1983 London Marathon
3rd London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 17 April 1983 |
Champions | |
Men | Mike Gratton (2:09:43) |
Women | Grete Waitz (2:25:29) |
Wheelchair men | Gordon Perry (3:20:07) |
Wheelchair women | Denise Smith (4:29:03) |
The 1983 London Marathon was the third running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Mike Gratton in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:25:29. Waitz's time was a marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by Joan Benoit at the .[1]
Around 60,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 19,735 had their applications accepted and around 16,500 started the race. A total of 15,793 runners finished the race.[2]
A wheelchair race was held for the first time, organised by the British Sports Association for the Disabled, and British athletes Gordon Perry and Denise Smith won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[3] The race organiser Chris Brasher had opposed the inclusion of wheelchair racers, emphasising that it should remain a running competition and that the inclusion of wheeled racers would lead to accidents and "more disability". The Greater London Council, under the leadership of Ken Livingstone and Illtyd Harrington, threatened to withdraw funding for the event, forcing the organisers to relent and include wheelchair athletes.[4]
Results[]
Men[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Mike Gratton | United Kingdom | 2:09:43 | |
Gerard Helme | United Kingdom | 2:10:12 | |
Henrik Jørgensen | Denmark | 2:10:47 | |
4 | Kebede Balcha | Ethiopia | 2:11:32 |
5 | United Kingdom | 2:11:44 | |
6 | Spain | 2:11:51 | |
7 | United Kingdom | 2:11:54 | |
8 | Emiel Puttemans | Belgium | 2:12:27 |
9 | New Zealand | 2:12:29 | |
10 | Øyvind Dahl | Norway | 2:12:43 |
11 | David Cannon | United Kingdom | 2:12:51 |
12 | Belgium | 2:13:01 | |
13 | United Kingdom | 2:13:15 | |
14 | Dennis Fowles | United Kingdom | 2:13:21 |
15 | Jan Fjærestad | Norway | 2:13:31 |
16 | Belgium | 2:13:43 | |
17 | United Kingdom | 2:13:43 | |
18 | United Kingdom | 2:13:48 | |
19 | Norway | 2:13:50 | |
20 | France | 2:14:00 | |
21 | Hungary | 2:14:11 |
Women[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:25:29 | |
Mary O'Connor | New Zealand | 2:28:20 | |
Glynis Penny | United Kingdom | 2:36:21 | |
4 | Karolina Szabó | Hungary | 2:36:22 |
5 | Australia | 2:37:12 | |
6 | Hungary | 2:37:42 | |
7 | Ireland | 2:37:42 | |
8 | Kathryn Binns | United Kingdom | 2:38:11 |
9 | Sarah Rowell | United Kingdom | 2:39:11 |
10 | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:39:29 |
11 | Australia | 2:40:05 | |
12 | United Kingdom | 2:40:08 | |
13 | Norway | 2:40:11 | |
14 | Zehava Shmueli | Israel | 2:40:29 |
15 | United Kingdom | 2:40:59 | |
16 | Australia | 2:41:24 | |
17 | Denmark | 2:41:35 | |
18 | Denmark | 2:41:53 | |
19 | United Kingdom | 2:42:08 | |
20 | United Kingdom | 2:42:13 |
Wheelchair men[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Gordon Perry | United Kingdom | 3:20:07 | |
United Kingdom | 3:25:03 | ||
United Kingdom | 3:26:15 | ||
4 | United Kingdom | 3:27:40 | |
5 | United Kingdom | 3:52:55 | |
6 | Turkey | 3:55:50 | |
7 | United Kingdom | 3:56:57 | |
8 | Iran | 4:08:16 | |
9 | United Kingdom | 4:29:03 | |
10 | United Kingdom | 4:35:11 |
Wheelchair women[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Denise Smith | United Kingdom | 4:29:03 | |
United Kingdom | 6:09:03 |
References[]
- ^ McGuire, Jane (2020-04-23). 40 moments from 40 years of the London Marathon. Runners World . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Paralympics archive: the marathon debate (1983). Channel 4 (2012-08-28). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- Results
- Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
External links[]
- London Marathon
- 1983 marathons
- 1983 sports events in London
- April 1983 sports events in the United Kingdom