2024 BOSTON MARATHON PRIZE MONEY & AWARDS

For a full breakdown of prize money by division, click here.

  • Prize money at the Boston Marathon is equally distributed amongst men and women in the Open, Masters, and Wheelchair Division.
  • The Boston Marathon was the first Abbott World Marathon Major event to offer equal $50,000 course record bonuses across open and wheelchair divisions, and the first event to provide a designated prize purse for athletes with upper limb, lower limb, and visual impairments.
Place Open Division Wheelchair Division T53/54/34 Wheelchair Division T51-52 Masters Division
1st $150,000 $40,000 $1,500 $5,000
2nd $75,000 $25,000 $750 $2,500
3rd $40,000 $12,000 $500 $1,500
4th $25,000 $8,000    
5th $18,000 $6,000    
6th $13,500 $4,000    
7th $10,500 $3,000    
8th $8,500 $2,500    
9th $7,000 $2,000    
10th $5,500 $1,500    
Course Record Bonus $50,000 $50,000    
TOTAL $806,000 $308,000 $5,500 $18,000
         
GRAND TOTAL  $1,137,500      

Para Athletics Divisions, Men & Women

Place T11/T12 T13 T45/T46 T61/T63/T43 T62/T64; T42/T44 T35-T38 T20
1st $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500 $2,500
2nd $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500 $1,500
3rd $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000
Course Record Bonus $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500
TOTAL $11,000 $11,000 $11,000 $11,000 $11,000 $11,000 $11,000
INFORMATION
  • Only open, masters, wheelchair and Para athletes starting in the professional starts are eligible for prize money.
  • Within the professional starts, prize money will be allocated based on gun-time for the open, masters and wheelchair races.
  • Within the Para starts, prize money will be allocated based on gun-time if all athletes start together in their respective divisions OR by net time if any Para athlete in a division starts with the Pro open or Pro masters start as a result of a qualifying time.
  • The B.A.A. has discretion to add athletes to the Professional fields based on an athlete’s past performances.
COURSE RECORD BONUS
  • The Boston Marathon is the first Abbott World Marathon Major event to offer equal $50,000 course record bonuses across open and wheelchair divisions. 
Open Course Record Bonus $50,000
Wheelchair Course Record Bonus $50,000
Boston Marathon Course Records
OPEN DIVISION WHEELCHAIR DIVISION
Geoffrey Mutai - 2:03:02 (2011) Marcel Hug - 1:17:06 (2023)
Buzunesh Deba - 2:19:59 (2014) Manuela Schär - 1:28:17 (2017)
AGE GROUP AWARDS
  • Age group awards will be given to the top 3 in each division. 
  • Awards are courtesy of Long’s Jewelers.