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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Men's pole vault prize money

Armand Duplantis won the men's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 6.30 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. Armand Duplantis's world record added $100,000 on top.

Twelve athletes started the final, from ten 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.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000
THIS FINAL PAID $172,000
IN THE FINAL 12
COUNTRIES 10
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The men's pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Armand Duplantis Sweden · world record SWE 6.30 $70,000
2 Emmanouil Karalis Greece GRE 6.00 $35,000
3 Kurtis Marschall Australia AUS 5.95 $22,000
4 Sam Kendricks United States USA 5.95 $16,000
5 Thibaut Collet France FRA 5.90 $11,000
6 Sondre Guttormsen Norway NOR 5.90 $7,000
7 Menno Vloon Netherlands NED 5.90 $6,000
8 Renaud Lavillenie France FRA 5.75 $5,000
9 Seif Heneida Qatar QAT 5.75 —
10 Bo Kanda Lita Baehre Germany GER 5.75 —
11 Ethan Cormont France FRA 5.55 —
— Ersu Şaşma Turkey TUR —
12 finalists 10 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 pole vault prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Armand Duplantis $70,000
2nd $35,000 Emmanouil Karalis $35,000
3rd $22,000 Kurtis Marschall $22,000
4th $16,000 Sam Kendricks $16,000
5th $11,000 Thibaut Collet $11,000
6th $7,000 Sondre Guttormsen $7,000
7th $6,000 Menno Vloon $6,000
8th $5,000 Renaud Lavillenie $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Armand Duplantis $70k Emmanouil Karalis $35k Kurtis Marschall $22k Sam Kendricks $16k Thibaut Collet $11k Sondre Guttormsen $7,000 Menno Vloon $6,000 Renaud Lavillenie $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 pole vault.

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
Armand Duplantis Sweden $170,000 $150,000 45 34 $585,750
Emmanouil Karalis Greece $35,000 $75,000 24 3 $170,875
Kurtis Marschall Australia $22,000 — 26 2 $119,000
Sam Kendricks United States $16,000 — 45 8 $288,917
Thibaut Collet France $11,000 — 16 0 $25,542
Sondre Guttormsen Norway $7,000 $40,000 23 0 $64,250
Menno Vloon Netherlands $6,000 — 17 0 $46,667
Renaud Lavillenie France $5,000 — 32 0 $68,500

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 pole vault pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across eight paid places: $70,000 to Armand Duplantis, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th. Armand Duplantis added $100,000 on top for the world record.

Who won the men's pole vault in Tokyo?

Armand Duplantis, in 6.30, for $70,000. Twelve athletes started the final, from ten 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 pole vault 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