How much London Marathon 2025 winners and record breakers receive in iconic race
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info
A record-breaking 56,000 participants are expected to cross the finish line at Sunday's TCS London Marathon. While most runners aim to complete the race and raise substantial funds for charities, there is a significant cash prize up for grabs for the professional athletes leading the pack.
Last year, London took the progressive step of offering equal prize money for all four races, including the wheelchair events, a policy that remains in place for 2025.
Despite the recent withdrawal of women's world record holder Ruth Chepngetich and legendary runner Kenenisa Bekele, organisers believe they have assembled the most impressive elite field in the history of the sport.
READ MORE - Paula Radcliffe's daughter's heartbreaking cancer journey as she runs marathon
READ MORE - BBC announce iconic series will return nearly 18 years after being axed
Among those competing in the men's race are icon Eliud Kipchoge, 2024's fastest marathoner Sebastian Sawe, Olympic champion Tamirat Tola, and recent half marathon record breaker Jacob Kiplimo.
In the women's event, triple Olympic medallist Sifan Hasan, who won this event in a thrilling finish two years ago, is among the favourites, along with former world record holder Tigst Assefa, reports the Mirror.
Domestic interests include debutants Alex Yee and Eilish McColgan.
Prize money, paid in dollars as part of the World Marathon Majors series, ranges from $1,000 for 12th position up to $55,000 for the winners.
This sum is further boosted by substantial appearance fees for star names, with time bonuses - capped at $150,000 - also available.
The men's course record of 2:01:25 was set by Kelvin Kiptum in 2023, while Peres Jepchirchir established a women's record of 2:16:16 in 2024 - just shy of Paula Radcliffe's 2003 record of 2:15:25, achieved when the race was still mixed.
Swiss athletes Marcel Hug and Manuela Schar hold the men's and women's wheelchair records respectively, with times of 1:23:44 (set in 2023) and 1:39:52 (from 2017).
With the weather forecast predicting light winds and sunny spells, fast times could be on the cards again this year. However, temperatures could rise into the 20s as those at the back of the field reach the later stages.
Here's the prize money breakdown for the London Marathon 2025, with equal prizes for all four elite races:.
12th place will receive $1,000 (£752), 11th place gets $1,500 (£1,128), 10th place earns $2,000 (£1,504), 9th place takes home $3,000 (£2,255), 8th place wins $4,000 (£3,008), 7th place bags $5,000 (£3,760), 6th place secures $7,500 (£5,640), 5th place is awarded $10,000 (£7,520), 4th place gets $15,000 (£11,280), 3rd place receives $22,500 (£16,920), 2nd place walks away with $30,000 (£22,559), and the 1st place champion claims $55,000 (£41,358).
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Metro
20 minutes ago
- Metro
What to expect from Ronnie O'Sullivan this season - according to the Rocket
Ronnie O'Sullivan had a turbulent last season, taking time away from snooker as he tried to rediscover enjoyment in the game, so what can we expect from him in the coming campaign? Predicting the Rocket is notoriously difficult, but he has laid out a pretty clear plan for himself and it sounds like it will feature plenty of snooker. The second half of last season was extremely quiet for the 49-year-old, snapping his cue on an ill-fated visit to the Championship League in January and not playing again until the World Championship in April. After chatting to psychiatrist Dr Steve Peters, a two-year plan was put together to try and find form and pleasure from the game which he had lost. Speaking on the eve of the World Championship, O'Sullivan explained: 'I said I wanted to at least do two proper years. 'Put everything I was doing on the back burner. I don't feel like I have that luxury anymore to do other things and try and compete. 'I think I owe it to my career to focus just on playing for the next two years, at least, and just see if I can rediscover some decent form. Try and finish my carer on a good note and not how it's felt for the last three or four years. That's my main goal. 'If it doesn't go great here, at least I've got another three months to go back to the practice table and really try and start next season, build some momentum and rebuild, find some sort of game that can at least give me some enjoyment.' He confirmed that playing snooker would be strictly limited to competition, saying: 'There will be no more exhibitions or distractions off the table.' After a pretty comfortable first round win over Ali Carter, the Rocket also said that he no longer plans to dabble with different coaches, something he has done a lot over the years. 'There will be no more coaches onboard, it will be just me and Steve Peters, trying to help me be a bit more instinctive and just try and find my own way of playing,' he told TNT Sports after a 10-4 win. 'I will commit to two years, even if it is terrible, and will give everything to play in the tournaments, practice and rest and rediscover the shots I have lost. 'I just need to go back to my own way of playing, clear my head and not be too analytical and overthink things.' Victories over Pang Junxu and Si Jiahui followed, but that enjoyment O'Sullivan was searching for did not. After a 13-9 win over Si in the Sheffield quarter-finals, he told the BBC: 'I'm playing awful and the cue feels awful. It's the worst situation to be in as a snooker player. I'm still in so I'll keep punching away, keep trying.' His new cue was bothering him so much that O'Sullivan changed his ferrule and tip in the middle of his semi-final with eventual champion Zhao Xintong. It seemed a desperate move and it did not pay off, but the seven-time world champ was not exactly sure what the problem was after a 17-7 thrashing at the hands of the Cyclone. 'I'm at a loss to be honest with you,' he said. 'I have lost what I used to have. I'm so confused. It feels a struggle. 'I don't know if it was me, the cue, tip or the ferrule. I didn't know where the white ball was going.' On the one-sided result, he said: 'I wasn't surprised. I have been playing like that in practice. It's hard to get my head around. I can't even fix it, that's the problem, I don't know if I can fix it. 'I want to give it two years but if you play like that, it's pretty pointless. It's not good. 'I have been like that for four years, trying to grind it out. I haven't had a clue where the cue ball was going. I have been willing it in the hole. 