London Marathon
The London Marathon, is an annual 26 mile, 385 yards, footrace through the streets of London. The event, organised by British Olympic medallist Chris Brasher was inspired by the New York Marathon[?], and first held on March 29, 1981. 7,747 athletes started that race, and 6,255 finished. The event caught the mood of the public, and the next year race entries trebled.
Whilst it is a serious athletic event, with large prize money attracting elite athletes, public perception of the race is dominated by the fun runners. Sometimes in ludicrous fancy dress and often collecting money for charity, these make up the bulk of the 30,000+ runners and help to draw crowds of half a million on the streets.
Results:
Women's Race
Wheelchair Results not complete
Men's Wheelchair Race
Women's Wheelchair Race
Men's race
1981 Dick Beardsley[?] USA & Inge Simonsen[?] NOR/USA 2:11:48 1982 Hugh Jones[?] GBR 2:09:24 1983 Mike Gratton[?] GBR 2:09:43 1984 Charlie Spedding[?] GBR 2:09:57 1985 Steve Jones GBR 2:08:16 1986 Toshihiko Seko[?] JPN 2:10:02 1987 Hiromi Taniguchi[?] JPN 2:09:50 1988 Henrik Jřrgensen[?] DEN 2:10:20 1989 Douglas Wakiihuri[?] KEN 2:09:03 1990 Allister Hutton[?] GBR 2:10:10 1991 Yakov Tolstikov[?] URS 2:09:17 1992 António Pinto[?] POR 2:10:02 1993 Eamonn Martin[?] GBR 2:10:50 1994 Dionicio Cerón[?] MEX 2:08:53 1995 Dionicio Cerón[?] MEX 2:08:30 1996 Dionicio Cerón[?] MEX 2:10:00 1997 António Pinto[?] POR 2:07:55 1998 Abel Antón[?] ESP 2:07:57 1999 Abdelkader El Mouaziz[?] MAR 2:07:57 2000 Antonio Pinto[?] POR 2:06:36 2001 Abdelkader El Mouaziz[?] MAR 2:07:09 2002 Khalid Khannouchi[?] US 2:05:38 World Record 2003 Gezahegne Abera[?] ETH 2:07:56
1981 Joyce Smith[?] GBR 2:29:57 1982 Joyce Smith[?] GBR 2:29:43 1983 Grete Waitz[?] NOR 2:25:29 1984 Ingrid Kristiansen[?] NOR 2:24:26 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen[?] NOR 2:21:06 1986 Grete Waitz[?] NOR 2:24:54 1987 Ingrid Kristiansen[?] NOR 2:22:48 1988 Ingrid Kristiansen[?] NOR 2:25:41 1989 Véronique Marot[?] GBR 2:25:56 1990 Wanda Panfil[?] POL 2:26:31 1991 Rosa Mota[?] POR 2:26:14 1992 Katrin Dörre[?] GER 2:29:39 1993 Katrin Dörre[?] GER 2:27:09 1994 Katrin Dörre[?] GER 2:32:34 1995 Malgorzata Sobanska[?] POL 2:27:43 1996 Liz McColgan[?] GBR 2:27:54 1997 Joyce Chepchumba[?] KEN 2:26:51 1998 Catherina McKiernan[?] IRL 2:26:26 1999 Joyce Chepchumba[?] KEN 2:23:22 2000 Tegla Laroupe[?] KEN 2:24:33 2001 Derartu Tulu[?] KEN 2:23:57 2002 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:18:56 2003 Paula Radcliffe GBR 2:15:24 Women's World Record
2002 David Weir[?] GBR 1:39:44 2003 Joel Jeannot[?] FRA 1:32:02
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