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Men's 100 metres prize money

Q: How much did the men's 100 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$167,000, across seven paid places: $70,000 to Oblique Seville, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th. One place was not filled, so $5,000 of the $172,000 the event carries went unpaid.

Q: Who won the men's 100 metres in Tokyo?

Oblique Seville, in 9.77, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from five countries, out of a field of 77 the event entered. One of them did not finish with a place.

Q: What did second and third pay?

$35,000 and $22,000. The same ladder covers every individual event at the championships, so this final paid exactly what every other one did.

Oblique Seville won the men's 100 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 9.77 and took $70,000. Second was worth $35,000 and third $22,000, and the money ran eight deep, so the final paid $167,000 in all.

Eight athletes started the final, from five countries, out of a field of 77 the event entered. One of them did not finish with a place. The championships put up $8,498,000 in Tokyo and spread it eight places deep in every event, which is deeper than any other meeting in athletics pays. Nobody finished 8th, so $5,000 of what this event carries was never handed over.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000

THIS FINAL PAID $167,000

IN THE FINAL 8

COUNTRIES 5

PLACES PAID 7

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$167,000 paid

The men's 100 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Oblique Seville Jamaica	JAM	9.77	$70,000
2	Kishane Thompson Jamaica	JAM	9.82	$35,000
3	Noah Lyles United States	USA	9.89	$22,000
4	Kenneth Bednarek United States	USA	9.92	$16,000
5	Gift Leotlela South Africa	RSA	9.95	$11,000
6	Kayinsola Ajayi Nigeria	NGR	10.00	$7,000
7	Akani Simbine South Africa	RSA	10.04	$6,000
—	Letsile Tebogo Botswana	BOT	DQ	—
8	finalists	52 countries	—	$167,000

The seven paid places came to $167,000, short of the $172,000 the event carries because 8th was not filled.

What each place was worth

The ladder, and what this final actually handed over

$172,000 an event

The men's 100 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Oblique Seville	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Kishane Thompson	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Noah Lyles	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Kenneth Bednarek	$16,000
5th	$11,000	Gift Leotlela	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Kayinsola Ajayi	$7,000
7th	$6,000	Akani Simbine	$6,000
8th	$5,000	nobody finished 8th	—
The event	$172,000
seven paid	$167,000

Oblique Seville $70k Kishane Thompson $35k Noah Lyles $22k Kenneth Bednarek $16k Gift Leotlela $11k Kayinsola Ajayi $7,000 Akani Simbine $6,000

The winner takes 41% of what the event pays out and the other seven places share the rest. That shape is the same in every individual event on the programme, so the chart is the championship's ladder rather than anything particular to the men's 100 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 final have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE	TOKYO	BUDAPEST	DL STARTS	DL WINS	DIAMOND LEAGUE
Noah Lyles United States	$92,000	—	26	18	$382,000
Oblique Seville Jamaica	$70,000	$75,000	6	5	$146,000
Kenneth Bednarek United States	$51,000	$300,000	27	13	$286,500
Kishane Thompson Jamaica	$35,000	—	6	2	$61,250
Gift Leotlela South Africa	$11,000	—	5	1	$33,500
Kayinsola Ajayi Nigeria	$7,000	—	3	1	$32,000
Akani Simbine South Africa	$6,000	—	37	11	$213,750

Nine days in Tokyo 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 what makes a world title the biggest single cheque most of this field will ever collect. The Budapest column is the Ultimate Championship, the one meeting that pays more for a win.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the men's 100 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$167,000, across seven paid places: $70,000 to Oblique Seville, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th. One place was not filled, so $5,000 of the $172,000 the event carries went unpaid.

Who won the men's 100 metres in Tokyo?

Oblique Seville, in 9.77, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from five countries, out of a field of 77 the event entered. One of them did not finish with a place.

What did second and third pay?

$35,000 and $22,000. The same ladder covers every individual event at the championships, so this final paid exactly what every other one did.

How many places does the men's 100 metres pay?

Eight. The ladder runs $70,000, $35,000, $22,000, $16,000, $11,000, $7,000, $6,000, $5,000, which is $172,000 for the event, and below 8th it pays nothing. Across all 49 events that comes to the $8,498,000 World Athletics put up for Tokyo.

Did anyone in this final win money elsewhere in Tokyo?

Noah Lyles left with $92,000 from two events, Kenneth Bednarek left with $51,000 from two events.

Where to next

The rest of the championships

World Championships prize money holds all 49 events, the 334 athletes who were paid and the $8,498,000 that was put up. Diamond League prize money is the series most of this field races all summer, and the Ultimate Championship is the one meeting that pays more for a win.