Amanal Petros won the men’s marathon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham in 2:09:11.
The German runner set a championship record, finishing seven seconds ahead of Italy’s Pietro Riva, who ran 2:09:18. Israel’s Gashau Ayale completed the individual podium in 2:09:21, making the race one of the closest marathon finishes in the championship programme.
The marathon was one of the road events associated with Birmingham 2026 rather than a standard track final inside Alexander Stadium. Marathon results also contributed to a separate team competition, in which countries were ranked using the combined performances of their selected runners.
Petros’s individual result should not be confused with Germany’s silver-medal marathon team aggregate of 6:29:03. The individual race and team classification used different result categories.