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Hellen Obiri

Hellen Obiri is a Kenyan athlete competing in Marathon. Pimeys lists 52 results for her.

Championship results

Pos	Event	Mark	Notes
2	Women's Elite RaceLondon Marathon 2026 · 26 April 2026	2:15:53

Personal bests

Event	Mark	Where	Date
800 m	2:00.54	London, United Kingdom	5 Aug 2011
1000 m short track (indoor)	2:46.00	Moskva, Russia	5 Feb 2012
1500 m	3:57.05	Eugene, United States	31 May 2014
1500 m short track (indoor)	4:05.04	Toruń, Poland	15 Feb 2018
Mile	4:16.15	London, United Kingdom	22 Jul 2018
3000 m	8:20.68	Doha, Qatar	9 May 2014
3000 m short track (indoor)	8:29.41	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18 Feb 2017
Two miles	9:14.55	Eugene, United States	20 Aug 2021
5000 m	14:18.37	Roma, Italy	8 Jun 2017
10,000 m	30:10.02	Eugene, United States	16 Jul 2022
5 km road	14:30	Zürich, Switzerland	8 Sep 2021
10 km road	30:15	Manchester, United Kingdom	22 May 2022
10 Miles Road	50:51	Amsterdam, Netherlands	21 Sep 2025
Half marathon	1:04:22	Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	19 Feb 2022
Marathon	2:15:53	London, United Kingdom	26 Apr 2026
4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Nassau, Bahamas	24 May 2014	African record

Records

Record	Event	Mark	Details
Course record	New York City Marathon	2:19:51	New York, 2025
Course record	New York City Half Marathon	1:07:21	New York, 2023
Championship record (when set)	5000 m (World Championships)	14:26.72	Doha, 2019
African record	4 × 1500 m relay	16:33.58	Nassau, Bahamas, 24 May 2014. Listed on the World Athletics profile, 2026-10-09

Career results

Year	Competition	Event	Place	Mark
2026	New York Mini 10KNew York, United States	10 km road	3rd	31:10Not record-eligible
	London MarathonLondon, United Kingdom	Marathon	2nd	2:15:53
	NYC HalfNew York, United States	Half marathon	1st	1:06:33
2025	New York City MarathonNew York, United States	Marathon	1st	2:19:51
	Boston MarathonBoston, United States	Marathon	2nd	2:17:41
2024	New York City MarathonNew York, United States	Marathon	2nd	2:24:49
	Olympic Games, Paris 2024Paris, France	Marathon	3rd	2:23:10
	Boston MarathonBoston, United States	Marathon	1st	2:22:37
2023	New York City MarathonNew York, United States	Marathon	1st	2:27:23
	Boston MarathonBoston, United States	Marathon	1st	2:21:38
	Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonRas Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	Half marathon	1st	1:05:05
	New York City Half MarathonNew York, United States	Half marathon	1st	1:07:21Course record
	Great Manchester RunManchester, United Kingdom	10 km	1st	31:14
2022	New York City MarathonNew York, United States	Marathon	6th	2:25:49
	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022Eugene, United States	10,000 m	2nd	30:10.02
	Northern Ireland International Cross CountryBelfast, United Kingdom	8 km cross country	1st	26:44
	Ras Al Khaimah Half MarathonRas Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates	Half marathon	2nd	1:04:22
	Istanbul Half MarathonIstanbul, Turkey	Half marathon	1st	1:04:48
	World 10K BengaluruBengaluru, India	10 km	2nd	30:44
	Great Manchester RunManchester, United Kingdom	10 km	1st	30:15Course record
	Great North RunNewcastle, United Kingdom	Half marathon	1st	1:07:05
2021	Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020Tokyo, Japan	10,000 m	4th	30:24.27
	Olympic Games, Tokyo 2020Tokyo, Japan	5000 m	2nd	14:38.36
	Istanbul Half MarathonIstanbul, Turkey	Half marathon	3rd	1:04:51
	Weltklasse ZürichZurich, Switzerland	5 km road	2nd	14:30
	Great North RunNewcastle, United Kingdom	Half marathon	1st	1:07:42
2020	Cursa dels NassosBarcelona, Spain	10 km	1st	30:53
2019	IAAF World Championships, Doha 2019Doha, Qatar	5000 m	1st	14:26.72
	IAAF World Championships, Doha 2019Doha, Qatar	10,000 m	5th	30:35.82
	IAAF World Cross Country ChampionshipsÅrhus, Denmark	Cross country Senior race	1st	36:14
	World Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmark	Senior race	1st	36:14
	World Cross Country ChampionshipsAarhus, Denmark	Senior team	2nd	25 pts
	Great Manchester RunManchester, United Kingdom	10 km	1st	31:23
2018	IAAF Continental CupOstrava, Czech Republic	3000 m	3rd	8:36.20
	Weltklasse Zürich (Diamond League Final)Zürich, Switzerland	5000 m	1st	14:38.39
	Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast 2018Gold Coast, Australia	5000 m	1st	15:13.11
	IAAF World Indoor Championships, Birmingham 2018Birmingham, United Kingdom	3000 m short track (indoor)	4th	8:49.66
	San Silvestre VallecanaMadrid, Spain	10 km	2nd	29:59
2017	Memorial Van Damme (Diamond League Final)Bruxelles, Belgium	5000 m	1st	14:25.88
	IAAF World Championships, London 2017London, United Kingdom	5000 m	1st	14:34.86
2016	Olympic Games, Rio 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	5000 m	2nd	14:29.77
2014	IAAF Continental CupMarrakech, Morocco	1500 m	4th	4:08.15
	African ChampionshipsMarrakech, Morocco	1500 m	1st	4:09.53
	Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014Glasgow, United Kingdom	1500 m	6th	4:10.84
	IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas	4 × 1500 m relay	1st	16:33.58
	IAAF World Indoor Championships, Sopot 2014Sopot, Poland	3000 m short track (indoor)	2nd	8:57.72
2013	IAAF World Championships, Moscow 2013Moskva, Russia	1500 m	3rd	4:03.86
2012	Olympic Games, London 2012London, United Kingdom	1500 m	7th	4:16.57
	IAAF World Indoor Championships, Istanbul 2012Istanbul, Turkey	3000 m short track (indoor)	1st	8:37.16
2011	Military World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil	800 m	3rd	2:01.86
	Military World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil	1500 m	4th	4:19.32
	World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea	1500 m	10th	4:20.23

Biography

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London Marathon 2026

Stories

Results recap

London Marathon 2026: Sawe's 1:59:30 and how Kenya's runners finished

Sabastian Sawe won the men's race in a time reported as a world record. Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei completed the women's podium.

6 October 2026