If your social media feeds were wall-to-wall with London Marathon content over the past week, the following news may not surprise you. The 2025 London Marathon set a new world record for number of finishers, surpassing the 2024 New York City Marathon with its 55,646 mark.

Sunday's London Marathon set a world record for the number of finishers, eclipsing the previous mark of 55,646 in New York last year, organisers said.