From the Boston Business Journal

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marathon-budget.html
Apr 11, 2013, 1:54pm EDT Updated: Apr 12, 2013, 10:50am EDT
The Boston Marathon, by the numbers
(BBJ DataCenter)
Joe Halpern
Research Director- Boston Business Journal
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Any sporting event that covers 26.2 miles and 117 years of history is going to offer a plethora
of tantalizing numbers to digest.
Next Monday's Boston Marathon is certainly a number crunchers fantasy.
Inspired by the sheer size and spectacle of the Boston Marathon, the Boston Business Journal
Research Department has come up with following by-the-numbers breakdown of the big race.
THE RACE
One-half: How many miles of incline there is on Heartbreak Hill, considered the most
challenging portion of the course. The ascent begins near Boston College, between mile 20
and 21 of the race.
8: How many cities and towns the course runs through Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham,
Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline and Boston.
9: The record number of times Ernst van Dyke won the Mens Wheelchair division, the most
victories of any competitor in the marathon.
20: The number of times a Kenyan has won the mens race, including eight of the last 10 years
and 19 of the last 22 races.
28: How many years John Hancock Financial has been the principal sponsor for the marathon.
54: The number of wheelchair participants this year. There are also 20 hand-cycle participants
and 14 other mobility-impaired athletes.
90: How many countries are represented by runners this year.
96.1: The percentage of participants, 21,616 runners, who finished the race in 2011.
1897: First year of the Boston Marathon, making it the worlds oldest annual marathon.
Eighteen runners competed in the first race.
551: How many Boston Marathon street banners principal sponsor John Hancock Financial has
hung in Boston to celebrate the event.
1957: The only year a member (John Kelley) of the Boston Athletic Association, the marathon's
host organization, actually won the race. Kelly was not related to legendary marathoner Johnny
Kelly, who started a record 61 Boston Marathons and finished 58 of them.
1972: The first year the BBA allowed women runners to officially register.
1975: The first year the marathon included a wheelchair division.
1980: The year that Rosie Ruiz literally came from out of nowhere to win the women's race.
Marathon officials became suspicious when it was found Ruiz did not appear in race videotapes
until near the end of the race. A subsequent investigation concluded that Ruiz had skipped most
of the race and blended into the crowd about one mile from the finish line, where she then ran
to her apparent victory. Ruiz was officially disqualified, and Canadian Jacqueline Gareau was
awarded the victory.
1983: The last time an American man (Greg Meyer) won the race.
1985: The last time an American woman (Lisa Larsen Weidenbach) won the race.
1986: The first year cash prizes were awarded.
1,100: The estimated number of media members that will cover the marathon, making it the
second biggest single-day sporting event in the U.S. behind the Super Bowl.
8,500: How many volunteers are lined up to help with the marathon.
29,900: How many runners are registered to compete this year.
500,000: The estimated spectators for the race, making it the largest one-day sporting event in
New England.
THE MONEY: You don't put on one of the world's biggest footraces without big spending, and
big sponsors.
$150: The registration fee for a U.S. participant, $200 for an international participant.
$100,000: Winners share for both the mens and womens open race. An additional $50,000
is awarded for setting a world record and $25,00 for setting a course record. Second-place
winners receive $40,000; $22,500 for finishing third; $18,000 for fourth; and $14,000 for
fifth. Wheelchair division winners receive $15,000.
$224,952: The annual salary received by BA senior director and Boston Marathon's race
director, Guy Morse, according to the nonprofits 2010 990.
$303,931: How much money was paid to Cavalier Coach Corp. of Boston for marathon
transportation services, according to BBAs 2010 990.
$326,187: The money paid to Significant Events Inc. for marathon-related party planning
services, according to BBAs 2010 990.
$376,773: The money paid to DMSE Sports in North Andover for the marathons race
management services, according to the BBAs 2010 990.
$575,000: The total prize purse for this years race, the same amount as last year.
$806,000: How much prize money John Hancock Financial is offering this year, plus an
additional $220,000 in bonuses for records broken in the open, masters and push-rim
wheelchair divisions.
$858,000: The BAAs total contribution this year to the eight cities and towns the marathon
course runs through, to help cover their costs.
$1.1 million: The money paid to Interstate Rental Service Inc. in Boston for the marathons
tech race production, according to the BBAs 2010 990.
$5 million: How much marathon contributions and grants were received by the Boston Athletic
Association, according to its 2010 990.
$12.1 million: The total assets declared by the BBA on its 2010 990.
$18 million: The estimated amount of charity money raised by the marathon and its
participants.
$137 million: The estimated economic impact of the marathon to the area, which is equivalent
to hosting the Final Four, according to Patrick Moscaritolo, Greater Boston Convention &
Visitor Bureau president and CEO. The breakdown includes: $92.4 million spending by the
26,700 runners, $12 million spending by the spectators and another $10.1 million spending by
sponsors and media.