WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS · TORUŃ 2026 · FIELD

Women's pole vault indoor prize money

Q: How much does the women's pole vault 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 pole vault at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Molly Caudery, with 4.85, for $40,000. Thirteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries.

Q: Does the women's pole vault 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.

Molly Caudery won the women's pole vault at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships with 4.85 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. Every event indoors carries the same $88,000, relays included, and the championships put up $2,376,000 across 27 of them in Toruń. Imogen Ayris, Angelica Moser and Amálie Švábíková could not be separated for 3rd, so they took the money of 3rd, 4th and 5th and split it three ways, $8,000 each. 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 pole vault final at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Molly Caudery Great Britain	GBR	4.85	$40,000
2	Tina Šutej Slovenia	SLO	4.80	$20,000
=3	Imogen Ayris New Zealand	NZL	4.70	$8,000
=3	Angelica Moser Switzerland	SUI	4.70	$8,000
=3	Amálie Švábíková Czechia	CZE	4.70	$8,000
6	Eliza McCartney New Zealand	NZL	4.70	$4,000
=7	Marie-Julie Bonnin France	FRA	4.70	—
=7	Juliana Campos Brazil	BRA	4.70	—
9	Jessica Mercier United States	USA	4.70	—
10	Jacqueline Otchere Germany	GER	4.55	—
11	Wilma Murto Finland	FIN	4.55	—
12	Chloe Timberg United States	USA	4.35	—
13	Marleen Mülla Estonia	EST	4.35	—
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 pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Marie-Julie Bonnin France	FRA	4.75 m	$40,000
2	Tina Šutej Slovenia	SLO	4.70 m	$20,000
3	Angelica Moser Switzerland	SUI	4.70 m	$10,000
4	Molly Caudery Great Britain	GBR	4.70 m	$8,000
=5	Gabriela Leon United States	USA	4.60 m	$5,000
=5	Amálie Švábíková Czechia	CZE	4.60 m	$5,000
=7	Roberta Bruni Italy	ITA	4.60 m	—
=7	Elisa Molinarolo Italy	ITA	4.60 m	—
=9	Imogen Ayris New Zealand	NZL	4.45 m	—
=9	Emily Grove United States	USA	4.45 m	—
11	Olivia McTaggart New Zealand	NZL	4.45 m	—
12	Elina Lampela Finland	FIN		—
12	finalists	9 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 women's pole vault prize ladder at the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
PLACE	PAYS	TORUŃ 2026	NANJING 2025
1st	$40,000	Molly Caudery	Marie-Julie Bonnin
2nd	$20,000	Tina Šutej	Tina Šutej
3rd	$10,000	Imogen Ayris, Angelica Moser and Amálie Švábíková	Angelica Moser
4th	$8,000	went into the tie for 3rd	Molly Caudery
5th	$6,000	went into the tie for 3rd	Gabriela Leon and Amálie Švábíková
6th	$4,000	Eliza McCartney	went into the tie for 5th
The event	$88,000	$88,000 paid	$88,000 paid

Molly Caudery $40k Tina Šutej $20k Imogen Ayris $8,000 Angelica Moser $8,000 Amálie Švábíková $8,000 Eliza McCartney $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 pole vault.

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
Molly Caudery Great Britain	$48,000	—	12	3	$77,500
Marie-Julie Bonnin France	$40,000	$2,500	10	0	$7,000
Tina Šutej Slovenia	$40,000	$22,000	35	1	$115,500
Angelica Moser Switzerland	$18,000	$11,000	26	2	$108,875
Amálie Švábíková Czechia	$13,000	$16,000	9	0	$16,000
Imogen Ayris New Zealand	$8,000	—	12	0	$24,500
Gabriela Leon United States	$5,000	—	10	0	$20,250
Eliza McCartney New Zealand	$4,000	—	8	0	$15,875

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 pole vault 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 pole vault at the 2026 World Indoor Championships?

Molly Caudery, with 4.85, for $40,000. Thirteen athletes contested the final in Toruń, from eleven countries.

Does the women's pole vault 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 pole vault 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 pole vault?

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.

What happened to the tie for 3rd?

Imogen Ayris, Angelica Moser and Amálie Švábíková could not be separated for 3rd, so they took $8,000 each. Athletes level for a place share the money of that place and of the ones below it they fill: sharing rather than repeating is what keeps six rungs adding up to the $88,000 the event carries.

Did anyone in this final win indoor money elsewhere?

Molly Caudery has taken $48,000 from two paid finishes, Tina Šutej has taken $40,000 from two paid finishes, Angelica Moser has taken $18,000 from two paid finishes, Amálie Švábíková has taken $13,000 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.