2025 London Marathon breaks world record for most finishers

As well as being open to members of the public, there are also elite races for professional athletes to compete in

The 2025 London Marathon set a new world record for the number of people to finish.

In total, more than 56,000 people took part in the 26.2-mile London Marathon this year.

By 18:35 BST on Sunday, the number of runners to have completed it had beaten the previous record of 55,646 set by the New York Marathon in November.

The Manchester Marathon also took place on Sunday, with 36,000 participants taking on the challenge across the city.

On Saturday, more than 15,000 young people competed in the Mini London Marathon, making it the biggest since the event started in 1986.

Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa set a world record for the women's elite athlete race. She crossed the finish line in an impressive two hours, 15 minutes and 50 seconds. Assefa beat the previous record set by Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya in London last year by 26 seconds.

In the men's elite athlete race, Kenya's Sebastian Sawe triumphed. He finished with a time of two hours, two minutes and 27 seconds.

In the women's elite wheelchair race Swiss racer Catherine Debrunner broke her own course record to claim victory. Debrunner finished in a time of one hour, 34 minutes and 18 seconds - more than four minutes quicker than her previous best in London three years ago and just two seconds outside her world record time.

It was a double Swiss victory, as Marcel Hug stormed to his seventh win in the elite men's wheelchair race.

In the public marathon, many people race to raise money for charity, and this team of runners dressed up attempted to win the record for fastest time for a ten-person costume.

Lots of people dress up in costumes to help raise money for charity whilst running the race, like this lady dressed as a rainbow.

This man ran the marathon in traditional Chinese dress.

Many celebrities also took part in the London Marathon, like Masked Singer presenter Joel Dommett, who was photographed with his medal after completing the race.