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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, sixteen times in the men's wheelchair race, and seventeen 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 2:02:37 in 2019 in the Men's Elite Race. Marcel Hug of Switzerland set the Men's Wheelchair Race course record at 1:26:27 in 2021. The course record for the Women's Wheelchair Race was set by Swiss athlete Manuela Schär in 2021, with 1:39:52.

Elite race – men's winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1981	Dick Beardsley (Tie)	United States	2:11:48	Course record
1981	Inge Simonsen (Tie)	Norway	2:11:48	Course record
1982	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:09:24	Course record
1983	Mike Gratton	United Kingdom	2:09:43
1984	Charlie Spedding	United Kingdom	2:09:57
1985	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:16	Course record
1986	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:10:02
1987	Hiromi Taniguchi	Japan	2:09:50
1988	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	2:10:20
1989	Douglas Wakiihuri	Kenya	2:09:03
1990	Allister Hutton	United Kingdom	2:10:10
1991	Yakov Tolstikov	Soviet Union	2:09:17
1992	António Pinto	Portugal	2:10:02
1993	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:10:50
1994	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:53
1995	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:30	Second victory
1996	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:10:00	Third victory
1997	António Pinto	Portugal	2:07:55	Course record; second victory
1998	Abel Antón	Spain	2:07:57
1999	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:57
2000	António Pinto	Portugal	2:06:36	Course record; third victory
2001	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:09	Second victory
2002	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:38	World marathon record
2003	Gezahegne Abera	Ethiopia	2:07:56
2004	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:18
2005	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:07:35
2006	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:06:39
2007	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:07:41	Second victory
2008	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:05:15	Course record; third victory
2009	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:10	Course record
2010	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:05:19
2011	Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai	Kenya	2:04:40	Course record
2012	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich	Kenya	2:04:44
2013	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:06:04	Second victory
2014	Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich	Kenya	2:04:29	Course record; second victory
2015	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:42
2016	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:03:05	Course record; second victory
2017	Daniel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:48
2018	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:17	Third victory
2019	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:02:37	Fourth victory: Course Record
2020	Shura Kitata Tola	Ethiopia	2:05:58
2021^[7]	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	2:04:01
2022	Amos Kipruto	Kenya	2:04:39
2023	Kelvin Kiptum	Kenya	2:01:25	Course record
2024	Alexander Mutiso	Kenya	2:04:01

Elite race – women's winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1981	Joyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:29:57	Course record
1982	Joyce Smith	United Kingdom	2:29:43	Course record; second victory
1983	Grete Waitz	Norway	2:25:29	World marathon record
1984	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:26	Course record
1985	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:21:06	World marathon record; second victory
1986	Grete Waitz	Norway	2:24:54	Second victory
1987	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:22:48	Third victory
1988	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:25:41	Fourth victory
1989	Véronique Marot	United Kingdom	2:25:56
1990	Wanda Panfil	Poland	2:26:31
1991	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:26:14
1992	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:29:39
1993	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:27:09	Second victory
1994	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:32:34	Third victory
1995	Małgorzata Sobańska	Poland	2:27:43
1996	Liz McColgan	United Kingdom	2:27:54
1997	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:26:51
1998	Catherina McKiernan	Ireland	2:26:26
1999	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:23:22	Second victory
2000	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:24:33
2001	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	2:23:57
2002	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:18:56	Course record
2003	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:15:25	World marathon record (mixed); second victory
2004	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:22:35
2005	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:42	World marathon record (women-only); third victory
2006	Deena Kastor	United States	2:19:35
2007	Zhou Chunxiu	China	2:20:38
2008	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:24:14
2009	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:22:11	Second victory
2010	Aselefech Mergia	Ethiopia	2:22:38	Initially third but Liliya Shobukhova and Inga Abitova both disqualified retrospectively
2011	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	2:19:19
2012	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	2:18:37	Second victory
2013	Priscah Jeptoo	Kenya	2:20:15
2014	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:20:21
2015	Tigist Tufa	Ethiopia	2:23:21
2016	Jemima Sumgong	Kenya	2:22:58
2017	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	2:17:01	World marathon record (women-only); third victory
2018	Vivian Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:18:31
2019	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:20
2020	Brigid Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:58	Second victory
2021^[7]	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	2:17:43
2022	Yalemzerf Yehualaw	Ethiopia	2:17:26
2023	Sifan Hassan	Netherlands	2:18:33
2024	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	2:16:16

