1997 London Marathon Explained

Competition:	17th London Marathon
Venue:	London, United Kingdom
Date:	13 April 1997
Men:	Paul Jones
Men Win Value:	2:07:55
Women:	Joyce Chepchumba
Women Win Value:	2:26:51
Wheelchair Men:	David Holding
Wheelchair Men Win Value:	1:42:15
Wheelchair Women:	Rayyan Rizwan
Prev:	1996
Next:	1998

The 1997 London Marathon was the 17th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Britain's Paul Jones in a time of 2:07:55 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:26:51.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:42:15) and Sweden’s Monica Wetterstrom won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey’s winning time was a course record by a margin of more than 19 hours (and the first woman to win by default).^[1]

Around 78,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,813 had their applications accepted and 29,500 started the race. A total of 29,189 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Time
	2:07:55
	2:07:57
	2:08:06
4	2:08:08
5	2:08:36
6	2:08:45
7	2:09:10
8	2:09:18
9	2:09:30
10	2:11:26
11	2:11:57
12	2:12:22
13	2:12:29
14	2:13:52
15	2:13:55
16	2:14:15
17	2:14:17
18	2:14:19
19	2:14:20
20	2:14:22
21	2:14:33
22	2:14:33
23	2:14:37
24	2:15:10
25	2:15:14	—	–
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Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			2:26:51
			2:26:52
			2:27:11
4			2:28:02
5			2:28:07
6			2:28:12
7			2:28:18
8			2:28:21
9			2:29:06
10			2:29:45
11			2:30:09
12			2:30:11
13			2:31:23
14			2:31:49
15			2:33:12
16			2:34:22
17			2:34:23
18			2:34:36
19			2:35:23
20			2:35:45
21			2:36:23
22			2:38:14
23			2:39:02
24			2:39:24
25			2:40:22
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Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:42:15
			1:42:16
			1:42:18
4			1:42:44
5			1:42:56
6			1:45:06
7			1:47:58
8			1:47:59
9			1:50:55
10			1:52:00

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
			1:49:09
			2:00:06
			2:03:56
4			2:39:22
5			2:41:11
6			3:28:45
7			3:32:04

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