London Marathon 1981

The 1981 London Marathon was the 1st edition of the annual running event in London , United Kingdom . The marathon took place on March 29, 1981.

In the men’s category, Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen won in 2:11:48 hours, and in the women’s Joyce Smith in 2:29:57 hours.

Results

Men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Dick Beardsley	United States	2:11:48
01	Inge Simonsen	Norway	2:11:48
03	Trevor Wright	United Kingdom	2:12:53
04th	Michael Kearns	United Kingdom	2:13:37
05	Graham Laing	United Kingdom	2:13:59
06th	Brian Geoffrey Cole	United Kingdom	2:14:01
07th	James Dingwall	United Kingdom	2:14:54
08th	Keith Penny	United Kingdom	2:15:31
09	Paul-John Eales	United Kingdom	2:15:55
10	Don Faircloth	United Kingdom	2:16:36

Women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Joyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:29:57
02	Ngaire Drake	United Kingdom	2:37:12
03	Gillian Horovitz	United Kingdom	2:40:44
04th	Kathy Molitor	United States	2:42:26
05	Sally Strauss	United States	2:42:42
06th	Karen Holdsworth	United Kingdom	2:43:28
07th	Suzan Morris	United Kingdom	2:43:28
08th	Julie Barleycorn	United Kingdom	2:45:33
09	Veronique Marot	France	2:46:51
10	Margaret Lockley	United Kingdom	2:47:29

Web links

• Official website
• Results on arrs.run (English)