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Women's 3000 metres steeplechase prize money

Faith Cherotich won the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 8:51.59 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.

Fifteen 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 15
COUNTRIES 10
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Faith Cherotich Kenya KEN 8:51.59 $70,000
2 Winfred Yavi Bahrain BRN 8:56.46 $35,000
3 Sembo Almayew Ethiopia ETH 8:58.86 $22,000
4 Marwa Bouzayani Tunisia TUN 9:01.46 $16,000
5 Doris Lemngole Kenya KEN 9:02.39 $11,000
6 Norah Jeruto Kazakhstan KAZ 9:06.34 $7,000
7 Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany GER 9:14.27 $6,000
8 Lomi Muleta Ethiopia ETH 9:14.90 $5,000
9 Angelina Napoleon United States USA 9:17.44 —
10 Kaylee Mitchell United States USA 9:18.66 —
11 Elise Thorner Great Britain GBR 9:19.02 —
12 Lea Meyer Germany GER 9:24.42 —
13 Flavie Renouard France FRA 9:25.15 —
14 Lexy Halladay United States USA 9:34.03 —
— Peruth Chemutai Uganda UGA DNF —
15 finalists 10 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: seven of the fifteen 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 3000 metres steeplechase prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Faith Cherotich $70,000
2nd $35,000 Winfred Yavi $35,000
3rd $22,000 Sembo Almayew $22,000
4th $16,000 Marwa Bouzayani $16,000
5th $11,000 Doris Lemngole $11,000
6th $7,000 Norah Jeruto $7,000
7th $6,000 Gesa Felicitas Krause $6,000
8th $5,000 Lomi Muleta $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Faith Cherotich $70k Winfred Yavi $35k Sembo Almayew $22k Marwa Bouzayani $16k Doris Lemngole $11k Norah Jeruto $7,000 Gesa Felicitas Krause $6,000 Lomi Muleta $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 3000 metres steeplechase.

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
Faith Cherotich Kenya $70,000 20 8 $198,000
Winfred Yavi Bahrain $35,000 31 8 $193,000
Sembo Almayew Ethiopia $22,000 14 1 $53,000
Marwa Bouzayani Tunisia $16,000 21 1 $50,500
Doris Lemngole Kenya $11,000 5 1 $34,000
Norah Jeruto Kazakhstan $7,000 18 6 $118,250
Gesa Felicitas Krause Germany $6,000 16 0 $33,500
Lomi Muleta Ethiopia $5,000 10 0 $7,500

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.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the women's 3000 metres steeplechase pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 3000 metres steeplechase in Tokyo?

Faith Cherotich, in 8:51.59, for $70,000. Fifteen 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 women's 3000 metres steeplechase 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. 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.

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