London Marathon 2025 prize money: How much will the winners earn?

The is one of the standout events on the long-distance running calendar. And while the competitors have plenty of non-financial incentives to go all out for victory, the cash rewards on offer are sure to make them push that little bit harder.

Last year, organisers of the event made it the first major marathon in history to distribute prize money equally between the men's, women's and wheelchair races. That commitment has been replicated this time round. Top-class runners are paid nowhere near their footballer, F1 driver, prizefighter or golfer counterparts, but there is still a handy £44,000 on offer for the winner of each category.

The runners-up will take home £23,100 of the overall £243,000 prize pot, with £17,400 going to the third-place finisher. Although they are not exactly life-changing sums, there are a number of lucrative bonuses on offer.

A whopping £115,900 is at stake for running a sub-2:02 time in the men's race or a sub-2:15 time in the women's race. If a competitor sets a new world record, £96,500 will be heading their way. And a new course record will earn the person who sets it an additional £19,300.

The men's world record, set by the late Kelvin Kiptum, stands at 2 hours and 35 seconds. Kiptum also holds the men's course record in London, which stands at 2 hours, 1 minute and 25 seconds.

A number of British candidates will be chasing glory on Sunday morning, including last year's third-place finisher Emile Cairess, Mahamed Mahamed, and Olympic gold-winning triathlete Alex Yee, who is making his debut over the marathon distance.

Eilish McColgan headlines the British candidates in the women's race, and she will be hoping to replicate the London Marathon victory her mother, Liz, managed in 1996. In Sifan Hassan, Ruth Chepngetich and Tigst Assefa, she will be up against the three fastest female marathon runners of all time.

The elite men's and women's wheelchair races will be the first to begin on Sunday morning at 8.50am (BST). The elite women's race will follow 15 minutes later, before the elite men's race at 9.35am, and then the mass start.

The famous 26.2-mile course begins in Greenwich and takes in London Bridge, Canary Wharf, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Big Ben before leading runners to the iconic finish line on The Mall.