1996 London Marathon

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16th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date21 April 1996
Champions
MenDionicio Cerón (2:10:00)
WomenLiz McColgan (2:27:54)
Wheelchair menDavid Holding (1:43:48)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey (2:00:10)
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The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.[1]

Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.[2]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dionicio Cerón  Mexico 2:10:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincent Rousseau  Belgium 2:10:26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Evans  United Kingdom 2:10:40
4 Jackson Kabiga  Kenya 2:10:43
5 Antonio Serrano  Spain 2:10:55
6 Domingos Castro  Portugal 2:11:12
7 Eddy Hellebuyck  Belgium 2:11:53
8 Benson Masya  Kenya 2:12:43
9 Gary Staines  United Kingdom 2:12:54
10  Ethiopia 2:14:37
11 Germán Silva  Mexico 2:14:49
12  Spain 2:16:57
13  Mexico 2:16:59
14 José Castillo  Peru 2:17:59
15 Pamenos Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:18:21
16  Finland 2:18:36
17  Russia 2:19:04
18 Mark Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:19:25
19 Thabiso Moqhali  Lesotho 2:19:35
20  Japan 2:20:27
21   Switzerland 2:20:38
22  Belgium 2:21:47
23  Ireland 2:21:52
24  Spain 2:22:04
25  United Kingdom 2:22:13
— Eamonn Martin  United Kingdom DNF
— Jon Solly  United Kingdom DNF
— Paul Davies-Hale  United Kingdom DNF

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liz McColgan  United Kingdom 2:27:54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:30:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Małgorzata Sobańska  Poland 2:30:17
4 Angelina Kanana  Kenya 2:30:25
5 Anita Håkenstad  Norway 2:31:07
6 Alina Ivanova  Russia 2:32:09
7 Renata Kokowska  Poland 2:32:46
8 Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova  Russia 2:32:50
9 Jane Salumäe  Estonia 2:33:18
10 Alena Mazouka  Belarus 2:33:58
11 Serap Aktaş  Turkey 2:34:00
12  Brazil 2:35:33
13 Hellen Kimaiyo  Kenya 2:36:12
14 Sally Eastall  United Kingdom 2:38:59
15  United Kingdom 2:39:46
16 Lale Öztürk  Turkey 2:43:23
17  Ireland 2:43:49
18  United Kingdom 2:44:49
19  United Kingdom 2:45:42
20  United Kingdom 2:46:19
21  United Kingdom 2:48:49
22  Turkey 2:50:28
23  United States 2:51:06
25  United Kingdom 2:51:59

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Holding  United Kingdom 1:43:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Poland 1:43:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United Kingdom 1:45:18
4  United Kingdom 1:47:09
5  Netherlands 1:51:56
6  United Kingdom 1:51:57
7  United Kingdom 1:54:32
8  Sweden 1:55:40
9  United Kingdom 1:56:14
10  Netherlands 1:59:40

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanni Grey  United Kingdom 2:00:10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rose Hill  United Kingdom 2:10:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) ? 2:12:46
4  United Kingdom 2:23:07
5  United Kingdom 2:31:24

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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