How it works

The Abbott World Marathon Majors elite series comprises six of the largest and most renowned marathons in the world which, together with those run at the sport’s global championships, form an annual series to determine the world's best male and female marathon runners and wheelchair competitors.

Athletes score points for their finishing place in each race with the top three male and female marathon runners and wheelchair athletes at the end of each cycle receiving prize money.

The AbbottWMM Series started in 2006 and now operates on a calendar year, beginning at the Tokyo Marathon and finishing at the TCS New York City Marathon.

In 2016, Series X saw the introduction of the elite wheelchair series with its own prize purse.

In both the able-bodied and wheelchair series', prize money is awarded at the end of the year to the top five athletes in the standings.

AbbottWMM Series XIII began at the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon and concluded at the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon, having been extended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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