2025 London Marathon

45th London Marathon
VenueLondon, England
Date27 April 2025
Champions
MenSabastian Sawe (2:02:27)
WomenTigst Assefa (2:15:50)
Wheelchair menMarcel Hug (1:25:25)
Wheelchair womenCatherine Debrunner (1:34:18)

The 2025 London Marathon was the 45th running of the London Marathon; it took place on 27 April 2025.[1][2]

The Elite Men's winner was Sabastian Sawe getting to Buckingham Palace in 2:02:25 with the Elite Woman's winner being Tigst Assefa in a time of 2:15:50 a new women-only marathon record.

The wheelchair races were both won by Swiss athletes with Marcel Hug winning his seventh title in a time of 1:25:25 and Catherine Debrunner winning for the third time in 1:34:15.

This 45th edition of London Marathon had 56,640 finishers crossing the finishing line at The Mall, breaking 55,646 finishers in TCS New York Marathon 2024 held at Nov 3 2024, being the newest Guinness World Record of largest number of finishers in a marathon.[3]

Results

Men

Elite men's top 10 finishers[4]
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Sabastian Sawe  Kenya 02:02:27
Jacob Kiplimo  Uganda 02:03:37
Alexander Mutiso Munyao  Kenya 02:04:20
4 Abdi Nageeye  Netherlands 02:04:20
5 Tamirat Tola  Ethiopia 02:04:42
6 Eliud Kipchoge  Kenya 02:05:25
7 Hillary Kipkoech  Kenya 02:06:05
8 Amanal Petros  Germany 02:06:30
9 Mahamed Mahamed  United Kingdom 02:08:52
10 Milkesa Mengesha  Ethiopia 02:09:01

Women

Elite women's top 10 finishers[4]
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Tigst Assefa  Ethiopia 02:15:50
Joyciline Jepkosgei  Kenya 02:18:44
Sifan Hassan  Netherlands 02:19:00
4 Haven Hailu Desse  Ethiopia 02:19:17
5 Vivian Cheruiyot  Kenya 02:22:32
6 Stella Chesang  Uganda 02:22:42
7 Sofiia Yaremchuk  Italy 02:23:14
8 Eilish McColgan  United Kingdom 02:24:24
9 Rose Harvey  United Kingdom 02:25:01
10 Susanna Sullivan  United States 02:29:30

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair men's top 10 finishers[4]
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Marcel Hug  Switzerland 01:25:25
Tomoki Suzuki  Japan 01:26:09
Jetze Plat  Netherlands 01:26:49
4 Geert Schipper  Netherlands 01:26:51
5 Daniel Romanchuk  United States 01:30:31
6 David Weir  United Kingdom 01:34:06
7 Sho Watanabe  Japan 01:34:06
8 Kota Hokinoue  Japan 01:34:08
9 Hiroki Kishizawa  Japan 01:34:09
10 Nathan Maguire  United Kingdom 01:34:17

Wheelchair women

Wheelchair women's top 10 finishers[4]
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Catherine Debrunner  Switzerland 01:34:18
Susannah Scaroni  United States 01:38:08
Manuela Schär  Switzerland 01:41:06
4 Eden Rainbow-Cooper  United Kingdom 01:44:49
5 Tatyana McFadden  United States 01:46:50
6 Jade Jones-Hall  United Kingdom 01:46:51
7 Sammi Kinghorn  United Kingdom 01:46:54
8 Patricia Eachus  Switzerland 01:47:55
9 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 01:47:55
10 Vanessa de Souza  Brazil 01:47:57

References

  1. ^ Martin, Andy (26 April 2025). "London Marathon 2025: route, runners and everything else you need to know". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  2. ^ Poole, Harry (26 April 2025). "Will 'greatest' London Marathon line-ups break records?". BBC News. Retrieved 26 April 2025.
  3. ^ "TCS London Marathon 2025 makes history as the biggest marathon EVER". Guinness World Records. 28 April 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d "2025 London Marathon results". NBC Sports. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 27 April 2025.