1993 London Marathon Explained

Competition:	13th London Marathon
Venue:	London, United Kingdom
Date:	18 April 1993
Men:	Eamonn Martin
Men Win Value:	2:10:50
Women:	Katrin Dörre-Heinig
Women Win Value:	2:27:09
Wheelchair Men:	George Vandamme
Wheelchair Men Win Value:	1:44:10
Wheelchair Women:	Rose Hill
Wheelchair Women Win Value:	2:03:05
Prev:	1992
Next:	1994

The 1993 London Marathon was the 13th 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 home athlete Eamonn Martin in a time of 2:10:50 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Katrin Dörre-Heinig in 2:27:09.

In the wheelchair races, Belgium's George Vandamme (1:44:10) and Britain's Rose Hill (2:03:05) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Vandamme's time was a significant improvement on the old record, knocking over seven and a half minutes off it.^[1]

Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 35,820 had their applications accepted and around 25,000 started the race. A total of 24,495 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:10:50
			2:10:53
			2:11:07
4			2:11:55
5			2:12:23
6			2:12:24
7			2:12:34
8			2:12:40
9			2:13:44
10			2:14:00
11			2:14:40
12			2:15:43
13			2:16:00
14			2:16:16
15			2:16:35
16			2:16:53
17			2:17:00
18			2:17:27
19			2:17:30
20			2:17:42
21			2:17:46
22			2:17:50
23			2:18:52
24			2:18:56
25			2:18:57
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Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:27:09
			2:27:27
			2:29:37
4			2:32:30
5			2:32:56
6			2:34:21
7			2:34:44
8			2:37:21
9			2:41:50
10			2:42:14
11			2:42:37
12			2:43:59
13			2:44:59
14			2:45:13
15			2:45:28
16			2:46:05
17			2:47:33
18			2:48:20
19			2:49:10
20			2:49:38
21			2:49:59
22			2:50:05
23			2:50:50
24			2:53:30
25			2:54:13

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:44:10
			1:46:15
			1:51:22
4			1:55:24
5			1:55:34
6			1:56:15
7			1:57:24
8			1:59:10
9			1:59:14
10			1:59:30

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:03:05
			2:09:16
			2:12:25

References

Results

Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19.

External links

Official website

Notes and References

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