The 2026 World Athletics Road Running Championships took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 19 and 20 September 2026. As the second edition of the World Athletics Road Running Championships, they include the World Athletics Half Marathon Championships.
The championships consist of races for the half marathon, 5K, and mile distances, and also included mass-participation events for the same. This echoes the Gran Fondo tradition in cycling, and mass start events in triathlon.
The event was awarded to Copenhagen in August 2023. In March 2026, due to a mistake in the American qualifiers for the event where some leading runners were led off-course, World Athletics granted the United States three extra non-scoring running slots in the women's half marathon.
It featured Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 5 kilometres. He ran the race one week after his 2026 World Athletics Ultimate Championships 5000 m win.
World leads were set by the winners of the men's and women's road miles. In the 5 kilometres run, Ingebrigtsen was out-kicked by Dawit Seare of Eritrea.
Championships timetable
The road mile run and 5 kilometres races were on 19 September, while the half marathon was on 20 September.
Date Local Time Event Sex Day 1 : 19 September 10:10 Road Mile Women 10:30 Road Mile Men 14:10 5 Kilometres Women 14:40 5 Kilometres Men Day 2 : 20 September 09:10 Half Marathon Women 09:45 Half Marathon Men
Medal summary
58:06 AR 58:11 58:26 Nicholas KipkorirGideon RonoAlex Matata 2:56:30 Tadese WorkuBelay BezabehBereket Nega 2:59:47 Conner MantzAhmed MuhumedWesley Kiptoo 3:01:34 1:05:15 WRwo 1:06:05 1:06:08 NR Agnes Jebet NgetichVeronica LoleoDaisilah Jerono 3:17:33 Emma Grace HurleyWeini KelatiJessica McClain 3:19:51 Ftaw ZerayMeselech AlemayehuBaraky Redae 3:22:40 12:56 NR 12:59 NR 13:00 14:41 14:48 14:50 AR Likina AmebawAleshign BawekeAddisu YihuneMezgebu Sime 55:49 Rose DaviesGeorgia GriffithKy RobinsonToby Gillen 56:30 Caroline GitongaCaroline NyagaMathew Kipchumba KipsangCharles Kiboino 56:31 3:51.80 3:52.33 3:52.77 NR 4:22.74 4:24.35 4:25.71 Addison WileyGracie HydeYared NuguseVincent Ciattei 16:49.89 Linden HallSarah BillingsOliver HoareJude Thomas 16:50.61 Mirriam CheropNaomi KorirBrian KomenKyumbe Munguti 16:51.36
Medal table
Results Men's half marathon Held on 20 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Andreas Almgren Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli Joshua Cheptegei 4 Tadese Worku 5 Gideon Kipkertich Rono 6 Hani Idriss Hersi 7 Yemaneberhan Crippa 8 Alex Nzioka Matata 9 Daniel Simiu Ebenyo 10 Othmane El Goumri 11 Célestin Ndikumana 1:00:04 12 Conner Mantz 1:00:08 13 Ahmed Muhumed 1:00:15 14 Belay Tilahun 1:00:32 15 Bereket Nega 1:00:40 16 Jacob Simonsen 1:00:46 17 Ablelom Maryo 1:01:00 18 Bastien Augusto 1:01:04 19 Zerei Kbrom Mezngi 1:01:08 20 Jummanne Ngoya 1:01:08 21 Rory Linkletter 1:01:09 22 Cwenga Nose 1:01:09 23 Wesley Kiptoo 1:01:11 24 Hillary