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Men's 400 metres prize money

Q: How much did the men's 400 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Q: Who won the men's 400 metres in Tokyo?

Collen Kebinatshipi, in 43.53, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from six countries, out of a field of 49 the event entered.

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.

Collen Kebinatshipi won the men's 400 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 43.53 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.

Eight athletes started the final, from six countries, out of a field of 49 the event entered. 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 8

COUNTRIES 6

PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid

The men's 400 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Collen Kebinatshipi Botswana	BOT	43.53	$70,000
2	Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	43.72	$35,000
3	Bayapo Ndori Botswana	BOT	44.20	$22,000
4	Rusheen McDonald Jamaica	JAM	44.28	$16,000
5	Zakithi Nene South Africa	RSA	44.55	$11,000
6	Yuki Joseph Nakajima Japan	JPN	44.62	$7,000
7	Jacory Patterson United States	USA	44.70	$6,000
8	Lee Eppie Botswana	BOT	44.77	$5,000
8	finalists	27 countries	—	$172,000

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 400 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Collen Kebinatshipi	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Jereem Richards	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Bayapo Ndori	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Rusheen McDonald	$16,000
5th	$11,000	Zakithi Nene	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Yuki Joseph Nakajima	$7,000
7th	$6,000	Jacory Patterson	$6,000
8th	$5,000	Lee Eppie	$5,000
The event	$172,000
eight paid	$172,000

Collen Kebinatshipi $70k Jereem Richards $35k Bayapo Ndori $22k Rusheen McDonald $16k Zakithi Nene $11k Yuki Joseph Nakajima $7,000 Jacory Patterson $6,000 Lee Eppie $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 400 metres.

What this field earns the rest of the year

The same athletes on the Diamond League money list

8 of 8

What the athletes paid in this final have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE	TOKYO	BUDAPEST	DL STARTS	DL WINS	DIAMOND LEAGUE
Collen Kebinatshipi Botswana	$70,000	$150,000	16	6	$145,500
Jereem Richards Trinidad and Tobago	$35,000	$40,000	25	0	$88,000
Bayapo Ndori Botswana	$22,000	—	18	1	$56,500
Rusheen McDonald Jamaica	$16,000	—	5	1	$20,000
Zakithi Nene South Africa	$11,000	—	18	2	$73,750
Yuki Joseph Nakajima Japan	$7,000	—	2	0	$1,250
Jacory Patterson United States	$6,000	—	11	4	$103,000
Lee Eppie Botswana	$5,000	—	1	0	$2,500

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 400 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the men's 400 metres in Tokyo?

Collen Kebinatshipi, in 43.53, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from six countries, out of a field of 49 the event entered.

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 400 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.

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.