New York City Marathon 2023: How to watch, start time, route, qualifying times, list of past winners

Emily Dozier

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Put your running shoes on, New York, because the world's biggest marathon is back.

Last year, the New York City Marathon held its first race back in full force since being canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19. There were 47,475 finishers, nearly a 20,000 jump in runners from 2021.

Evans Chebet of Kenya took home the men's victory with a time of 2:08:41. Fellow Kenyan Sharon Lokedi ran the race in 2:23:23 to win the women's division.

MORE: Watch the NYC Marathon live with Fubo (free trial)

Here's everything you need to know about the 2023 NYC Marathon, including start times and prize money.

How to watch the New York City Marathon in 2023

  • Date: Sunday, Nov. 5
  • Time: 8 a.m. ET
  • TV channel (national): ESPN2, ABC
  • TV channel (New York): WABC-TV (channel 7)
  • Live stream: ESPN App, Fubo

The NYC Marathon starts at 8 a.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 5 beginning with the wheelchair division. Other divisions will begin at staggered times throughout the morning, with the last group beginning the race at 11:30 a.m. ET.

Locals can watch the race from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET on WABC-TV.

The marathon will be broadcast nationally on ESPN2 from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. ET. ESPN3 will provides coverage from pre-race at 7 a.m. through 1 p.m. ET, along with a shot of the finish line from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.

An encore presentation will air nationally on ABC from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET. 

The race can be streamed through the ESPN app as well as Fubo, which offers a free trial.

New York City Marathon start times

Division Time (ET)
Professional Wheelchair Division 8 a.m.
Handcycle Category and Select Athletes with Disabilities 8:22 a.m.
Professional Women's Open Division 8:40 a.m.
Professional Men's Open Division 9:05 a.m.
Wave 1 9:10 a.m.
Wave 2 9:45 a.m.
Wave 3 10:20 a.m.
Wave 4 10:55 a.m.
Wave 5 11:30 a.m.

New York City Marathon prize money

The total purse for the NYC marathon Open division is $534,000 split between the top men's finishers and top women's finishers ($267,000 each).

There is prize money available for the other divisions, as well. The purses are as follows: USA Division ($116,000), New York Road Runner's Division ($38,000), Master's Division ($12,000) and Wheelchair Division ($155,000). Each purse is split evenly between men and women. The Non-Binary Division has a purse of $15,000.

New York Road Runners will pay a bonus for race winners who break the existing event record in the Open Division and/or Wheelchair Division. Winners will receive $50,000 if they can beat the time.

Individual place 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

New York City Marathon 2023 route

Runners will complete the 26.2 miles by racing through all five boroughs of NYC.

Starting in Staten Island, they'll cross the Verraazano Bridge, run through Brooklyn and Queens, cross the Queensboro Bridge, race up the east side of Manhattan to the Bronx, then back down along Central Park, where the marathon officially finishes.

New York City Marathon course
(Getty Images)

New York City Marathon weather forecast 2023

The forecast for Sunday's race shows temperatures in the high 40s in the early morning before reaching the low 60s during the afternoon.

Thankfully, there is a minimal chance of rain, though it will be a cloudy day until the sun peeks out later.

New York City Marathon qualifying times

There are many ways to qualify for the NYC Marathon, and qualifying by time is probably the most difficult.

To qualify this way, runners must meet the standards set for their age group. The times for men and women in the 2023 race are listed below.

Age Men Women
18-34 2:53:00 3:13:00
35-39 2:55:00 3:15:00
40-44 2:58:00 3:26:00
45-49 3:05:00 3:38:00
50-54 3:14:00 3:51:00
55-59 3:23:00 4:10:00
60-64 3:34:00 4:27:00
65-69 3:45:00 4:50:00
70-74 4:10:00 5:30:00
75-79 4:30:00 6:00:00
80+ 4:55:00 6:35:00

Past New York City Marathon winners

Men

Winners of the men's division in the 2010-2022 NYC Marathons are:

Year Runner (Country) Time
2010 Gebregziabher Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2:08:14
2011 Geoffrey Mutai (Kenya) 2:05:06*
2012 Canceled (Hurricane Sandy) -
2013 Geoffrey Mutai (Kenta) 2:08:24
2014 Wilson Kipsang (Kenya) 2:10:59
2015 Stanley Biwott (Kenya) 2:10:34
2016 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie (Eritrea) 2:07:51
2017 Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 2:10:53
2018 Lelisa Desisa (Ethiopia) 2:05:59
2019 Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) 2:08:13
2020 Canceled (COVID-19) -
2021 Albert Korir (Kenya) 2:08:22
2022 Evans Chebet (Kenya) 2:08:41

*Denotes course record

Women

Winners of the women's division in the 2010-2022 NYC Marathons are:

Year Runner (Country) Time
2010 Edna Kiplagat (Kenya) 2:28:20
2011 Firehiwot Dado (Ethiopia) 2:23:15
2012 Canceled (Hurricane Sandy) -
2013 Priscah Jeptoo (Kenya) 2:25:07
2014 Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2:25:07
2015 Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2:24:25
2016 Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2:24:26
2017 Shalane Flanagan (USA) 2:26:53
2018 Mary Keitany (Kenya) 2:22:48
2019 Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya) 2:22:38
2020 Canceled (COVID-19) -
2021 Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) 2:22:39
2022 Sharon Lokedi (Kenya) 2:23:23

 

Emily Dozier

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Emily Dozier is a live events and lifestyle writer at The Sporting News, covering everything from sporting events and music festivals to broadway shows and stand-up comedy. Based out of New York, she graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. When not covering the SN tickets beat, Emily enjoys playing volleyball and cooking. Prior to joining The Sporting News in 2023, Emily covered the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Associated Press.