List of winners of the London Marathon
The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors,[1] has been contested by men and women annually since 29 March 1981. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the marathon is 26.2 miles (42.2 km) in length[2] and generally regarded as a competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times.[3]
The inaugural marathon had 7,741 entrants, 6,255 of whom completed the race.[4] The first Men's Elite Race was tied between American Dick Beardsley and Norwegian Inge Simonsen, who crossed the finish line holding hands in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 48 seconds.[5] The first Women's Elite Race was won by Briton Joyce Smith in 2:29:57.[5] In 1983, the first wheelchair races took place. Organized by the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BASD), 19 people competed and 17 finished. Gordon Perry of the United Kingdom won the Men's Wheelchair Race, coming in at 3:20:07, and Denise Smith, also of the UK, won the Women's Wheelchair Race in 4:29:03.[6]
Twenty athletes representing the United Kingdom have won the London Marathon a total of forty times. The most recent win by a British athlete was in the 2012 London Marathon, by David Weir in the Men's Wheelchair Race. It was his sixth win in London. Kenya has the second largest number of winning athletes. Seven Kenyan men and seven Kenyan women have been victorious a total of eighteen times, all in the able-bodied category. Eleven men, including those from the wheelchair races, have won the marathon more than once, Weir's six wins being the record. Sixteen women have been winners more than once; Tanni Grey-Thompson won the women's wheelchair race six times between 1992 and 2002.
Course records for the London Marathon have been set ten times in the men's race, seven times in the women's race, fifteen times in the men's wheelchair race, and thirteen times in the women's wheelchair race. World records for marathon running have been set six times considering marks for men and women in mixed sex and women-only races. Khalid Khannouchi, representing the United States, set the men's world record in 2:05:38 in 2002. The following year, British runner Paula Radcliffe set the women's world record in 2:15:25, which also stands as the current course record in the Women's Elite Race. In 2017 Kenyan Mary Keitany ran a women-only race world record of 2:17:01. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set the course record at 2:03:05 in 2016 in the Men's Elite Race. Kurt Fearnley set the Men's Wheelchair Race course record at 1:28:57 in 2009. The course record for the Women's Wheelchair Race was set by Swiss athlete Manuela Schar in 2017, with 1:39:57.
Elite race – men's winners
Elite race – women's winners
Wheelchair race – men's winners
Year | Athlete | Nationality | Time (h:m:s) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Gordon Perry | 3:20:07 | Course record | |
1984 | Kevin Breen | 2:38:40 | Course record | |
1985 | Chris Hallam | 2:19:53 | Course record | |
1986 | Gerry O'Rourke | 2:26:38 | ||
1987 | Chris Hallam | 2:08:34 | Course record; second victory | |
1988 | Ted Vince | 2:01:37 | Course record | |
1989 | David Holding | 1:59:31 | Course record | |
1990 | Hakan Ericsson | 1:57:12 | Course record | |
1991 | Farid Amarouche | 1:52:52 | Course record | |
1992 | Daniel Wesley | 1:51:42 | Course record | |
1993 | George Vandamme | 1:44:10 | Course record | |
1994 | David Holding | 1:46:06 | Second victory | |
1995 | Heinz Frei | 1:39:14 | Course record | |
1996 | David Holding | 1:43:48 | Third victory | |
1997 | David Holding | 1:42:15 | Fourth victory | |
1998 | Heinz Frei | 1:35:18 | Course record; second victory | |
1999 | Heinz Frei | 1:35:27 | Third victory | |
2000 | Kevin Papworth | 1:41:50 | ||
2001 | Denis Lemeunier | 1:42:37 | ||
2002 | David Weir | 1:39:44 | ||
2003 | Joel Jeannot | 1:32:02 | Course record | |
2004 | Saúl Mendoza | 1:36:56 | ||
2005 | Saúl Mendoza | 1:35:51 | Second victory | |
