London Marathon, Sabastian Sawe breaks two-hour barrier

Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours.

OMG. 🇰🇪 Sabastian Sawe becomes the first man ever to break 2 hours in a marathon (legal conditions) in 1:59:30 at the London Marathon! Yomif Kejelcha 🇪🇹 runs 1:59:41 in his DEBUT. Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 takes third in 2:00:28 All under the previous WR.

I'm not sure I could run 100 yards at a 4:33 pace. It's amazing that a human can do it for 26 miles. apnews.com/article/mara...

In a huge moment in sports history, Sabastian Sawe smashed the men's world record by 65 seconds in winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. n.pr/4vQBtk3

Considering the feat that it was considered to be when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile just 72 years ago, Sawe's accomplishment is truly astonishing. A marathon run at a pace of 4 minutes and 33 seconds per mile is simply staggering. www.npr.org/2026/04/26/n...

From @theathletic.com: Sabastian Sawe of Kenya ran the London Marathon in under two hours, breaking the men’s marathon world record.

Sabastian Sawe just set an utterly incredible world record in the London marathon. For the 1st time ever, the 2 hour race barrier was broken. Sawe's time was 1:59:30. Unbelievably, Yomif Kejelcha, finishing 2nd, also ran under 2 hours (1:59:41). Jacob Kiplimo (2:00:28) also bested the previous WR.

THE GREATEST RUN IN HISTORY 🤯 Sabastian Sawe takes OVER A MINUTE off the world record in the marathon and becomes the first-ever sub-2 hour runner in an official race with a 1:59:30 victory over Yomif Kejelcha, who also breaks two hours in his debut marathon, running 1:59:41 for second.

THE TWO HOUR MARATHON HAS BEEN RUN Not only did Sawe crack two hours to win the London Marathon (in 1:59:30), but the 2nd place finisher, Kejelcha, *also* cracked two hours, & not just barely—in 1:59:41. Real tough for Kejelcha, who also just achieved one of the greatest performances in sport

This is amazing stuff. For a while there was serious debate about whether a sub 2 hour marathon was possible. Now someone has done it in a sanctioned race. Unbelievable achievement. www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/a...

This means he sustained a roughly 4.35 minute mile pace for the entire marathon. 🤯 apnews.com/article/mara...

I know some will raise their eyebrows and say these mind-blowing marathon times in London must be down to doping, so it's worth pointing out Sawe has been undergoing an unusually rigorous testing process for the last two years in an effort to prove he is clean www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...

Sabastian Sawe ran the London marathon in 1:59:30, the first true sub-two hour marathon. Yomif Kejelcha came in second. He ALSO ran a sub-two hour marathon, at 1:59:59. Imagine breaking two hours and not winning the race.

This is absolutely amazing. On par with breaking the 4 minute mile. And in our society, it won’t get the same sort of attention it deserves. WE HAD TWO RUNNERS BREAK 2 HOURS IN THE MARATHON. 4:33 per mile for 26.2 miles!

A 2-hour marathon is a 4:34 pace 2 men just did it for the first time in history I could not do this for a half mile even if I trained for a year Humans are amazing