1989 London Marathon

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9th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date23 April 1989
Champions
MenDouglas Wakiihuri (2:09:03)
WomenVéronique Marot (2:25:56)
Wheelchair menDavid Holding (1:59:31)
Wheelchair womenJosie Cichockyj (3:03:54)
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The 1989 London Marathon was the ninth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Douglas Wakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Véronique Marot in 2:25:56. Marot's time was a British national record, which stood for 13 years before Paula Radcliffe improved it with a world record at the 2002 London Marathon.[1]

In the wheelchair races, British athletes David Holding (1:59:31) and Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time an athlete completed the wheelchair marathon in under two hours.[2]

Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 31,772 had their applications accepted and 24,452 started the race. A total of 22,701 runners finished the race.[3]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Douglas Wakiihuri  Kenya 2:09:03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Steve Moneghetti  Australia 2:09:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hussein Ahmed Salah  Djibouti 2:09:09
4 Manuel Matias  Portugal 2:09:43
5 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 2:09:52
6  United Kingdom 2:09:54
7 Pat Petersen  United States 2:10:04
8 Wodajo Bulti  Ethiopia 2:10:32
9  Japan 2:11:51
10 Zhang Guowei  China 2:12:03
11  United Kingdom 2:12:16
12  United Kingdom 2:12:22
13 Allister Hutton  United Kingdom 2:12:47
14  Ethiopia 2:12:49
15  United Kingdom 2:12:53
16  Brazil 2:12:57
17 Allan Zachariasen  Denmark 2:13:15
18 Peter Maher  Canada 2:13:25
19 Kevin Forster  United Kingdom 2:13:31
20  United Kingdom 2:13:45
21  Denmark 2:14:25
22  Italy 2:14:29
23  Denmark 2:14:33
24 Igor Braslavskiy  Soviet Union 2:14:38
25  Soviet Union 2:15:10

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Véronique Marot  United Kingdom 2:25:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wanda Panfil  Poland 2:27:05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Aurora Cunha  Portugal 2:28:11
4 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark 2:29:34
5 Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union 2:30:15
6 Evy Palm  Sweden 2:31:05
7 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 2:31:06
8  United Kingdom 2:31:45
9 Charlotte Teske  Germany 2:32:34
10 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 2:32:50
11 Sheila Catford  United Kingdom 2:33:04
12 Sally Ellis  United Kingdom 2:33:24
13  Poland 2:33:46
14 Jill Clarke Harrison  United Kingdom 2:34:19
15 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway 2:35:01
16  United Kingdom 2:35:03
17 Rosemary Ellis  United Kingdom 2:35:32
18  United Kingdom 2:36:32
19 Maria Polyzou  Greece 2:37:03
20  France 2:37:04
21 Małgorzata Birbach  Poland 2:37:08
22  United Kingdom 2:38:21
23 Lyubov Klochko  Soviet Union 2:38:22
24  Ireland 2:39:13
25  Poland 2:39:21

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Holding  United Kingdom 1:59:31
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ted Vince  Canada 1:59:32
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Hallam  United Kingdom 1:59:33
4 Scott Paterson  Canada 1:59:39
5  Netherlands 2:08:12
6  United Kingdom 2:09:55
7  United Kingdom 2:11:24
8  United Kingdom 2:16:30
9 Kevin Breen  Ireland 2:16:35
10  United Kingdom 2:22:04

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Josie Cichockyj  United Kingdom 3:03:54
— Karen Davidson  United Kingdom DNF

References[]

  1. ^ Whittington, Jessica (2016-04-17). Véronique Marot ready for London return. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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