Overview

• Sabastian Sawe won the men’s race in 2:02:16, the fastest marathon time of 2025 and his third straight victory after Valencia 2024 and London 2025.
• Rosemary Wanjiru took the women’s title in 2:21:05, edging Ethiopia’s Dera Dida by three seconds before receiving assistance after the finish.
• Japan’s Akira Akasaki finished second in 2:06:15 and Ethiopia’s Chimdessa Debele was third in 2:06:57, while Azmera Gebru took third in the women’s race in 2:21:29.
• Sawe blasted through halfway on world‑record pace before losing his final pacemaker around 23 km, then slowed as temperatures rose into the mid‑20s Celsius with high humidity.
• Organizers drew roughly 55,000 starters and offered winner purses of €30,000 with time and world‑record bonuses, with live coverage via FloTrack and free streams on Olympics.com in select countries.