How much money do athletes receive at the 2023 World Athletics Championships?

The World Athletics Championships are the largest event in track and field, and this year, almost 2,000 competitors from 192 countries are in Budapest, Hungary to win medals, set records, and earn some prize money to boot. This is the nineteenth edition of the championships and it promises to be every bit as exciting as all of those that have gone before.

Bigger prizes for 2023 World Athletics Championships winners

In keeping with the sizeable increase in the purse that was seen last year when the Championships were held in Oregon, U.S.A., participants in Budapest will be competing for a sizeable amount, thanks to the continued commitment by World Athletics to increase the pot for winning athletes. A total of almost $8.5 million is up for grabs once again.

If you didn’t know, prior to last year’s event, the organization set aside $2 million from fines paid by the Russian Athletics Federation for violating rules on doping, to add to the prize money for the Oregon Championships as well as this year’s event in Budapest. In addition to this, Japanese electronics company TDK will once again be handing out $100,000 to gold medal winners who break an IAAF World Record in the process. Those who make the top eight in each event will win a cash prize. Individual winners receive the same amount, regardless of which event they participate in, while relay winners are awarded prize money per team.

Prize money for individual events

Here are the purses at stake at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest:

Prize money for relays