Paris Marathon winners

Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the Paris Marathon men’s race on Sunday, and Ethiopia’s Shure Demise took the women’s title in a course record. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa finished the 42.195-kilometer race in 2:05:18 on April 12, 2026, holding off Ethiopia’s Bayelign Teshager by five seconds, with Kenya’s Sila Kiptoo third in 2:05:28. (watchathletics.com) Demise won in 2:18:35, ahead of Ethiopia’s Misgane Alemayehu in 2:19:08 and Kenya’s Magdaline Masai in 2:19:17. World Athletics said Demise’s time broke the women’s course record in Paris. (worldathletics.org) The race was the 49th edition of the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, one of Europe’s biggest city marathons, with about 60,000 runners entered across the field. The course runs from the Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch. (leparisien.fr) (sortiraparis.com) Crippa’s win put an Italian man atop the Paris podium for the first time, according to event organizers and NBC Sports. Organizers said he made his move late, after seeing rivals fade around the 39th kilometer. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (nbcsports.com) Demise’s run added another fast women’s mark to a spring marathon season that has produced quick times across major road races. World Athletics classified Paris as a Gold Label road race, placing it among the sport’s top international events. (worldathletics.org) Official race pages published searchable finishing results for the full field after Sunday’s race, alongside elite summaries and split times. The headline result, though, was simple: Crippa won a tight men’s race, and Demise left Paris with the fastest women’s race in event history. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com 1) (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com 2)