2026 Boston Marathon

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The 2026 Boston Marathon was the 130th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, April 20, 2026. It was a Platinum Label marathon and the second of seven World Marathon Majors scheduled for 2026 following the 2026 Tokyo Marathon on March 1. For the 2026 edition, runners who ran 4 minutes and 34 seconds faster than the qualifying time for their gender and age group were accepted to the race, for a total of 24,362 runners. Organizers introduced a newly redesigned medal for race finishers—golden on a blue and gold ribbon—manufactured by the North Attleborough-based company Ashworth Awards. John Korir ran a course record time of 2:01:52, besting Geoffrey Mutai's prior record of 2:03:02 from 2011. Alphonce Simbu and Benson Kipruto also broke the course record, with second and third place times of 2:02:47 and 2:02:50, respectively. Jess McClain set a new American women's course record with a time of 2:20:49.

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