1988 London Marathon

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8th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date17 April 1988
Champions
MenHenrik Jørgensen (2:10:20)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:25:41)
Wheelchair menTed Vince (2:01:37)
Wheelchair womenKaren Davidson (2:41:45)
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The 1988 London Marathon was the eighth 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 Denmark's Henrik Jørgensen in a time of 2:10:20 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:41.

In the wheelchair races, Canadian Ted Vince (2:01:37) and Britain's Karen Davidson (2:41:45) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time a non-British athlete won one of wheelchair events.[1]

Around 73,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 29,979 had their applications accepted and 22,469 started the race. A total of 20,932 runners finished the race – the first time the marathon had over 20,000 people achieve that.[2]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henrik Jørgensen  Denmark 2:10:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kevin Forster  United Kingdom 2:10:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 2:10:59
4 Hugh Jones  United Kingdom 2:11:08
5 Dave Long  United Kingdom 2:11:33
6 Allister Hutton  United Kingdom 2:11:42
7 Herbert Steffny  Germany 2:11:54
8 Cai Shangyan  China 2:11:58
9  United Kingdom 2:12:13
10 Charlie Spedding  United Kingdom 2:12:28
11 Dominique Chauvelier  France 2:12:39
12 Steve Brace  United Kingdom 2:12:58
13 Gerhard Hartmann  Austria 2:13:33
14  United Kingdom 2:13:36
15  Brazil 2:13:42
16 Art Boileau  Canada 2:13:44
17 Dave Edge  Canada 2:14:10
18  United Kingdom 2:14:27
19 Mehmet Terzi  Turkey 2:14:51
20   Switzerland 2:14:55

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:25:41
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ann Ford  United Kingdom 2:30:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evy Palm  Sweden 2:31:35
4 Susan Wightman  United Kingdom 2:32:09
5 Susan Crehan  United Kingdom 2:35:10
6  Denmark 2:35:52
7 Jacqueline Gareau  Canada 2:36:04
8 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 2:36:11
9 Rosemary Ellis  United Kingdom 2:37:10
10 Wang Qinghuan  China 2:37:42
11  United Kingdom 2:37:49
12 Sheila Catford  United Kingdom 2:38:18
13  Greece 2:40:04
14  Norway 2:40:40
15  Norway 2:40:48
16  United Kingdom 2:41:02
17  New Zealand 2:41:20
18 Mary O'Connor  New Zealand 2:42:25
19  Denmark 2:42:47
20 Zehava Shmueli  Israel 2:43:26

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ted Vince  Canada 2:01:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Kingdom 2:01:42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Hallam  United Kingdom 2:04:39
4 Kevin Breen  Ireland 2:21:44
5  United Kingdom 2:22:58
6  United Kingdom 2:25:06
7  Netherlands 2:26:17
8 John Harris  United Kingdom 2:27:51
9  United Kingdom 2:32:26
10  United Kingdom 2:32:39

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karen Davidson  United Kingdom 2:41:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josie Cichockyj  United Kingdom 3:13:27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United Kingdom 3:25:49

References[]

  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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