Prize money
- Total elite races: US$ 79,260
- Winners (men and women): US$ 30,000
- Total wheelchair races: US$ 42,300
- Wheelchair winners (men and women): US$ 20,000
Recent participation
| Year |
Finishers |
Male |
Female |
| 2013 |
34,280 |
22,031 |
12,249 |
| 2014 |
35,800 |
22,608 |
13,272 |
| 2015 |
37,671 |
23,281 |
14,390 |
| 2016 |
39,140 |
24,020 |
15,120 |
| 2017 |
39,487 |
23,978 |
15,509 |
| 2018 |
40,272 |
23,771 |
16,501 |
| 2019 |
42,549 |
24,804 |
17,788 |
| 2020 (virtual) |
37,966 |
19,223 |
18,743 |
| 2021 (mass) |
35,838 |
21,436 |
14,402 |
| 2021 (virtual) |
23,193 |
11,601 |
12,312 |
| 2022 (mass) |
40,643 |
23,745 |
16,898 |
| 2022 (virtual) |
8,518 |
4,256 |
4,262 |
Oldest and youngest
- Oldest winner (men): Allister Hutton (GBR), 1990 (35 years)
- Oldest winner (women): Joyce Smith (GBR), 1982 (44 years)
- Youngest winner (men): Sammy Wanjiru (KEN), 2009 (22 years)
- Youngest winner (women): Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH), 2022 (23 years)
- Oldest finisher (men): Fauja Singh, 2004 (93 years)
- Oldest finisher (women): Jenny Wood-Allen, 2002 (90 years)
- Ever presents: seven men have run every London Marathon (41 in total) – Chris Finill, Malcolm Speake, Michael Peace, Jeffrey Aston, Bill O'Connor, David Walker and Ken Jones
Charities
- First official charity: Sports Aid Foundation (1984)
- Charity of the Year 2024: Samaritans
- Total raised for charities by London Marathon participants: more than £1 billion
- Amount raised for charities in 2022: TBC
- Highest amount raised by an official London Marathon charity: £4 million (Dementia Revolution, 2019)
- Highest amount raised by a single participant: £2,330,159.38 by Steve Chalke (2011)
- Amount granted by the London Marathon Foundation (LMF): £98.3 million
- Number of projects aided by LMF: more than 1,500
- Number of playing fields and facilities purchased by LMF: nine
Celebrities and MPs
- Fastest celebrity: Chris Newton (multiple world champion and triple Olympic medallist in road and track cycling), 2:39:27 (2015)
- Fastest MP: Matthew Parris, 2:32:57 (1985)
Weather
- Hottest Marathon Day: 2018 (24.2°C)
- Coldest Marathon Day: 2004 (5.3°C)
- Most humid: 1981 (94 per cent at 12 noon)
- Least humid: 1996 (28 per cent at 12 noon)
- Wettest: 2020 (23mm rain)
- Sunniest: 2009 (12.3 hours of sunshine)
Miscellaneous
- Length of course: 26.2 miles; 42.195km
- TV coverage: 197 countries
- Date of 2023 London Marathon: Sunday 23 April
The TCS London Marathon is a World Athletics Platinum Label Race.
