The New York City Marathon 2026 is here and the final World Marathon Major of the year offers a fascinating battle across the iconic five boroughts.

Unlike London, where Sabastian Sawe became the first man to break the two-hour barrier in a sanctioned race, New York City offers generally slower times with the challenge of greater elevation from the bridges.

This wildcard could offer up a more unpredictable outcome, with reigning men’s champion Benson Kipruto (2:08:09) and women’s champion Hellen Obiri, off the back of a course record in 2:19:51, returning to defend their titles.

There is British interest in the shape of Patrick Dever, who secured a brilliant third to climb onto the podium last year, and Puma teammate Jack Rowe, fresh from a breakthrough at London Marathon this year (2:07:47) will also hope to box off the Olympic standard on the road to LA28.

Starting this weekend, times and points for the world rankings will form part of the equation for the Olympics, with next year’s London Marathon a qualifying race for the Brits, meaning a qualifying standard in New York City offers the potential to automatically book a place on Team GB by winning next year’s race in the capital. Here’s everything you need to know about the race this weekend:

When is the New York City Marathon?

The New York City Marathon 2026 is on Sunday 1 November with the 26.2-mile route starts in Staten Island and works its way up to Brooklyn, Queens and then over to Manhatten, with a dash north to The Bronx before heading back south and entering Central Park.

How can I watch it?

Viewers in the United Kingdom can watch on TV or find a live stream with HBO Max and TNT Sports from 1:30 p.m. to 16:30 p.m. GMT.

While US viewers can tune in from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET on ESPN2.

When does the race start?

New York City Marathon 2026 schedule (times GMT)

1:00 p.m. Men's Professional Wheelchair Division

1:02 p.m. Women's Professional Wheelchair Division

1:22 p.m. Handcycles and Select Athletes with Disabilities

1:35 p.m. Professional Women's Open Division

2:05 p.m. Professional Men's Open Division

2:10 p.m.Wave 1

2:45 p.m. Wave 2

3:20 p.m. Wave 3

3:55 p.m. Wave 4

3:30 p.m. Wave 5

New York City Marathon 2026 prize money and bonuses

Open division prize money

1st $100,000

2nd $60,000

3rd $40,000

4th $25,000

5th $15,000

6th $10,000

7th $7,500

8th $5,000

9th $2,500

10th $2,000

Course record bonuses

Winners will get a further $50,000 bonus if they break the course record in the open division.

Open Division Men: 2:04:58, Tamirat Tola, 2023

Open Division Women: 2:19:51, Hellen Obiri, 2025

Elite men’s field

Benson Kipruto KEN 2:02:16

Deresa Geleta ETH 2:02:38

CyBrian Kotut KEN 2:03:22

Zouhair Talbi USA 2:03:45*

Abdi Nageeye NED 2:04:20

Geoffrey Kamworor KEN 2:04:23

Iliass Aouani ITA 2:04:26

Huseydin Mohamed Esa ETH 2:04:39

Conner Mantz USA 2:04:43

Kengo Suzuki JPN 2:04:56

Yemaneberhan Crippa ITA 2:05:18

Edward Cheserek KEN 2:05:24

Ryota Kondo JPN 2:05:39

Ryan Ford USA 2:05:46

Joe Klecker USA 2:05:56

Peter Lynch IRL 2:06:08

Patrick Dever GBR 2:06:18

Haftu Strintzos AUS 2:06:20

Jack Rowe GBR 2:07:47

Casey Clinger USA 2:08:43

Kamohelo Mofolo LES 2:08:50

Sam Chelanga USA 2:08:50

JP Flavin USA 2:09:17

Jared Ward USA 2:09:25

Turner Wiley USA 2:09:27

Andrew Colley USA 2:09:33

Robert Miranda USA 2:09:40

Joel Reichow USA 2:09:56

Aidan Troutner USA 2:10:23

JP Trojan USA 2:10:39

Paul Chelimo USA 2:10:55

Stephen Jones USA 2:11:17

Mo Bati USA 2:12:29

Aidan Reed USA 2:13:58

Owen Ritz USA 2:14:19

James Nipperess AUS 2:15:03

Merga Gemeda USA 2:15:12

Alec Baldwin USA 2:15:38

Ryan Cutter USA 2:17:24

Andreas Almgren SWE Debut

Patrick Kiprop KEN Debut

Ahmed Muhumed USA Debut

Elite women’s field

Hellen Obiri KEN 2:15:53

Sheila Chepkirui KEN 2:17:29

Gotytom Gebreslase ETH 2:18:11

Viola Cheptoo KEN 2:19:05

Edna Kiplagat KEN 2:19:50

Mercy Chelangat KEN 2:20:30

Jessica McClain USA 2:20:49

Annie Frisbie USA 2:22:00

Fabienne Königstein GER 2:22:17

Carrie Ellwood USA 2:22:53

Erika Kemp USA 2:22:56

Giovanna Epis ITA 2:23:46

Rie Kawauchi JPN 2:24:16

Amanda Vestri USA 2:24:49

Lauren Hagans USA 2:25:47

Julia Paternain URU 2:25:47

Phily Bowden GBR 2:25:57

Paige Wood USA 2:26:02

Steph Bruce USA 2:27:47

Roberta Groner USA 2:29:09

Mica Rivera Wood PER 2:29:13

Megan O’Neil USA 2:31:31

Monica Hebner USA 2:32:40

Brooke Starn USA 2:35:22

Alosha Southern USA 2:36:10

Keelah Barger USA 2:36:13

Maddie Block USA 2:36:25

Cailie Hughes USA Debut

Weini Kelati USA Debut