Sabastian Sawe

Sabastian Sawe

Sabastian Kimaru Sawe (born 16 March 1996) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He finished seventh in the senior men's race at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships.

In September 2022, Sawe set a Kenyan national record in the one hour run at the Memorial Van Damme with a distance of 21,250 metres, narrowly missing the world record.

In March 2022, he set a course record at the Rome-Ostia Half Marathon in a time of 58:02 (a non-record eligible course). He set a then half marathon best of 58:58 from his win at the 2022 Bahrain Royal Night Half Marathon. In December 2023, he won the 15 kilometres road race Montferland Run held in 's-Heerenberg with a time of 42:35. In September 2024, he won the Copenhagen Half Marathon in a new personal best of 58:05.

On 1 December 2024, he won the Valencia Marathon in a world-leading time of 2:02:05. On 27 April 2025 he won the London Marathon in a leading time of 2:02:27.

In April 2025, He won the London Marathon with a time of 2:02:27. This was followed September 2025 with a win at the Berlin Marathon, with a time of 2:02:16.

Achievements

Sabastian Sawe

• Valencia Marathon (2024) - 2:02:05 • London Marathon (2025) - 2:02:27 • Berlin Marathon (2025) - 2:02:16

Personal bests

• 10,000 metres – 27:09.46 (Maia 2022) • 15,000 metres – 41:51.64 (Brussels 2022) WB • 20,000 metres – 56:20.55 (Brussels 2022) AB • One hour run – 21,250 metres (Brussels 2022) NR • Marathon – 2:02:05 (Valencia 2024)

• 10 kilometres – 26:49 (Herzogenaurach 2023), 5th fastest athlete of all time • 15 kilometres – 42:35 ('s-Heerenberg 2023) • Half marathon – 58:05 (Copenhagen 2024)

Circuit wins

• Diamond League • (/wiki/2022DiamondLeague#Men): Brussels Memorial Van Damme (One hour run)