Tigst Assefa of Ethiopia won the 2025 London Marathon in 2: ... the latter of which she set the world record of 2:11:53, which has since been broken by Ruth Chepngetich (2:09:56) in 2024.

Ethiopian Tigst Assefa won the London Marathon in a world record for a women’s only race, while Kenyan Sabastian Sawe took the men’s title to further his argument as the world’s top male marathoner.

London Marathon organisers said Sunday's edition of the event set a world record for the number of finishers, eclipsing the previous mark of 55 646 set at last year's New York City Marathon.

After finishing as the runner-up in her last two marathons, Assefa delivered a record-breaking performance of 2:15:50 in ...

Only the 2:09:56 run by Ruth Chepngetich in last year’s Chicago Marathon, also with men in ... 1:25:25 and Catherine Debrunner missed her world record by two seconds, winning in 1:34:18.