Here is all the details you need to know about the Boston Marathon 2023 including schedule, start date, time how to follow the race and prize money
The Olympic champion and world record leader Eliud Kipchoge is one of 15 men to have completed the Boston Marathon in under two hours.
How fast can Eliud Kipchoge run in his first Boston Marathon?
There is a chance that the 2023 Boston Marathon will go down in history thanks to the elite group, which contains 15 men who have run faster than two hours seven minutes.
Boston Marathon 2023 schedule, date, start time, route, entry list, live stream telecast
Kenyan athlete Kipchoge is on a mission to write more marathon history as the only individual to have ever won the Boston Marathon, a double Olympic gold medalist, and the current world record holder.
There will be a welcome challenge for the first individual to finish a marathon in under two hours.
The prestigious event is renowned for its rolling hills with difficult climbs and downhill stretches. Three men, including the current winner Evans Chebet, have previously won it. Kipchoge will contend with these foes.
Both Olympics.com and Olympic Channel will provide live streaming of every event. (territorial restrictions apply).
Kenyan Edna Kiplagat and former champion Des Linden, a local favorite, are among the leading candidates for the women’s title.
The schedule of Boston Marathon 2023 race events
- Men’s Wheelchair – 9:02 am ET.
- Women’s Wheelchair – 9:05 am ET.
- Handcycles & Duos – 9:30 am ET.
- Professional Men – 9:37 am ET.
- Professional Women – 9:47 am ET.
- Para Athletics Divisions -9:50 am ET.
- Rolling Start Begins – 10:00 am ET.
- Rolling Start Ends – 11:15 am ET.
Boston Marathon 2023 live streaming and broadcasting details: When and where to watch?
The Boston Marathon is the first Abbott World Marathon event to offer equal $50,000 course record bonuses across open and wheelchair divisions.
Open Division. 1st place: $150,000 2nd: $75,000 3rd: $40,000 4th: $25,000 · Wheelchair Division. 1st place: $25,000 2nd: $15,000 3rd: $7,500
The 26 mile, 385 yard race starts in the town of Hopkinton, located southwest of Boston and the Marathon finishes across from the Boston Public Library and Old South Church in Boston’s Copley Square, located in the Back Bay neighborhood near Downtown.
Live coverage of Raceday in Boston will be provided by Olympic Channel on Olympics.com and via the official Olympics mobile and connected device apps. (territorial restrictions may apply).
Boston residents can locate a good spot on the spectator map or unwind in their living room to watch the marathon live on WCVB from 4:00 a.m. ET to 8:00 p.m. ET.
The race will only be broadcast locally on the websites and mobile applications of WMUR (Manchester, NH), WMTW (Portland/Auburn, ME), and WPTZ (Burlington, VT/Plattsburgh, NY), the Hearst Television-owned sister stations of WCVB Channel 5.
ESPN will broadcast the 127th Boston Marathon live for all of America on its main station from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. ET.
The complete list of foreign television broadcasters for their nation is available here for marathon enthusiasts.