Assefa beat the previous record, set by Peres Jepchirchir in London last year, by 26 seconds. The full results of the elite, wheelchair and mass races can he found here, where you can find out where your friends and family finished.

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.

On Sunday, April 27, the London Marathon set a new world record for the most runners to ever complete a marathon, with 56,640 competitors crossing the finish line. But in 2010, a member of the Royal Family broke a more unusual world record while also becoming the first and only British royal to have completed the famous race.