2002 London Marathon

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22nd London Marathon
Venue
David Weir (1:39:44)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51)
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The 2002 London Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual

marathon world record, improving on his own record by four seconds. Radcliffe was also close to a world record, just nine seconds off the time set by Catherine Ndereba the previous year.[1]

In the

David Weir (1:39:44) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively – with Grey-Thompson winning for the sixth time.[2]

Around 99,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 46,083 had their applications accepted and 33,297 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, comprising 24,768 men and 7768 women.[3][4]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Khalid Khannouchi  United States 2:05:38 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Paul Tergat  Kenya 2:05:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Haile Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 2:06:35
4 Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:06:52
5 Ian Syster  South Africa 2:07:06
6 Stefano Baldini  Italy 2:07:29
7 António Pinto  Portugal 2:09:10
8 Mark Steinle  United Kingdom 2:09:17
9 Tesfaye Jifar  Ethiopia 2:09:50
10 Mohamed El Hattab  Morocco 2:11:50
11 Michael Buchleitner  Austria 2:14:11
12 Rachid Ghanmouni  Morocco 2:15:29
13 William Kiplagat  Kenya 2:15:59
14 William Burns  Switzerland 2:17:36
15 Dan Robinson  United Kingdom 2:17:51
16 Julius Kimutai  Kenya 2:18:13
17 Nicholas Wetheridge  United Kingdom 2:19:41
18 Runar Höiom  Sweden 2:20:36
19 Damon Harris  Australia 2:20:44
20 Christopher Cariss  United Kingdom 2:20:45
— Worku Bikila  Ethiopia DNF
— Joseph Kariuki  Kenya DNF
— Luís Jesus  Portugal DNF
— Alberto Chaíça  Portugal DNF

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 2:18:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Svetlana Zakharova  Russia 2:22:31
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 2:22:33
4 Reiko Tosa  Japan 2:22:46
5 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 2:23:19
6 Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:26:53
7 Silviya Skvortsova  Russia 2:27:07
8 Zinaida Semenova  Russia 2:27:45
9 Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 2:28:37
10 Shitaye Gemechu  Ethiopia 2:28:58
11 Irina Safarova  Russia 2:29:20
12 Jo Lodge  United Kingdom 2:38:25
13 Helene Willix  Sweden 2:40:24
14 Beverley Jenkins  United Kingdom 2:44:32
15 Alison Fletcher  United Kingdom 2:44:42
16 Sharon Dixon  United Kingdom 2:45:05
17 Ruth Pickvance  United Kingdom 2:45:34
18 Annette Wolfrom  Germany 2:46:58
19 Clare Pauzers  United Kingdom 2:49:26
20 Sarah Mycroft  Australia 2:49:38
— Iness Chepkesis Chenonge  Kenya DNF
— Maria Guida  Italy DNF

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)
David Weir
  United Kingdom 1:39:44
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tushar Patel  United Kingdom 1:41:17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denis Lemeunier  France 1:41:17
4 Paul Nunnari  Australia 1:41:17
5 Chris Madden  United Kingdom 1:55:57
6 Jason Gill  United Kingdom 1:56:49
7 Pierre Fairbank  France 1:57:48
8 John Hanks  United Kingdom 2:01:39
9 Gregory Leray  France 2:01:41
10 Richie Powell  United Kingdom 2:01:45

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanni Grey-Thompson  United Kingdom 2:22:51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michelle Lewis  United Kingdom 2:37:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paula Craig  United Kingdom 2:48:53

References

  1. ^ Record day in London. BBC Sport (14 April 2002). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ London Marathon – Race Results. MarathonGuide. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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External links

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