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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · COMBINED

Women's heptathlon prize money

Anna Hall won the women's heptathlon at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 6888 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.

24 athletes started the final, from sixteen countries. Five 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. Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks tied for 3rd and shared the money of that place and the one below it, $19,000 each.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000
THIS FINAL PAID $172,000
IN THE FINAL 24
COUNTRIES 16
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's heptathlon final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Anna Hall United States USA 6888 $70,000
2 Kate O'Connor Ireland IRL 6714 $35,000
=3 Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain GBR 6581 $19,000
=3 Taliyah Brooks United States USA 6581 $19,000
5 Sandrina Sprengel Germany GER 6434 $11,000
6 Sofie Dokter Netherlands NED 6432 $7,000
7 Saga Vanninen Finland FIN 6396 $6,000
8 Jade O'Dowda Great Britain GBR 6391 $5,000
9 Emma Oosterwegel Netherlands NED 6381 —
10 Martha Araújo Colombia COL 6324 —
11 Michelle Atherley United States USA 6287 —
12 María Vicente Spain ESP 6207 —
13 Sveva Gerevini Italy ITA 6167 —
14 Beatričė Juškevičiūtė Lithuania LTU 6151 —
15 Adrianna Sułek-Schubert Poland POL 6105 —
16 Camryn Newton-Smith Australia AUS 5925 —
17 Tori West Australia AUS 5778 —
18 Auriana Lazraq-Khlass France FRA 5758 —
19 Pippi Lotta Enok Estonia EST 4259 —
— Timara Chapman United States USA DNS —
— Abigail Pawlett Great Britain GBR DNS —
— Nafissatou Thiam Belgium BEL DNS —
— Vanessa Grimm Germany GER DNS —
— Annik Kälin Switzerland SUI DNS —
24 finalists 17 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: sixteen of the 24 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 heptathlon prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Anna Hall $70,000
2nd $35,000 Kate O'Connor $35,000
3rd $22,000 Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks $38,000
4th $16,000 nobody finished 4th —
5th $11,000 Sandrina Sprengel $11,000
6th $7,000 Sofie Dokter $7,000
7th $6,000 Saga Vanninen $6,000
8th $5,000 Jade O'Dowda $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Anna Hall $70k
Kate O'Connor $35k
Katarina Johnson-Thompson $19k Taliyah Brooks $19k
Sandrina Sprengel $11k
Sofie Dokter $7,000
Saga Vanninen $6,000
Jade O'Dowda $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 heptathlon.

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
Anna Hall United States $70,000 5 0 $7,000
Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain $19,000 8 0 $20,000
Taliyah Brooks United States $19,000 2 0 $3,000

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 heptathlon pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's heptathlon in Tokyo?

Anna Hall, in 6888, for $70,000. 24 athletes started the final, from sixteen countries. Five 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 heptathlon 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.

What happened to the tie for 3rd?

Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Taliyah Brooks could not be separated for 3rd, so they took $19,000 each. Two athletes level for a place share the money of that place and the one below it: sharing rather than doubling is what keeps the ladder adding up to the pot the championships declared.

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