London marathon

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athletics Virgin Money London Marathon
venue London United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
First run 1981
Records
distance 42.195 kilometers
track record Men: 2:02:37 h, 2019 Eliud Kipchoge
KenyaKenya 
Women: 2:15:25 h, 2003 Paula Radcliffe
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
Website Official website
2005 London Marathon at Embankment
2005 London Marathon at Blackfriars
2008 London Marathon as viewed from London Bridge onto Lower Thames Street

The London Marathon is a marathon in London that is one of the most important in the world in terms of prize money, winning times and number of participants.

history

The event's founder, former Olympic obstacle course winner and sports journalist Chris Brasher , was inspired by the New York City Marathon . The first run took place on March 29, 1981, with 7747 participants, of which 6255 crossed the finish line. Since then, the event has been held annually in April and has developed into a big sporting festival with more than 30,000 runners and hundreds of thousands of onlookers lining the route.

The marathon has hardly changed since it was first run. The route leads with separate starts for professional runners, wheelchair users and amateur runners from Greenwich Park past the Cutty Sark , over Tower Bridge , through the Docklands and the East End , then back north past the Tower of London , along the Thames to Parliament Square and the Houses of Parliament ( Palace of Westminster ) and on to Buckingham Palace . The finish line used to be on Westminster Bridge and is now in The Mall .

The London Marathon has been one of the World Marathon Majors since 2006, underscoring its importance as one of the world's largest marathon events.

The London Marathon is also a major benefit event with many prominent athletes competing as sponsored runners for charities. Hobby runners also use this opportunity to get a safe starting place in the regularly booked run. Millions of pounds have been raised in this way, for example to help people with Parkinson's disease. Since this is about a good cause and not about athletic top performances, many of these runners are dressed up in bizarre costumes.

On April 19, 2003, ex-professional boxer Michael Watson made headlines when he finished the marathon after six days of arduous biting. He fell into a coma after a fight with Chris Eubank in 1991 and didn't wake up until forty days later. In 1999 the medical prognosis was that he would never be able to walk again. His neurosurgeon and his former opponent Eubank ran at his side.

The 2010 edition was originally won by Lilija Schobuchowa . This victory was later revoked because of doping.

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 London Marathon was initially postponed to October. In August 2020 it was announced that due to Corona restrictions only professional athletes will compete.

statistics

Course records

The Kenyan Mary Keitany ran a world record time of 2:17:01 hours in a women's marathon in April 2017. While Mary Keitany now holds the record for women's marathons, Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 hours from 2003 are considered the record for mixed races, as Radcliffe had two male pacemakers from Kenya at the time.

The London Marathon is the fastest in the world when adding up the current course records for women and men - see ranking of the fastest marathon events .

