2008 London Marathon

28th London Marathon
Leaders during the men's race
VenueLondon, England
Date13 April 2008
Champions
MenMartin Lel (2:05:15)
WomenIrina Mikitenko (2:24:14)
Wheelchair menDavid Weir (1:33:56)
Wheelchair womenSandra Graf (1:48:04)

The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record.[1]

Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race.[2] A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.[3]

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Martin Lel  Kenya 2:05:15
Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya 2:05:24
Abderrahim Goumri  Morocco 2:05:30
4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya 2:06:15
5 Ryan Hall  United States 2:06:17
6 Deriba Merga Ethiopia 2:06:38
7 Yonas Kifle  Eritrea 2:08:51
8 Felix Limo  Kenya 2:10:34
9 Aleksey Sokolov  Russia 2:11:41
10 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 2:11:44
11 Luke Kibet Bowen  Kenya 2:12:25
12 Stefano Baldini  Italy 2:13:06
13 Dan Robinson  United Kingdom 2:13:10
14 Andrew Letherby  Australia 2:13:50
15 Danny Kassap  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2:15:20
16 Tomas Abyu  United Kingdom 2:15:49
17 Richard Kiplagat  Kenya 2:17:34
18 Peter Riley  United Kingdom 2:18:21
19 Toby Lambert  United Kingdom 2:18:40
20 Chad Johnson  United States 2:18:49
— Dieudonné Disi  Rwanda DNF
— Cuthbert Nyasango  Zimbabwe DNF
— Peter Gilmore  United States DNF
— Jason Lehmkuhle  United States DNF

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Irina Mikitenko  Germany 2:24:14
Svetlana Zakharova  Russia 2:24:39
Gete Wami Ethiopia 2:25:37
4 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:26:30
5 Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 2:26:45
6 Souad Aït Salem  Algeria 2:27:41
7 Berhane Adere Ethiopia 2:27:42
8 Constantina Diță  Romania 2:27:45
9 Liz Yelling  United Kingdom 2:28:33
10 Adriana Pirtea  Romania 2:28:52
11 Silviya Skvortsova  Russia 2:29:11
12 Hayley Haining  United Kingdom 2:29:18
13 Lisa Jane Weightman  Australia 2:32:32
14 Sun Weiwei  China 2:36:34
15 Lucy MacAlister  United Kingdom 2:40:31
16 Eleni Donta  Greece 2:41:10
17 Susan Partridge  United Kingdom 2:41:40
18 Kim Fawke  United Kingdom 2:42:08
19 Amy Whitehead  United Kingdom 2:45:38
20 Andrea Clement  United Kingdom 2:45:49
— Emily Kimuria  Kenya DNF
— Everline Kimwei  Kenya DNF
— Birhan Dagne  United Kingdom DNF
— Michelle Ross-Cope  United Kingdom DNF
— Natalie Harvey  United Kingdom DNF

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
David Weir  United Kingdom 1:33:56
Kurt Fearnley  Australia 1:34:00
Denis Lemeunier  France 1:34:01
4 Krige Schabort  South Africa 1:34:02
5 Heinz Frei  Switzerland 1:34:03
6 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa 1:34:25
7 Josh George  United States 1:34:46
8 Brian Alldis  United Kingdom 1:37:23
9 Rafael Jiménez  Spain 1:37:26
10 Choke Yasuoka  Japan 1:39:50

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Sandra Graf  Switzerland 1:48:04
Amanda McGrory  United States 1:51:58
Shelly Woods  United Kingdom 2:01:59
4 Francesca Porcellato  Italy 2:04:48
5 Sarah Piercy  United Kingdom 2:35:54

References

  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  3. ^ London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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