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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Women's high jump prize money

Nicola Olyslagers won the women's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 2.00 m 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 thirteen 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. Three places were shared: 3rd, 5th and 7th, each pair splitting the money of the two places they occupied.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000
THIS FINAL PAID $172,000
IN THE FINAL 16
COUNTRIES 13
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's high jump final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Nicola Olyslagers Australia AUS 2.00 m $70,000
2 Maria Żodzik Poland POL 2.00 m $35,000
=3 Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine UKR 1.97 m $19,000
=3 Angelina Topić Serbia SRB 1.97 m $19,000
=5 Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine UKR 1.97 m $9,000
=5 Eleanor Patterson Australia AUS 1.97 m $9,000
=7 Christina Honsel Germany GER 1.93 m $5,500
=7 Morgan Lake Great Britain GBR 1.93 m $5,500
9 Elena Kulichenko Cyprus CYP 1.93 m —
10 Merel Maes Belgium BEL 1.93 m —
11 Imke Onnen Germany GER 1.93 m —
=12 Michaela Hrubá Czechia CZE 1.88 m —
=12 Fatoumata Balley Guinea GUI 1.88 m —
=12 Marija Vuković Montenegro MNE 1.88 m —
15 Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah Ghana GHA 1.88 m —
— Elisabeth Pihela Estonia EST NM —
16 finalists 13 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 high jump prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Nicola Olyslagers $70,000
2nd $35,000 Maria Żodzik $35,000
3rd $22,000 Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Angelina Topić $38,000
4th $16,000 nobody finished 4th —
5th $11,000 Yuliya Levchenko and Eleanor Patterson $18,000
6th $7,000 nobody finished 6th —
7th $6,000 Christina Honsel and Morgan Lake $11,000
8th $5,000 nobody finished 8th —
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Nicola Olyslagers $70k Maria Żodzik $35k Yaroslava Mahuchikh $19k Angelina Topić $19k Yuliya Levchenko $9,000 Eleanor Patterson $9,000 Christina Honsel $5,500 Morgan Lake $5,500

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 high jump.

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
Nicola Olyslagers Australia $70,000 $75,000 29 10 $231,167
Maria Żodzik Poland $35,000 — 8 1 $19,667
Angelina Topić Serbia $19,000 $40,000 19 2 $68,500
Yaroslava Mahuchikh Ukraine $19,000 $150,000 39 21 $382,250
Eleanor Patterson Australia $9,000 $40,000 30 2 $130,750
Yuliya Levchenko Ukraine $9,000 — 36 1 $102,375
Christina Honsel Germany $5,500 — 12 1 $28,167
Morgan Lake Great Britain $5,500 — 21 1 $48,250

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 high jump pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's high jump in Tokyo?

Nicola Olyslagers, in 2.00 m, for $70,000. Sixteen athletes started the final, from thirteen 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 high jump 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 three tied places?

Yaroslava Mahuchikh and Angelina Topić could not be separated for 3rd, so they took $19,000 each. Yuliya Levchenko and Eleanor Patterson could not be separated for 5th, so they took $9,000 each. Christina Honsel and Morgan Lake could not be separated for 7th, so they took $5,500 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