Wheelchair race – men's winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1983	Gordon Perry	United Kingdom	3:20:07	Course record
1984	Kevin Breen	Ireland	2:38:40	Course record
1985	Chris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:19:53	Course record
1986	Gerry O'Rourke	Ireland	2:26:38
1987	Chris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:08:34	Course record; second victory
1988	Ted Vince	Canada	2:01:37	Course record
1989	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:59:31	Course record
1990	Håkan Ericsson	Sweden	1:57:12	Course record
1991	Farid Amarouche	France	1:52:52	Course record
1992	Daniel Wesley	Canada	1:51:42	Course record
1993	George Vandamme	Belgium	1:44:10	Course record
1994	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:46:06	Second victory
1995	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:39:14	Course record
1996	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:43:48	Third victory
1997	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:42:15	Fourth victory
1998	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:35:18	Course record; second victory
1999	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:35:27	Third victory
2000	Kevin Papworth	United Kingdom	1:41:50
2001	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:42:37
2002	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:39:44
2003	Joël Jeannot	France	1:32:02	Course record
2004	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:36:56
2005	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:35:51	Second victory
2006	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:29:48	Course record; second victory
2007	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:30:51	Third victory
2008	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:33:56	Fourth victory
2009	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:28:57	Course record
2010	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:35:21
2011	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:30:05	Fifth victory
2012	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:32:26	Sixth victory
2013	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:31:29	Second victory
2014	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:32:41
2015	Josh George	United States	1:31:31
2016	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:35:19	Second victory
2017	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:31:06	Seventh victory
2018	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:31:15	Eighth victory
2019	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:33:37
2020	Brent Lakatos	Canada	1:36:04
2021^[8]	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:26:27	Course record; third victory
2022^[9]	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:24:38	Course record; fourth victory
2023^[10]	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:23:44	Course record; fifth victory

Wheelchair race – women's winners

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes
1983	Denise Smith	United Kingdom	4:29:03	Course record
1984	Kay McShane	Ireland	3:10:04	Course record
1985	Kay McShane	Ireland	2:47:12	Course record; second victory
1986	Kay McShane	Ireland	3:02:40	Third victory
1987	Karen Davidson	United Kingdom	2:45:30	Course record
1988	Karen Davidson	United Kingdom	2:41:45	Course record, second victory
1989	Josie Cichockyj	United Kingdom	3:03:54
1990	Connie Hansen	Denmark	2:10:25	Course record
1991	Connie Hansen	Denmark	2:04:40	Course record; second victory
1992	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:17:23
1993	Rose Hill	United Kingdom	2:03:05	Course record
1994	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:08:26	Second victory
1995	Rose Hill	United Kingdom	2:17:02	Second victory
1996	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:00:10	Course record; third victory
1997	Monica Wetterström	Sweden	1:49:09	Course record
1998	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:02:01	Fourth victory
1999	Monica Wetterström	Sweden	1:57:38	Second victory
2000	Sarah Piercy	United Kingdom	2:23:30
2001	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:13:55	Fifth victory
2002	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:22:51	Sixth victory
2003	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	2:04:21
2004	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	2:04:58	Second victory
2005	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	1:57:00	Third victory
2006	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	1:59:57	Fourth victory
2007	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:50:40
2008	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:48:04	Course record
2009	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:50:39
2010	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:52:33
2011	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:46:31	Course record; second victory
2012	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:49:10	Second victory
2013	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:46:02	Course record
2014	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:45:12	Course record; second victory
2015	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:41:14	Course record; third victory
2016	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:44:14	Fourth victory
2017	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:39:57	Course record
2018	Madison de Rozario	Australia	1:42:58
2019	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:44:09	Second victory
2020	Nikita den Boer	Netherlands	1:40:07
2021^[8]	Manuela Schär	Switzerland	1:39:52	Course record; third victory
2022^[9]	Catherine Debrunner	Switzerland	1:38:24	Course record
2023^[10]	Madison de Rozario	Australia	1:38:51	Second victory