Bor 1:01:12 25 Emile Hafashimana 1:01:16 26 Yuma Nishizawa 1:01:17 27 Tomoya Ogikubo 1:01:28 28 Victor Boudin 1:01:36 29 Saïd Mechaal 1:01:37 30 Filmon Tesfu 1:01:40 31 Bernard Emanuel 1:01:40 32 Marcelo Laguera 1:01:41 33 Dorian Boulvin 1:01:45 34 Daisuke Sato 1:01:47 35 Cameron Levins 1:01:49 36 Joseph Wigfield 1:01:49 37 Mustapha Akkaoui 1:01:50 38 Edward Marks 1:01:50 39 Bayelign Teshager 1:01:52 40 Seare Weldezghi 1:01:53 41 Andrew Alexander 1:01:55 42 Jan Kokalj 1:01:57 43 Feb Chelegoi 1:02:08 44 Peter Lynch 1:02:10 45 Robin Hendrix 1:02:10 46 Major Tedros 1:02:13 47 Charles Wheeler 1:02:18 48 Abderrazak Charik 1:02:19 49 Cristhian Zamora 1:02:19 50 Alberto Mondazzi 1:02:21 51 Haftu Strintzos 1:02:22 52 Baptiste Guyon 1:02:25 53 Inyasi Nicodemus Sulley 1:02:27 54 Therence Bizoza 1:02:32 55 Alfie Manthorpe 1:02:40 56 Mande Bushendich 1:02:43 57 Timo Hinterndorfer 1:02:44 58 Abiel Teklu 1:02:49 59 Mohamed Reda El Aaraby 1:02:59 60 Martin Kiprotich 1:03:00 61 Thierry Irakoze 1:03:05 62 Sjur Prestsæter 1:03:06 63 José Luis Santana 1:03:06 64 Etienne Daguinos 1:03:08 65 Jonas Gertsen 1:03:09 66 Ren Qingdongzhibu 1:03:10 67 Abeich Wol Akoon 1:03:17 68 Giovani dos Santos 1:03:19 69 Neo Namiki 1:03:21 70 Liam Boudin 1:03:22 71 Toby Gualter 1:03:25 72 Hiko Tonosa Haso 1:03:27 73 Per Svela 1:03:33 74 Nicolae Alexandru Soare 1:03:38 75 Giedrius Valinčius 1:03:40 76 Thijs Nijhuis 1:03:47 77 Jacob Boutera 1:03:49 78 Samuel Barata 1:03:50 79 Justin Kent 1:03:50 80 Ádám Lomb 1:03:57 81 Mykola Mevsha 1:03:59 82 Cruz Gómez 1:04:14 83 Aaron Gruen 1:04:16 84 Héctor Garibay 1:04:22 85 Rui Pinto 1:04:27 86 William Little 1:04:34 87 Elroy Gelant 1:04:41 88 Arnaldo Martínez 1:04:59 89 Héctor Pagán 1:05:00 90 Jiang Fakun 1:05:03 91 Connor Melton 1:05:11 92 Luke Micallef 1:05:17 93 Wang Tao 1:05:18 94 Fábio Correia 1:05:33 95 Badr Jaafari 1:05:35 96 Taonga Mbambo 1:05:38 97 Lucas Barbosa 1:05:40 98 Ma Rui 1:05:42 99 Morten Siht 1:05:55 100 Omar Hassan 1:06:32 101 Ayrton Ledesma 1:06:40 102 Simon Spiteri 1:06:45 103 Yakoub Delhoum 1:06:47 104 James Dietrich 1:06:51 105 Dmitrijs Serjogins 1:07:01 106 Ferdinand Cereceda 1:07:28 107 Eduardo Garcia 1:08:29 108 Daviti Kharazishvili 1:08:59 109 Lukas Tarasevičius 1:09:10 110 Tristan Boetti 1:09:25 111 José Mauricio González 1:10:46 112 Walter Rodríguez 1:12:11 113 Dechen Ugyen 1:12:14 114 Roman Aleksanyan 1:12:15 115 He Yong 1:12:32 116 Ahmad Smour 1:13:10 117 Hoo Fang Zhou 1:13:27 118 Ip Seng Tou 1:13:53 119 Simeon Jacob 1:14:55 120 Timothy Liau Ke Qin 1:15:21 121 Joshua Yeow 1:15:38 Marcelo Manrique Jack Rowe Hicham Ouladha Adam Nowicki Ngconde Matwebu John Nahhay Wele Franck Tchoupteng Tchouffi Mikael Johnsen Ilia Tiapkin Miguel Borges
Men's half marathon team Rank Team Time Note 2:56:30 2:59:47 3:01:34 4 3:03:17 5 3:03:52 6 3:04:32 7 3:04:42 8 3:04:53 9 3:05:05 10 3:05:15 11 3:06:02 12 3:06:47 13 3:07:14 14 3:07:34 15 3:07:42 16 3:07:47 17 3:09:01 18 3:13:10 19 3:13:31 20 3:14:32 21 3:41:20
