Paris Marathon winners
The 2026 Paris Marathon crowned Shurre Demise in the women’s race and Yemaneberhan Crippa in the men’s race, with Crippa posting a lifetime best of 2:05:18 and becoming the first Italian to win Paris (runnersworld.com) (sports.yahoo.com). Those results arrived as spring marathon form sharpens across the European calendar ahead of races like Boston (sortiraparis.com).
Yemaneberhan Crippa won the men’s Paris Marathon on Sunday, and Shure Demise took the women’s race in a course record. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa finished the 42.195-kilometer race in 2:05:18 on April 12, 2026, a lifetime best that made him the first Italian man to win Paris. (worldathletics.org) Demise, an Ethiopian runner listed as Shure Demise by race organizers and World Athletics, won in 2:18:35 and broke the women’s course record in the 49th edition of the race. (worldathletics.org) (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) The race started on the Champs-Élysées and finished on Avenue Foch, with organizers saying 57,464 runners crossed the line. French reports put the field at about 60,000 participants at the start. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (lequipe.fr) The men’s finish was tight. Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager placed second in 2:05:23 and Kenya’s Sila Kiptoo was third in 2:05:28, with five seconds separating the top three. (watchathletics.com) The women’s podium was even deeper under pressure, with Ethiopia’s Misgane Alemayehu second in 2:19:08 and Kenya’s Magdaline Masai third in 2:19:17. Enatnesh Tirusew Alamrew followed one second later in 2:19:18. (watchathletics.com) Paris is one of Europe’s biggest spring road races, and this year’s results landed one week before the 2026 Boston Marathon on April 20. World Athletics lists Paris as a Gold Label road race, putting it on the top tier of international road events. (worldathletics.org) (baa.org) Crippa, 29, had been better known for track and cross-country results, including the Italian records at 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters before moving deeper into the marathon. His Paris win added a major city-scale road result to that résumé. (worldathletics.org 1) (worldathletics.org 2) Demise’s mark lowered a women’s course record that had stood since 2022, according to World Athletics. Her run in Paris was one of the fastest women’s marathons recorded anywhere this year through mid-April. (worldathletics.org) For Paris, the headline result was simple: Crippa made national history in the men’s race, and Demise reset the standard in the women’s race. (nbcsports.com)
