Paris Marathon Results

Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the Paris Marathon on April 12 in 2:05:18, the fastest men’s time on the streets of the French capital. (olympics.com) Crippa beat Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager by five seconds and Kenya’s Sila Kiptoo by 10 seconds in a race where the top three finished within 10 seconds. (olympics.com) In the women’s race, Ethiopia’s Shure Demise won in 2:18:34 and took more than a minute off the previous course record of 2:19:48. (worldathletics.org) Demise pulled away in the closing stages after a lead pack of six reached 10 kilometers in 33:05 and halfway in 1:09:37. Four women — Demise, Misgane Alemayehu, Magdalyne Masai and Enatnesh Tirusew — all finished faster than the old course mark. (worldathletics.org) The race drew a record 58,880 starters, and 57,464 runners reached the finish line on Avenue Foch. Organizers said about one-third of the field were women and nearly 75 percent had never run the Paris Marathon before. (lequipe.fr) Paris staged its 49th marathon edition over the full 42.195-kilometer distance, with the official event site listing Sunday, April 12, 2026, as race day. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) The men’s elite race stayed crowded deep into the run, with 18 athletes still within five seconds of the lead at halfway in 1:03:12. Crippa broke clear only in the closing stages to secure the win in a personal best. (worldathletics.org) French runner Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse placed sixth in 2:05:58, while France’s Mekdes Woldu finished eighth in the women’s race in 2:26:25. American Maggie Montoya was ninth in 2:27:04. (olympics.com) The 2026 edition paired an elite finish decided by seconds with a mass race that sent more than 57,000 finishers through Paris, from the Champs-Élysées start to the Avenue Foch finish. (olympics.com)