Millions Sebastian Sawe Will Pocket For Beating Eliud Kipchoge And Co to Win 2025 London Marathon

Millions Sebastian Sawe Will Pocket For Beating Eliud Kipchoge And Co to Win 2025 London Marathon

Mark Kinyanjui 16:45 - 27.04.2025

Sebastian Sawe won the 2025 London Marathon in style, beating a star-studded field that included Eliud Kipchoge. But how much will he take home?

Running just his second career marathon, Kenya’s Sebastian Sawe delivered a remarkable performance to win the men’s 2025 London Marathon in 2:02:27 — the second-fastest time ever recorded at the event.

 The 30-year-old surged away from a lead group of nine runners about 90 minutes into the race, adding a prestigious London crown to his Valencia Marathon triumph from December 2024.

Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo, the pre-race favorite and half marathon world record holder, marked an impressive debut, finishing second in 2:03:37. 

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Kenya’s Alexander Mitiso Munyao secured third in 2:04:20, while four-time London Marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge came in sixth after clocking 2:05:25.

Sawe’s prize money revealed

Millions Sebastian Sawe Will Pocket For Beating Eliud Kipchoge And Co to Win 2025 London Marathon

Sebastian Sawe’s victory earned him $55,000 (Ksh 7,122,500.00) in prize money — the standard award for winning the elite men's race. 

Although he narrowly missed out on a $150,000 (Ksh 19.5 million)  bonus awarded for running under 2:02, the London triumph represents a significant career milestone and cements his growing reputation among marathon elites.

Millions Sebastian Sawe Will Pocket For Beating Eliud Kipchoge And Co to Win 2025 London Marathon

Millions Tigst Assefa won for  breaking women’s only world record

In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa delivered another historic moment by smashing the women's-only marathon world record. She pulled away from Kenya’s Joyciline Jepkosgei to cross the finish line in 2:15:50, eclipsing the previous mark set by Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir. 

Assefa, fresh off her Olympic silver medal in Paris 2024, continued to cement her place among long-distance running's elite. Britain's Eilish McColgan finished eighth in a strong showing on home soil.

Assefa won  an additional $25,000 for breaking Jepchirchir’s record.

London Marathon Price money structure

Millions Sebastian Sawe Will Pocket For Beating Eliud Kipchoge And Co to Win 2025 London Marathon
Tigst Assefa ran a tactical race to outpace Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei and Dutch star Sifan Hassan at the London Marathon. (Photo Courtesy). Tigst Assefa ran a tactical race to outpace Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei and Dutch star Sifan Hassan at the London Marathon. (Photo Courtesy).

Since 2024, the London Marathon has taken bold steps to promote equality by offering the same prize money to elite wheelchair racers and able-bodied athletes. In 2025, the total prize pot across elite categories stood at £243,000, underlining the event’s commitment to fairness and its global prestige.

The prize structure awarded $55,000 to each winner, $30,000 (£23,100) to the runner-up, and $22,500 (£17,400) for third place. 

Additionally, lucrative bonuses were available: $150,000 for breaking the 2:02 barrier for men or 2:15 for women, $125,000 for setting a new world record, and $25,000 for establishing a new course record.

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