1989 London Marathon

9th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date23 April 1989
Champions
MenDouglas Wakiihuri (2:09:03)
WomenVéronique Marot (2:25:56)
Wheelchair menDavid Holding (1:59:31)
Wheelchair womenJosie Cichockyj (3:03:54)

The 1989 London Marathon was the ninth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Douglas Wakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Véronique Marot in 2:25:56. Marot's time was a British national record, which stood for 13 years before Paula Radcliffe improved it with a world record at the 2002 London Marathon.[1]

In the wheelchair races, British athletes David Holding (1:59:31) and Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time an athlete completed the wheelchair marathon in under two hours.[2]

Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 31,772 had their applications accepted and 24,452 started the race. A total of 22,701 runners finished the race.[3]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Douglas Wakiihuri  Kenya 2:09:03
Steve Moneghetti  Australia 2:09:06
Hussein Ahmed Salah  Djibouti 2:09:09
4 Manuel Matias  Portugal 2:09:43
5 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 2:09:52
6 Tony Milovsorov  United Kingdom 2:09:54
7 Pat Petersen  United States 2:10:04
8 Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia 2:10:32
9 Takao Nakamura  Japan 2:11:51
10 Zhang Guowei  China 2:12:03
11 Michael O'Reilly  United Kingdom 2:12:16
12 John Wheway  United Kingdom 2:12:22
13 Allister Hutton  United Kingdom 2:12:47
14 Tefera Guta Ethiopia 2:12:49
15 Kenneth Stuart  United Kingdom 2:12:53
16 Jose Carlos da Silva Brazil 2:12:57
17 Allan Zachariasen  Denmark 2:13:15
18 Peter Maher  Canada 2:13:25
19 Kevin Forster  United Kingdom 2:13:31
20 John Andrew Boyes  United Kingdom 2:13:45
21 Peter Dall  Denmark 2:14:25
22 Giuseppe Denti  Italy 2:14:29
23 Bjorn Sivertsen  Denmark 2:14:33
24 Igor Braslavskiy  Soviet Union 2:14:38
25 Yuri Porotov  Soviet Union 2:15:10

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Véronique Marot  United Kingdom 2:25:56
Wanda Panfil  Poland 2:27:05
Aurora Cunha  Portugal 2:28:11
4 Dorthe Rasmussen  Denmark 2:29:34
5 Raisa Smekhnova  Soviet Union 2:30:15
6 Evy Palm  Sweden 2:31:05
7 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 2:31:06
8 Lynn Harding  United Kingdom 2:31:45
9 Charlotte Teske  West Germany 2:32:34
10 Conceição Ferreira  Portugal 2:32:50
11 Sheila Catford  United Kingdom 2:33:04
12 Sally Ellis  United Kingdom 2:33:24
13 Krystyna Chylińska Poland 2:33:46
14 Jill Clarke Harrison  United Kingdom 2:34:19
15 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway 2:35:01
16 Sandra Branney  United Kingdom 2:35:03
17 Rosemary Ellis  United Kingdom 2:35:32
18 Marina Samy  United Kingdom 2:36:32
19 Maria Polyzou  Greece 2:37:03
20 Dominique Rembert  France 2:37:04
21 Małgorzata Birbach Poland 2:37:08
22 Nicola Morris  United Kingdom 2:38:21
23 Lyubov Klochko  Soviet Union 2:38:22
24 Christine Kennedy  Ireland 2:39:13
25 Ewa Szydlowska Poland 2:39:21

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
David Holding  United Kingdom 1:59:31
Ted Vince  Canada 1:59:32
Chris Hallam  United Kingdom 1:59:33
4 Scott Paterson  Canada 1:59:39
5 Lex de Turck  Netherlands 2:08:12
6 Andy Haynes  United Kingdom 2:09:55
7 Ian Thompson  United Kingdom 2:11:24
8 Ivan Newman  United Kingdom 2:16:30
9 Kevin Breen  Ireland 2:16:35
10 Kevin Doran  United Kingdom 2:22:04

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Josie Cichockyj  United Kingdom 3:03:54
— Karen Davidson  United Kingdom DNF – Karen Davidson  United Kingdom DNF

References

  1. ^ Whittington, Jessica (17 April 2016). Véronique Marot ready for London return. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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