L.A. Marathon’s Increased Purse Could Make It World’s Largest in ’91

Prize money for next year’s Los Angeles Marathon will increase from $202,520 to $366,250, race president Bill Burke announced Tuesday.

It’s believed the increased purse will make the L.A. Marathon’s prize money the largest anywhere.

The London Marathon purse is $364,890, the Boston purse is $350,000 and the New York City Marathon’s purse is $302,000.

The men’s and women’s winners of the 1991 L.A. Marathon will each earn $50,000, with second place worth $25,000 and third place $20,000.

The prize money this year was $26,385 for first place, $15,000 for second and $9,000 for third.

Out of next year’s purse, $310,000 will go runners in the open division, $25,000 to the winners of the Friendship Cup two-person competition, $8,000 to Masters runners and $23,250 to wheelchair competitors.