2008 London Marathon

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28th London Marathon
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Leaders during the men's race
VenueLondon, England
Date13 April 2008
Champions
MenMartin Lel (2:05:15)
WomenIrina Mikitenko (2:24:14)
Wheelchair menDavid Weir (1:33:56)
Wheelchair womenSandra Graf (1:48:04)
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The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record.[1]

Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race.[2] A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.[3]

Results[]

Men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Martin Lel  Kenya 2:05:15
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 2:05:24
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco 2:05:30
4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya 2:06:15
5 Ryan Hall  United States 2:06:17
6 Deriba Merga  Ethiopia 2:06:38
7 Yonas Kifle  Eritrea 2:08:51
8 Felix Limo  Kenya 2:10:34
9 Aleksey Sokolov  Russia 2:11:41
10 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 2:11:44
11 Luke Kibet Bowen  Kenya 2:12:25
12 Stefano Baldini  Italy 2:13:06
13 Dan Robinson  United Kingdom 2:13:10
14 Andrew Letherby  Australia 2:13:50
15 Danny Kassap  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2:15:20
16 Tomas Abyu  United Kingdom 2:15:49
17  Kenya 2:17:34
18  United Kingdom 2:18:21
19  United Kingdom 2:18:40
20  United States 2:18:49
— Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda DNF
— Cuthbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe DNF
—  United States DNF
—  United States DNF

Women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Irina Mikitenko  Germany 2:24:14
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Zakharova  Russia 2:24:39
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gete Wami  Ethiopia 2:25:37
4 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:26:30
5 Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 2:26:45
6 Souad Aït Salem  Algeria 2:27:41
7 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 2:27:42
8 Constantina Diță  Romania 2:27:45
9 Liz Yelling  United Kingdom 2:28:33
10 Adriana Pirtea  Romania 2:28:52
11  Russia 2:29:11
12 Hayley Haining  United Kingdom 2:29:18
13 Lisa Jane Weightman  Australia 2:32:32
14  China 2:36:34
15  United Kingdom 2:40:31
16 Eleni Donta  Greece 2:41:10
17 Susan Partridge  United Kingdom 2:41:40
18  United Kingdom 2:42:08
19  United Kingdom 2:45:38
20  United Kingdom 2:45:49
— Emily Kimuria  Kenya DNF
— Everline Kimwei  Kenya DNF
— Birhan Dagne  United Kingdom DNF
— Michelle Ross-Cope  United Kingdom DNF
— Natalie Harvey  United Kingdom DNF

Wheelchair men[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Weir  United Kingdom 1:33:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kurt Fearnley  Australia 1:34:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denis Lemeunier  France 1:34:01
4 Krige Schabort  South Africa 1:34:02
5 Heinz Frei   Switzerland 1:34:03
6 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa 1:34:25
7 Josh George  United States 1:34:46
8  United Kingdom 1:37:23
9  Spain 1:37:26
10 Choke Yasuoka  Japan 1:39:50

Wheelchair women[]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sandra Graf   Switzerland 1:48:04
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Amanda McGrory  United States 1:51:58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shelly Woods  United Kingdom 2:01:59
4 Francesca Porcellato  Italy 2:04:48
5 Sarah Piercy  United Kingdom 2:35:54

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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