Women's half marathon Held on 20 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Agnes Jebet Ngetich 1:05:15 (women only) Veronica Loleo 1:06:05 Florence Niyonkuru 1:06:08 4 Daisilah Jerono 1:06:13 5 Emma Grace Hurley 1:06:23 6 Weini Kelati Frezghi 1:06:35 7 Jessica McClain 1:06:53 8 Ftaw Zeray 1:07:07 9 Fatima Ezzahra Birdaha 1:07:33 10 Esther Chebet 1:07:38 11 Meselech Alemayehu 1:07:42 12 Rebecca Chelangat 1:07:43 13 Glenrose Xaba 1:07:49 14 Baraky Redae 1:07:51 15 Emeline Imanizabayo 1:08:02 16 Jadyn Keeler 1:08:03 17 Ednah Kurgat 1:08:11 18 Tsigie Gebreselama 1:08:30 19 Chloé Herbiet 1:08:44 20 Carrie Ellwood 1:09:12 21 Elvanie Nimbona 1:09:14 22 Mekdes Woldu 1:09:17 23 Georgie Grgec 1:09:18 24 Liang Tiantian 1:09:30 25 Yūmi Yoshikawa 1:09:34 26 Dolshi Tesfu 1:09:34 27 Samantha Harrison 1:09:35 28 Sheyla Eulogio 1:09:42 29 Oria Liaci 1:10:15 30 Alexandra Bell 1:10:21 31 Alessia Zarbo 1:10:24 32 Marta Galimany 1:10:24 33 Margaux Sieracki 1:10:27 34 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 1:10:36 35 Annet Chemengich Chelangat 1:10:41 36 Julia Paternain 1:10:42 37 Viviana Aroche 1:10:53 38 Julia Mayer 1:10:54 39 Angelique Ibishatse 1:10:56 40 Laura Galván 1:10:57 41 Annie Rodenfels 1:11:02 42 Florence Caron 1:11:03 43 Lisa Rooms 1:11:08 44 Yuna Takahashi 1:11:12 45 Élissa Legault 1:11:15 46 Nataliya Strebkova 1:11:16 47 Zarita Suárez 1:11:31 48 Carolina Wikström 1:11:35 49 Adela Honorato 1:11:36 50 Xia Yuyu 1:11:36 51 Rebecca Lowe 1:11:38 52 Wakana Kabasawa 1:11:56 53 Susana Santos 1:12:00 54 Matea Parlov Koštro 1:12:11 55 Natasha Wodak 1:12:13 56 Olga Nyzhnyk 1:12:16 57 Núbia Silva 1:12:33 58 Nazret Weldu 1:12:35 59 Mélody Julien 1:12:39 60 Mariia Mazurenko 1:12:49 61 Yang Yiting 1:12:57 62 Rina Shimizu 1:13:07 63 Esther Yeko Chekwemoi 1:13:17 64 Marie Perrier 1:13:21 65 Salomé Rocha 1:13:30 66 Ruby Smee 1:13:31 67 Mónica Silva 1:13:34 68 Donve Viljoen 1:13:43 69 Carolien Millenaar 1:13:47 70 Cacisile Sosibo 1:14:00 71 Karabo Mailula 1:14:21 72 Agate Caune 1:14:27 73 Marinela Nineva 1:14:30 74 Sofiia Yaremchuk 1:14:31 75 Anna Holm Jørgensen 1:14:33 76 María Luz Tesuri 1:14:42 77 Vaida Žūsinaitė-Nekriošienė 1:14:43 78 Melissa Anastasakis 1:14:50 79 Margarita Masías 1:14:52 80 Diana Bogantes 1:14:52 81 Ariadna Fenes 1:15:03 82 Nanna Bové 1:15:49 83 Devora Avramova 1:16:44 84 Sophie Junge 1:16:49 85 Jéssica Ladeira 1:17:08 86 Loreta Kančytė 1:17:11 = 87 Leydy Romero 1:17:17 88 Daniela Torres 1:18:01 89 Agata Strausa 1:18:21 90 Brenda Flores 1:18:23 91 Anna Yusupova 1:19:19 92 Ecaterina Cernat 1:20:32 93 Katherine Camp 1:20:36 94 Idelma Delgado 1:20:54 95 Laura Jegelevičiūtė 1:21:01 96 Gabriela Mamani 1:21:20 97 Íris Anna Skúladóttir 1:21:36 98 Maria Lucineida da Silva 1:23:37 99 Serena Teoh 1:24:33 100 Jasmine Teo 1:25:17 101 Bridget Klein 1:26:19 102 Han Qinfei 1:26:26 103 Íris Dóra Snorradóttir 1:27:13 104 Wong San-san 1:27:56 105 Valeria Amaya 1:29:48 He Wuga Klara Lukan Lúcia Capingala Nancy Layu Aghazu Akuchukwu Nicole Wood
