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:
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 Jørgensen[?]	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

Women's Race

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

Wheelchair Results not complete

Men's Wheelchair Race

2002	David Weir[?]	GBR	1:39:44
2003	Joel Jeannot[?]	FRA	1:32:02

Women's Wheelchair Race

1997	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR
1998	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR
1999	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR
2000	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR
2001	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR
2002	Tanni Grey-Thompson[?]	GBR	2:22:51
2003	Francesca Porcellato[?]	ITA	2:04:21

External link

• Official web page (http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/)