WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · COMBINED

Women's pentathlon indoor prize money

Q: How much does the women's pentathlon 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.

Q: Who won the women's pentathlon at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Sofie Dokter, with 4888, for $40,000. Thirteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries. Two of them did not finish with a place.

Q: Does the women's pentathlon 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.

Sofie Dokter won the women's pentathlon at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships with 4888 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.

Thirteen 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 13

COUNTRIES 11

PAID ACROSS TWO FINALS $176,000

The 2026 final

Toruń, 20 to 22 March 2026

$88,000 paid

The women's pentathlon final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Sofie Dokter Netherlands	NED	4888	$40,000
2	Anna Hall United States	USA	4860	$20,000
3	Kate O'Connor Ireland	IRL	4839	$10,000
4	Adrianna Sułek-Schubert Poland	POL	4638	$8,000
5	Szabina Szűcs Hungary	HUN	4618	$6,000
6	Paulina Ligarska Poland	POL	4557	$4,000
7	Sveva Gerevini Italy	ITA	4522	—
8	Sandrina Sprengel Germany	GER	4475	—
9	Beatričė Juškevičiūtė Lithuania	LTU	4392	—
10	Ellen Barber Great Britain	GBR	4387	—
11	Anastasia Ntragkomirova Greece	GRE	4120	—
—	Allie Jones United States	USA	DNF	—
—	Martha Araújo Colombia	COL	DNF	—
13	finalists	11 countries	—	$88,000

Everyone from 7th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 6th: seven of the thirteen 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 pentathlon final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Saga Vanninen Finland	FIN	4821	$40,000
2	Kate O'Connor Ireland	IRL	4742	$20,000
3	Taliyah Brooks United States	USA	4669	$10,000
4	Vanessa Grimm Germany	GER	4481	$8,000
5	Timara Chapman United States	USA	4476	$6,000
6	Szabina Szűcs Hungary	HUN	4438	$4,000
7	Célia Perron France	FRA	4433	—
8	Xénia Krizsán Hungary	HUN	4414	—
9	Jana Koščak Croatia	CRO	4362	—
10	Bianca Salming Sweden	SWE	4321	—
11	Liu Jingyi China	CHN	4171	—
12	Yuliya Loban Ukraine	UKR	4124	—
13	Paulina Ligarska Poland	POL	3586	—
—	Camryn Newton-Smith Australia	AUS	DNF	—
14	finalists	12 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 women's pentathlon prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE	PAYS	TORUŃ 2026	NANJING 2025
1st	$40,000	Sofie Dokter	Saga Vanninen
2nd	$20,000	Anna Hall	Kate O'Connor
3rd	$10,000	Kate O'Connor	Taliyah Brooks
4th	$8,000	Adrianna Sułek-Schubert	Vanessa Grimm
5th	$6,000	Szabina Szűcs	Timara Chapman
6th	$4,000	Paulina Ligarska	Szabina Szűcs
The event	$88,000	$88,000 paid	$88,000 paid

Sofie Dokter $40k

Anna Hall $20k

Kate O'Connor $10k

Adrianna Sułek-Schubert $8,000

Szabina Szűcs $6,000

Paulina Ligarska $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 pentathlon.

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
Anna Hall United States	$20,000	$70,000	5	0	$7,000
Taliyah Brooks United States	$10,000	$19,000	2	0	$3,000

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 pentathlon 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 pentathlon at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Sofie Dokter, with 4888, for $40,000. Thirteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries. Two of them did not finish with a place.

Does the women's pentathlon 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 pentathlon pay indoors?

Six. The ladder runs $40,000, $20,000, $10,000, $8,000, $6,000, $4,000, and 7th pays nothing. Seven of the thirteen 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 pentathlon?

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?

Kate O'Connor has taken $30,000 from two paid finishes, Szabina Szűcs has taken $10,000 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.