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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Women's javelin throw prize money

Juleisy Angulo won the women's javelin throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 65.12 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.

Twelve athletes started the final, from eleven 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 12
COUNTRIES 11
PLACES PAID 8

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid
The women's javelin throw final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS ATHLETE COUNTRY MARK PRIZE
1 Juleisy Angulo Ecuador ECU 65.12 m $70,000
2 Anete Sietiņa Latvia LAT 64.64 m $35,000
3 Mackenzie Little Australia AUS 63.58 m $22,000
4 Jo-Ané du Plessis South Africa RSA 63.06 m $16,000
5 Elina Tzengko Greece GRE 62.72 m $11,000
6 Flor Ruiz Colombia COL 62.32 m $7,000
7 Tori Moorby New Zealand NZL 61.53 m $6,000
8 Adriana Vilagoš Serbia SRB 61.29 m $5,000
9 Su Lingdan China CHN 59.56 m —
10 Victoria Hudson Austria AUT 59.52 m —
11 Valentina Barrios Colombia COL 59.14 m —
12 Małgorzata Maślak-Glugla Poland POL 57.80 m —
12 finalists 11 countries — $172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: four of the twelve 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 javelin throw prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE THE LADDER WHO TOOK IT PAID
1st $70,000 Juleisy Angulo $70,000
2nd $35,000 Anete Sietiņa $35,000
3rd $22,000 Mackenzie Little $22,000
4th $16,000 Jo-Ané du Plessis $16,000
5th $11,000 Elina Tzengko $11,000
6th $7,000 Flor Ruiz $7,000
7th $6,000 Tori Moorby $6,000
8th $5,000 Adriana Vilagoš $5,000
The event $172,000
eight paid $172,000
Juleisy Angulo $70k Anete Sietiņa $35k Mackenzie Little $22k Jo-Ané du Plessis $16k Elina Tzengko $11k Flor Ruiz $7,000
Tori Moorby $6,000
Adriana Vilagoš $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 javelin throw.

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
Juleisy Angulo Ecuador $70,000 2 0 $2,000
Anete Sietiņa Latvia $35,000 7 0 $17,000
Mackenzie Little Australia $22,000 17 2 $69,750
Jo-Ané du Plessis South Africa $16,000 5 0 $21,000
Elina Tzengko Greece $11,000 15 3 $65,000
Flor Ruiz Colombia $7,000 13 0 $37,500
Adriana Vilagoš Serbia $5,000 17 2 $97,250

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.

Frequently asked questions

How much did the women's javelin throw pay at the 2025 World Championships?

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

Who won the women's javelin throw in Tokyo?

Juleisy Angulo, in 65.12 m, for $70,000. Twelve athletes started the final, from eleven 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 javelin throw 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