List of winners of the London Marathon explained

The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors,[1] has been contested by men and women annually since 29 March 1981. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the marathon is 26.2miles in length[2] and generally regarded as a competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times.[3]

The inaugural marathon had 7,741 entrants, 6,255 of whom completed the race.[4] The first Men's Elite Race was tied between American Dick Beardsley and Norwegian Inge Simonsen, who crossed the finish line holding hands in 2 hours, 11 minutes, 48 seconds.[5] The first Women's Elite Race was won by Briton Joyce Smith in 2:29:57. In 1983, the first wheelchair races took place. Organized by the British Sports Association for the Disabled (BASD), 19 people competed and 17 finished. Gordon Perry of the United Kingdom won the Men's Wheelchair Race, coming in at 3:20:07, and Denise Smith, also of the UK, won the Women's Wheelchair Race in 4:29:03.[6]

Twenty athletes representing the United Kingdom have won the London Marathon a total of forty times. The most recent win by a British athlete was in the 2012 London Marathon, by David Weir in the Men's Wheelchair Race. It was his sixth win in London. Kenya has the second largest number of winning athletes. Seven Kenyan men and seven Kenyan women have been victorious a total of eighteen times, all in the able-bodied category. Eleven men, including those from the wheelchair races, have won the marathon more than once, Weir's six wins being the record. Sixteen women have been winners more than once; Tanni Grey-Thompson won the women's wheelchair race six times between 1992 and 2002.

Course records for the London Marathon have been set ten times in the men's race, seven times in the women's race, sixteen times in the men's wheelchair race, and seventeen times in the women's wheelchair race. World records for marathon running have been set six times considering marks for men and women in mixed sex and women-only races. Khalid Khannouchi, representing the United States, set the men's world record in 2:05:38 in 2002. The following year, British runner Paula Radcliffe set the women's world record in 2:15:25, which also stands as the current course record in the Women's Elite Race. In 2017 Kenyan Mary Keitany ran a women-only race world record of 2:17:01. Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set the course record at 2:02:37 in 2019 in the Men's Elite Race. Marcel Hug of Switzerland set the Men's Wheelchair Race course record at 1:26:27 in 2021. The course record for the Women's Wheelchair Race was set by Swiss athlete Manuela Schär in 2021, with 1:39:52.

Elite race – men's winners

Year AthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
(Tie)2:11:48Course record
(Tie)
19822:09:24Course record
19832:09:43
19842:09:57
19852:08:16Course record
19862:10:02
19872:09:50
19882:10:20
19892:09:03
19902:10:10
19912:09:17
19922:10:02
19932:10:50
19942:08:53
19952:08:30Second victory
19962:10:00Third victory
19972:07:55Course record; second victory
19982:07:57
19992:07:57
20002:06:36Course record; third victory
20012:07:09Second victory
20022:05:38World marathon record
2003 Ethiopia2:07:56
20042:06:18
20052:07:35
20062:06:39
20072:07:41Second victory
20082:05:15Course record; third victory
20092:05:10Course record
20102:05:19
20112:04:40Course record
20122:04:44
20132:06:04Second victory
20142:04:29Course record; second victory
20152:04:42
20162:03:05Course record; second victory
20172:05:48
20182:04:17Third victory
20192:02:37Fourth victory: Course Record
20202:05:58
2021[7] 2:04:01
20222:04:39
2023Kelvin Kiptum2:01:25Course record
2024Alexander Mutiso2:04:01

Elite race – women's winners

Year AthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
19812:29:57Course record
19822:29:43Course record; second victory
19832:25:29World marathon record
19842:24:26Course record
19852:21:06World marathon record
second victory
19862:24:54Second victory
19872:22:48Third victory
19882:25:41Fourth victory
19892:25:56
19902:26:31
19912:26:14
19922:29:39
19932:27:09Second victory
19942:32:34Third victory
19952:27:43
19962:27:54
19972:26:51
19982:26:26
19992:23:22Second victory
20002:24:33
2001 Ethiopia2:23:57
20022:18:56Course record
20032:15:25World marathon record (mixed)
second victory
20042:22:35
20052:17:42World marathon record (women-only)
third victory
20062:19:35
20072:20:38
20082:24:14
20092:22:11Second victory
20102:22:38Initially third but Liliya Shobukhova and Inga Abitova both disqualified retrospectively
20112:19:19
20122:18:37Second victory
20132:20:15
20142:20:21
20152:23:21
20162:22:58
20172:17:01World marathon record (women-only)
third victory
20182:18:31
20192:18:20
20202:18:58Second victory
20212:17:43
20222:17:26
20232:18:33
20242:16:16

