List of winners of the London Marathon

The London Marathon, one of the five 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 2011 London Marathon, by David Weir in the Men's Wheelchair Race. It was his fifth win in London. Kenya has the second largest number of winning athletes. Six Kenyan men and four Kenyan women have been victorious a total of thirteen times, all in the able-bodied category. Nine men, including those from the wheelchair races, have won the marathon more than once, Weir's five wins being the record. Fifteen 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 nine times in the men's race, eight times in the women's race, fifteen times in the men's wheelchair race, and eleven times in the women's wheelchair race. World records for marathon running have been set four times. 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. Emmanuel Mutai of Kenya set the course record at 2:04:40 in 2011 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 Sandra Graf in 2008, with 1:48:04.

1 Men's Elite Race winners
2 Women's Elite Race winners
3 Men's Wheelchair Race winners
4 Women's Wheelchair Race winners
5 Victories by nationality
6 References
7 External links

Men's Elite Race winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1981	Beardsley, DickDick Beardsley	United States	2:11:48	Course record; tied with Inge Simonsen
1981	Simonsen, IngeInge Simonsen	Norway	2:11:48	Course record; tied with Dick Beardsley
1982	Jones, HughHugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:09:24	Course record
1983	Gratton, MikeMike Gratton	United Kingdom	2:09:43
1984	Spedding, CharlieCharlie Spedding	United Kingdom	2:09:57
1985	Jones, SteveSteve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:16	Course record
1986	Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko	Japan	2:10:02
1987	Taniguchi, HiromiHiromi Taniguchi	Japan	2:09:50
1988	Jørgensen, HenrikHenrik Jørgensen	Denmark	2:10:20
1989	Wakiihuri, DouglasDouglas Wakiihuri	Kenya	2:09:03
1990	Hutton, AllisterAllister Hutton	United Kingdom	2:10:10
1991	Tolstikov, YakovYakov Tolstikov	Russia	2:09:17
1992	Pinto, AntónioAntónio Pinto	Portugal	2:10:02
1993	Martin, EamonnEamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:10:50
1994	Cerón, DionicioDionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:53
1995	Cerón, DionicioDionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:30	Second victory
1996	Cerón, DionicioDionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:10:00	Third victory
1997	Pinto, AntónioAntónio Pinto	Portugal	2:07:55	Course record; second victory
1998	Antón, AbelAbel Antón	Spain	2:07:57
1999	El Mouaziz, AbdelkaderAbdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:57
2000	Pinto, AntónioAntónio Pinto	Portugal	2:06:36	Course record; third victory
2001	El Mouaziz, AbdelkaderAbdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:09	Second victory
2002	Khannouchi, KhalidKhalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:38	World marathon record
2003	Abera, GezahegneGezahegne Abera	Ethiopia	2:07:56
2004	Rutto, EvansEvans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:18
2005	Lel, MartinMartin Lel	Kenya	2:07:35
2006	Limo, FelixFelix Limo	Kenya	2:06:39
2007	Lel, MartinMartin Lel	Kenya	2:07:41	Second victory
2008	Lel, MartinMartin Lel	Kenya	2:05:15	Course record; third victory
2009	Wanjiru, SamuelSamuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:10	Course record
2010	Kebede, TsegayeTsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:05:19	Provisional Result
2011	Mutai, EmmanuelEmmanuel Mutai	Kenya	2:04:40	Course record

Women's Elite Race winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1981	Smith, JoyceJoyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:29:57	Course record
1982	Smith, JoyceJoyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:29:43	Course record; second victory
1983	Waitz, GreteGrete Waitz	Norway	2:25:29	World marathon record
1984	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:26	Course record
1985	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:21:06	World marathon record; second victory
1986	Waitz, GreteGrete Waitz	Norway	2:24:54	Second victory
1987	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:22:48	Third victory
1988	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:25:41	Fourth victory
1989	Marot, VéroniqueVéronique Marot	United Kingdom	2:25:56
1990	Panfil, WandaWanda Panfil	Poland	2:26:31
1991	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:26:14
1992	Dörre-Heinig, KatrinKatrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:29:39
1993	Dörre-Heinig, KatrinKatrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:27:09	Second victory
1994	Dörre-Heinig, KatrinKatrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:32:34	Third victory
1995	Sobańska, MałgorzataMałgorzata Sobańska	Poland	2:27:43
1996	McColgan, LizLiz McColgan	United Kingdom	2:27:54
1997	Chepchumba, JoyceJoyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:26:51
1998	McKiernan, CatherinaCatherina McKiernan	Ireland	2:26:26
1999	Chepchumba, JoyceJoyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:23:22	Second victory
2000	Laroupe, TeglaTegla Laroupe	Kenya	2:24:33
2001	Tulu, DerartuDerartu Tulu	Ethiopia	2:23:57
2002	Radcliffe, PaulaPaula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:18:56	Course record
2003	Radcliffe, PaulaPaula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:15:25	World marathon record; second victory
2004	Okayo, MargaretMargaret Okayo	Kenya	2:22:35
2005	Radcliffe, PaulaPaula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:42	Third victory
2006	Kastor, DeenaDeena Kastor	United States	2:19:35
2007	Chunxiu, ZhouZhou Chunxiu	China	2:20:38
2008	Mikitenko, IrinaIrina Mikitenko	Germany	2:24:14
2009	Mikitenko, IrinaIrina Mikitenko	Germany	2:22:11	Second victory
2010	Shobukhova, LiliyaLiliya Shobukhova	Russia	2:22:00
2011	Keitany, MaryMary Keitany	Kenya	2:19:19

