Jonas Hampton

Jonas Hampton is an American distance runner and civil engineer. He placed in the top 25 at four World Marathon Majors, and also competed in the U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon in 2016, 2020, and 2024.

Early life Hampton grew up in Pottstown, Pennsylvania and attended Pottsgrove High School, where he was all-conference in cross country and the captain of his team for two years. Hampton then ran cross country and track at the University of Hartford. While he improved on his times from high school, he never qualified for an NCAA Championship.

Career Hampton continued running after college and achieved some notable results beginning in 2014. He placed 16th at the USA 20 km Championships in September, and followed that with a 4th-place finish at the Hartford Half Marathon in a time of 1:05:29.

To start off 2015, he bettered his half marathon time to 1:03:57 in Houston, which qualified him for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon. In the fall, he added a new marathon best of 2:15:58 to win the Hartford Marathon.

At the 2016 Olympic Trials Marathon in Los Angeles, Hampton placed 47th (2:27:21) in sunny, hot conditions. In the fall of 2017, Hampton notched two noteworthy results, placing 8th at the USA 20 km Championship and 17th at the Chicago Marathon. His marathon time qualified him for the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon).

New England Runner Magazine named Hampton the male Runner of the Year in 2015 and 2017.

In 2018, Hampton did not finish his Boston Marathon debut due to the cold rainy conditions. He recorded a 15th-place showing at the Chicago Marathon (2:14:19). Prior to the race, Hampton was able to take two months off from his full-time job as a civil engineer in order to train for the Olympic Trials.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Hampton returned to marathoning at the 2022 Boston Marathon(2:14:40), where he placed 23rd overall and was the 10th American. Later that year, he claimed 16th place overall at the New York City Marathon(2:22:58), and he qualified for the 2024 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) in the process.

Hampton placed 35th at the 2025 Houston Marathon (2:23:25) .

In April 2021, Hampton publicly showed his support of transgender athletes on Instagram stating "Where some see Gender I see the possibilities of a level playing field for all people."