WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Men's high jump prize money

Q: How much did the men's high jump pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across nine paid places: $70,000 to Hamish Kerr, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Q: Who won the men's high jump in Tokyo?

Hamish Kerr, in 2.36 m, for $70,000. Thirteen athletes started the final, from eleven countries. 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.

Hamish Kerr won the men's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 2.36 m 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.

Thirteen 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. Two places were shared: 6th and 8th, each pair splitting the money of the two places they occupied.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000

THIS FINAL PAID $172,000

IN THE FINAL 13

COUNTRIES 11

PLACES PAID 9

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid

The men's high jump final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Hamish Kerr New Zealand	NZL	2.36 m	$70,000
2	Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea	KOR	2.34 m	$35,000
3	Jan Štefela Czechia	CZE	2.31 m	$22,000
4	Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine	UKR	2.31 m	$16,000
5	JuVaughn Harrison United States	USA	2.28 m	$11,000
=6	Sarvesh Kushare India	IND	2.28 m	$6,500
=6	Tyus Wilson United States	USA	2.28 m	$6,500
=8	Matteo Sioli Italy	ITA	2.24 m	$2,500
=8	Ryoichi Akamatsu Japan	JPN	2.24 m	$2,500
10	Yuto Seko Japan	JPN	2.20 m	—
=11	Yual Reath Australia	AUS	2.20 m	—
=11	Thomas Carmoy Belgium	BEL	2.20 m	—
—	Romaine Beckford Jamaica	JAM	NM	—
13	finalists	11 countries	—	$172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: five of the thirteen athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The nine 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 high jump prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Hamish Kerr	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Woo Sang-hyeok	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Jan Štefela	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Oleh Doroshchuk	$16,000
5th	$11,000	JuVaughn Harrison	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Sarvesh Kushare and Tyus Wilson	$13,000
7th	$6,000	nobody finished 7th	—
8th	$5,000	Matteo Sioli and Ryoichi Akamatsu	$5,000
The event	$172,000
nine paid	$172,000

Hamish Kerr $70k Woo Sang-hyeok $35k Jan Štefela $22k Oleh Doroshchuk $16k JuVaughn Harrison $11k Sarvesh Kushare $6,500 Tyus Wilson $6,500 Matteo Sioli $2,500 Ryoichi Akamatsu $2,500

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 high jump.

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
Hamish Kerr New Zealand	$70,000	24	7	$134,750
Woo Sang-hyeok South Korea	$35,000	12	4	$103,750
Jan Štefela Czechia	$22,000	12	0	$15,958
Oleh Doroshchuk Ukraine	$16,000	11	2	$76,250
JuVaughn Harrison United States	$11,000	21	4	$117,250
Sarvesh Kushare India	$6,500	1	0	$4,000
Tyus Wilson United States	$6,500	2	0	$4,500
Matteo Sioli Italy	$2,500	6	2	$47,250
Ryoichi Akamatsu Japan	$2,500	2	0	$9,250

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 high jump pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across nine paid places: $70,000 to Hamish Kerr, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Who won the men's high jump in Tokyo?

Hamish Kerr, in 2.36 m, for $70,000. Thirteen 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 high jump 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.

What happened to the two tied places?

Sarvesh Kushare and Tyus Wilson could not be separated for 6th, so they took $6,500 each. Matteo Sioli and Ryoichi Akamatsu could not be separated for 8th, so they took $2,500 each. Two athletes level for a place share the money of that place and the one below it: sharing rather than doubling is what keeps the ladder adding up to the pot the championships declared.

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.