2015 Great North Run

35th Great North Run
Venue Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Date 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
Medalists
 Mo Farah (59:23)
Mary Keitany (1:07:32)
David Weir (42:46)
Shelly Woods (53:38)

The 35th Great North Run took place on 13 September 2015 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. World 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah won the men's race for the second year in a row.[1] He became the first British man to defend his title since Mike McLeod won the first two events in 1981 and 1982, and is only the third man to achieve such a feat; Kenyan Benson Masya is the only other male athlete to have defended his title. Kenyan Mary Keitany also won the women's race for a second consecutive year, the first woman to do so since Liz McColgan in 1996.

Briton David Weir won the men's wheelchair race for the sixth time after missing the race in 2014. Shelley Woods also defended her women's wheelchair title, making it her seventh.

The event was marred by the death of a runner, who was identified on 15 September as 58-year-old David Colley from Hull.[2]

Results

Elite races

Elite Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1Mo Farah United Kingdom59:22
2Stanley Biwott Kenya59:24
3Mike Kigen Kenya1:00:10
4Stephen Mokoka South Africa1:00:40
5Thomas Ayeko Uganda1:01:14
6Bashir Abdi Belgium1:02:06
7Stephen Sambu Kenya1:02:22
8Mark Kiptoo Kenya1:02:32
9Masato Kikuchi Japan1:03:13
10Timothy Toroitich Uganda1:03:14
11Callum Hawkins United Kingdom1:03:35
12Juan Luis Barrios Mexico1:04:38
13Tesfaalem Mehari Ethiopia1:05:18
14Jonny Mellor United Kingdom1:05:25
15Ian Hudspith United Kingdom1:06:08
16Marcel Berni  Switzerland1:06:29
17Neil Renault United Kingdom1:06:58
18Carl Smith United Kingdom1:07:07
19Collis Birmingham Australia1:07:55
20Jonny Hay United Kingdom1:07:57
Elite Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1Mary Keitany Kenya1:07:32
2Gemma Steel United Kingdom1:11:00
3Jeļena Prokopčuka Latvia1:11:52
4Alyson Dixon United Kingdom1:12:07
5Adriana Nelson United States1:12:29
6Reia Iwade Japan1:12:41
7Sara Hall United States1:15:45
8Dianne Lauder United Kingdom1:20:33
9Tori Green United Kingdom1:21:56
10Diane Moore United Kingdom1:22:34
11Alex Sneddon United Kingdom1:23:00
12Sarah Cumber United Kingdom1:23:50
13Sarah Murphy United Kingdom1:24:41
14Rebekah Gardner United Kingdom1:28:13
15Michelle Avery United Kingdom1:34:20

Wheelchair races

Wheelchair Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1David Weir United Kingdom42:46
2Simon Lawson United Kingdom44:44
3Josh Cassidy Canada45:20
4Kenny van Weeghel Netherlands46:30
5Rafael Botello Jiménez Spain46:30
6Brett Crossley United Kingdom49:19
7Mark Telford United Kingdom49:21
8Will Smith United Kingdom50:57
9Callum Hall United Kingdom52:21
10Matthew Clarke United Kingdom54:14
11Anthony Gott United Kingdom55:47
12Sam Kolek United Kingdom55:54
13Rob Smith United Kingdom1:00:48
Wheelchair Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1Shelly Woods United Kingdom53:38
2Amanda McGrory United States53:49
3Margriet van den Broek Netherlands53:58
4Nikki Emerson United Kingdom1:06:42
5Gemma Scott United Kingdom1:07:48
6Martyna Snopek Poland1:11:02
7Jen Warren United Kingdom1:30:44

References

  1. ↑ "BBC Sport - Mo Farah wins Great North Run for second year in a row". BBC Sport.
  2. ↑ "Great North Run: Runner has died, organisers say". BBC News.
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