The World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26 concluded on 20 September with Agnes Jebet Ngetich winning the women’s half marathon in 1:05:15 and Andreas Almgren taking the men’s title in 58:06. Ngetich’s mark is listed by World Athletics as a women-only world record, subject to the usual ratification procedure; Almgren’s mark is a European record. This page has been converted from a pre-race guide into a post-event results record.
- Copenhagen 2026 results at a glance
- Women’s half marathon: Ngetich’s 1:05:15
- Men’s half marathon: Almgren’s 58:06
- Kenya won both half-marathon team titles
- Day 1 champions: road mile and 5K
- Elite results are not mass-race chip times
- Entries are not finisher counts
- What a recreational runner can take from the result
- Sources and calculation method
Copenhagen 2026 results at a glance
| Championship race | Official podium |
|---|---|
| Women Road mile | 1. Agathe Guillemot (France) 4:22.74 WL, ER; 2. Freweyni Hailu (Ethiopia) 4:24.35 SB; 3. Mirriam Cherop (Kenya) 4:25.71 SB |
| Men Road mile | 1. Robert Farken (Germany) 3:51.80 WL; 2. Yared Nuguse (USA) 3:52.33 SB; 3. Ruben Querinjean (Luxembourg) 3:52.77 NR |
| Women 5K | 1. Likina Amebaw (Ethiopia) 14:41; 2. Caroline Gitonga (Kenya) 14:48; 3. Rose Davies (Australia) 14:50 AR |
| Men 5K | 1. Dawit Seare (Eritrea) 12:56 NR; 2. Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 12:59 NR; 3. Saymon Amanuel (Eritrea) 13:00 PB |
| Women Half marathon | 1. Agnes Jebet Ngetich (Kenya) 1:05:15 WRwo*; 2. Veronica Loleo (Kenya) 1:06:05; 3. Florence Niyonkuru (Rwanda) 1:06:08 NR |
| Men Half marathon | 1. Andreas Almgren (Sweden) 58:06 ER; 2. Nicholas Kipkorir (Kenya) 58:11 PB; 3. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 58:26 PB |
The event dates were 19–20 September 2026. Record flags such as WRwo, WL, ER, AR, NR, PB and SB are reproduced only when they appear beside that athlete on the official result page. WRwo means “world record, women only”; the asterisk on Ngetich’s mark reflects World Athletics’ note that record ratification is still required.
Women’s half marathon: Ngetich’s 1:05:15
Agnes Jebet Ngetich (Kenya) 1:05:15 WRwo* won the women’s title. Veronica Loleo (Kenya) 1:06:05 took silver and Florence Niyonkuru (Rwanda) 1:06:08 NR bronze. The gap from first to third was 53 seconds. World Athletics’ official report dated 20 September says Ngetich went through 5km in 15:12, 10km in 30:39, 15km in 46:17 and 20km in 1:01:56.
Dividing 1:05:15 by the official half-marathon distance of 21.0975km gives approximately 3:06 per km (4:59 per mile). This is a whole-race average, not a claim that every kilometre was even.
Men’s half marathon: Almgren’s 58:06
Andreas Almgren (Sweden) 58:06 ER won the men’s title, five seconds ahead of Nicholas Kipkorir (Kenya) 58:11 PB. Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 58:26 PB took bronze, 20 seconds behind the winner. The official report dated 20 September describes Almgren’s late surge and lists the 58:06 European record.
The same calculation gives approximately 2:45 per km (4:26 per mile). The official result, rather than a rounded average pace, remains the source of record.
Kenya won both half-marathon team titles
The official team tables list Kenya first in both races: 3:17:33 in the women’s standings and 2:56:30 in the men’s standings. Those are team standings, not individual finish times.
Day 1 champions: road mile and 5K
Saturday produced four individual champions before Sunday’s half marathons. The road-mile titles went to Agathe Guillemot and Robert Farken. The 5K titles went to Likina Amebaw and Dawit Seare. The table links directly to each official result so the marks and record flags can be checked without relying on a secondary recap.
Elite results are not mass-race chip times
The championship pages above list elite fields. If you ran a public race, use the organiser’s Copenhagen 26 event hub to reach the mass-participation result service. Do not infer a personal chip time from an elite result or the first mass start.
Entries are not finisher counts
A World Athletics press release dated 18 September reported 496 elite athletes from 85 countries on the final entry lists and around 60,000 mass-participation runners across the weekend. Those were pre-event figures, not official finisher counts.
What a recreational runner can take from the result
Elite average pace is useful context, but it is not a pacing prescription. A personal plan still needs current fitness, course conditions and practiced fueling. Our even-vs-negative-split explainer covers the trade-off without treating an elite championship as a universal template. Destination runners travelling home can use the east-vs-west jet-lag worksheet.
Sources and calculation method
- World Athletics competition result index
- Official women’s half-marathon result
- Official men’s half-marathon result
- The four Day 1 official result pages linked in the table
Average pace was calculated as official finish time divided by 21.0975km (13.1094 miles), then rounded to the nearest second. Announcement dates, event dates and this page’s check time are kept separate.
Updated 21 September 2026 at 06:08 JST; official result pages and reports checked. This independent recap is not an organiser notice.
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