Men's Wheelchair Race winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1983	Perry, GordonGordon Perry	United Kingdom	3:20:07	Course record
1984	Breen, KevinKevin Breen	Ireland	2:38:40	Course record
1985	Hallam, ChrisChris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:19:53	Course record
1986	O'Rourke, GerryGerry O'Rourke	Ireland	2:26:38
1987	Hallam, ChrisChris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:08:34	Course record; second victory
1988	Vince, TedTed Vince	Canada	2:01:37	Course record
1989	Holding, DavidDavid Holding	United Kingdom	1:59:31	Course record
1990	Hakan Ericsson (athlete)Hakan Ericsson	Sweden	1:57:12	Course record
1991	Amarouch, FaridFarid Amarouch	France	1:52:52	Course record
1992	Wesley, DanielDaniel Wesley	Canada	1:51:42	Course record
1993	Vandamme, GeorgeGeorge Vandamme	Belgium	1:44:10	Course record
1994	Holding, DavidDavid Holding	United Kingdom	1:46:06	Second victory
1995	Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei	Switzerland	1:39:14	Course record
1996	Holding, DavidDavid Holding	United Kingdom	1:43:48	Third victory
1997	Holding, DavidDavid Holding	United Kingdom	1:42:15	Fourth victory
1998	Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei	Switzerland	1:35:18	Course record; second victory
1999	Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei	Switzerland	1:35:27	Third victory
2000	Papworth, KevinKevin Papworth	United Kingdom	1:41:50
2001	Lemeunier, DenisDenis Lemeunier	France	1:42:37
2002	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	United Kingdom	1:39:44
2003	Jeannot, JoelJoel Jeannot	France	1:32:02	Course record
2004	Mendoza, SaúlSaúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:36:56
2005	Mendoza, SaúlSaúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:35:51	Second victory
2006	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	United Kingdom	1:29:48	Course record; second victory
2007	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	United Kingdom	1:30:51	Third victory
2008	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	United Kingdom	1:33:56	Fourth victory
2009	Fearnley, KurtKurt Fearnley	Australia	1:28:57	Course record
2010	Cassidy, JoshJosh Cassidy	Canada	1:35:21
2011	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	United Kingdom		Fifth victory

Women's Wheelchair Race winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1983	Smith, DeniseDenise Smith	United Kingdom	4:29:03	Course record
1984	McShane, KayKay McShane	Ireland	3:10:04	Course record
1985	McShane, KayKay McShane	Ireland	2:47:12	Course record; second victory
1986	McShane, KayKay McShane	Ireland	3:02:40	Third victory
1987	Davidson, KarenKaren Davidson	United Kingdom	2:45:30	Course record
1988	Davidson, KarenKaren Davidson	United Kingdom	2:41:45	Course record
1989	Cichockyj, JosieJosie Cichockyj	United Kingdom	3:03:54
1990	Hansen, ConnieConnie Hansen	Denmark	2:10:25	Course record
1991	Hansen, ConnieConnie Hansen	Denmark	2:04:40	Course record; second victory
1992	Grey, TanniTanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:17:23
1993	Hill, RoseRose Hill	United Kingdom	2:03:05	Course record
1994	Grey, TanniTanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:08:26	Second victory
1995	Hill, RoseRose Hill	United Kingdom	2:17:02	Second victory
1996	Grey, TanniTanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:00:10	Course record; third victory
1997	Wetterstrom, MonicaMonica Wetterstrom	Sweden	1:49:09	Course record
1998	Grey, TanniTanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:02:01	Fourth victory
1999	Wetterstrom, MonicaMonica Wetterstrom	Sweden	1:57:38	Second victory
2000	Piercy, SarahSarah Piercy	United Kingdom	2:23:30
2001	Grey-Thompson, TanniTanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:13:55	Fifth victory
2002	Grey-Thompson, TanniTanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:22:51	Sixth victory
2003	Porcellato, FrancescaFrancesca Porcellato	Italy	2:04:21
2004	Porcellato, FrancescaFrancesca Porcellato	Italy	2:04:58	Second victory
2005	Porcellato, FrancescaFrancesca Porcellato	Italy	1:57:00	Third victory
2006	Porcellato, FrancescaFrancesca Porcellato	Italy	1:59:57	Fourth victory
2007	Woods, ShellyShelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:50:40
2008	Graf, SandraSandra Graf	Switzerland	1:48:04	Course record
2009	McGrory, AmandaAmanda McGrory	United States	1:50:39
2010	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:52:33
2011	McGrory, AmandaAmanda McGrory	United States	1:46:30	Course record; second victory

