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For the first time in history, more than three quarters of a million people applied to take part in a marathon, with 840,318 applicants. London Marathon ballot results due out on Wednesday after ...
In this marathon Jeannie Rice set a new women’s marathon world record for the 75–79 age group, with a time of 3:33:27; she was 76 years old. [ 6 ] Also, in this marathon Dr. Julie McElroy became the first female frame runner to complete any London Marathon, which she did in five hours and 59 minutes.
The marathon distance was officially 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) long as sanctioned by World Athletics. [9] The London Marathon was run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath. [10] The course began at three separate points and they converged just before 3 miles (4.8 km) into the race. [11]
More than 410,000 people who entered the ballot for the 2023 event were told to expect an email with the result on Monday October 24. Ballot result delay for some London Marathon applicants due to ...
There are 50,000 places for the Virgin Money London Marathon on October 3 2021, with a further 50,000 for a virtual event on the same day. Runners to find out if they have won a place in biggest ...
The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to October for 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
Sir Mo Farah finished ninth on his final London Marathon appearance following two extraordinary races in the men’s and women’s events
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 .