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Women's 400 metres hurdles prize money

Femke Bol won the women's 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 51.54 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.

Eight athletes started the final, from six countries, out of a field of 41 the event entered. 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 8
COUNTRIES 6
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 400 metres hurdles final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Femke Bol Netherlands NED 51.54 $70,000
2 Jasmine Jones United States USA 52.08 $35,000
3 Emma Zapletalová Slovakia SVK 53.00 $22,000
4 Anna Cockrell United States USA 53.13 $16,000
5 Gianna Woodruff Panama PAN 53.34 $11,000
6 Naomi Van den Broeck Belgium BEL 53.70 $7,000
7 Dalilah Muhammad United States USA 54.82 $6,000
8 Shiann Salmon Jamaica JAM $5,000
8 finalists 29 countries — $172,000

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 400 metres hurdles prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Femke Bol $70,000
2nd $35,000 Jasmine Jones $35,000
3rd $22,000 Emma Zapletalová $22,000
4th $16,000 Anna Cockrell $16,000
5th $11,000 Gianna Woodruff $11,000
6th $7,000 Naomi Van den Broeck $7,000
7th $6,000 Dalilah Muhammad $6,000
8th $5,000 Shiann Salmon $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Femke Bol $70k Jasmine Jones $35k Emma Zapletalová $22k Anna Cockrell $16k Gianna Woodruff $11k Naomi Van den Broeck $7,000 Dalilah Muhammad $6,000 Shiann Salmon $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 400 metres hurdles.

What this field earns the rest of the year

The same athletes on the Diamond League money list

8 of 8
What the athletes paid in this final have earned across the Diamond League.
ATHLETE TOKYO BUDAPEST DL STARTS DL WINS DIAMOND LEAGUE
Femke Bol Netherlands $70,000 — 30 29 $412,000
Jasmine Jones United States $35,000 $150,000 6 0 $19,000
Emma Zapletalová Slovakia $22,000 $75,000 13 5 $96,500
Anna Cockrell United States $16,000 $40,000 14 4 $113,500
Gianna Woodruff Panama $11,000 — 28 1 $86,000
Naomi Van den Broeck Belgium $7,000 — 3 0 $8,500
Dalilah Muhammad United States $6,000 — 18 6 $110,500
Shiann Salmon Jamaica $5,000 — 9 1 $39,250

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 400 metres hurdles pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 400 metres hurdles in Tokyo?

Femke Bol, in 51.54, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from six countries, out of a field of 41 the event entered.

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 400 metres hurdles 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.

Every other event in Tokyo