Paris Marathon winners
The 49th Paris Marathon finished on Sunday with Ethiopia’s Shurre Demise winning the women’s race and Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa taking the men’s title. (runnersworld.com) Organizers had expected about 60,000 runners for the event, which was one of the day’s major road races. (sortiraparis.com)(sportingnews.com)
Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the men’s Paris Marathon on Sunday, and Ethiopia’s Shure Demise took the women’s race with a course record. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa finished the 42.195-kilometer race in 2:05:18, ahead of Bayelign Teshager in 2:05:23 and Sila Kiptoo in 2:05:28. Demise won in 2:18:34, with Misgane Alemayehu second in 2:19:08 and Magdaline Masai third in 2:19:17. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) The official Paris Marathon site said Demise’s time set a women’s course record. Runners World listed her winning mark as 2:18:35, a one-second difference from the organizer’s report. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (runnersworld.com) The race was the 49th edition of the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, held on Sunday, April 12, 2026. Organizers said the first wave started at 8:00 a.m. and the course ran from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (sortiraparis.com) Paris expected about 60,000 runners, making it one of the biggest road races on Sunday’s calendar. The Associated Press reported that nearly 60,000 runners took part. (sortiraparis.com) (sports.yahoo.com) The route kept its usual postcard landmarks: runners started below the Arc de Triomphe, passed Place de la Concorde, Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes, returned along the Seine, and finished on Avenue Foch after the Bois de Boulogne. (parisselectbook.com) The French honors went to Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse, who ran 2:05:58, and Mekdes Woldu, who finished in 2:26:25. In the wheelchair event, 22-year-old Thibault Daurat won what organizers called the biggest victory of his career. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) For Paris, the day ended with two elite winners and tens of thousands of finishers spread across the capital’s signature boulevards. The official results page now lists the standings for the 2026 field. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com)