Victories by nationality

Country	Men's race	Women's race	Men's wheelchair	Women's Wheelchair	Total
United Kingdom	6	7	16	15	44
Kenya	17	14	0	0	31
Netherlands	0	1	0	1	2
Norway	1	6	0	0	7
Ireland	0	1	2	3	6
Ethiopia	5	4	0	0	9
United States	2	1	2	6	11
Germany	0	5	0	0	5
Mexico	3	0	2	0	5
Italy	0	0	0	4	4
Portugal	3	1	0	0	4
Switzerland	0	0	8	5	13
Canada	0	0	4	0	4
Denmark	1	0	0	2	3
France	0	0	3	0	3
Japan	2	0	0	1	3
Sweden	0	0	1	2	3
Australia	0	0	2	2	4
Morocco	2	0	0	0	2
Poland	0	2	0	0	2
Soviet Union	1	0	0	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". 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. {{cite episode}}: Missing or empty |series= (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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b Virgin Money London Marathon 2021
^ ^a ^b Virgin Money London Marathon 2021
^ ^a ^b "2022 London Marathon Results". NBC Sports. 2 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2023 London Marathon results". NBC Sports. 23 April 2023. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

External links

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

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London Marathon – men's 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)
1994–96: Dionicio Cerón (MEX)
1997: António Pinto (POR)
1998: Abel Antón (ESP)
1999: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)
2000: António Pinto (POR)
2001: Abdelkader El Mouaziz (MAR)
2002: Khalid Khannouchi (USA)
2003: Gezahegne Abera (ETH)
2004: Evans Rutto (KEN)
2005: Martin Lel (KEN)
2006: Felix Limo (KEN)
2007–08: Martin Lel (KEN)
2009: Samuel Wanjiru (KEN)
2010: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
2011: Emmanuel Mutai (KEN)
2012: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
2013: Tsegaye Kebede (ETH)
2014: Wilson Kipsang (KEN)
2015–16: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
2017: Daniel Wanjiru (KEN)
2018-19: Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
2020: Shura Kitata (ETH)
2021: Sisay Lemma (ETH)
2022: Amos Kipruto (KEN)
2023: Kelvin Kiptum (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); Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)

London Marathon – women's winners

1981–1982: Joyce Smith (GBR)
1983: Grete Waitz (NOR)
1984–1985: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1986: Grete Waitz (NOR)
1987–1988: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
1989: Véronique Marot (GBR)
1990: Wanda Panfil (POL)
1991: Rosa Mota (POR)
1992–1994: 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)
2002–2003: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2004: Margaret Okayo (KEN)
2005: Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2006: Deena Kastor (USA)
2007: Zhou Chunxiu (CHN)
2008–2009: Irina Mikitenko (GER)
2010: Aselefech Mergia (ETH)
2011–2012: Mary Keitany (KEN)
2013: Priscah Jeptoo (KEN)
2014: Edna Kiplagat (KEN)
2015: Tigist Tufa (ETH)
2016: Jemima Sumgong (KEN)
2017: Mary Keitany (KEN)
2018: Vivian Cheruiyot (KEN)
2019–2020: Brigid Kosgei (KEN)
2021: Joyciline Jepkosgei (KEN)
2022: Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH)
2023: Sifan Hassan (NED)
2024: Peres Jepchirchir (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); Tokyo Marathon – List (M/W)

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