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Women's 200 metres prize money

Q: How much did the women's 200 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across eight paid places: $70,000 to Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Q: Who won the women's 200 metres in Tokyo?

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, in 21.68, for $70,000. Nine athletes started the final, from five countries. One of them did not finish with a place.

Q: 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.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 200 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 21.68 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.

Nine athletes started the final, from five 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 9

COUNTRIES 5

PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid

The women's 200 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden United States	USA	21.68	$70,000
2	Amy Hunt Great Britain	GBR	22.14	$35,000
3	Shericka Jackson Jamaica	JAM	22.18	$22,000
4	Anavia Battle United States	USA	22.22	$16,000
5	Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain	GBR	22.43	$11,000
6	Brittany Brown United States	USA	22.54	$7,000
7	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Ivory Coast	CIV	22.62	$6,000
8	Mckenzie Long United States	USA	22.78	$5,000
—	Anthonique Strachan Bahamas	BAH	DQ	—
9	finalists	5 countries	—	$172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: one of the nine 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 200 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Melissa Jefferson-Wooden	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Amy Hunt	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Shericka Jackson	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Anavia Battle	$16,000
5th	$11,000	Dina Asher-Smith	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Brittany Brown	$7,000
7th	$6,000	Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith	$6,000
8th	$5,000	Mckenzie Long	$5,000
The event	$172,000
eight paid	$172,000

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden $70k Amy Hunt $35k Shericka Jackson $22k Anavia Battle $16k Dina Asher-Smith $11k Brittany Brown $7,000 Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith $6,000 Mckenzie Long $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 200 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
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden United States	$140,000	8	6	$102,000
Shericka Jackson Jamaica	$38,000	41	19	$390,750
Amy Hunt Great Britain	$35,000	24	0	$92,500
Anavia Battle United States	$16,000	19	4	$104,000
Dina Asher-Smith Great Britain	$16,000	49	8	$322,000
Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith Ivory Coast	$12,000	14	1	$78,250
Brittany Brown United States	$7,000	11	5	$104,750
Mckenzie Long United States	$5,000	8	0	$18,000

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 200 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across eight paid places: $70,000 to Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Who won the women's 200 metres in Tokyo?

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, in 21.68, for $70,000. Nine athletes started the final, from five 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 women's 200 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?

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden left with $140,000 from two events, Shericka Jackson left with $38,000 from two events, Dina Asher-Smith left with $16,000 from two events, Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith left with $12,000 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.