Oct 21, 2024
Boston Marathon Qualifiers - Most Common and Most Popular Qualifying Marathons
Boston Marathon Qualifying Races - Most Likely and Largest Qualifiers
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Boston Qualifiers in the USA/Canada - 2024
The Boston Marathon is the only mass-participation marathon that requires qualifying times and those times become goal times for many runners. The times are, to some extent, age-graded, with those 35 and over given easier standards.
See: Boston Marathon Qualifying Times
We're often asked what courses are good Boston qualifying courses and where do people qualify for the Boston Marathon. While there is no specific answer for each individual, and while different races may be easier or harder in any given year due to weather or other factors - following is a factual list of those marathons that have the highest percentage of Boston Marathon qualifiers in their field and those with the largest overall number of qualifiers.
Note that different years may show different results as weather, course changes and other factors can affect the performance of a race from year to year.
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Boston Marathon Qualifying Races - Most Likely To Qualify - 2024
Note: Partial Year Results (2024 is ongoing)The marathons below had the highest percent of Boston qualifying finishers in 2024 (year-to-date). These courses will undoubtedly be among those ranked the fastest of all courses - but there are other factors that might cause a marathon to appear on this list or to cause a race to fall off this list. For a point-to-point course, a tailwind or headwind might make the difference from one year to the next. Some races (such as Boston itself) simply attracts faster runners, so the fact that a marathon is on this list might be an indication of the type of runner it attracts even more than the quality of its course. But, you can be sure that any marathon on this is not slow.
| Rank | Marathon | Boston Qualifiers |
Qualifying Percent* |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon (2/3/24 - Orlando, FL) | 117 | 100.0% |
| 2 | 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon (2/3/24 - Orlando, FL) | 150 | 100.0% |
| 3 | Last Chance BQ.2 Chicagoland Marathon (9/7/24 - Geneva, IL) | 150 | 70.8% |
| 4 | Last Chance BQ.2 Grand Rapids Marathon (9/8/24 - Grand Rapids, MI) | 121 | 66.6% |
| 5 | Spring Chance BQ.2 Marathon (4/13/24 - Geneva, IL) | 79 | 56.8% |
| 6 | Charles River Marathon (9/8/24 - Boston, MA) | 104 | 51.2% |
| 7 | Georgina Marathon (9/8/24 - Georgina, ON) | 140 | 42.2% |
| 8 | REVEL Mt Charleston (4/6/24 - Las Vegas, NV) | 703 | 41.6% |
| 9 | Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon (6/9/24 - North Bend, WA) | 340 | 40.5% |
| 10 | Erie Marathon at Presque Isle (9/8/24 - Erie, PA) | 397 | 39.2% |
| 11 | Boston Marathon (4/15/24 - Boston, MA) | 9,814 | 38.8% |
| 12 | Tunnel Vision Marathon (8/11/24 - North Bend, WA) | 235 | 35.5% |
| 13 | The Cheap Marathon (4/20/24 - Derry, NH) | 139 | 35.5% |
| 14 | The Tunnel Lite Marathon (9/8/24 - North Bend, WA) | 280 | 34.3% |
