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Men's 5000 metres prize money

Cole Hocker won the men's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 12:58.30 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. 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 5000 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Cole Hocker United States USA 12:58.30 $70,000
2 Isaac Kimeli Belgium BEL 12:58.78 $35,000
3 Jimmy Gressier France FRA 12:59.33 $22,000
4 Ky Robinson Australia AUS 12:59.61 $16,000
5 Biniam Mehary Ethiopia ETH 12:59.95 $11,000
6 Nico Young United States USA 13:00.07 $7,000
7 Birhanu Balew Bahrain BRN 13:00.55 $6,000
8 Grant Fisher United States USA 13:00.79 $5,000
9 Yann Schrub France FRA 13:01.34 —
10 Jakob Ingebrigtsen Norway NOR 13:02.00 —
11 Mathew Kipsang Kenya KEN 13:03.67 —
12 Mike Foppen Netherlands NED 13:05.94 —
13 Hagos Gebrhiwet Ethiopia ETH 13:07.02 —
14 Etienne Daguinos France FRA 13:11.72 —
15 Valentín Soca Uruguay URU 13:34.35 —
16 George Mills Great Britain GBR 13:44.88 —
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 5000 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Cole Hocker $70,000
2nd $35,000 Isaac Kimeli $35,000
3rd $22,000 Jimmy Gressier $22,000
4th $16,000 Ky Robinson $16,000
5th $11,000 Biniam Mehary $11,000
6th $7,000 Nico Young $7,000
7th $6,000 Birhanu Balew $6,000
8th $5,000 Grant Fisher $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Cole Hocker $70k Isaac Kimeli $35k Jimmy Gressier $22k Ky Robinson $16k Biniam Mehary $11k Nico Young $7,000 Birhanu Balew $6,000 Grant Fisher $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 5000 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 DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Jimmy Gressier France $92,000 10 1 $43,000
Cole Hocker United States $70,000 14 1 $54,500
Isaac Kimeli Belgium $35,000 6 1 $12,000
Nico Young United States $18,000 5 1 $28,500
Ky Robinson Australia $16,000 5 0 $7,000
Biniam Mehary Ethiopia $11,000 8 0 $31,000
Grant Fisher United States $10,000 17 1 $59,000
Birhanu Balew Bahrain $6,000 24 2 $85,750

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 5000 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the men's 5000 metres in Tokyo?

Cole Hocker, in 12:58.30, for $70,000. Sixteen athletes started the final, from eleven countries.

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 5000 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?

Jimmy Gressier left with $92,000 from two events, Nico Young left with $18,000 from two events, Grant Fisher left with $10,000 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. 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