World Marathon Majors
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The World Marathon Majors is a championship-style competition that started in 2006. It comprises five annual races in Boston, London, Berlin, Chicago and New York City. Two other races are also included in the series: the IAAF World Championships Marathon (in odd-numbered years) and the Olympic Games Marathon (in years evenly divisible by four). Each WMM series spans two calendar years; the second year of a series overlaps with the first year of the next. The inaugural period was 2006-2007 and the second period is 2007-2008. Men and women compete separately.
Athletes who compete in the marathons will receive points for finishing in any of the top five places (1st 25; 2nd 15; 3rd 10; 4th 5 and 5th 1). Their four highest ranks over the two-year period will be counted; if an athlete scores points in more than this number, the athlete's four best races will be scored. To be eligible for the jackpot, an athlete must compete in at least one qualifying race in each calendar year of the series. In case there are equal top scores at the end of the competition the tiebreakers are head-to-head competition and, if necessary, a majority vote of the five WMM race directors.
At the end of each WMM series the leading man and woman will each win $500,000.
Participating marathons
- Boston Marathon - Boston, Massachusetts - mid April
- London Marathon - London, England - late April
- Berlin Marathon - Berlin, Germany - late September
- Chicago Marathon - Chicago, Illinois, USA - early October
- New York City Marathon - New York, New York, USA - early November
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