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Which marathon has the highest prize money?
While amateur runners enjoy the ambience at big city marathons in the hunt for personal best times, top international athletes fight not only for the top places but also for important prize money.
After all, the prize money at marathons is vital, especially for the numerous world-class runners from Africa. For them, the city marathons are not about the atmosphere along the course or the sights, but about the fight against the clock and the competition.
Prize money for placing; bonuses for records and limits
Only the fastest athletes in the field are rewarded with attractive prize money that allows the long-term pursuit of the sport as a profession. World records, course records and time bonuses can significantly increase the prize money.
Up to 500,000 US dollars for the marathon world record
The biggest marathons in the world reward a marathon victory with 100,000 US dollars or even a little more. For world records, some organizers are even willing to pay up to half a million US dollars.
These marathons pay out very high prize money:
1) Boston Marathon prize money
The world's oldest marathon attracts top international athletes with record-breaking prize money. Although no marathon world records are possible at the Boston Marathon due to the point-to-point course, victory is nevertheless rewarded with $150,000 each. The runner-up and the runner-up can comfort themselves with half of the winner's bonus. For third place there is 40,000 US dollars and even for 10th place an "allowance" of 5,500 US dollars is paid out. The winners of the wheelchair classification will be rewarded with 25,000 US dollars.
For a time under the course record there is an additional 50,000 US dollars. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot has become a rich man as a result of the Boston Marathon. The runner from Kenya earned around 500,000 US dollars from his four victories (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008).
In total, the runners are guaranteed prize money of more than 700,000 U.S. dollars.
All details about the Boston Marathon
2) Dubai Marathon prize money
The winner and female winner of the Standard Chartered Dubai Marathon were each awarded US$200,000 in 2018. For a marathon world record at that time, there would have been a whopping bonus of $100,000. So in total, a marathon world record in Dubai would have been worth US$300,000. In 2008, the Dubai Marathon was even announced with prize money of 245,000 U.S. dollars each for the winner and the winner - the highest value of all time. At that time, a world record would have been worth half a million US dollars.
In 2019, however, Dubai reduced the bonuses by more than half in some cases. Instead of 816,000 U.S. dollars, the top 10 received a total of only 385,000 U.S. dollars, including 100,000 U.S. dollars for each day's victory.
The world record bonus is not impossible in Dubai, by the way. For example, in 2019 winner Getaneh Molla from Ethiopia ran 2:03:34 hours, not even two minutes above the world record of Eliud Kipchoge (2:01:39 hours).
All details about the Dubai Marathon
3) Prize money New York City Marathon
The TCS New York City Marathon is not even close to being one of the fastest marathons in the world, but in terms of prize money, New York is one of the big players. Around 670,000 US dollars in prize money are on offer, of which the winner and the runner-up are each rewarded with just under 100,000 US dollars.
Another 50,000 U.S. dollars will be added to the prize money for run times under 2:05:30 hours (men) and under 2:22:30 hours (women). This is a difficult task, because as of 2020 the course records are 2:05:06 hours and 2:22:31 hours respectively.
All details about the New York City Marathon
4) Chicago Marathon prize money
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Winners of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon can also expect annual prize money of $100,000, plus another $75,000 for a course record. There are further bonuses for certain time limits.
While amateur runners enjoy the ambience at big city marathons in the hunt for personal best times, top international athletes fight not only for...