| 15 | Sugarloaf Marathon (5/12/24 - Carrabassett Valley, ME) | 181 | 34.3% |
| 16 | Jack and Jill's Downhill Marathon (7/28/24 - Hyak to Tanner, WA) | 211 | 31.0% |
| 17 | Baystate Marathon (10/20/24 - Lowell, MA) | 313 | 29.5% |
| 18 | Ventura Marathon (2/25/24 - Ventura, CA) | 260 | 27.1% |
| 19 | Eugene Marathon (4/28/24 - Eugene, OR) | 779 | 26.7% |
| 20 | REVEL White Mountains (5/5/24 - Conway, NH) | 432 | 26.4% |
| 21 | Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon (5/4/24 - St. Joseph, MN) | 86 | 26.2% |
| 22 | Jack and Jill's Downhill Saturday Marathon (7/27/24 - Hyak to Tanner, WA) | 200 | 25.3% |
| 23 | Mountains 2 Beach Marathon (4/28/24 - Ojai, CA) | 411 | 25.2% |
| 24 | Albany Marathon (formerly the Snickers Marathon Energy Bar Marathon) (3/2/24 - Albany, GA) | 62 | 24.9% |
| 25 | Phoenix Marathon (2/10/24 - Mesa, AZ) | 626 | 24.6% |
| 26 | Steamtown Marathon (10/13/24 - Scranton, PA) | 206 | 23.6% |
| 27 | Rockies Marathon (6/1/24 - Denver, CO) | 211 | 23.3% |
| 28 | Sri Chinmoy Marathon (8/23/24 - Nyack, NY) | 78 | 22.7% |
| 29 | B&A Trail Marathon (3/24/24 - Severna Park, MD) | 63 | 22.1% |
| 30 | Fredericton Marathon (5/12/24 - Fredericton, NB) | 80 | 21.9% |
| 31 | Marathon P'tit Train du Nord (10/6/24 - Saint-Jerome, QC) | 447 | 21.9% |
| 32 | Jersey City Marathon (4/14/24 - Jersey City, NJ) | 437 | 21.9% |
| 33 | Super Marathon (6/22/24 - North Bend, WA) | 80 | 21.7% |
| 34 | Carmel Marathon (4/13/24 - Carmel, IN) | 306 | 21.4% |
| 35 | The Santa Rosa Marathon (8/25/24 - Santa Rosa, CA) | 164 | 21.3% |
| 36 | Mt. Nebo Marathon (9/7/24 - Payson, UT) | 61 | 21.2% |
| 37 | Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon (10/13/24 - Albany, NY) | 103 | 20.2% |
| 38 | Bayshore Marathon (5/25/24 - Traverse City, MI) | 254 | 19.6% |
| 39 | Chicago Marathon (10/13/24 - Chicago, IL) | 9,338 | 19.2% |
| 40 | New England Green River Marathon (8/25/24 - Greenfield, MA) | 57 | 18.8% |
| 41 | Marathon de Rimouski (9/8/24 - Rimouski, QC) | 59 | 18.7% |
| 42 | Wineglass Marathon (10/6/24 - Corning, NY) | 322 | 18.6% |
| 43 | Charlevoix Marathon (6/15/24 - Charlevoix, MI) | 90 | 18.5% |
| 44 | One City Marathon (3/3/24 - Newport News, VA) | 80 | 17.7% |
| 45 | Houston Marathon (1/14/24 - Houston, TX) | 1,252 | 17.5% |
| 46 | Long Island Marathon (5/5/24 - East Meadow, NY) | 97 | 17.4% |
| 47 | Grandma's Marathon (6/22/24 - Duluth, MN) | 1,232 | 17.2% |
| 48 | Clarence Demar Marathon (9/29/24 - Keene, NH) | 59 | 17.1% |
| 49 | Glass City Marathon (4/28/24 - Toledo, OH) | 214 | 16.4% |
| 50 | Huntsville Utah Marathon (9/21/24 - Huntsville, UT) | 42 | 16.2% |
*This list is limited to marathons with 250 or more finishers, or 60 or more qualifiers regardless of size. Percentages calculated ignore finishers over 6:00.
Boston Marathon Qualifying Races - Most Qualifiers 2024
Note: Partial Year Results (2024 is ongoing)The races that have the most Boston Marathon qualifiers are, obviously, going to be skewed to those that have the most participants. Below is a list of the races that qualified the most people for Boston in 2024.
