1981 Berlin Marathon

The 1981 Berlin Marathon was the 8th running of the annual marathon race held in Berlin, West Germany, held on 27 September. Great Britain's Ian Ray won the men's race in 2:15:42 hours, while the women's race was won by West Germany's Angelika Stephan in 2:47:24. Ray was the first non-West German winner of the race. A men's wheelchair race was held for the first time and was won by West German Georg Freund in 2:08:44. No women entered the wheelchair section. A total of 2567 runners finished the race, comprising 2418 men and 149 women.

8th Berlin Marathon
VenueBerlin, West Germany
Date27 September
Champions
MenIan Ray (2:15:42)
WomenAngelika Stephan (2:47:24)
Wheelchair menGeorg Freund (2:08:44)

Results

Men

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
Ian Ray United Kingdom2:15:42
Mick Hurd United Kingdom2:17:44
Dave Clarke United Kingdom2:20:10
4John Dimick United States2:20:46
5Richard Umberg  Switzerland2:21:55
6John Robertshaw West Germany2:23:07
7Bent Larsson Denmark2:23:25
8Alessandro Rasello Italy2:24:02
9Peter Alt West Germany2:24:51
10John Bicourt United Kingdom2:25:13
11Thorbjoern Larsen Norway2:25:15
12Jodmund Rualquam Norway2:25:59
13Peter Morawski West Germany2:26:11
14Ingo Sensburg West Germany2:27:01
15Andreas Jost West Germany2:28:36
16Ray Maule United Kingdom2:28:44
17Michael Heine West Germany2:29:59
18Michael Weiss West Germany2:30:50
19Risto Issakainen Finland2:31:59
20Hagen Jaedicke West Germany2:32:38

Women

Rank Athlete Nationality Time
Angelika Stephan West Germany2:47:24
Gillian Castka United Kingdom2:50:45
Liane Winter West Germany2:53:56
4Catherina Bakker Netherlands2:54:39
5Leslie Watson United Kingdom2:55:34
6Jutta von Haase West Germany2:58:13
7Monika Kuno West Germany2:57:30
8Elisabeth Schuh Venezuela3:02:26
9Elena Dugono Italy3:02:51
10Eva-Marie Lehmann West Germany3:05:26

References

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