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Women's 800 metres prize money

Q: How much did the women's 800 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Q: Who won the women's 800 metres in Tokyo?

Lilian Odira, in 1:54.62, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from five countries.

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.

Lilian Odira won the women's 800 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 1:54.62 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 five 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 8

COUNTRIES 5

PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid

The women's 800 metres final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Lilian Odira Kenya	KEN	1:54.62	$70,000
2	Georgia Hunter Bell Great Britain	GBR	1:54.90	$35,000
3	Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain	GBR	1:54.91	$22,000
4	Sarah Moraa Kenya	KEN	1:55.74	$16,000
5	Sage Hurta-Klecker United States	USA	1:55.89	$11,000
6	Audrey Werro Switzerland	SUI	1:56.17	$7,000
7	Mary Moraa Kenya	KEN	1:57.10	$6,000
8	Jessica Hull Australia	AUS		$5,000
8	finalists	5 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 800 metres prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Lilian Odira	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Georgia Hunter Bell	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Keely Hodgkinson	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Sarah Moraa	$16,000
5th	$11,000	Sage Hurta-Klecker	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Audrey Werro	$7,000
7th	$6,000	Mary Moraa	$6,000
8th	$5,000	Jessica Hull	$5,000
The event	$172,000
eight paid	$172,000

Lilian Odira $70k Georgia Hunter Bell $35k Keely Hodgkinson $22k
Sarah Moraa $16k
Sage Hurta-Klecker $11k Audrey Werro $7,000 Mary Moraa $6,000 Jessica Hull $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 800 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	BUDAPEST	DL STARTS	DL WINS	DIAMOND LEAGUE
Lilian Odira Kenya	$70,000	—	3	1	$25,500
Georgia Hunter Bell Great Britain	$35,000	$75,000	21	4	$130,250
Jessica Hull Australia	$27,000	$75,000	33	1	$121,750
Keely Hodgkinson Great Britain	$22,000	$75,000	20	9	$170,500
Sage Hurta-Klecker United States	$11,000	—	6	0	$6,500
Audrey Werro Switzerland	$7,000	$150,000	15	7	$191,500
Mary Moraa Kenya	$6,000	—	18	9	$151,500

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. 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 800 metres pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's 800 metres in Tokyo?

Lilian Odira, in 1:54.62, for $70,000. Eight athletes started the final, from five 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 800 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?

Jessica Hull left with $27,000 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.