| Rank | Marathon | Finishers | Boston Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boston Marathon (4/15/24 - Boston, MA) | 25,530 | 9,814 |
| 2 | Chicago Marathon (10/13/24 - Chicago, IL) | 52,129 | 9,338 |
| 3 | Houston Marathon (1/14/24 - Houston, TX) | 7,164 | 1,252 |
| 4 | Grandma's Marathon (6/22/24 - Duluth, MN) | 7,533 | 1,232 |
| 5 | Eugene Marathon (4/28/24 - Eugene, OR) | 2,988 | 779 |
| 6 | REVEL Mt Charleston (4/6/24 - Las Vegas, NV) | 1,707 | 703 |
| 7 | Toronto Waterfront Marathon (10/20/24 - Toronto, ON) | 6,264 | 689 |
| 8 | Phoenix Marathon (2/10/24 - Mesa, AZ) | 2,633 | 626 |
| 9 | Twin Cities Marathon (10/6/24 - Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN) | 6,787 | 586 |
| 10 | Ottawa Marathon (National Capital Race Weekend) (5/26/24 - Ottawa, ON) | 4,776 | 530 |
| 11 | City of Los Angeles Marathon (L.A. Marathon) (3/17/24 - Los Angeles, CA) | 20,450 | 491 |
| 12 | Vancouver International Marathon (5/5/24 - Vancouver, BC) | 6,067 | 487 |
| 13 | Marathon P'tit Train du Nord (10/6/24 - Saint-Jerome, QC) | 2,041 | 447 |
| 14 | Jersey City Marathon (4/14/24 - Jersey City, NJ) | 2,000 | 437 |
| 15 | REVEL White Mountains (5/5/24 - Conway, NH) | 1,683 | 432 |
| 16 | Columbus Marathon (10/20/24 - Columbus, OH) | 3,583 | 430 |
| 17 | St. George Marathon (10/5/24 - St. George, UT) | 3,889 | 412 |
| 18 | Mountains 2 Beach Marathon (4/28/24 - Ojai, CA) | 1,654 | 411 |
| 19 | Erie Marathon at Presque Isle (9/8/24 - Erie, PA) | 1,022 | 397 |
| 20 | Toronto Marathon (5/5/24 - Toronto, ON) | 2,975 | 365 |
| 21 | Light at the End of the Tunnel Marathon (6/9/24 - North Bend, WA) | 852 | 340 |
| 22 | Wineglass Marathon (10/6/24 - Corning, NY) | 1,816 | 322 |
| 23 | Baystate Marathon (10/20/24 - Lowell, MA) | 1,075 | 313 |
| 24 | Carmel Marathon (4/13/24 - Carmel, IN) | 1,450 | 306 |
| 25 | The Tunnel Lite Marathon (9/8/24 - North Bend, WA) | 830 | 280 |
| 26 | Ventura Marathon (2/25/24 - Ventura, CA) | 979 | 260 |
| 27 | Detroit International Marathon (10/20/24 - Detroit, MI) | 3,657 | 255 |
| 28 | Bayshore Marathon (5/25/24 - Traverse City, MI) | 1,306 | 254 |
| 29 | Big Sur International Marathon (4/28/24 - Carmel, CA) | 3,424 | 250 |
| 30 | Tunnel Vision Marathon (8/11/24 - North Bend, WA) | 680 | 235 |
| 31 | Austin Marathon (2/18/24 - Austin, TX) | 4,047 | 230 |
| 32 | Pittsburgh Marathon (5/5/24 - Pittsburgh, PA) | 3,585 | 230 |
| 33 | Victoria Marathon (10/13/24 - Victoria, BC) | 2,212 | 229 |
| 34 | Big Cottonwood Marathon (9/14/24 - Salt Lake City, UT) | 1,468 | 219 |
| 35 | Glass City Marathon (4/28/24 - Toledo, OH) | 1,329 | 214 |
| 36 | Rockies Marathon (6/1/24 - Denver, CO) | 921 | 211 |
| 37 | The San Francisco Marathon (7/28/24 - San Francisco, CA) | 5,672 | 211 |
| 38 | Jack and Jill's Downhill Marathon (7/28/24 - Hyak to Tanner, WA) | 700 | 211 |
| 39 | Napa Valley Marathon (3/3/24 - Napa, CA) | 1,435 | 206 |
| 40 | Steamtown Marathon (10/13/24 - Scranton, PA) | 901 | 206 |
| 41 | Hartford Marathon (10/19/24 - Hartford, CT) | 1,648 | 202 |
| 42 | Shamrock Sportsfest Marathon (3/17/24 - Virginia Beach, VA) | 2,004 | 201 |
| 43 | Jack and Jill's Downhill Saturday Marathon (7/27/24 - Hyak to Tanner, WA) | 815 | 200 |
| 44 | Utah Valley Marathon (6/1/24 - Provo, UT) | 1,207 | 185 |
| 45 | Cincinnati Flying Pig Marathon (5/5/24 - Cincinnati, OH) | 4,057 | 184 |
| 46 | Sugarloaf Marathon (5/12/24 - Carrabassett Valley, ME) | 532 | 181 |
| 47 | OC Marathon (5/5/24 - Newport Beach, CA) | 2,856 | 177 |
| 48 | Portland Oregon Marathon (10/6/24 - Portland, OR) | 2,562 | 172 |
| 49 | Long Beach Marathon (10/6/24 - Long Beach, CA) | 3,433 | 167 |
| 50 | The Santa Rosa Marathon (8/25/24 - Santa Rosa, CA) | 824 | 164 |
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