Amsterdam Marathon: Diriba Sets Course Record

Buze Diriba won the Amsterdam Marathon in a women’s course record of 2:16:12 on Sunday, October 18. Lemi Berhanu took the men’s title in 2:03:33. The race and the official race-day reports are dated October 18; this report uses that same U.S. Eastern publication date.

The organizer-linked MYLAPS results provide the finishing places and times below. These are posted results as checked October 18, Eastern time, and remain subject to corrections by the organizer.

Diriba lowers the women’s mark

The Ethiopian improved on Yalemzerf Yehualaw’s 2:16:52 course record from 2024. Editorial arithmetic: the improvement is 40 seconds. World Athletics’ race report also identifies the performance as a Dutch all-comers’ record: the fastest women’s marathon run in the Netherlands, rather than a Dutch nationality record.

Aynalem Desta and Meseret Belete completed an Ethiopian sweep of the women’s podium. Diriba’s previous best was 2:19:34, according to World Athletics.

Women’s place	Runner	Gun time
1	Buze Diriba, Ethiopia	2:16:12
2	Aynalem Desta, Ethiopia	2:17:06
3	Meseret Belete, Ethiopia	2:18:06

Berhanu wins close to the men’s record

Berhanu finished ahead of Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir and Patrick Mosin. The organizer’s report confirms that his winning time fell three seconds short of Geofry Kipchumba’s 2:03:30 course record. All three podium finishers ran under 2:04.

Men’s place	Runner	Gun time
1	Lemi Berhanu, Ethiopia	2:03:33
2	Nicholas Kipkorir, Kenya	2:03:39
3	Patrick Mosin, Kenya	2:03:58

Leading U.S.-listed finishers

Checking beyond the top-ten summaries, the official results identify Paolo Tiongson, 33rd among men, and Sabrina Baftiri, 18th among women, as the first finishers with the country field listed as United States in their respective races.

Runner	Division place	Gun time	Chip time
Paolo Tiongson	33rd man	2:15:41	2:15:38
Sabrina Baftiri	18th woman	2:36:11	2:36:08

These are recorded finishes, not pre-race entries. No personal-best or U.S. qualification claim is inferred from them. For the separate results from the previous weekend, see our Chicago report.

Timing note: podium tables use gun times. Diriba’s posted chip time is 2:16:10; her reported record is 2:16:12. The organizer’s prose gives Belete 2:18:02, but both the timing results and World Athletics list 2:18:06, which we use here.

Sources

Official MYLAPS marathon results, linked by the organizer: complete searchable standings, division places, country fields, gun and chip times.
TCS Amsterdam Marathon, October 18 race report: winners and course-record context.
World Athletics, October 18 report: record category, Diriba’s previous best and podium cross-check.