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World Athletics Championships 2025: Peres Jepchirchir Wins Women’s Marathon Gold in Tokyo

Kenya’s Peres Jepchirchir won the women’s marathon at the World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo with a time of 2:24:43, edging Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa. Check the full results and highlights.

Sandipan Ghosh
Last updated: 15.09.2025
Peres Jepchirchir Wins Women’s Marathon Gold in Tokyo World Athletics Championships 2025

Women’s marathon is one of the key events in the World Athletics Championships 2025. It is one of the oldest events in the history of the Championships, as it has been running since the first edition in 1983. 


World Athletics Championships 2025: Women’s Marathon – Event Schedule  

  • 14th September – Final


National Stadium in Tokyo city, Japan, has been scheduled to host the only women’s marathon event in the World Athletics Championships 2025 on the second day, 14th September. 


World Athletics Championships 2025: Women’s Marathon – Final Result  

Peres Jepchirchir became the fourth Kenyan to win the women’s marathon event in the history of the World Athletics Championships, as it was the sixth time that Kenya won the gold medal, the first time since 2022. 


Rank

Athlete (Nation)

Time

Special Note

1

Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)

2:24:43

Season Best

2

Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia)

2:24:45


3

Julia Paternain (Uruguay)

2:27:23


4

Sullivan Susanna (USA)

2:28:17

Season Best

5

Alisa Vainio (Finland)

2:28:32

Season Best

6

Shitaye Eshete (Baharin)

2:28:41


7

Kana Kobayashi (Japan)

2:28:50


8

Jessica McClain (USA)

2:29:20

Season Best

9

Fionnuala McCormack (Ireland)

2:30:16

Season Best

10

Dolshi Tesfu (Eritrea)

2:30:41


11

Laura Luengo (Spain)

2:30:55

Season Best

12

Stella Chesang (Uganda)

2:31:13


13

Sayaka Sato (Japan)

2:31:15


14

Cuomu Ciren (China)

2:31:38


15

Nóra Szabó (Hungary)

2:31:41


16

Eunice Chebichii Chumba (Baharin)

2:32:22


17

Anne Luijten (Netherlands)

2:32:27


18

Jackline Cherono (Kenya)

2:33:17


19

Solange Jesus (Portugal)

2:33:24


20

Rebecca Lonedo (Italy)

2:33:40


21

Sheyla Eulogio Paucar (Peru)

2:33:42


22

Zhixuan Li (China)

2:34:03


23

Maor Tiyouri (Israel)

2:34:28


24

Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie (Spain)

2:35:05


25

Khishigsaikhan Galbadrakh (Mongolia)

2:35:05


26

Susana Santos (Portugal)

2:35:06

Season Best

27

Sutume Asefa Kebede (Ethiopia)

2:35:30


28

Yuka Ando (Japan)

2:35:37


29

Kyungsun Choi (South Korea)

2:35:42


30

Deshun Zhang (China)

2:35:58


31

Natasha Wodak (Canada)

2:36:02

Season Best

32

Manon Trapp (France)

2:36:09


33

Julia Mayer (Austria)

2:36:20

Season Best

34

Alina Armas (Namibia)

2:36:33


35

Silvia Patricia Ortiz Morocho (Ecuador)

2:37:22

Season Best

36

Atalena Napule Gaspore Loliha (South Sudan)

2:38:18


37

Ye-Jin Lim (South Korea)

2:38:31


38

Vanessa Wilson (Australia)

2:39:17

Season Best

39

Aleksandra Brzezińska (Poland)

2:39:46


40

Marcella Herzog (Netherlands)

2:39:57

Season Best

41

Neheng Khatala (Lesotho)

2:41:16

Season Best

42

Sarah Klein (Australia)

2:41:46

Season Best

43

Sara Schou Kristensen (Denmark)

2:42:34

Season Best

44

Nina Usubyan (Armenia)

2:42:37


45

Munkhzaya Bayartsogt (Mongolia)

2:42:43

Season Best

46

Mary Zeneida Granja (Ecuador)

2:43:02


47

Isabel Oropeza (Mexico)

2:43:53

Season Best

48

Tara Palm (Australia)

2:44:51


49

Mercyline Chelangat (Uganda)

2:45:36

Season Best

50

Chiara Milena Mainetti (Argentina)

2:46:27


51

Aydee Loayza (Peru)

2:48:00


52

Erika Kemp (USA)

2:50:35


53

Fortunate Chidzivo (Zimbabwe)

2:51:24


54

Rahma Tahiri (Morocco)

2:51:30


55

Diana Bogantes (Costa Rica)

2:54:02

Season Best

56

Hanne Andersen Maridal (Norway)

2:55:04

Season Best

57

Karen Ehrenreich (Denmark)

2:57:07


58

Clementine Mukandanga (Rwanda)

2:58:00

Season Best

59

Nicole Urra (Chile)

2:58:05


60

Magaly Garcia (Venezuela)

2:58:51


61

Anja Fink (Slovania)

2:59:31

Season Best

62

Adrijana Pop Arsova Rashikj (North Macedonia)

3:01:48

Season Best

63

Margarita Hernandez Flores (Mexico)

3:02:26



Juliet Chekwel (Uganda)

Did not finish



Kaoutar Farkoussi (Morocco)

Did not finish



Fatima Ezzahra Gardadi (Morocco)

Did not finish



Tigist Gashaw (Bahrain)

Did not finish



Tigist Ketema (Ethiopia)

Did not finish



Magdalyne Masai (Kenya)

Did not finish



Izabela Paszkiewicz (Poland)

Did not finish



Zaida Ramos (Peru)

Did not finish



Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (Israel)

Did not finish



Moira Stewartová (Czechia)

Did not finish



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