Tigst Assefa sets a women-only world record in London
Assefa runs 2:15:50 in London, the fastest marathon by a woman in a race without male pacemakers. The women-only category exists because running in a mixed field with pacemakers is a materially different task, and separating the two categories is how the sport keeps the comparison honest.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- London Marathon · route · United Kingdom
- The marathon distance (42.195 km / 26 miles 385 yards) · concept · not located
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Assefa breaks women-only marathon world record with 2:15:50 in London
Tigst Assefa ran 2:15:50 in London for a women-only marathon world record, and her 2:11:53 from Berlin 2023 stood as the second-fastest women's marathon behind Ruth Chepngetich's 2:09:56. V55 verification basis: worldathletics.org was refused by this session's egress proxy; read only through an attributed search summary. The exact 2025 race date was not captured.
World Athletics · 2025 · Partly verified
https://worldathletics.org/news/report/tigist-assefa-women-only-world-marathon-record-london
Recorded on London Marathon
- The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards
- The 1908 distance becomes the world standard
- Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
- The first London Marathon
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced
- Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:00:35 in Chicago
- Ruth Chepngetich runs 2:09:56 in Chicago
- Tigst Assefa sets a women-only world record in London
- The first sub-two-hour marathon in a record-eligible race
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- Kelvin Kiptum runs 2:00:35 in Chicago · 2023-10-08
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced · 2006-01-23
- The first London Marathon · 1981-03-29
- Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton · 1924
- The 1908 distance becomes the world standard · 1921
- The 1908 Olympic marathon fixes 26 miles 385 yards · 1908-07-24