Wheelchair race – men's winners

Year AthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
19833:20:07Course record
19842:38:40Course record
19852:19:53Course record
19862:26:38
19872:08:34Course record; second victory
19882:01:37Course record
19891:59:31Course record
19901:57:12Course record
19911:52:52Course record
19921:51:42Course record
19931:44:10Course record
19941:46:06Second victory
19951:39:14Course record
19961:43:48Third victory
19971:42:15Fourth victory
19981:35:18Course record; second victory
19991:35:27Third victory
20001:41:50
20011:42:37
20021:39:44
20031:32:02Course record
20041:36:56
20051:35:51Second victory
20061:29:48Course record; second victory
20071:30:51Third victory
20081:33:56Fourth victory
20091:28:57Course record
20101:35:21
20111:30:05Fifth victory
20121:32:26Sixth victory
20131:31:29Second victory
20141:32:41
20151:31:31
20161:35:19Second victory
20171:31:06Seventh victory
20181:31:15Eighth victory
20191:33:37
20201:36:04
2021[8] 1:26:27Course record; third victory
2022[9] 1:24:38Course record; fourth victory
2023[10] 1:23:44Course record; fifth victory

Wheelchair race – women's winners

Year AthleteNationalityTime
(h:m:s)		Notes
19834:29:03Course record
19843:10:04Course record
19852:47:12Course record; second victory
19863:02:40Third victory
19872:45:30Course record
19882:41:45Course record, second victory
19893:03:54
19902:10:25Course record
19912:04:40Course record; second victory
19922:17:23
19932:03:05Course record
19942:08:26Second victory
19952:17:02Second victory
19962:00:10Course record; third victory
19971:49:09Course record
19982:02:01Fourth victory
19991:57:38Second victory
20002:23:30
20012:13:55Fifth victory
20022:22:51Sixth victory
20032:04:21
20042:04:58Second victory
20051:57:00Third victory
20061:59:57Fourth victory
20071:50:40
20081:48:04Course record
20091:50:39
20101:52:33
20111:46:31Course record; second victory
20121:49:10Second victory
20131:46:02Course record
20141:45:12Course record; second victory
20151:41:14Course record; third victory
20161:44:14Fourth victory
20171:39:57Course record
20181:42:58
20191:44:09Second victory
20201:40:07
20211:39:52Course record; third victory
20221:38:24Course record
20231:38:51Second victory

Victories by nationality

CountryMen's
race		Women's
race		Men's
wheelchair		Women's
Wheelchair		Total
67161544
17140031
01012
16007
01236
54009
212611
05005
30205
00044
31004
008513
00404
10023
00303
20013
00123
00224
20002
02002
10001
00101
01001
10001

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Marathon Majors . 12 May 2009 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090220045724/http://www.worldmarathonmajors.com/US/ . 20 February 2009 .
  2. The 2009 London Marathon Highlights . Steve Cram (presenter) . . . 26 April 2009 .
  3. News: London's best by far . 19 May 2009 . . Steve . Cram . 19 May 2009.
  4. Web site: History of the London Marathon – In the Beginning . . 12 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090506092528/http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/in-the-beginning/ . 6 May 2009 .
  5. Web site: 1981 Race Report . . 12 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091101112558/http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/race-history/race-report-1981/ . 1 November 2009 .
  6. Web site: 1983 Race Report . . 12 May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091101053633/http://www.virginlondonmarathon.com/marathon-centre/history-london-marathon/race-history/race-report-1983/ . 1 November 2009 .
  7. https://archive.today/20211003104145/https://results.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2021/?pid=leaderboard Virgin Money London Marathon 2021
  8. https://archive.today/20211003093052/https://results.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/2021/?pid=leaderboard&event=VLMW Virgin Money London Marathon 2021
  9. Web site: 2022 London Marathon Results. NBC Sports. 2 October 2022. 6 October 2022.
  10. Web site: 2023 London Marathon results. NBC Sports. 23 April 2023. 24 April 2023. 24 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230424081112/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/04/23/2023-london-marathon-results/. live.

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