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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Men's long jump prize money

Mattia Furlani won the men's long jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 8.39 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.

Twelve athletes started the final, from nine 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 12
COUNTRIES 9
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The men's long jump final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Mattia Furlani Italy ITA 8.39 m $70,000
2 Tajay Gayle Jamaica JAM 8.34 m $35,000
3 Shi Yuhao China CHN 8.33 m $22,000
4 Simon Ehammer Switzerland SUI 8.30 m $16,000
5 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Bulgaria BUL 8.19 m $11,000
6 Zhang Mingkun China CHN 8.18 m $7,000
7 Thobias Montler Sweden SWE 8.17 m $6,000
8 Lester Lescay Spain ESP 7.97 m $5,000
9 Nikaoli Williams Jamaica JAM 7.85 m —
10 Isaac Grimes United States USA 7.85 m —
11 Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece GRE 7.83 m —
12 Jaime Guerra Spain ESP 7.81 m —
12 finalists 9 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: four of the twelve 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 long jump prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Mattia Furlani $70,000
2nd $35,000 Tajay Gayle $35,000
3rd $22,000 Shi Yuhao $22,000
4th $16,000 Simon Ehammer $16,000
5th $11,000 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov $11,000
6th $7,000 Zhang Mingkun $7,000
7th $6,000 Thobias Montler $6,000
8th $5,000 Lester Lescay $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Mattia Furlani $70k Tajay Gayle $35k Shi Yuhao $22k Simon Ehammer $16k Bozhidar Sarâboyukov $11k Zhang Mingkun $7,000 Thobias Montler $6,000 Lester Lescay $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 long 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 BUDAPEST DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Mattia Furlani Italy $70,000 — 13 0 $35,250
Tajay Gayle Jamaica $35,000 — 24 4 $151,750
Shi Yuhao China $22,000 — 2 0 $3,500
Simon Ehammer Switzerland $16,000 $40,000 21 3 $145,500
Bozhidar Sarâboyukov Bulgaria $11,000 $75,000 7 1 $36,000
Zhang Mingkun China $7,000 — 2 1 $10,000
Thobias Montler Sweden $6,000 — 16 2 $70,750
Lester Lescay Spain $5,000 — 3 0 $4,750

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 long jump pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the men's long jump in Tokyo?

Mattia Furlani, in 8.39 m, for $70,000. Twelve athletes started the final, from nine 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 long 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.

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.

Every other event in Tokyo