1996 London Marathon
16th London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 21 April 1996 |
Champions | |
Men | Dionicio Cerón (2:10:00) |
Women | Liz McColgan (2:27:54) |
Wheelchair men | David Holding (1:43:48) |
Wheelchair women | Tanni Grey (2:00:10) |
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 |
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Dionicio Cerón | ![]() |
2:10:00 |
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Vincent Rousseau | ![]() |
2:10:26 |
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Paul Evans | ![]() |
2:10:40 |
4 | Jackson Kabiga | ![]() |
2:10:43 |
5 | Antonio Serrano | ![]() |
2:10:55 |
6 | Domingos Castro | ![]() |
2:11:12 |
7 | Eddy Hellebuyck | ![]() |
2:11:53 |
8 | Benson Masya | ![]() |
2:12:43 |
9 | Gary Staines | ![]() |
2:12:54 |
10 | ![]() |
2:14:37 | |
11 | Germán Silva | ![]() |
2:14:49 |
12 | ![]() |
2:16:57 | |
13 | ![]() |
2:16:59 | |
14 | José Castillo | ![]() |
2:17:59 |
15 | Pamenos Ballantyne | ![]() |
2:18:21 |
16 | ![]() |
2:18:36 | |
17 | ![]() |
2:19:04 | |
18 | Mark Hudspith | ![]() |
2:19:25 |
19 | Thabiso Moqhali | ![]() |
2:19:35 |
20 | ![]() |
2:20:27 | |
21 | ![]() |
2:20:38 | |
22 | ![]() |
2:21:47 | |
23 | ![]() |
2:21:52 | |
24 | ![]() |
2:22:04 | |
25 | ![]() |
2:22:13 | |
— | Eamonn Martin | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Jon Solly | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Paul Davies-Hale | ![]() |
DNF |
Women[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Liz McColgan | ![]() |
2:27:54 |
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Joyce Chepchumba | ![]() |
2:30:09 |
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Małgorzata Sobańska | ![]() |
2:30:17 |
4 | Angelina Kanana | ![]() |
2:30:25 |
5 | Anita Håkenstad | ![]() |
2:31:07 |
6 | Alina Ivanova | ![]() |
2:32:09 |
7 | Renata Kokowska | ![]() |
2:32:46 |
8 | Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova | ![]() |
2:32:50 |
9 | Jane Salumäe | ![]() |
2:33:18 |
10 | Alena Mazouka | ![]() |
2:33:58 |
11 | Serap Aktaş | ![]() |
2:34:00 |
12 | ![]() |
2:35:33 | |
13 | Hellen Kimaiyo | ![]() |
2:36:12 |
14 | Sally Eastall | ![]() |
2:38:59 |
15 | ![]() |
2:39:46 | |
16 | Lale Öztürk | ![]() |
2:43:23 |
17 | ![]() |
2:43:49 | |
18 | ![]() |
2:44:49 | |
19 | ![]() |
2:45:42 | |
20 | ![]() |
2:46:19 | |
21 | ![]() |
2:48:49 | |
22 | ![]() |
2:50:28 | |
23 | ![]() |
2:51:06 | |
25 | ![]() |
2:51:59 |
Wheelchair men[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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David Holding | ![]() |
1:43:48 |
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1:43:54 | |
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1:45:18 | |
4 | ![]() |
1:47:09 | |
5 | ![]() |
1:51:56 | |
6 | ![]() |
1:51:57 | |
7 | ![]() |
1:54:32 | |
8 | ![]() |
1:55:40 | |
9 | ![]() |
1:56:14 | |
10 | ![]() |
1:59:40 |
Wheelchair women[]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Tanni Grey | ![]() |
2:00:10 |
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Rose Hill | ![]() |
2:10:09 |
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? | 2:12:46 | |
4 | ![]() |
2:23:07 | |
5 | ![]() |
2:31:24 |
References[]
- ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- Results
- Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
External links[]
Categories:
- London Marathon
- 1996 marathons
- 1996 sports events in London
- April 1996 sports events in the United Kingdom