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Men's marathon prize money

Alphonce Simbu won the men's marathon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 2:09:48 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.

90 athletes started the final, from 47 countries. 24 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 90
COUNTRIES 47
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The men's marathon final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Alphonce Simbu Tanzania TAN 2:09:48 $70,000
2 Amanal Petros Germany GER 2:09:48 $35,000
3 Iliass Aouani Italy ITA 2:09:53 $22,000
4 Haimro Alame Israel ISR 2:10:03 $16,000
5 Abel Chelangat Uganda UGA 2:10:11 $11,000
6 Yohanes Chiappinelli Italy ITA 2:10:15 $7,000
7 Gashau Ayale Israel ISR 2:10:27 $6,000
8 Samsom Amare Eritrea ERI 2:10:34 $5,000
9 Clayton Young United States USA 2:10:43 —
10 Isaac Mpofu Zimbabwe ZWE 2:10:46 —
11 Ryota Kondo Japan JPN 2:10:53 —
12 Cameron Levins Canada CAN 2:11:07 —
13 Richard Ringer Germany GER 2:11:14 —
14 Suldan Hassan Sweden SWE 2:11:18 —
15 Victor Kiplangat Uganda UGA 2:11:33 —
16 Kennedy Kimutai Kenya KEN 2:11:45 —
17 Koen Naert Belgium BEL 2:12:52 —
18 Abderrazak Charik Algeria ALG 2:13:06 —
19 Kaan Kigen Özbilen Turkey TUR 2:13:27 —
20 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby Morocco MAR 2:13:29 —
21 Yaseen Abdalla Sudan SUD 2:13:32 —
22 Vincent Kipkemoi Kenya KEN 2:13:38 —
23 Naoki Koyama Japan JPN 2:13:42 —
24 Peter Lynch Ireland IRL 2:14:12 —
25 Ebba Tulu Chala Sweden SWE 2:14:40 —
26 He Jie China CHN 2:14:52 —
27 Oqbe Kibrom Ruesom Eritrea ERI 2:15:01 —
28 Reed Fischer United States USA 2:15:17 —
29 Jacob Simonsen Denmark DEN 2:15:31 —
30 Yang Shaohui China CHN 2:15:35 —
31 Wu Xiangdong China CHN 2:16:01 —
32 Cristhian Zamora Uruguay URU 2:16:09 —
33 Elroy Gelant South Africa RSA 2:16:32 —
34 Yuya Yoshida (runner) Japan JPN 2:16:58 —
35 Justin Kent Canada CAN 2:17:12 —
36 Ben Preisner Canada CAN 2:17:32 —
37 Shokhrukh Davlatov Uzbekistan UZB 2:18:04 —
38 Johnatas de Oliveira Brazil BRA 2:18:22 —
39 Kiruhura Emmanuel Ntagunga Athlete Refugee Team ART 2:19:11 —
40 CJ Albertson United States USA 2:19:25 —
41 Omar Hassan (runner) Athlete Refugee Team ART 2:19:47 —
42 Rui Pinto (athlete) Portugal POR 2:19:50 —
43 Tom Hendrikse Netherlands NED 2:19:57 —
44 Tim Vincent Australia AUS 2:20:12 —
45 Paulo Roberto Paula Brazil BRA 2:20:18 —
46 Ablelom Maryo Eritrea ERI 2:20:46 —
47 Mohammed Benyettou Algeria ALG 2:20:51 —
48 Marcelo Laguera Mexico MEX 2:20:56 —
49 Sondre Nordstad Moen Norway NOR 2:21:22 —
50 Mateusz Kaczor Poland POL 2:21:51 —
51 Tiidrek Nurme Estonia EST 2:21:58 —
52 Aaron Gruen Austria AUT 2:22:07 —
53 Josephat Joshua Gisemo Tanzania TAN 2:22:47 —
54 Hugo Catrileo Chile CHI 2:23:29 —
55 İlham Tanui Özbilen Turkey TUR 2:23:35 —
56 Ferdinand Cereceda Peru PER 2:23:46 —
57 Liam Boudin Australia AUS 2:24:39 —
58 Dario Ivanovski North Macedonia MKD 2:26:31 —
59 Samuel Freire Cape Verde CPV 2:27:26 —
60 Segundo Jami Ecuador ECU 2:28:07 —
61 Tendai Zimuto Zimbabwe ZWE 2:28:10 —
62 Nicolás Cuestas Uruguay URU 2:28:37 —
63 Ederson Pereira Brazil BRA 2:28:40 —
64 Leonid Latsepov Estonia EST 2:29:59 —
65 Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od Mongolia MGL 2:30:09 —
66 Maxim Răileanu Moldova MDA 2:32:15 —
— Sezgin Ataç Turkey TUR DNF —
— Therence Bizoza Burundi BDI DNF —
— Soufiyan Bouqantar Morocco MAR DNF —
— Emile Cairess Great Britain GBR DNF —
— Rene Champi Peru PER DNF —
— Yemaneberhan Crippa Italy ITA DNF —
— Tesfaye Deriba Ethiopia ETH DNF —
— Othmane El Goumri Morocco MAR DNF —
— Deresa Geleta Ethiopia ETH DNF —
— Hiko Tonosa Haso Ireland IRL DNF —
— Hillary Kipkoech Kenya KEN DNF —
— Stephen Kissa Uganda UGA DNF —
— Zerei Kbrom Mezngi Norway NOR DNF —
— Solomon Mutai Uganda UGA DNF —
— Yves Nimubona Rwanda RWA DNF —
— Juan Pacheco Mexico MEX DNF —
— Park Min-ho South Korea KOR DNF —
— Daniel Nghidinwa Paulus Namibia NAM DNF —
— Tadese Takele Ethiopia ETH DNF —
— Maru Teferi Israel ISR DNF —
— Tseveenravdangiin Byambajav Mongolia MGL DNF —
— Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin Djibouti DJI DNF —
— Ibrahim Hassan Djibouti DJI DNS —
— Félicien Muhitira Rwanda RWA DNS —
90 finalists 47 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: 82 of the 90 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 marathon prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Alphonce Simbu $70,000
2nd $35,000 Amanal Petros $35,000
3rd $22,000 Iliass Aouani $22,000
4th $16,000 Haimro Alame $16,000
5th $11,000 Abel Chelangat $11,000
6th $7,000 Yohanes Chiappinelli $7,000
7th $6,000 Gashau Ayale $6,000
8th $5,000 Samsom Amare $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Alphonce Simbu $70k
Amanal Petros $35k
Iliass Aouani $22k
Haimro Alame $16k
Abel Chelangat $11k
Yohanes Chiappinelli $7,000
Gashau Ayale $6,000
Samsom Amare $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 marathon.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the men's marathon pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the men's marathon in Tokyo?

Alphonce Simbu, in 2:09:48, for $70,000. 90 athletes started the final, from 47 countries. 24 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 marathon 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