2006 London Marathon

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26th London Marathon
20060423 Felix Limo and Martin Lel.jpg
Leaders during the men's race
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date23 April 2006
Champions
MenFelix Limo (2:06:39)
WomenDeena Kastor (2:19:36)
Wheelchair menDavid Weir (1:29:48)
Wheelchair womenFrancesca Porcellato (1:59:57)
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The 2006 London Marathon was the 26th 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 Felix Limo in a time of 2:06:39 hours and the women's race was won by Deena Kastor of the United States in 2:19:36.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:29:48) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:59:57) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Weir was the first person to complete the course in under one and a half hours.[1]

Around 119,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,020 had their applications accepted and 33,578 started the race.[2] A total of 32,924 runners, 22849 men and 10,075 women, finished the race.[3]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Felix Limo  Kenya 2:06:39
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Martin Lel  Kenya 2:06:41
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 2:06:55
4 Khalid Khannouchi  United States 2:07:04
5 Stefano Baldini  Italy 2:07:22
6 Rodgers Rop  Kenya 2:07:34
7 Hicham Chatt  Morocco 2:07:59
8 Jaouad Gharib  Morocco 2:08:45
9 Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 2:09:05
10 Evans Rutto  Kenya 2:09:35
11 Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:10:24
12  United Kingdom 2:14;31
13 Shigeru Aburaya  Japan 2:14:49
14 Kamal Ziani  Spain 2:14:50
15  United Kingdom 2:15:38
16 Tomas Abyu  Ethiopia 2:15:50
17  Spain 2:15:51
18  Norway 2:16:09
19  Norway 2:16:48
20  Australia 2:16:53
—  Ethiopia DNF
—  Kenya DNF
— Daniel Rono  Kenya DNF
— Fabiano Joseph Naasi  Tanzania DNF
— Solomon Busendich  Kenya DNF
—  Kenya DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
— Anders Szalkai  Sweden DNF
— Mark Carroll  Ireland DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
— Christopher Isengwe  Tanzania DNF

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Deena Kastor  United States 2:19:36
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 2:21:29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 2:21:46
4 Birhane Adere  Ethiopia 2:21:52
5 Galina Bogomolova  Russia 2:21:58
6 Mara Yamauchi  United Kingdom 2:25:13
7 Constantina Dita  Romania 2:27:51
8 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:28:40
9 Margaret Okayo  Kenya 2:29:16
10  Japan 2:31:41
11  United Kingdom 2:36:10
12 Stine Larsen  Norway 2:37:31
13  United Kingdom 2:40:38
14  United Kingdom 2:44:59
15  United Kingdom 2:45:24
16  United Kingdom 2:47:41
17  United Kingdom 2:48:43
18 Birhan Dagne  United Kingdom 2:49:48
19  United Kingdom 2:50:27
20  Netherlands 2:50:36
—  Sweden DNF
—  United Kingdom DNF
—  Sweden DNF

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Weir  United Kingdom 1:29:48 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Saúl Mendoza  Mexico 1:37:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alain Fuss  France 1:39:37
4 Éric Teurnier  France 1:43:52
5  United Kingdom 1:47:34
6 Jeff Adams  Canada 1:53:24
7  United Kingdom 1:53:29
8  United Kingdom 2:00:52
9  United Kingdom 2:02:47
10  United Kingdom 2:03:23

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesca Porcellato  Italy 1:59:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shelly Woods  United Kingdom 2:04:37
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United Kingdom 2:21:02
4 Sarah Piercy  United Kingdom 2:39:10

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 2020-04-25.
  3. ^ London Marathon - Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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