Winners list

Sources: Organizer website, ARRS

date Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
29 Mar 1981 Dick Beardsley ( USA )
& Inge Simonsen ( NOR ) 		2:11:48 Joyce Smith ( GBR ) 2:29:57
0May 9, 1982 Hugh Jones ( GBR ) 2:09:24 Joyce Smith -2- 2:29:43
Apr 17, 1983 Mike Gratton ( GBR ) 2:09:43 Grete Waitz ( NOR ) 2:25:29
May 13, 1984 Charlie Spedding ( GBR ) 2:09:57 Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR ) 2:24:26
Apr 21, 1985 Steve Jones ( GBR ) 2:08:16 Ingrid Kristiansen -2- 2:21:06
Apr 20, 1986 Toshihiko Seko ( JPN ) 2:10:02 Grete Waitz -2- 2:24:54
Apr 10, 1987 Hiromi Taniguchi ( JPN ) 2:09:50 Ingrid Kristiansen -3- 2:22:48
Apr 17, 1988 Henrik Jørgensen ( DEN ) 2:10:20 Ingrid Kristiansen -4- 2:25:41
Apr 23, 1989 Douglas Wakiihuri ( KEN ) 2:09:03 Veronique Marot ( GBR ) 2:25:56
Apr 22, 1990 Allister Hutton ( GBR ) 2:10:10 Wanda Panfil ( POL ) 2:26:31
Apr 21, 1991 Jakow Tolstikow ( RUS ) 2:09:17 Rosa Mota ( POR ) 2:26:14
Apr 12, 1992 António Pinto ( POR ) 2:10:02 Katrin Dörre-Heinig ( GER ) 2:29:39
Apr 18, 1993 Eamonn Martin ( GBR ) 2:10:50 Katrin Dörre-Heinig -2- 2:27:09
Apr 17, 1994 Dionicio Cerón ( MEX ) 2:08:53 Katrin Dörre-Heinig -3- 2:32:34
0Apr 2, 1995 Dionicio Cerón -2- 2:08:30 Małgorzata Sobańska ( POL ) 2:27:43
Apr 21, 1996 Dionicio Cerón -3- 2:10:00 Liz McColgan ( GBR ) 2:27:54
Apr 13, 1997 António Pinto -2- 2:07:55 Joyce Chepchumba ( KEN ) 2:26:51
Apr 26, 1998 Abel Antón ( ESP ) 2:07:57 Catherina McKiernan ( IRL ) 2:26:26
Apr 18, 1999 Abdelkader El Mouaziz ( MAR ) 2:07:57 Joyce Chepchumba -2- 2:23:22
Apr 16, 2000 António Pinto -3- 2:06:36 Tegla Loroupe ( KEN ) 2:24:33
Apr 22, 2001 Abdelkader El Mouaziz -2- 2:07:11 Derartu Tulu ( ETH ) 2:23:57
Apr 14, 2002 Khalid Khannouchi ( USA ) 2:05:38 Paula Radcliffe ( GBR ) 2:18:56
Apr 13, 2003 Gezahegne Abera ( ETH ) 2:07:56 Paula Radcliffe -2- 2:15:25
Apr 18, 2004 Evans Rutto ( KEN ) 2:06:18 Margaret Okayo ( KEN ) 2:22:35
Apr 17, 2005 Martin Kiptoo Lel ( KEN ) 2:07:26 Paula Radcliffe -3- 2:17:42
Apr 23, 2006 Felix Limo ( KEN ) 2:06:39 Deena Kastor ( USA ) 2:19:36
Apr 22, 2007 Martin Kiptoo Lel -2- 2:07:41 Zhou Chunxiu ( CHN ) 2:20:38
Apr 13, 2008 Martin Kiptoo Lel -3- 2:05:15 Irina Mikitenko ( GER ) 2:24:14
Apr 26, 2009 Samuel Kamau Wanjiru ( KEN ) 2:05:10 Irina Mikitenko -2- 2:22:11
Apr 25, 2010 Tsegay Kebede ( ETH ) 2:05:19 Aselefech Mergia ( ETH ) 2:22:38
Apr 17, 2011 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai ( KEN ) 2:04:40 Mary Keitany ( KEN ) 2:19:19
Apr 22, 2012 Wilson Kipsang ( KEN ) 2:04:44 Mary Keitany -2- 2:18:37
Apr 21, 2013 Tsegay Kebede -2- 2:06:04 Priscah Jeptoo ( KEN ) 2:20:15
Apr 13, 2014 Wilson Kipsang -2- 2:04:29 Edna Kiplagat ( KEN ) 2:20:21
Apr 26, 2015 Eliud Kipchoge ( KEN ) 2:04:42 Tigist Tufa ( ETH ) 2:23:21
Apr 24, 2016 Eliud Kipchoge -2- 2:03:05 Jemima Sumgong ( KEN ) 2:22:58
23 Apr 2017 Daniel Wanjiru ( KEN ) 2:05:48 Mary Keitany -3- 2:17:01
Apr 22, 2018 Eliud Kipchoge -3- 2:04:27 Vivian Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 2:18:31
April 28, 2019 Eliud Kipchoge -4- 2:02:37 Brigid Kosgei ( KEN ) 2:18:20