Victories by nationality

Country	Men's race	Women's race	Men's wheelchair	Women's Wheelchair	Total
United Kingdom	6	7	13	14	40
Kenya	8	5	0	0	13
Norway	1	6	0	0	7
Ireland	0	1	2	3	6
Germany	0	5	0	0	5
Mexico	3	0	2	0	5
United States	2	1	0	2	5
Italy	0	0	0	4	4
Portugal	3	1	0	0	4
Switzerland	0	0	3	1	4
Canada	0	0	3	0	3
Denmark	1	0	0	2	3
Ethiopia	2	1	0	0	3
France	0	0	3	0	3
Japan	2	0	0	1	3
Sweden	0	0	1	2	3
Morocco	2	0	0	0	2
Poland	0	2	0	0	2
Russia	1	1	0	0	2
Australia	0	0	1	0	1
Belgium	0	0	1	0	1
China	0	1	0	0	1
Spain	1	0	0	0	1

References

General

"Race Results and Reports". London Marathon. http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/race-results/race-results/. Retrieved 14 May 2009.

Specific

^ "World Marathon Majors". World Marathon Majors. http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
^ The 2009 London Marathon Highlights. Steve Cram (presenter). British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC Two. 26 April 2009.
^ Cram, Steve (19 May 2009). "London's best by far". BBC Sport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8057465.stm. Retrieved 19 May 2009.
^ "History of the London Marathon – In the Beginning". London Marathon. http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/in-the-beginning. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b "1981 Race Report". London Marathon. http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/race-history/race-report-1981. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
^ "1983 Race Report". London Marathon. http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/race-history/race-report-1983. Retrieved 12 May 2009.

External links

Virgin London Marathon Official London Marathon website
London Marathon World Marathon Majors website
London Marathon BBC London minisite

London Men's Marathon Winners

1981: Dick Beardsley (USA) & Inge Simonsen (NOR) 1982: Hugh Jones (GBR) 1983: Mike Gratton (GBR) 1984: Charlie Spedding (GBR) 1985: Steve Jones (GBR) 1986: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1987: Hiromi Taniguchi (JPN) 1988: Henrik Jørgensen (DEN) 1989: Douglas Wakiihuri (KEN) 1990: Allister Hutton (GBR) 1991: Yakov Tolstikov (RUS) 1992: António Pinto (POR) 1993: Eamonn Martin (GBR) 1994-6: Dionicio Cerón (MEX) 1997: António Pinto (POR) 1998: Abel Antón (SPA) 1999: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MOR) 2000: António Pinto (POR) 2001: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MOR) 2002: Khalid Khannouchi (USA) 2003: Gezahegne Abera (ETH) 2004: Evans Rutto (KEN) 2005: Martin Lel (KEN) 2006: Felix Limo (KEN) 2007-8: Martin Lel (KEN) 2009: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2010: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) 2011: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

London Women's Marathon Winners

1981–2: Joyce Smith (GBR) 1983: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1984-5: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1986: Grete Waitz (NOR) 1987–8: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) 1989: Véronique Marot (GBR) 1990: Wanda Panfil (POL) 1991: Rosa Mota (POR) 1992–4: Katrin Dörre (GER) 1995: Małgorzata Sobańska (POL) 1996: Liz McColgan (GBR) 1997: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 1998: Catherina McKiernan (IRL) 1999: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) 2000: Tegla Loroupe (KEN) 2001: Derartu Tulu (ETH) 2002–3: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2004: Margaret Okayo (KEN) 2005: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) 2006: Deena Kastor (USA) 2007: Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2008-9: Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2010: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS)

World Marathon Majors: Berlin Marathon - List (M/W) Boston Marathon - List (M/W) Chicago Marathon - List (M/W) London Marathon - List (M/W) New York City Marathon - List (M/W)

World Marathon Majors

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