1989 London Marathon

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]

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)

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 Kenya2:09:03
Steve Moneghetti Australia2:09:06
Hussein Ahmed Salah Djibouti2:09:09
4Manuel Matias Portugal2:09:43
5Suleiman Nyambui Tanzania2:09:52
6Anthony Milovsorov United Kingdom2:09:54
7Pat Petersen United States2:10:04
8Wodajo Bulti Ethiopia2:10:32
9Takao Nakamura Japan2:11:51
10Zhang Guowei China2:12:03
11Michael O'Reilly United Kingdom2:12:16
12John Wheway United Kingdom2:12:22
13Allister Hutton United Kingdom2:12:47
14Tefera Guta Ethiopia2:12:49
15Kenneth Stuart United Kingdom2:12:53
16Jose Carlos da Silva Brazil2:12:57
17Allan Zachariasen Denmark2:13:15
18Peter Maher Canada2:13:25
19Kevin Forster United Kingdom2:13:31
20John Andrew Boyes United Kingdom2:13:45
21Peter Dall Denmark2:14:25
22Giuseppe Denti Italy2:14:29
23Bjorn Sivertsen Denmark2:14:33
24Igor Braslavskiy Soviet Union2:14:38
25Yuri Porotov Soviet Union2:15:10

Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Véronique Marot United Kingdom2:25:56
Wanda Panfil Poland2:27:05
Aurora Cunha Portugal2:28:11
4Dorthe Rasmussen Denmark2:29:34
5Raisa Smekhnova Soviet Union2:30:15
6Evy Palm Sweden2:31:05
7Angie Hulley United Kingdom2:31:06
8Lynn Harding United Kingdom2:31:45
9Charlotte Teske Germany2:32:34
10Conceição Ferreira Portugal2:32:50
11Sheila Catford United Kingdom2:33:04
12Sally Ellis United Kingdom2:33:24
13Krystyna Chylińska Poland2:33:46
14Jill Clarke Harrison United Kingdom2:34:19
15Sissel Grottenberg Norway2:35:01
16Sandra Branney United Kingdom2:35:03
17Rosemary Ellis United Kingdom2:35:32
18Marina Samy United Kingdom2:36:32
19Maria Polyzou Greece2:37:03
20Dominique Rembert France2:37:04
21Małgorzata Birbach Poland2:37:08
22Nicola Morris United Kingdom2:38:21
23Lyubov Klochko Soviet Union2:38:22
24Christine Kennedy Ireland2:39:13
25Ewa Szydlowska Poland2:39:21

Wheelchair men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
David Holding United Kingdom1:59:31
Ted Vince Canada1:59:32
Chris Hallam United Kingdom1:59:33
4Scott Paterson Canada1:59:39
5Lex de Turck Netherlands2:08:12
6Andy Haynes United Kingdom2:09:55
7Ian Thompson United Kingdom2:11:24
8Ivan Newman United Kingdom2:16:30
9Kevin Breen Ireland2:16:35
10Kevin Doran United Kingdom2:22:04

Wheelchair women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Josie Cichockyj United Kingdom3:03:54
—Karen Davidson United KingdomDNF
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References
  1. Whittington, Jessica (2016-04-17). 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. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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