WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS · TOKYO 2025 · FIELD

Women's pole vault prize money

Q: How much did the women's pole vault pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across nine paid places: $70,000 to Katie Moon, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Q: Who won the women's pole vault in Tokyo?

Katie Moon, in 4.90, for $70,000. Fourteen athletes started the final, from nine countries. Two of them did not finish with a place.

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.

Katie Moon won the women's pole vault at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in 4.90 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.

Fourteen athletes started the final, from nine countries. Two 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. Two places were shared: 6th and 8th, each pair splitting the money of the two places they occupied.

THE WINNER TOOK $70,000

THIS FINAL PAID $172,000

IN THE FINAL 14

COUNTRIES 9

PLACES PAID 9

The final

Tokyo, 13 to 21 September 2025

$172,000 paid

The women's pole vault final at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, with what each place paid.
POS	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	PRIZE
1	Katie Moon United States	USA	4.90	$70,000
2	Sandi Morris United States	USA	4.85	$35,000
3	Tina Šutej Slovenia	SLO	4.80	$22,000
4	Amálie Švábíková Czechia	CZE	4.75	$16,000
5	Angelica Moser Switzerland	SUI	4.65	$11,000
=6	Hana Moll United States	USA	4.65	$6,500
=6	Amanda Moll United States	USA	4.65	$6,500
=8	Marie-Julie Bonnin France	FRA	4.65	$2,500
=8	Olivia McTaggart New Zealand	NZL	4.65	$2,500
10	Imogen Ayris New Zealand	NZL	4.45	—
=11	Roberta Bruni Italy	ITA	4.45	—
=11	Niu Chunge China	CHN	4.45	—
—	Juliana de Menis Campos Brazil	BRA	NM	—
—	Eliza McCartney New Zealand	NZL	NM	—
14	finalists	9 countries	—	$172,000

Everyone from 9th down carries a dash because the ladder stops at 8th: six of the fourteen athletes here went home with nothing from the prize fund. The nine 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 pole vault prize ladder at the World Athletics Championships.
PLACE	THE LADDER	WHO TOOK IT	PAID
1st	$70,000	Katie Moon	$70,000
2nd	$35,000	Sandi Morris	$35,000
3rd	$22,000	Tina Šutej	$22,000
4th	$16,000	Amálie Švábíková	$16,000
5th	$11,000	Angelica Moser	$11,000
6th	$7,000	Hana Moll and Amanda Moll	$13,000
7th	$6,000	nobody finished 7th	—
8th	$5,000	Marie-Julie Bonnin and Olivia McTaggart	$5,000
The event	$172,000
nine paid	$172,000

Katie Moon $70k Sandi Morris $35k Tina Šutej $22k Amálie Švábíková $16k Angelica Moser $11k Hana Moll $6,500 Amanda Moll $6,500 Marie-Julie Bonnin $2,500 Olivia McTaggart $2,500

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 pole vault.

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
Katie Moon United States	$70,000	—	31	11	$245,125
Sandi Morris United States	$35,000	$150,000	37	9	$210,500
Tina Šutej Slovenia	$22,000	—	35	1	$115,500
Amálie Švábíková Czechia	$16,000	—	9	0	$16,000
Angelica Moser Switzerland	$11,000	$40,000	26	2	$108,875
Amanda Moll United States	$6,500	—	2	0	$6,000
Hana Moll United States	$6,500	$75,000	5	3	$67,500
Marie-Julie Bonnin France	$2,500	—	10	0	$7,000
Olivia McTaggart New Zealand	$2,500	—	7	1	$24,000

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. 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 pole vault pay at the 2025 World Championships?

$172,000, across nine paid places: $70,000 to Katie Moon, $35,000 for second and $22,000 for third, down to $5,000 for 8th.

Who won the women's pole vault in Tokyo?

Katie Moon, in 4.90, for $70,000. Fourteen athletes started the final, from nine countries. Two 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 pole vault 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 two tied places?

Hana Moll and Amanda Moll could not be separated for 6th, so they took $6,500 each. Marie-Julie Bonnin and Olivia McTaggart could not be separated for 8th, so they took $2,500 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.