Kipchumba defends his Amsterdam title on Sunday
Last year's course-record holder leads 13 Kenyan men on the elite list for Sunday 18 October.
In short: Kenya's Geofry Kipchumba defends his TCS Amsterdam Marathon title on Sunday 18 October 2026. He set the course record of 2:03:30 when he won in 2025. The race starts at 9:00 local time (10:00 EAT) at the Olympic Stadium.
Geofry Kipchumba returns to Amsterdam as defending champion and wears bib 1, according to the final entry list published by Watch Athletics. He won on 19 October 2025 in 2:03:30, nine seconds inside the course record of 2:03:39 set in 2021. Earlier this year he was runner-up at the Tokyo Marathon in 2:03:37 (listed in the Tokyo results as Geoffrey Toroitich).
The men's list includes Ethiopia's Haymanot Alew (2:03:31) and Tsegaye Getachew (2:04:18), who won Amsterdam in 2022 and 2024. Also entered are Israel's Maru Teferi (2:04:44) and Uganda's Stephen Kissa (2:04:48).
Kenya has 13 men in the elite field. Besides Kipchumba they are Justus Limo (2:04:55), Patrick Mosin (2:04:59), Kalipus Lomwai (2:05:06), Jonathan Korir (2:05:27), Sila Kiptoo (2:05:28), Victor Kipchirchir (2:05:43), Justus Kangogo (2:05:57), Nicholas Kipkorir (2:06:07), Henry Kichana (2:06:36) and Alfred Barkach (2:08:49), plus two debutants, Isaia Lasoi and Amos Kirui.
Ethiopia's Aynalem Desta defends the women's title she won in 2:17:37 last year. The Kenyan women are Evaline Chirchir (2:20:33), Stacy Ndiwa (2:23:42) and Rabecca Chepkwemoi (2:24:52). The women's course record is 2:16:52, set by Yalemzerf Yehualaw in 2024.
Amsterdam is a World Athletics Platinum Label race. It starts at 9:00 local time on Sunday 18 October from the Olympic Stadium, which is 10:00 in Nairobi.