The women's marathon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 16 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Marathon men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026. 2:09.56Chicago, United States13 October 2024 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Marathon men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.2:13.448 October 2024 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.2:25:14Zürich, Switzerland16 August 2014World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Marathon women – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 3 August 2026.2:10.51Barcelona, Spain15 March 2026European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Marathon women – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 4 August 2026.2:20.39Sevilla, Spain15 February 2026
Qualification For the women's marathon, the qualification period was from 27 January 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by running the entry standard of 2:27.00 or faster, by wildcard for the 2022 European Athletics Champion (in 2024 this event was not held), or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 60 athletes"Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2026. (eventually 56 qualified).
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Aleksandra Lisowska Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Alisa Vainio Qualified by Entry Standard 2:20:39 - Sevilla (ESP) - 15 FEB 2026 3 1 Fabienne Königstein Qualified by Entry Standard 2:22:17 - Berlin (GER) - 21 SEP 2025 4 1 Sofiia Yaremchuk Qualified by Entry Standard 2:23:14 - London (GBR) - 27 APR 2025 5 1 Meritxell Soler Qualified by Entry Standard 2:23:49 - Valencia (ESP) - 07 DEC 2025 6 1 Abbie Donnelly Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:11 - Frankfurt (GER) - 26 OCT 2025 7 2 Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:16 - Sevilla (ESP) - 15 FEB 2026 8 2 Natasha Wilson Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:21 - Valencia (ESP) - 07 DEC 2025 9 2 Rebecca Lonedo Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:28 - Sevilla (ESP) - 15 FEB 2026 10 3 Ester Navarrete Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:31 - Valencia (ESP) - 07 DEC 2025 11 4 Carolina Robles Qualified by Entry Standard 2:24:56 - Barcelona (ESP) - 15 MAR 2026 12 3 Rose Harvey Qualified by Entry Standard 2:25:01 - London (GBR) - 27 APR 2025 13 1 Tereza Hrochová Qualified by Entry Standard 2:25:58 - Sevilla (ESP) - 15 FEB 2026 14 1 Julia Mayer Qualified by Entry Standard 2:26:08 - Valencia (ESP) - 07 DEC 2025 15 1 Samrawit Mengsteab Qualified by Entry Standard 2:26:33 - Sevilla (ESP) - 15 FEB 2026 16 2 Laura Hottenrott Qualified by Entry Standard 2:26:56 - Düsseldorf (GER) - 27 APR 2025 17 1 Selamawit Teferi Qualified by Entry Standard 2:26:58 - Hamburg (GER) - 26 APR 2026 18 1 Fionnuala McCormack Qualified by Entry Standard 2:27:00 - New York, NY (USA) - 02 NOV 2025 19 2 Maor Tiyouri Qualified by World Rankings 26th - 1159 points 20 4 Louise Small Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1155 points 21 1 Nóra Szabó Qualified by World Rankings 33rd - 1144 points 22 5 Clara Evans-Graham Qualified by World Rankings 38th - 1139 points 23 2 Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth Qualified by World Rankings 39th - 1137 points 24 6 Lily Partridge Qualified by World Rankings 45th - 1134 points 25 5 Laura Luengo Qualified by World Rankings 47th - 1131 points 26 3 Nina Reuter Qualified by World Rankings 50th - 1129 points 27 2 Carolina Johnson Qualified by World Rankings 53rd - 1127 points 28 