1996 London Marathon Explained

Competition:	16th London Marathon
Venue:	London, United Kingdom
Date:	21 April 1996
Men:	Dionicio Cerón
Men Win Value:	2:10:00
Women:	Liz McColgan
Women Win Value:	2:27:54
Wheelchair Men:	David Holding
Wheelchair Men Win Value:	1:43:48
Wheelchair Women:	Tanni Grey
Wheelchair Women Win Value:	2:00:10
Prev:	1995
Next:	1997

The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.^[1]

Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:10:00
			2:10:26
			2:10:40
4			2:10:43
5			2:10:55
6			2:11:12
7			2:11:53
8			2:12:43
9			2:12:54
10			2:14:37
11			2:14:49
12			2:16:57
13			2:16:59
14			2:17:59
15			2:18:21
16			2:18:36
17			2:19:04
18			2:19:25
19			2:19:35
20			2:20:27
21			2:20:38
22			2:21:47
23			2:21:52
24			2:22:04
25			2:22:13
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Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:27:54
			2:30:09
			2:30:17
4			2:30:25
5			2:31:07
6			2:32:09
7			2:32:46
8			2:32:50
9			2:33:18
10			2:33:58
11			2:34:00
12			2:35:33
13			2:36:12
14			2:38:59
15			2:39:46
16			2:43:23
17			2:43:49
18			2:44:49
19			2:45:42
20			2:46:19
21			2:48:49
22			2:50:28
23			2:51:06
25			2:51:59

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:43:48
			1:43:54
			1:45:18
4			1:47:09
5			1:51:56
6			1:51:57
7			1:54:32
8			1:55:40
9			1:56:14
10			1:59:40

Wheelchair women

Position	Nationality	Time
		2:00:10
		2:10:09
	?	2:12:46
4		2:23:07
5		2:31:24

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