Winner men, wheelchair race

Highlighting: course record

year winner nation Time (h)
1983 Gordon Perry GBR 3:20:07
1984 Kevin Breen IRISHMAN 2:38:40
1985 Chris Hallam GBR 2:19:53
1986 Gerry O'Rourke IRISHMAN 2:26:38
1987 Chris Hallam GBR 2:08:34
1988 Ted Vince CAN 2:01:37
1989 David Holding GBR 1:59:31
1990 Hakan Ericsson SWE 1:57:12
1991 Farid Amarouch FRA 1:52:52
1992 Daniel Wesley CAN 1:51:42
1993 George Vandamme BEL 1:44:10
1994 David Holding GBR 1:46:06
1995 Heinz Frei SUI 1:39:14
1996 David Holding GBR 1:43:48
1997 David Holding GBR 1:42:15
1998 Heinz Frei SUI 1:35:18
1999 Heinz Frei SUI 1:35:27
2000 Kevin Papworth GBR 1:41:50
2001 Denis Lemeunier FRA 1:42:37
2002 David Weir GBR 1:39:44
2003 Joel Jeannot FRA 1:32:02
2004 Saul Mendoza MEX 1:36:56
2005 Saul Mendoza MEX 1:35:51
2006 David Weir GBR 1:29:48
2007 David Weir GBR 1:30:49
2008 David Weir GBR 1:33:56
2009 Kurt Fearnley OUT 1:28:57
2010 Josh Cassidy CAN 1:35:21
2011 David Weir GBR 1:30:05
2012 David Weir GBR 1:32:26
2013 Kurt Fearnley OUT 1:31:29

Winner women, wheelchair race

Highlighting: course record

year winner nation Time (h)
1983 Denise Smith GBR 4:29:03
1984 Kay McShane IRISHMAN 3:10:04
1985 Kay McShane IRISHMAN 2:47:12
1986 Kay McShane IRISHMAN 3:02:40
1987 Karen Davidson GBR 2:45:30
1988 Karen Davidson GBR 2:41:45
1989 Josie Cichockyj GBR 3:03:54
1990 Connie Hansen THE 2:10:25
1991 Connie Hansen THE 2:04:40
1992 Tanni Gray GBR 2:17:23
1993 Rose Hill GBR 2:03:05
1994 Tanni Gray GBR 2:08:26
1995 Rose Hill GBR 2:17:02
1996 Tanni Gray GBR 2:00:10
1997 Monica Wetterstrom SWE 1:49:09
1998 Tanni Gray GBR 2:02:01
1999 Monica Wetterstrom SWE 1:57:38
2000 Sarah Piercy GBR 2:23:30
2001 Tanni Gray-Thompson GBR 2:13:55
2002 Tanni Gray-Thompson GBR 2:22:51
2003 Francesca Porcellato ITA 2:04:21
2004 Francesca Porcellato ITA 2:05:00
2005 Francesca Porcellato ITA 1:57:00
2006 Francesca Porcellato ITA 1:59:57
2007 Shelly Woods GBR 1:50:40
2008 Sandra Graf SUI 1:48:04
2009 Amanda McGrory United States 1:50:39
2010 Wakako Tsuchida JPN 1:52:33
2011 Amanda McGrory United States 1:46:30
2012 Shelly Woods GBR 1:49:10
2013 Tatyana McFadden GBR 1:46:02

See also

Web links

Commons : London Marathon  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ BBC Sport, April 19, 2003: Poignant end to Watson's epic journey
  2. ^ Chicago, London Marathon Champ Stripped of Titles for Doping. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ FOCUS Online: London Marathon exclusively for professional athletes. Retrieved August 6, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Full throttle until the forces wane (April 23, 2017)
  5. ↑ Media Guide 2007: Statistics and Records ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF)
  6. ↑ arrs.run: London Marathon