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Women's 10,000 metres prize money

Beatrice Chebet won the women's 10,000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 30:37.61 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.

27 athletes started the final, from fourteen countries. Three 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 27
COUNTRIES 14
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 10,000 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Beatrice Chebet Kenya KEN 30:37.61 $70,000
2 Nadia Battocletti Italy ITA 30:38.23 $35,000
3 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia ETH 30:39.65 $22,000
4 Agnes Jebet Ngetich Kenya KEN 30:42.66 $16,000
5 Ejgayehu Taye Ethiopia ETH 30:55.52 $11,000
6 Ririka Hironaka Japan JPN 31:09.62 $7,000
7 Joy Cheptoyek Uganda UGA 31:15.03 $6,000
8 Fotyen Tesfay Ethiopia ETH 31:21.67 $5,000
9 Lauren Ryan Australia AUS 31:27.78 —
10 Megan Keith Great Britain GBR 31:33.85 —
11 Calli Thackery Great Britain GBR 31:37.81 —
12 Elise Cranny United States USA 31:40.07 —
13 Jana van Lent Belgium BEL 31:44.05 —
14 Emily Infeld United States USA 31:47.65 —
15 Klara Lukan Slovenia SLO 31:49.76 —
16 Daisy Jepkemei Kazakhstan KAZ 31:49.87 —
17 Isobel Batt-Doyle Australia AUS 31:53.41 —
18 Taylor Roe United States USA 32:12.19 —
19 Elisa Palmero Italy ITA 32:12.72 —
20 Mikuni Yada Japan JPN 32:28.94 —
21 Tsigie Gebreselama Ethiopia ETH 32:33.73 —
22 Francine Niyomukunzi Burundi BDI 32:52.59 —
23 Eva Dieterich Germany GER 33:46.76 —
24 Núbia Silva Brazil BRA 36:00.21 —
— Rebecca Chelangat Uganda UGA DNF —
— Sarah Chelangat Uganda UGA DNF —
— Janeth Chepngetich Kenya KEN DNF —
27 finalists 14 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: 19 of the 27 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 women's 10,000 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Beatrice Chebet $70,000
2nd $35,000 Nadia Battocletti $35,000
3rd $22,000 Gudaf Tsegay $22,000
4th $16,000 Agnes Jebet Ngetich $16,000
5th $11,000 Ejgayehu Taye $11,000
6th $7,000 Ririka Hironaka $7,000
7th $6,000 Joy Cheptoyek $6,000
8th $5,000 Fotyen Tesfay $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Beatrice Chebet $70k Nadia Battocletti $35k Gudaf Tsegay $22k Agnes Jebet Ngetich $16k Ejgayehu Taye $11k
Ririka Hironaka $7,000
Joy Cheptoyek $6,000
Fotyen Tesfay $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 women's 10,000 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
Beatrice Chebet Kenya $140,000 21 11 $180,250
Nadia Battocletti Italy $57,000 10 1 $24,500
Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia $33,000 22 6 $143,000
Agnes Jebet Ngetich Kenya $16,000 5 2 $46,750
Ejgayehu Taye Ethiopia $11,000 11 0 $53,500
Fotyen Tesfay Ethiopia $5,000 6 0 $17,000

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 women's 10,000 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 10,000 metres in Tokyo?

Beatrice Chebet, in 30:37.61, for $70,000. 27 athletes started the final, from fourteen countries. Three 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 women's 10,000 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?

Beatrice Chebet left with $140,000 from two events, Nadia Battocletti left with $57,000 from two events, Gudaf Tsegay left with $33,000 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 women'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