London Marathon 2019

The 2019 London Marathon (officially: Virgin Money London Marathon 2019 ) was the 39th edition of the annual running event in London , United Kingdom . The marathon took place on April 28, 2019. It was the sixth run of the World Marathon Major 2018/19 and had the gold label of the IAAF Label Road Races 2019 .

In the men’s race, Eliud Kipchoge , who was successful for the fourth time in London, broke his own course record in 2:02:37 hours, while Brigid Kosgei won the women’s race in 2:18:20 hours by almost two minutes.

According to the organizers, the race recorded a record number of participants with 42,549 finishers.

Race course

The women's elite field, which started 40 minutes earlier, at temperatures around 10 ° C , did not initially follow the three pacemakers (including half-marathon world record holder Joyciline Jepkosgei ), only the 42-year-old Australian Sinead Diver took up the chase and had 1: 11:22 h still has a lead of 16 seconds on the group following her. After that the race was faster, the Kenyan so Brigid Kosgei and her compatriot and 5000-meter Olympic champion Vivian Cheruiyot after the 25-kilometer mark - now without remaining in the field pace makers - from one of Mary Keitany , Gladys Cherono and Roza Dereje existing Group of three could solve. Kosgei pulled away slightly after 30 kilometers and, after Cheruiyot was able to catch up once more, extended her lead over the last few kilometers. After 2:20:14 h, Cheruiyot was almost two minutes behind Kosgei, who won in 2:18:20 h, followed by the Ethiopian Dereje in 2:20:51 h, deciding the battle for third place against the two Kenyans Cherono (2:20:52 h) and Keitany (2:20:58 h) close to themselves. American debutante Emily Sisson followed in 2:23:08 h and the Diver, who set the house record in 2:24:11 h, followed. The tenth-placed Charlotte Purdue rose to 2:25:38 h as the best British woman . Winner Kosgei completed the second half of the race in 1:06:42 hours, faster than any other marathon runner before.

On the men's side, the group of favorites followed the pacemakers and after 10 kilometers (29:01 min) and at the half marathon mark (1:01:37 h) were in the regions of the course record held by Eliud Kipchoge (2:03:05 h) . After kilometer 22, the top favorite Kipchoge, who started this time as well, ensured that the group disintegrated at a consistently high speed, and 2017 winner Daniel Wanjiru , ex-world record holder Wilson Kipsang , vice world champion Tamirat Tola and British multiple Olympic champion Mo Farah did not more could follow. After the Ethiopian Leule Gebrselassie had also fallen behind at kilometer 30 , his compatriots Mosinet Geremew , Mule Wasihun and Shura Kitata were in the lead group around the Kipchoge, who continued to set the pace. During kilometer 38, however, Kitata, who was second in the previous year, had to demolish and shortly before kilometer 40, Wasihun and shortly afterwards Geremew could no longer keep up the pace Kipchoge had set. Kipchoge then finished the race safely with a course record of 2:02:37 h, the faster only he himself had run in the world record he set the previous year. Behind them, Geremew remained in 2:02:55 h as the second fastest marathon runner of all time to date, after Kipchoge, still under 2:03 h, with which he increased the Ethiopian national record of Kenenisa Bekele by 8 seconds. Wasihun completed the podium in 2:03:16 h, Kitata was fourth in 2:05:01 h. In 5th place, Farah missed his own European record by 28 seconds in 2:05:39, two positions behind his training partner Bashir Abdi with a Belgian national record of 2:07:03 h. The Italian Yassine Rachik , who was ninth in 2:08:05 h, was followed by Briton Callum Hawkins in tenth with a Scottish record (2:08:14 h).

Results

Men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:02:37
02	Mosinet Geremew	Ethiopia	2:02:55
03	Mule Wasihun	Ethiopia	2:03:16
04th	Shura Kitata	Ethiopia	2:05:01
05	Mo Farah	United Kingdom	2:05:39
06th	Tamirat Tola	Ethiopia	2:06:57
07th	Bashir Abdi	Belgium	2:07:03
08th	Leule Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	2:07:15
09	Yassine Rachik	Italy	2:08:05
10	Callum Hawkins	United Kingdom	2:08:14

Women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:20
02	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:20:14
03	Roza Dereje	Ethiopia	2:20:51
04th	Gladys Cherono	Kenya	2:20:52
05	Mary Keitany	Kenya	2:20:58
06th	Emily Sisson	United States	2:23:08
07th	Sinead Diver	Australia	2:24:11
08th	Carla Salomé Rocha	Portugal	2:24:47
09	Birhane Dibaba	Ethiopia	2:25:04
10	Charlotte Purdue	United Kingdom	2:25:38

Web links

• official homepage

Individual evidence

1. ^ Kenyans make history as records tumble in the biggest ever London Marathon. In: virginmoneylondonmarathon.com. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} Helmut Winter: 39th Virgin Money London Marathon on April 28, 2019: Eliud Kipchoge wins for the fourth time with a course record. In: germanroadraces.de. May 1, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
3. ↑ What a Debut! Emily Sisson shows She's Ready for the Marathon in London. In: runnersworld.com. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Athletics: Mayo-born Diver seals Olympic spot for Australia. In: irishexaminer.com. April 29, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
5. ↑ London Marathon 2019: Charlotte Purdue clocks third fastest time by a British woman after knocking almost four minutes off PB. In: telegraph.co.uk. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
6. ^ Kipchoge cracks course record in London with second-fastest time in history. In: iaaf.org. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Eliud Kipchoge Runs 2:02:37, Shatters London Course Record To Win 10th Straight Marathon. In: letsrun.com. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} The fastest is also the second fastest. In: faz.net. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Bashir Abdi kiest within twee weken tussen WK atletiek of marathon van Chicago. In: hln.be. April 30, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 (Dutch). 
10. ↑ London Marathon: Callum Hawkins takes big step towards Tokyo 2020. In: bbc.co.uk. April 28, 2019, accessed May 4, 2019 .