2026 London Marathon

The 2026 London Marathon was the 46th running of the London Marathon, and took place on 26 April 2026. The route featured three separate starting points — one by Greenwich Park and two on Blackheath common — and ended on The Mall. Notable landmarks en route included Cutty Sark, Tower Bridge, Canary Wharf and Buckingham Palace. The event received 1,133,813 ballots for entry, which was a new world record. The race was historic for several reasons: it was the first marathon completed in under two hours, with Sabastian Sawe achieving a time of 1:59:30. The elite men's runner-up, Yomif Kejelcha, also finished the race in under two hours, recording the fastest non-winning marathon time and the fastest marathon debut in history. In the women's elite field, Tigst Assefa set a new world record for a women-only marathon.

Sawe set a world record in the men’s marathon, and Tigst set a world record for a women-only marathon.