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The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, 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 and generally regarded as a competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times. The inaugural marathon had 7,741 entrants, 6,255 of whom completed the ...
The Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon is the sister of The London Marathon. The course is the last 3 mi (4.8 km) of the London Marathon and is for under-13s, under-15s and under-17s from all 33 London Boroughs along with 13 teams from ten English regions and three Home Countries: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Peres Jepchirchir was the women's winner of the 2024 London Marathon, and her time of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds broke the women's only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers).
The 2023 London Marathon was the 43rd running of the annual London Marathon on 23 April 2023. ... The winners of the elite events received $55,000, and prizes were ...
The race featured Marcel Hug, who won the London Marathon in 2014 and 2016, [17] and was the only man to have beaten Romanchuk in a marathon since March 2019. [18] Other competitors included British eight-time winner David Weir , [ 16 ] 2010 winner Josh Cassidy , and Sho Watanabe , [ 19 ] who came second at the 2020 Tokyo Marathon .
This page lists the final standings of the World Marathon Majors (and current standings of latest series), which was founded in 2006 and is made up of six annual races: the Boston Marathon, London Marathon, Berlin Marathon, Chicago Marathon, New York City Marathon and Tokyo Marathon (which was added to the World Marathon Majors in 2013). The ...
This category is for people (male or female) who have won the London Marathon at least once. It is automatically populated by the {{marathon winner succession}} template. To manually add an article to the category add [[Category:London Marathon winners]] to the bottom of the article.
The 1981 London Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March.The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen of Norway, who crossed the finish line holding hands.