Kenya's Sabastian Sawe makes history with sub-two hour marathon time in London

Catherine Debrunner won the women's wheelchair race in 1:38:29, finishing ahead of American Tatyana McFadden in the closing stages.

David Weir finished on the wheelchair podium with a time of 1:29:23.

Swiss Marcel Hug won the elite men's wheelchair race, recording 1:24:13 and tying David Weir's London Marathon record with a sixth consecutive year of wins.

Briton Eden Rainbow-Cooper went into the race with podium hopes but suffered a pre-race puncture that caused her to start late.

Mahamed Mahamed was the best-placed home athlete in the men's race, finishing 10th in 2:06:14.

Rose Harvey finished ninth in 2:26:14.

British runner Eilish McColgan finished seventh overall, the first British woman across the line, in 2:24:51.

Joyciline Jepkosgei finished behind Obiri in the women's race.

Hellen Obiri finished 12 seconds behind Assefa in the women’s race.

Tigst Assefa won the women's race in 2:15:41, improving the world record for a women-only field.

Jacob Kiplimo finished third in 2:00:28, crossing the line faster than Kiptum's former record.

Yomif Kejelcha, making his marathon debut, finished second in 1:59:41.

Sabastian Sawe won London Marathon in 1:59:30, becoming the first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race.

Sabastian Sawe targeted Kiptum's world record in Berlin in September 2025, going through halfway in 60:16 before the bid was undone by hot weather.

Sawe won the London Marathon in 2025 with a time of 2:02:27.

Kelvin Kiptum set the previous sub-two-hour marathon record of 2:00:35 in 2023.

Eliud Kipchoge became the first man to run a marathon in under two hours in 2019, but the achievement was not record-eligible due to it being conducted under controlled conditions.