World Marathon Challenge
World Marathon Challenge 2026
Completed·January 31, 2026·Antarctica → Africa → Oceania → Asia → Europe → South America → North America
Michael Wardian became the first three-time champion, running a 50K on each continent; Bal Joshi set a Guinness record running in traditional national attire; Domitilia Dos Santos became the oldest woman to finish, at 70. 54 athletes completed the seven-continent challenge this year.
Public record
Finishers & Results
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Michael Wardian
First three-time champion — a 50K on each continent
Lincoln Bode
Men's Half Marathon
Shengxian Wang
Yusheng Ni
Rima Dharewa
Women's Half Marathon
Marcel Kasumovich
Joan Pere Carbonell Alberti
Beth Reed
Taylor Sokolosky
Maksym Kryvenko
Tiago Dionisio
Multiple-time finisher
Linda Blakely
Dawn Doucette
Julianne Fox
Multiple-time finisher
Martin Schranz
Samir Patel
Wing On Nick So
Monica Righelli
Serge Enckels
Matthew Parker
Zekai Li
Men's Half Marathon
Shifang Sun
Benjamin Grinnell
Bal Joshi
Guinness record — traditional national attire
Xiuqi Li
Jianhua Zhang
Bobby White
Mark Hand
Jianan Li
Ning Chen
Multiple-time finisher
Claire Thielke
Sandy Lehane
Bob Tremayne
Tiberius Toderascu
Mingyou Luo
Sanjay Dharewa
Derek Spence
Bryan Metoyer
Nianyong Wang
Tony Rich
Yingnan Chen
Cong Zhang
Xuexiang Cheng
Julie Kulawiec
Bharat Kakarala
Maria Sahota
Rob Schimek
Chris Hodges
Domitilia Dos Santos
Oldest woman to finish, at 70
Ping Wang
Anthony Paul Simonetti
Greg Yaghmai
Tracy Roth
Sahar Halim