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Women's 1500 metres prize money

Faith Kipyegon won the women's 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 3:52.15 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.

Fourteen athletes started the final, from eleven 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 14
COUNTRIES 11
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 1500 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Faith Kipyegon Kenya KEN 3:52.15 $70,000
2 Dorcus Ewoi Kenya KEN 3:54.92 $35,000
3 Jessica Hull Australia AUS 3:55.16 $22,000
4 Nelly Chepchirchir Kenya KEN 3:55.25 $16,000
5 Nikki Hiltz United States USA 3:57.08 $11,000
6 Freweyni Hailu Ethiopia ETH 3:57.33 $7,000
7 Klaudia Kazimierska Poland POL 3:57.95 $6,000
8 Sarah Madeleine France FRA 3:58.09 $5,000
9 Marta Pérez Spain ESP 3:58.54 —
10 Sarah Healy Ireland IRL 3:59.14 —
11 Gabriela DeBues-Stafford Canada CAN 3:59.65 —
12 Salomé Afonso Portugal POR 4:00.47 —
13 Sinclaire Johnson United States USA 4:00.92 —
14 Nele Weßel Germany GER 4:10.31 —
14 finalists 11 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: six of the fourteen 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 1500 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Faith Kipyegon $70,000
2nd $35,000 Dorcus Ewoi $35,000
3rd $22,000 Jessica Hull $22,000
4th $16,000 Nelly Chepchirchir $16,000
5th $11,000 Nikki Hiltz $11,000
6th $7,000 Freweyni Hailu $7,000
7th $6,000 Klaudia Kazimierska $6,000
8th $5,000 Sarah Madeleine $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Faith Kipyegon $70k Dorcus Ewoi $35k Jessica Hull $22k Nelly Chepchirchir $16k Nikki Hiltz $11k Freweyni Hailu $7,000 Klaudia Kazimierska $6,000
Sarah Madeleine $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 1500 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 BUDAPEST DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Faith Kipyegon Kenya $105,000 — 22 17 $275,000
Dorcus Ewoi Kenya $35,000 — 5 0 $35,500
Jessica Hull Australia $27,000 $75,000 33 1 $121,750
Nelly Chepchirchir Kenya $16,000 — 10 4 $90,750
Nikki Hiltz United States $11,000 $40,000 10 2 $46,750
Freweyni Hailu Ethiopia $7,000 — 29 6 $183,000
Klaudia Kazimierska Poland $6,000 $150,000 6 1 $73,000

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. The Budapest column is the Ultimate Championship, the one meeting that pays more for a win.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the women's 1500 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 1500 metres in Tokyo?

Faith Kipyegon, in 3:52.15, for $70,000. Fourteen athletes started the final, from eleven 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 women's 1500 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?

Faith Kipyegon left with $105,000 from two events, Jessica Hull left with $27,000 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