1989 London Marathon Explained

Competition:	9th London Marathon
Venue:	London, United Kingdom
Date:	23 April 1989
Men:	Douglas Wakiihuri
Men Win Value:	2:09:03
Women:	Véronique Marot
Women Win Value:	2:25:56
Wheelchair Men:	David Holding
Wheelchair Men Win Value:	1:59:31
Wheelchair Women:	Josie Cichockyj
Wheelchair Women Win Value:	3:03:54
Prev:	1988
Next:	1990

The 1989 London Marathon was the ninth 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 Douglas Wakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Véronique Marot in 2:25:56. Marot's time was a British national record, which stood for 13 years before Paula Radcliffe improved it with a world record at the 2002 London Marathon.^[1]

In the wheelchair races, British athletes David Holding (1:59:31) and Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time an athlete completed the wheelchair marathon in under two hours.^[2]

Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 31,772 had their applications accepted and 24,452 started the race. A total of 22,701 runners finished the race.^[3]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:09:03
			2:09:06
			2:09:09
4			2:09:43
5			2:09:52
6			2:09:54
7			2:10:04
8			2:10:32
9			2:11:51
10			2:12:03
11			2:12:16
12			2:12:22
13			2:12:47
14			2:12:49
15			2:12:53
16			2:12:57
17			2:13:15
18			2:13:25
19			2:13:31
20			2:13:45
21			2:14:25
22			2:14:29
23			2:14:33
24			2:14:38
25			2:15:10

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:25:56
			2:27:05
			2:28:11
4			2:29:34
5			2:30:15
6			2:31:05
7			2:31:06
8			2:31:45
9			2:32:34
10			2:32:50
11			2:33:04
12			2:33:24
13			2:33:46
14			2:34:19
15			2:35:01
16			2:35:03
17			2:35:32
18			2:36:32
19			2:37:03
20			2:37:04
21			2:37:08
22			2:38:21
23			2:38:22
24			2:39:13
25			2:39:21

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:59:31
			1:59:32
			1:59:33
4			1:59:39
5			2:08:12
6			2:09:55
7			2:11:24
8			2:16:30
9			2:16:35
10			2:22:04

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			3:03:54
—				–

References

Results

Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

Whittington, Jessica (17 April 2016). Véronique Marot ready for London return. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
http://london-marathon.s3.amazonaws.com/vmlm2014/live/uploads/cms_page_media/1111/2015-VMLM-Media-Guide-The-Past-Races.pdf 2015 London Marathon Media Guide
https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/stats-and-figures/ Stats and Figures