Paris Marathon Today
The 49th Paris Marathon took place on April 12 with about 60,000 runners following the standard 42.195 km route that starts on the Champs‑Élysées. ( ) Organizers fielded a deep elite men’s pack—more than 20 athletes with personal bests in the 2:05–2:08 range—making the front of the race unusually competitive. (el-balad.com)
Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the Paris Marathon on Sunday, and Ethiopia’s Shure Demise set a women’s course record in the same race. (apnews.com) The race was the 49th edition of the Paris Marathon, held on Sunday, April 12, 2026, with about 60,000 runners covering 42.195 kilometers from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch. (sortiraparis.com) Official race coverage on the organizer’s site led with the same two names, saying “Crippa and Demise” lit up the capital after the morning start in Paris. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa’s win stood out because organizers had assembled one of the deepest men’s fields in recent Paris editions, with more than 20 entrants owning personal bests between 2:05 and 2:08 before the gun. (el-balad.com) That depth mattered in a race that is already one of Europe’s biggest mass-participation marathons and a fixture of the French spring road-running calendar. (runtimeracing.co) The route kept its usual shape through central Paris landmarks before finishing near the Arc de Triomphe area on Avenue Foch, which helps explain why the event doubles as both an elite race and a city-scale public spectacle. (sortiraparis.com) Published results listed Crippa first in 2:05:18, ahead of Bayelign Teshager in 2:05:23 and Sila Kiptoo in 2:05:28, showing how little separated the top three men. (watchathletics.com) The women’s results listed Demise first in 2:18:35, ahead of Misgane Alemayehu in 2:19:08 and Magdalyne Masai in 2:19:17, and The Associated Press reported that Demise’s mark was a course record. (watchathletics.com) (apnews.com) For Paris, the day ended with the kind of finish the pre-race setup promised: a crowded field on the Champs-Élysées in the morning, and two headline winners by early afternoon. (sortiraparis.com) (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com)
