Paris Marathon results
The 49th Paris Marathon ran on April 12 with roughly 60,000 participants, and Ethiopia’s Shurre Demise won the women’s race while Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the men’s. (runnersworld.com) Organizers had expected about 60,000 runners for the event, underscoring its scale this year. (sortiraparis.com)
Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the men’s race at the Paris Marathon on Sunday, and Ethiopia’s Shure Demise won the women’s race in a course record. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa finished the 42.195-kilometer race in 2 hours, 5 minutes, 18 seconds on April 12, 2026, edging Bayelign Teshager by five seconds after a late break. France 24 reported it as a personal best for the 29-year-old Italian. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (france24.com) Demise ran 2:18:34, breaking the women’s course record and finishing ahead of Ethiopia’s Dera Dida Misgana Alemayehu and Kenya’s Magdalyne Masai. The official race site said four women finished under the previous course mark. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (watchathletics.com) The 49th edition started on the Champs-Élysées and ended on Avenue Foch, following the marathon’s usual city-center route past landmarks including the Palais Garnier, Notre-Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe. Organizers billed it as one of the capital’s biggest mass-participation races. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (sortiraparis.com) Paris expected about 60,000 runners this year, a field that puts the race among the largest marathons in Europe and gives the elite results a backdrop of mass participation rather than a stand-alone championship format. The official event site published live tracking and full results for the broader field on Sunday. (sortiraparis.com) (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) Crippa’s win also gave Italy its first men’s victory in Paris, according to the race organizers. In the French field, Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse finished sixth overall in 2:05:58 as the top home athlete. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (watchathletics.com) On the women’s side, Demise’s performance rewrote a race mark in an event that has long been known as a fast spring marathon but not one of the seven World Marathon Majors. The Paris race is run annually by Amaury Sport Organisation under the Schneider Electric title sponsorship. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com 1) (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com 2) By Sunday afternoon, the headline from Paris was simple: a first Italian men’s winner, a women’s course record, and tens of thousands of runners still streaming toward Avenue Foch. (schneiderelectricparismarathon.com) (sortiraparis.com)