2006 | David Weir | 1:29:48 | Course record; second victory | |
2007 | David Weir | 1:30:51 | Third victory | |
2008 | David Weir | 1:33:56 | Fourth victory | |
2009 | Kurt Fearnley | 1:28:57 | Course record | |
2010 | Josh Cassidy | 1:35:21 | ||
2011 | David Weir | 1:30:05 | Fifth victory | |
2012 | David Weir | 1:32:26 | Sixth victory | |
2013 | Kurt Fearnley | 1:31:29 | Second victory | |
2014 | Marcel Hug | 1:32:41 | ||
2015 | Joshua George | 1:31:31 | ||
2016 | Marcel Hug | 1:35:19 | Second victory | |
2017 | David Weir | 1:31:06 | Seventh victory | |
2018 | David Weir | 1:31:15 | Eighth victory |
Wheelchair race – women's winners
Year | Athlete | Nationality | Time (h:m:s) |
Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1983 | Denise Smith | 4:29:03 | Course record | |
1984 | Kay McShane | 3:10:04 | Course record | |
1985 | Kay McShane | 2:47:12 | Course record; second victory | |
1986 | Kay McShane | 3:02:40 | Third victory | |
1987 | Karen Davidson | 2:45:30 | Course record | |
1988 | Karen Davidson | 2:41:45 | Course record | |
1989 | Josie Cichockyj | 3:03:54 | ||
1990 | Connie Hansen | 2:10:25 | Course record | |
1991 | Connie Hansen | 2:04:40 | Course record; second victory | |
1992 | Tanni Grey | 2:17:23 | ||
1993 | Rose Hill | 2:03:05 | Course record | |
1994 | Tanni Grey | 2:08:26 | Second victory | |
1995 | Rose Hill | 2:17:02 | Second victory | |
1996 | Tanni Grey | 2:00:10 | Course record; third victory | |
1997 | Monica Wetterstrom | 1:49:09 | Course record | |
1998 | Tanni Grey | 2:02:01 | Fourth victory | |
1999 | Monica Wetterstrom | 1:57:38 | Second victory | |
2000 | Sarah Piercy | 2:23:30 | ||
2001 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | 2:13:55 | Fifth victory | |
2002 | Tanni Grey-Thompson | 2:22:51 | Sixth victory | |
2003 | Francesca Porcellato | 2:04:21 | ||
2004 | Francesca Porcellato | 2:04:58 | Second victory | |
2005 | Francesca Porcellato | 1:57:00 | Third victory | |
2006 | Francesca Porcellato | 1:59:57 | Fourth victory | |
2007 | Shelly Woods | 1:50:40 | ||
2008 | Sandra Graf | 1:48:04 | Course record | |
2009 | Amanda McGrory | 1:50:39 | ||
2010 | Wakako Tsuchida | 1:52:33 | ||
2011 | Amanda McGrory | 1:46:31 | Course record; second victory | |
2012 | Shelly Woods | 1:49:10 | Second victory | |
2013 | Tatyana McFadden | 1:46:02 | Course record | |
2014 | Tatyana McFadden | 1:45:12 | Course record; second victory | |
2015 | Tatyana McFadden | 1:41:14 | Course record; third victory | |
2016 | Tatyana McFadden | 1:44:14 | Fourth victory | |
2017 | Manuela Schär | 1:39:57 | Course record | |
2018 | Madison de Rozario | 1:42:58 |
Victories by nationality
Country | Men's race |
Women's race |
Men's wheelchair |
Women's Wheelchair |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 43 | |
13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | |
0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
References
- General
- "Race Results and Reports". Virgin Money. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- Specific
- ↑ "World Marathon Majors". World Marathon Majors. Archived from the original on 20 February 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ↑ Steve Cram (presenter) (26 April 2009). "The 2009 London Marathon Highlights". British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Two. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Cram, Steve (19 May 2009). "London's best by far". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
- ↑ "History of the London Marathon – In the Beginning". London Marathon. Archived from the original on 6 May 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- 1 2 "1981 Race Report". London Marathon. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- ↑ "1983 Race Report". London Marathon. Archived from the original on 1 November 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
External links
- Virgin London Marathon Official London Marathon website
- London Marathon World Marathon Majors website
- London Marathon BBC London minisite