{"id":919547,"date":"2026-04-26T10:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/919547\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T10:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T10:47:16","slug":"london-marathon-2026-results-in-full-and-find-out-where-your-friends-and-family-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/919547\/","title":{"rendered":"London Marathon 2026: Results in full and find out where your friends and family finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha both broke the two-hour barrier as they finished one-two at the London Marathon on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan endured an injury-ravaged training camp and almost missed the race altogether, but made the start-line in London and delivered a record-setting performance.<\/p>\n<p>He and Kejelcha are now the first two people to run an official marathon in legal conditions in under two hours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/topic\/tigst-assefa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tigst Assefa<\/a> set a new women\u2019s only record as she succesfully defended her London Marathon title on Sunday, finishing in 2hr15:41.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan was matched pace-for-pace throughout by Kenyan pair Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei, but a stunning late surge saw her pull well clear of her closest competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Obiri crossed the line 12 seconds adrift of the winner, with Jepkosgei just seconds behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Assefa\u2019s countrywoman Degitu Azimeraw finished best of the rest, nearly four minutes adrift of the leading pack.<\/p>\n<p>Dundee\u2019s Eilish McColgan crossed the line seventh as the top-performing Briton in the women\u2019s race, falling slightly short of her 2025 time as she finished in 02:24:51, with Rose Harvey two minutes behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 2026 London Marathon results in full&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon 2026 men\u2019s race results<\/p>\n<p>1 SAWE Sabastian (KEN) 01:59:30<\/p>\n<p>2 KEJELCHA Yomif (ETH) 01:59:41<\/p>\n<p>3 KIPLIMO Jacob (UGA) 02:00:28<\/p>\n<p>4 KIPRUTO Amos (KEN) 02:01:39<\/p>\n<p>5 TOLA Tamirat (ETH) 02:02:59<\/p>\n<p>6 GELETA Deresa (ETH) 02:03:23<\/p>\n<p>7 GOBENA Addisu (ETH) 02:05:23<\/p>\n<p>8 KAMWOROR Geoffrey (KEN) 02:05:38<\/p>\n<p>9 LYNCH Peter (IRL) 02:06:08<\/p>\n<p>10 MAHAMED Mahamed (GMR) 02:06:14<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon 2026 women\u2019s race results<\/p>\n<p>1 ASSEFA, Tigst (ETH) 02:15:41<\/p>\n<p>2 OBIRI, Hellen (KEN) 02:15:53<\/p>\n<p>3 JEPKOSGEI, Joyciline (KEN) 02:15:55<\/p>\n<p>4 AZIMERAW Degitu (ETH) 02:19:13<\/p>\n<p>5 AMANANG\u2019OLE Catherine Reline (KEN) 02:21:20<\/p>\n<p>6 CHUMBA Eunice Chebichii (BRN) 02:23:44<\/p>\n<p>7 MCCOLGAN Eilish (GBR) 02:24:51<\/p>\n<p>8 PATERNAIN Julia (URU) 02:25:47<\/p>\n<p>9 HARVEY Rose (GBR) 02:26:14<\/p>\n<p>10 GALIMANY Marta (ESP) 02:27:38<\/p>\n<p>London Marathon 2026 full results and where your friends and family finished<\/p>\n<p>The full results of the elite, wheelchair and mass races can be found <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/results.tcslondonmarathon.com\/2026\/?pid=start&amp;pidp=start\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, where you can find out where your friends and family finished.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha both broke the two-hour barrier as they finished one-two at the London 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