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ULTIMATE CHAMPIONSHIP · BUDAPEST 2026 · TRACK

Women's 100 metres prize money

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100 metres at the 2026 Ultimate Championship in 10.62 and took $150,000. Second was worth $75,000 and third $40,000, so the final paid $265,000 across its published places.

Eight athletes lined up in the final, out of the 17 the event seeded, from five countries. The championship put up $10,000,000 in all and pays every athlete in it out of that, so the athletes below third were paid too, at rates World Athletics has not published.

THE WINNER TOOK $150,000
THIS FINAL PAID $265,000
IN THE FINAL 8
COUNTRIES 5
PLACES PAID 3

The final

Budapest, 11 to 13 September 2026

$265,000 paid
The women's 100 metres final at the 2026 Ultimate Championship, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Melissa Jefferson-Wooden United States USA 10.62 $150,000
2 Julien Alfred Saint Lucia LCA 10.74 $75,000
3 Sha'Carri Richardson United States USA 10.76 $40,000
4 Jonielle Smith Jamaica JAM 10.94 —
5 Tina Clayton Jamaica JAM 10.94 —
6 Patrizia Van der Weken Luxembourg LUX 11.06 —
7 Lavanya Williams Jamaica JAM 11.07 —
8 Amy Hunt Great Britain GBR 11.09 —
8 finalists 5 countries — $265,000
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden $150k Julien Alfred $75k Sha'Carri Richardson $40k

Every individual event at the championship pays the same $265,000 across three places, so this chart is the card rather than anything particular to the women's 100 metres. What it shows is the shape of it: the winner takes 57% of what the event pays out. Below that the championship still pays. $10,000,000 went in and $7,090,000 of it is on the published card, so the athletes who finished outside the places above were paid out of the rest.

What the podium 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 final have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE BUDAPEST DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden United States $300,000 8 6 $102,000
Julien Alfred Saint Lucia $75,000 19 13 $316,000
Sha'Carri Richardson United States $40,000 24 5 $116,250

One afternoon in Budapest against careers of Diamond League meetings: the series pays eight places, fifteen times a summer, at a fraction of these rates, which is what makes the $150,000 here the biggest single cheque in the sport.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the women's 100 metres pay at the 2026 Ultimate Championship?

$265,000: $150,000 to Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third.

Who won the women's 100 metres in Budapest?

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, in 10.62, for $150,000. Eight athletes lined up in the final from five countries, and eight finished with a mark.

What did second and third pay?

$75,000 and $40,000. The same three figures cover every individual event at the championship, so this final paid exactly what every other one did.

How many places does the Ultimate Championship pay?

Three in an individual event, out of a $10,000,000 pot that every athlete in the championship takes a share of. Across all 28 events that published card accounts for $7,090,000, and the $2,910,000 below it is not broken down anywhere.

Did anyone in this final win money elsewhere in Budapest?

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left with $300,000 from two events.

Where to next

The rest of the championship

Ultimate Championship prize money holds all 28 events, the 76 athletes who were paid and the $10,000,000 that was put up. Diamond League prize money is the series most of this field races all summer.

Every other event in Budapest