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  "path": "/2026/04/26/much-prize-money-london-marathon-winners-receive-28059503/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-26T09:00:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Participants can win cash prizes and bonuses for completing the race (Photo by Krisztian Elek/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)\n\nA record-number of people are taking part in the 2026 TCS London Marathon today, including celebrities and MPs.\n\nOver 59,000 people are expected to run the 26.2mile route through the capital today after a record-breaking 1.13million entered to participate in the race.\n\nAlongside gratification for completing one of the world’s most iconic sporting events, the London Marathon actually offers a significant amount of prize money to the elite athletes competing, but how much?\n\n## How much is the London Marathon prize money?\n\nIn 2024, the event created history by becoming the first marathon in the world to ensure equal distribution of prize money between able-bodied athletes and wheelchair racers.\n\nFor this year’s event, the elite men’s and women’s able-bodied races and men’s and women’s wheelchair races all offer over £40,000 ($55,000) for participants who place first, over £22,000 ($30,000) for placing second, and over £16,000 ($22,500) for placing third.\n\nThere are also bonuses on offer for running sub-2:02 for the men and sub-2:15 for the women, and additional bonus each for breaking a new course record for men’s and women’s able-bodied races and men’s and women’s wheelchair races.\n\nThere are some big money prizes available. (Photo: Harry Murphy/Getty Images)\n\n## **Will any world records be broken?**\n\nThe 2026 London Marathon has already managed to break a record after achieving a historic 1,133,813 applications for the race’s public ballot, a 36% increase from 2025’s public ballot.\n\nMany participants in this year’s event hope their quirky attempts to break records will help boost their fundraising efforts for their chosen charities.\n\nNo record attempts have so far been confirmed, but TCS London Marathon always updates their website with a roundup of all the records broken during the event.\n\nLast year’s race, for example, saw over 40 new Guinness World Records alone, including several participants breaking records for completing the race while dressed as aliens, crustaceans, pirates, birds, traffic cones, and more.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "How much prize money do London Marathon winners receive?"
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