Full Results: 2026 Valencia Half Marathon

Rodrigue Kwizera led a Spanish one-two in a national record 58:03, and Sheila Chepkirui beat Diana Wanza by one second in a world-leading 1:03:51.

Published: Oct 25, 2026 12:24 pm

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Rodrigue Kwizera won the Valencia Half Marathon on Sunday in 58:03, taking more than a minute and a half off Carlos Mayo’s Spanish record of 59:39 and leading a Spanish one-two. His training partner Thierry Ndikumwenayo finished only six seconds behind him in 58:09, also well inside the old national mark, and Kenya’s Victor Kipruto was third in 58:12. It was a deep race as well as a fast one, with 12 men under the hour.

The women’s race came down to a single second. Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya won in 1:03:51, the fastest time in the world this year, just ahead of her compatriots Diana Wanza (1:03:52) and Daisilah Jerono (1:04:11). Yalemzerf Yehualaw, who started with the quickest personal best in the elite field, finished 16th in 1:07:21. Twentieth place went to Laura Luengo, whose 1:08:28 took two seconds off Carla Gallardo’s Spanish record.

Full Results: 2026 Valencia Half Marathon 1

Men’s Top 20

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Rodrigue Kwizera	Spain	58:03 (Spanish record)
2	Thierry Ndikumwenayo	Spain	58:09
3	Victor Kipruto	Kenya	58:12
4	Tadese Worku	Ethiopia	58:33
5	Owen Kapkama	Kenya	58:42
6	Jemal Yimer	Ethiopia	59:01
7	James Kipkosgei	Kenya	59:03
8	Yaseen Abdalla	Sudan	59:12
9	Daniel Ebenyo	Kenya	59:20
10	Melkeneh Azize	Ethiopia	59:20
11	Emmanuel Roudolff	France	59:23
12	Maxime Chaumeton	South Africa	59:44
13	Aarón de las Heras	Spain	1:00:08
14	Tomoya Ogikubo	Japan	1:00:20
15	Jacob Simonsen	Denmark	1:00:42
16	Pasquale Selvarolo	Italy	1:00:42
17	Duarte Gomes	Portugal	1:00:43
18	Adel Mechaal	Spain	1:01:00
19	Jack O’Leary	Ireland	1:01:06
20	Rui Pinto	Portugal	1:01:22

Women’s Top 20

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Sheila Chepkirui	Kenya	1:03:51
2	Diana Wanza	Kenya	1:03:52
3	Daisilah Jerono	Kenya	1:04:11
4	Mizan Alem	Ethiopia	1:04:54
5	Senayet Getachew	Ethiopia	1:04:57
6	Caroline Gitonga	Kenya	1:04:59
7	Gladys Kwamboka	Kenya	1:05:02
8	Jesca Chelangat	Kenya	1:05:29
9	Miriam Chebet	Kenya	1:05:39
10	Aynadis Mebratu	Ethiopia	1:05:40
11	Purity Gitonga	Kenya	1:05:56
12	Faith Cherono	Kenya	1:06:13
13	Tsigie Gebreselama	Ethiopia	1:06:20
14	Ftaw Zeray	Ethiopia	1:06:41
15	Axumawit Embaye	Ethiopia	1:06:43
16	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	Ethiopia	1:07:21
17	Emily Venters	United States	1:07:37
18	Jana Van Lent	Belgium	1:07:39
19	Lauren Ryan	Australia	1:08:25
20	Laura Luengo	Spain	1:08:28 (Spanish record)