European Athletics Championships to have £3m record prize fund in 2028

The 2028 European Athletics Championships, set to be held in Silesia, Poland, will feature a record prize fund of approximately £3 million. Prize money will be distributed to athletes finishing in the top eight across all 50 events, with gold medallists earning 30,000 euros (£25,720), silver medallists receiving 15,000 euros (£12,860), and bronze medallists taking home 10,000 euros (£8,573). This marks a historic high for prize funding at the championships.