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

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 KiprutoKEN2:02:16

Deresa GeletaETH2:02:38

CyBrian KotutKEN2:03:22

Zouhair TalbiUSA2:03:45*

Abdi NageeyeNED2:04:20

Geoffrey KamwororKEN2:04:23

Iliass AouaniITA2:04:26

Huseydin Mohamed EsaETH2:04:39

Conner MantzUSA2:04:43

Kengo SuzukiJPN2:04:56

Yemaneberhan CrippaITA2:05:18

Edward CheserekKEN2:05:24

Ryota KondoJPN2:05:39

Ryan FordUSA2:05:46

Joe KleckerUSA2:05:56

Peter LynchIRL2:06:08

Patrick DeverGBR2:06:18

Haftu StrintzosAUS2:06:20

Jack RoweGBR2:07:47

Casey ClingerUSA2:08:43

Kamohelo MofoloLES2:08:50

Sam ChelangaUSA2:08:50

JP FlavinUSA2:09:17

Jared WardUSA2:09:25

Turner WileyUSA2:09:27

Andrew ColleyUSA2:09:33

Robert MirandaUSA2:09:40

Joel ReichowUSA2:09:56

Aidan TroutnerUSA2:10:23

JP TrojanUSA2:10:39

Paul ChelimoUSA2:10:55

Stephen JonesUSA2:11:17

Mo BatiUSA2:12:29

Aidan ReedUSA2:13:58

Owen RitzUSA2:14:19

James NipperessAUS2:15:03

Merga GemedaUSA2:15:12

Alec BaldwinUSA2:15:38

Ryan CutterUSA2:17:24

Andreas AlmgrenSWEDebut

Patrick KipropKENDebut

Ahmed MuhumedUSADebut

Elite women’s field

Hellen ObiriKEN2:15:53

Sheila ChepkiruiKEN2:17:29

Gotytom GebreslaseETH2:18:11

Viola CheptooKEN2:19:05

Edna KiplagatKEN2:19:50

Mercy ChelangatKEN2:20:30

Jessica McClainUSA2:20:49

Annie FrisbieUSA2:22:00

Fabienne KönigsteinGER2:22:17

Carrie EllwoodUSA2:22:53

Erika KempUSA2:22:56

Giovanna EpisITA2:23:46

Rie KawauchiJPN2:24:16

Amanda VestriUSA2:24:49

Lauren HagansUSA2:25:47

Julia PaternainURU2:25:47

Phily BowdenGBR2:25:57

Paige WoodUSA2:26:02

Steph BruceUSA2:27:47

Roberta GronerUSA2:29:09

Mica Rivera WoodPER2:29:13

Megan O’NeilUSA2:31:31

Monica HebnerUSA2:32:40

Brooke StarnUSA2:35:22

Alosha SouthernUSA2:36:10

Keelah BargerUSA2:36:13

Cailie HughesUSADebut

Weini KelatiUSADebut