40,000
2 Alexis Holmes United States USA 50.63 $20,000
3 Henriette Jæger Norway NOR 50.92 $10,000
4 Martina Weil Chile CHI 51.78 $8,000
5 Justyna Święty-Ersetic Poland POL 51.97 $6,000
6 Rosey Effiong United States USA $4,000
6 finalists 12 countries — $88,000

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 women's 400 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE PAYS TORUŃ 2026NANJING 2025
1st $40,000 Lurdes Gloria Manuel Amber Anning
2nd $20,000 Natalia Bukowiecka Alexis Holmes
3rd $10,000 Lieke Klaver Henriette Jæger
4th $8,000 Wadeline Venlogh Martina Weil
5th $6,000 Mercy Oketch Justyna Święty-Ersetic
6th $4,000 Blanca Hervás Rosey Effiong
The event $88,000 $88,000 paid $88,000 paid
Lurdes Gloria Manuel $40k Natalia Bukowiecka $20k Lieke Klaver $10k
Wadeline Venlogh $8,000
Mercy Oketch $6,000
Blanca Hervás $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 women's 400 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
Amber Anning Great Britain $40,000 $11,000 8 0 $27,500
Lurdes Gloria Manuel Czechia $40,000 — 6 0 $25,750
Alexis Holmes United States $20,000 — 6 0 $26,250
Natalia Bukowiecka Poland $20,000 $16,000 12 0 $36,500
Henriette Jæger Norway $10,000 $6,000 13 3 $116,500
Lieke Klaver Netherlands $10,000 — 33 0 $98,750
Martina Weil Chile $8,000 — 9 0 $20,250
Justyna Święty-Ersetic Poland $6,000 — 8 0 $16,250

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 women's 400 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 women's 400 metres at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Lurdes Gloria Manuel, in 50.76, for $40,000. Eight athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eight countries.

Does the women's 400 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 women's 400 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 women's 400 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.

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