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Women's 20 kilometres walk prize money

María Pérez won the women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 1:25:54 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.

49 athletes started the final, from 24 countries. Eight 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 49
COUNTRIES 24
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 20 kilometres walk final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 María Pérez Spain ESP 1:25:54 $70,000
2 Alegna González Mexico MEX 1:26:06 $35,000
3 Nanako Fujii Japan JPN 1:26:18 $22,000
4 Paula Milena Torres Ecuador ECU 1:26:18 $16,000
5 Kimberly García Peru PER 1:26:22 $11,000
6 Yang Jiayu China CHN 1:27:16 $7,000
7 Antía Chamosa Spain ESP 1:27:55 $6,000
8 Wu Quanming China CHN 1:28:08 $5,000
9 Ma Li China CHN 1:28:52 —
10 Mary Luz Andía Peru PER 1:28:52 —
11 Pauline Stey France FRA 1:28:52 —
12 Viviane Lyra Brazil BRA 1:29:02 —
13 Lyudmyla Olyanovska Ukraine UKR 1:29:16 —
14 Katarzyna Zdziebło Poland POL 1:29:31 —
15 Alexandrina Mihai Italy ITA 1:29:44 —
16 Antigoni Drisbioti Greece GRE 1:29:47 —
17 Federica Curiazzi Italy ITA 1:29:48 —
18 Kumiko Okada Japan JPN 1:30:12 —
19 Mariia Sakharuk Ukraine UKR 1:30:38 —
20 Magaly Bonilla Ecuador ECU 1:30:39 —
21 Rebecca Henderson Australia AUS 1:31:05 —
22 Paula Juárez Spain ESP 1:31:50 —
23 Yasmina Toxanbayeva Kazakhstan KAZ 1:31:51 —
24 Hanna Shevchuk Ukraine UKR 1:32:15 —
25 Hana Burzalová Slovakia SVK 1:32:28 —
26 Rachelle de Orbeta Puerto Rico PUR 1:32:47 —
27 Lauren Harris United States USA 1:32:50 —
28 Vitória Oliveira Portugal POR 1:33:02 —
29 Clémence Beretta France FRA 1:33:14 —
30 Evelyn Inga Peru PER 1:33:29 —
31 Alejandra Ortega Mexico MEX 1:34:18 —
32 Gabriela de Sousa Brazil BRA 1:34:28 —
33 Elizabeth McMillen Australia AUS 1:34:58 —
34 Christina Papadopoulou Greece GRE 1:35:05 —
35 Ilse Guerrero Mexico MEX 1:35:20 —
36 Tiziana Spiller Hungary HUN 1:35:32 —
37 Ayane Yanai Japan JPN 1:35:44 —
38 Jekaterina Mirotvortseva Estonia EST 1:36:25 —
39 Panayiota Tsinopoulou Greece GRE 1:37:40 —
40 Lucy Mendoza Colombia COL 1:38:05 —
41 Laura Chalarca Colombia COL 1:42:08 —
— Meryem Bekmez Turkey TUR DNF —
— Alexandra Griffin Australia AUS DNF —
— Sintayehu Masire Ethiopia ETH DNF —
— Antonella Palmisano Italy ITA DNF —
— Érica de Sena Brazil BRA DNF —
— Mirna Ortiz Guatemala GUA DQ —
— Peng Li China CHN DQ —
— Johana Ordóñez Ecuador ECU DNS —
49 finalists 24 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: 41 of the 49 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 20 kilometres walk prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 María Pérez $70,000
2nd $35,000 Alegna González $35,000
3rd $22,000 Nanako Fujii $22,000
4th $16,000 Paula Milena Torres $16,000
5th $11,000 Kimberly García $11,000
6th $7,000 Yang Jiayu $7,000
7th $6,000 Antía Chamosa $6,000
8th $5,000 Wu Quanming $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
María Pérez $70k
Alegna González $35k
Nanako Fujii $22k
Paula Milena Torres $16k
Kimberly García $11k
Yang Jiayu $7,000
Antía Chamosa $6,000
Wu Quanming $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 20 kilometres walk.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the women's 20 kilometres walk pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 20 kilometres walk in Tokyo?

María Pérez, in 1:25:54, for $70,000. 49 athletes started the final, from 24 countries. Eight 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 20 kilometres walk 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?

María Pérez left with $140,000 from two events, Paula Milena Torres left with $38,000 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.

Every other event in Tokyo