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Women's 5000 metres prize money

Beatrice Chebet won the women's 5000 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 14:54.36 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.

Sixteen athletes started the final, from ten 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 16
COUNTRIES 10
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's 5000 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Beatrice Chebet Kenya KEN 14:54.36 $70,000
2 Faith Kipyegon Kenya KEN 14:55.07 $35,000
3 Nadia Battocletti Italy ITA 14:55.42 $22,000
4 Shelby Houlihan United States USA 14:57.42 $16,000
5 Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia ETH 14:57.82 $11,000
6 Josette Andrews United States USA 15:00.25 $7,000
7 Marta García Spain ESP 15:01.02 $6,000
8 Hannah Nuttall Great Britain GBR 15:01.25 $5,000
9 Fantaye Belayneh Ethiopia ETH 15:02.05 —
10 Rose Davies Australia AUS 15:03.61 —
11 Linden Hall Australia AUS 15:04.03 —
12 Nozomi Tanaka Japan JPN 15:07.34 —
13 Medina Eisa Ethiopia ETH 15:07.47 —
14 Maureen Koster Netherlands NED 15:07.58 —
15 Agnes Jebet Ngetich Kenya KEN 15:13.78 —
16 Joy Cheptoyek Uganda UGA 15:18.98 —
16 finalists 10 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: eight of the sixteen 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 5000 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Beatrice Chebet $70,000
2nd $35,000 Faith Kipyegon $35,000
3rd $22,000 Nadia Battocletti $22,000
4th $16,000 Shelby Houlihan $16,000
5th $11,000 Gudaf Tsegay $11,000
6th $7,000 Josette Andrews $7,000
7th $6,000 Marta García $6,000
8th $5,000 Hannah Nuttall $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Beatrice Chebet $70k Faith Kipyegon $35k Nadia Battocletti $22k Shelby Houlihan $16k Gudaf Tsegay $11k Josette Andrews $7,000 Marta García $6,000 Hannah Nuttall $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 5000 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
Beatrice Chebet Kenya $140,000 21 11 $180,250
Faith Kipyegon Kenya $105,000 22 17 $275,000
Nadia Battocletti Italy $57,000 10 1 $24,500
Gudaf Tsegay Ethiopia $33,000 22 6 $143,000
Shelby Houlihan United States $16,000 3 0 $4,000
Josette Andrews United States $7,000 13 0 $39,750
Marta García Spain $6,000 11 0 $10,000
Hannah Nuttall Great Britain $5,000 7 0 $10,000

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 5000 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 5000 metres in Tokyo?

Beatrice Chebet, in 14:54.36, for $70,000. Sixteen athletes started the final, from ten 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 5000 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?

Beatrice Chebet left with $140,000 from two events, Faith Kipyegon left with $105,000 from two events, Nadia Battocletti left with $57,000 from two events, Gudaf Tsegay left with $33,000 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