Winners of the 127th Boston Marathon will go home with the glory of being a top athlete – and a pocket full of money.
A grand total of $879,500 will be distributed among the men and women competing in the Open, Masters, Wheelchair and Para divisions of the Boston Marathon. Top finishers have received more than $20 million in prize money and course-record bonuses over the past 35 years.
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First-place winners in the open division will be awarded $150,000, while the top finisher in the wheelchair division gets $25,000. First place of the masters will take home $5,000, and the para winner of will go home with $1,500.
If course records are broken in the open and wheelchair races, winners will receive an additional $50,000. The marathon was the first Abbott World Marathon event to offer equal prize money to athletes competing in both divisions.
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The event was also the first to award prize purse for athletes with upper limb, lower limb, and visual impairments.
Click here for a complete breakdown of how Boston Marathon prize money will be distributed to winners.