'I don't know how to correct the fault. That is the worrying thing. I am so far away – I don't even know where to begin.' O'Sullivan then explained that he is leaving the UK to set up home in the Middle East, saying: 'There's going to be a few changes in my life so I'll see how that goes. I don't know. 'I think I'm going to be moving out of the UK this year, so I don't know how that's going to pan out to be honest with you. 'A new life, somewhere else. Still try and play snooker, but I don't know what the future looks like for me. 'I'll be moving away to the Middle East. We'll see how it goes. I might be back in six months, who knows?' And that's where we left the Rocket, with little update from him since, other than the launch of a YouTube channel. What is encouraging for his fans, though, is that the two-year plan seems to be getting off to a busy start as O'Sullivan's name is in the first three draws of the season. Shanghai Masters (Jul 28 – Aug 3) 29 Jul: Last 16 vs Barry Hawkins/Wu Yize Wuhan Open (Aug 24-30) 24 Aug: Round One vs Allan Taylor British Open (Sep 22-28) 22 Sep: Round One vs Sanderson Lam He has been known to pull out of events, so don't put the house on him playing in all three, but the Rocket is currently scheduled to compete in the Shanghai Masters, Wuhan Open and British Open. The draw is yet to be done for the Championship League, which starts later this month, so we will wait and see if he competes in Leicester for the first time since his cue-smashing trip there six months ago. The Saudi Arabia Masters is coming up in Jeddah in August and he will certainly be playing there given his ambassadorial role in the country. So there is little reason to doubt that the Rocket's two-year plan is still the direction of travel. The World Championship may have ended disappointingly, but he still reached the semi-final feeling awful about his game and his cue, so positives can be drawn. Much may depend on how often he can and will lean on Peters, who is clearly hugely important to his success. During his run in Sheffield he said: 'Steve's been amazing. I wouldn't have got through the first round without Steve so Steve's been incredible. 'If I could afford him I'd have him every day but obviously he's a busy man and I couldn't afford to have him full-time, so I try to time when I can have him. Obviously Sheffield is a big tournament so it's nice to have him around when this event's on.' More Trending If O'Sullivan gets the help he wants and is focussed on his 24-month schedule then there is every reason to believe that he will be back in the winners' circle soon enough. It was only two season's ago that he won five titles and his Class of 92 rivals, John Higgins and Mark Williams, showed that age is not the issue as they both lifted trophies last season. If we get what O'Sullivan has told us to expect, then we can look forward to the Rocket firing again soon enough. MORE: Aaron Hill loving Fergal O'Brien link-up as he sets sights on snooker's elite MORE: Snooker star Jackson Page begins very different job after landing huge 147 bonus MORE: Zak Surety on wild Crucible debut: They can't ever move from there – it's mad
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
BBC is showing Bargain Hunt and Homes Under the Hammer repeats instead of Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter's doubles match... again
The BBC has been criticised for showing two-year-old repeats of Bargain Hunt and Homes Under the Hammer instead of Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter 's doubles match at Queen's. The British tennis pair played their quarter-final of the Queen's Club Championships earlier today, but the footage was not even available on the BBC website for the majority of the match. It comes after the corporation also failed to broadcast the British duo's opening round win against Wu Fang-hsien and Jiang Xinyu on Monday. When their latest match began at noon today, BBC One had opted to show a two-year-old episodes of Homes Under The Hammer and Bargain Hunt, The Telegraph reported. Meanwhile BBC Two was showing Politics Live, providing reaction to the Government's spending review. Coverage for Raducanu and Boulkter's match eventually became available on the iPlayer deep into the second set. With just enough time for viewers to see the British pair lose in straight sets 6-2, 7-5. On Monday, the BBC had showed live coverage of British number 3 Sonay Kartal's win in the singles against Daria Kasatkina instead of the British pair's first round match. Kartal's match was also available on iPlayer with highlights of another match involving Brazilian player Beatriz Haddad Maia as she defeated Czech player Petra Kvitova. The Lawn Tennis Association, which hosts Queen's in Eastbourne, could not move the game to the main arena due to contractual obligations made with the Women's Tennis Association. The WTA mandates that four single matches are played on Centre Court each day, meaning there is no room for doubles matches to be played despite interest in the British pair. Their opening match was only featured briefly as part of the coverage on BBC Two before it returned to coverage of Kartal's match. The BBC previously told The Telegraph after the first round match: 'Our TV coverage at Queens covers one court with one feed and we were broadcasting GB's [Great Britain] Sonay Kartal's Centre Court singles match on BBC Two. 'We provided regular updates on Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter's doubles match on BBC Two and the BBC Sport website where fans can enjoy all the stories that define this historic tournament.'
BBC News
3 hours ago
- BBC News
'I was hopeful after the play-off final that Bellingham would stay'
Former Sunderland player Darren Williams has admitted he was hopeful that Jobe Bellingham would stay at the club after the play-off has joined Borussia Dortmund for an initial fee of £27m, and will be involved in the Club World Cup squad for his new to BBC Radio Newcastle, Williams said that while he wishes Bellingham all the best in Germany, it would have been good to see him play in the Premier said: "We brought him in at a low cost and two years later we're making a good amount on him - [but] I'd have love to see him play for us in the Premier League and test himself."I've got no qualms - he's been brilliant. He's achieved something with Sunderland. I was hopeful after the final that he would stay, and then the news came about interest from Germany."I wish him all the best. It's fantastic money. The club has made good money from the last four players sold."Listen to the full clip on BBC Sounds here
