2026 Boston Marathon

2026 Boston Marathon
LocationBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DateMonday, April 20, 2026 (2026-04-20)
Websitehttps://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

The 2026 Boston Marathon will be the 130th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, April 20, 2026. It will be a Platinum Label marathon, second of seven World Marathon Majors scheduled for 2026 following the 2026 Tokyo Marathon on March 1st.

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. There will be a newly redesigned golden medal on a blue and gold ribbon, manufactured by the North Attleborough-based company Ashworth Awards.