1 Fabienne Schlumpf Qualified by World Rankings 54th - 1124 points 29 3 Giovanna Epis Qualified by World Rankings 58th - 1119 points 30 1 Liza Šajn Qualified by World Rankings 59th - 1118 points 31 2 Susanna Saapunki Qualified by World Rankings 62nd - 1111 points 32 4 Katharina Saathoff Qualified by World Rankings 66th - 1107 points 33 1 Hanne Verbruggen Qualified by World Rankings 70th - 1100 points 34 3 Hanna Lindholm Qualified by World Rankings 76th - 1096 points 35 2 Fabienne Vonlanthen Qualified by World Rankings 81st - 1090 points 36 2 Victoria Warpy Qualified by World Rankings 82nd - 1090 points 37 1 Joana Vanessa Carvalho Qualified by World Rankings 87th - 1085 points 38 1 Vaida Žūsinaite-Nekriošienė Qualified by World Rankings 90th - 1081 points 39 4 Alessia Tuccitto Qualified by World Rankings 96th - 1071 points 40 3 Valentine Mathy Qualified by World Rankings 108th - 1063 points 41 2 Eva Wutti Qualified by World Rankings 112th - 1058 points 42 1 Luna Paltorp Qualified by World Rankings 120th - 1052 points 43 3 Andrea Meier Qualified by World Rankings 123rd - 1050 points 44 1 Veronika Páleníková Qualified by World Rankings 127th - 1048 points 45 4 Samira Schnüriger Qualified by World Rankings 135th - 1045 points 46 2 Mónica Silva Qualified by World Rankings 138th - 1043 points 47 3 Sara Duarte Qualified by World Rankings 142nd - 1042 points 48 2 Kathrine Højgaard Qualified by World Rankings 143rd - 1040 points 49 1 Marinela Nineva Qualified by World Rankings 145th - 1038 points 50 1 Stamatia Noula Qualified by World Rankings 147th - 1037 points 51 5 Tabea Themann Qualified by World Rankings 148th - 1036 points 52 1 Liis-Grete Hussar Qualified by World Rankings 153rd - 1034 points 53 3 Sophie Junge Qualified by World Rankings 155th - 1031 points 54 3 Kata Tomaschof Qualified by World Rankings 193rd - 1006 points 55 3 Mentamir Bikayia Qualified by World Rankings 431st - 925 points 56 4 Réka Körmendi Qualified by World Rankings 628th - 884 points reserve 4 Malejeva Mathijs extra competitor, not listed as reserve
Bye to semi-finals Reserve activated Withdrawal / reserve unused
Schedule DateTimeRound16 August 20267:30Final
Results Place Athlete Nation Time Notes Alisa Vainio 2:22:26 Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth 2:27:21 Abbie Donnelly 2:27:33 4Nóra Szabó 2:27:39 5Natasha Wilson 2:27:54 6Rebecca Lonedo 2:27:55 7Sofiia Yaremchuk 2:28:02 8Carolina Robles 2:28:07 9Tereza Hrochová 2:28:14 10Julia Mayer 2:28:23 11Selamawit Teferi 2:28:26 12Maor Tiyouri 2:30:17 13Aleksandra Lisowska 2:30:21 14Rose Harvey 2:30:34 15Fatima Azzahraa Ouhaddou Nafie 2:30:37 16Laura Hottenrott 2:31:15 17Liza Šajn 2:31:22 18Ester Navarrete 2:31:57 19Fabienne Schlumpf 2:32:11 20Meritxell Soler 2:32:21 21Giovanna Epis 2:33:02 22Louise Small 2:33:32 23Tabea Themann 2:35:18 24Joana Vanessa Carvalho 2:35:50 25Hanna Lindholm 2:36:42 26Fabienne Vonlanthen 2:36:57 27Victoria Warpy 2:37:23 28Valentine Mathy 2:37:32 29Vaida Žūsinaite-Nekriošienė 2:37:47 30Andrea Meier 2:38:45 31Alessia Tuccitto 2:39:23 32Katharina Saathoff 2:39:34 33Samira Schnüriger 2:39:58 34Clara Evans-Graham 2:40:01 35Stamatia Noula 2:40:02 36Luna Paltorp 2:40:38 37Marinela Nineva 2:40:58 38Sara Duarte 2:41:13 39Liis-Grete Hussar 2:41:17 40Carolina Johnson 2:41:21 41Nina Reuter 2:42:34 42Kata Tomaschof 2:43:07 43Kathrine Højgaard 2:45:42 44Mónica Silva 2:46:06 45Eva Wutti 2:47:29 46Mentamir Bikayia 2:50:29 47Malejeva Mathijs 2:57:37 48Réka Körmendi 3:02:59 — Fabienne Königstein — Veronika Páleníková — Samrawit Mengsteab — Fionnuala McCormack
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