Women's half marathon team Rank Team Time Note 3:17:33 3:19:51 3:22:40 4 3:25:06 5 3:26:02 6 3:30:08 7 3:30:21 8 3:32:42 9 3:34:03 10 3:36:10 11 3:36:21 12 3:38:52 13 3:39:04 14 3:40:34 15 3:44:09 16 3:52:55 17 3:53:18 18 4:16:16
Men's 5 kilometres Held on 19 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Dawit Seare 12:56 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 12:59 Saymon Amanuel 13:00 4 Ky Robinson 13:04 5 Keneth Kiprop 13:04 6 Addisu Yihune 13:07 7 Mezgebu Sime 13:08 8 Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang 13:11 9 Egide Ntakarutimana 13:12 10 Maxime Chaumeton 13:13 11 Drew Hunter 13:14 12 Mike Foppen 13:15 13 Charles Kiboino 13:15 14 Jimmy Gressier 13:17 15 Narve Gilje Nordås 13:17 16 Darragh McElhinney 13:22 17 Dylan Jacobs 13:24 18 Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu 13:29 19 Artūrs Niklāvs Medveds 13:30 20 Elie Sindayikengdera 13:31 21 David Mullarkey 13:31 22 Jonas Raess 13:32 23 Francesco Guerra 13:33 24 Osama Er Redouani 13:33 25 Toby Gillen 13:35 26 Aron Gebremariam 13:36 27 Tim Verbaandert 13:38 28 Rui Suzuki 13:38 29 Joel Ibler Lillesø 13:39 30 Alex Kiplangat 13:39 31 Simon Sundström 13:40 32 Vid Botolin 13:41 33 Jânio Varjão 13:41 34 Thapelo Ramakhoase 13:43 35 Kobe Hermans 13:43 36 Robbe Camphens 13:44 37 Konjoneh Maggi 13:45 38 Brian Fay 13:48 39 Evan Burke 13:49 40 Yota Mashiko 13:50 41 Simas Bertašius 13:51 42 Víctor Ortiz 13:52 43 Theo Quax 13:54 44 Matthew Beaudet 13:58 45 Thiago André 14:00 46 Axel Vang Christensen 14:00 47 Israel Tinajero 14:43 48 Flavien Szot 14:47 49 Shaun Goh 14:47 50 Filip Jančík 15:10 51 Ethan Yan 15:25
Women's 5 kilometres Held on 19 September Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Likina Amebaw 14:41 Caroline Makandi Gitonga 14:48 Rose Davies 14:50 4 Tayla Kavanagh 14:51 5 Aleshign Baweke 14:53 6 Marta García 14:59 7 Georgia Griffith 15:01 8 Samiya Hassan Nour 15:04 9 Hannah Gapes 15:06 10 Hannah Nuttall 15:08 11 Charity Cherop 15:09 12 Allie Ostrander 15:10 13 Caroline Nyaga 15:17 14 Lisa Redlinger 15:18 15 Megan Keith 15:19 16 Diane van Es 15:24 17 Courtney Frerichs 15:25 18 Francine Niyomukunzi 15:28 19 Martha Chemutai 15:30 20 Juliane Hvid 15:33 21 Nathalie Blomqvist 15:38 22 Elżbieta Glinka 15:41 23 Anna Marie Nordengen Sirevåg 15:41 24 Kana Mizumoto 15:42 25 Regan Yee 15:44 26 Núbia Silva 15:44 27 Simone Plourde 15:46 28 Rina Kusu 15:48 29 Maiken Homlung Prøitz 16:06 30 Farida Abaroge 16:07 31 Diana Shishay 16:08 32 Zanthe Taljaard 16:11 33 Anna Emilie Møller 16:19 34 Viktoriia Shkurko 16:22 35 Marla Valtierra 16:40 36 Alondra Negrón 16:48 37 Danielė Šatikaitė 16:52 38 Arian Chía 16:59 39 Vanessa Lee Ying Zhuang 17:05 40 Simone Ferraz 17:21 41 Nicole Low 18:28 42 Darija Krstevska 19:22
Mixed 5 kilometres team Rank Team Time Note 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1:00:46 12 1:04:44
Men's mile Held on 19 September