1999 London Marathon

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19th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date18 April 1999
Champions
MenAbdelkader El Mouaziz (2:07:57)
WomenJoyce Chepchumba (2:23:22)
Wheelchair menHeinz Frei (1:35:27)
Wheelchair womenMonica Wetterström (1:57:38)
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The 1999 London Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 18 April. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:23:22.

In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:27) and Sweden's Monica Wetterström (1:57:38) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[1]

Around 87,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 43,774 had their applications accepted and 31,582 started the race. A total of 30,849 runners finished the race.[2]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:07:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) António Pinto  Portugal 2:09:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abel Antón  Spain 2:09:41
4 Jon Brown  United Kingdom 2:09:44
5 Josephat Kiprono  Kenya 2:09:49
6 Giacomo Leone  Italy 2:10:03
7 Alberto Juzdado  Spain 2:10:08
8 Domingos Castro  Portugal 2:10:24
9  South Africa 2:10:56
10  Japan 2:11:13
11 Lee Troop  Australia 2:11:21
12 Lee Bong-ju  South Korea 2:12:11
13  Ethiopia 2:13:13
14 Anders Szalkai  Sweden 2:13:19
15 Giovanni Ruggiero  Italy 2:13:31
16 Tena Negere  Ethiopia 2:13:40
17  Brazil 2:14:10
18  France 2:14:21
19 Benjamín Paredes  Mexico 2:14:31
20  Spain 2:14:41
21  Kenya 2:15:00
22 Mark Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:15:11
23  United Kingdom 2:15:47
24  New Zealand 2:15:51
25 Nikolaos Polias  Greece 2:16:31
— Josia Thugwane  South Africa DNF
—  Ireland DNF
—  Sweden DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
— Benson Masya  Kenya DNF
—  Spain DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
— Luís Novo  Portugal DNF
—  France DNF
—  Kenya DNF
—  Kenya DNF
—  Sweden DNF

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:23:22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adriana Fernández  Mexico 2:24:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuela Machado  Portugal 2:25:09
4 Nicole Carroll  Australia 2:25:52
5 Elana Meyer  South Africa 2:27:18
6  Japan 2:28:31
7 Kerryn McCann  Australia 2:28:44
8 Angelina Kanana  Kenya 2:29:47
9  Brazil 2:32:17
10  Mexico 2:36:42
11 Rocío Ríos  Spain 2:37:45
12  Japan 2:42:20
13 Melissa Moon  New Zealand 2:43:26
14  United Kingdom 2:44:28
15 Jo Lodge  United Kingdom 2:45:46
16  New Zealand 2:48:02
17  United Kingdom 2:48:23
18  United Kingdom 2:50:43
19  United Kingdom 2:50:45
20 Sally Eastall  United Kingdom 2:51:51
23  United Kingdom 2:53:55
— Constantina Diță  Romania DNF
— Esther Kiplagat  Kenya DNF
—  Portugal DNF
—  South Korea DNF
— Maria Polyzou  Greece DNF
— Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier  France DNF

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heinz Frei   Switzerland 1:35:27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joël Jeannot  France 1:35:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Holding  United Kingdom 1:45:28
4 Denis Lemeunier  France 1:45:32
5 Kevin Papworth  United Kingdom 1:48:12
6 Tushar Patel  United Kingdom 1:48:21
7  United Kingdom 1:50:25
8  Belgium 1:50:26
9  Poland 1:50:29
10  United Kingdom 2:00:51

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Monica Wetterström  Sweden 1:57:38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tanni Grey  United Kingdom 2:11:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ireland 2:14:53
4  United Kingdom 2:39:51
5 Mary Rice  Ireland 2:47:51
6  United Kingdom 2:49:16
7  United Kingdom 3:09:33

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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