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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase prize money

Geordie Beamish won the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 8:33.88 and took $70,000. Second was worth $35,000 and third $22,000, and the money ran eight deep, so the final paid $172,000 in all.

Sixteen athletes started the final, from eleven countries. 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.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000
THIS FINAL PAID $172,000
IN THE FINAL 16
COUNTRIES 11
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Geordie Beamish New Zealand NZL 8:33.88 $70,000
2 Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco MAR 8:33.95 $35,000
3 Edmund Serem Kenya KEN 8:34.56 $22,000
4 Samuel Firewu Ethiopia ETH 8:34.68 $16,000
5 Salaheddine Ben Yazide Morocco MAR 8:35.16 $11,000
6 Lamecha Girma Ethiopia ETH 8:35.60 $7,000
7 Nicolas-Marie Daru France FRA 8:35.77 $6,000
8 Ryuji Miura Japan JPN 8:35.90 $5,000
9 Daniel Michalski United States USA 8:37.12 —
10 Ruben Querinjean Luxembourg LUX 8:37.49 —
11 Ahmed Jaziri Tunisia TUN 8:39.30 —
12 Frederik Ruppert Germany GER 8:39.83 —
13 Jean-Simon Desgagnés Canada CAN 8:39.96 —
14 Getnet Wale Ethiopia ETH 8:41.23 —
15 Niklas Buchholz Germany GER 8:42.81 —
— Abraham Kibiwot Kenya KEN DNF —
16 finalists 11 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: eight of the sixteen athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The eight paid places came to $172,000.

What each place was worth

The ladder, and what this final actually handed over

$172,000 an event
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Geordie Beamish $70,000
2nd $35,000 Soufiane El Bakkali $35,000
3rd $22,000 Edmund Serem $22,000
4th $16,000 Samuel Firewu $16,000
5th $11,000 Salaheddine Ben Yazide $11,000
6th $7,000 Lamecha Girma $7,000
7th $6,000 Nicolas-Marie Daru $6,000
8th $5,000 Ryuji Miura $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Geordie Beamish $70k Soufiane El Bakkali $35k Edmund Serem $22k Samuel Firewu $16k Salaheddine Ben Yazide $11k Lamecha Girma $7,000 Nicolas-Marie Daru $6,000 Ryuji Miura $5,000

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 3000 metres steeplechase.

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 DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Geordie Beamish New Zealand $70,000 12 0 $17,500
Soufiane El Bakkali Morocco $35,000 30 19 $305,500
Edmund Serem Kenya $22,000 11 0 $50,000
Samuel Firewu Ethiopia $16,000 17 2 $72,500
Salaheddine Ben Yazide Morocco $11,000 9 0 $20,000
Lamecha Girma Ethiopia $7,000 13 6 $94,000
Nicolas-Marie Daru France $6,000 8 0 $6,000
Ryuji Miura Japan $5,000 17 0 $34,750

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.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the men's 3000 metres steeplechase pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across eight paid places: $70,000 to Geordie Beamish, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Who won the men's 3000 metres steeplechase in Tokyo?

Geordie Beamish, in 8:33.88, for $70,000. Sixteen athletes started the final, from eleven countries. 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 3000 metres steeplechase 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.

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. The senior men's race at the World Cross Country Championships is where this distance goes in the winter. It has paid $280,000 across two championships, $30,000 to win, and a second ladder the same size again to the federations behind the first six countries in the team standing.

Every other event in Tokyo