2014 Great North Run

Half marathon in Newcastle upon Tyne, England April 2025 November 2019 34th Great North Run Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom 2014 9 7 yes Mo Farah (60:01)Mary Keitany (65:39)Jordi Madeira (43:02)Shelly Woods (50:34) 2013 2015 The 34th Great North Run took place on 7 September 2014 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. After having been narrowly beaten by Kenenisa Bekele in 2013, Mo Farah was rooted to become the first Briton since Steve Kenyon in 1985 to win the men's race and the first in any elite race since Paula Radcliffe won the 2003 women's race.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/29074934 Farah in first Great North Run win BBC Sport He broke the 29-year duck, helped by the absence of 2013 champion Bekele, and was only the third Briton to win the Men's Elite race. Priscah Jeptoo, who won the 2013's women's title was also absent so Kenyan compatriot Mary Keitany won the women's marathon and broke the course record set by Radcliffe. Britons David Weir and Shelly Woods were the defending wheelchair champions. Woods successfully defended the women's title while Spaniard Jordi Madeira became the newest men's champion. He is the first Spanish winner of the Great North Run. The race crowned Tracey Cramond of Darlington its landmark millionth finisher. Tracey, who was running for Butterwick Hospice, was 37,396th in the race with a time of 03:02:03. http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-09-07/millionth-person-crosses-the-line-at-great-north-run/ Millionth person crosses the line at Great North Run Results Elite races Elite Men Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Mo Farah 1:00:00 2 Mike Kigen 1:00:00 3 Stephen Kiprotich 1:01:35 4 Tariku Bekele 1:01:39 5 Thomas Ayeko 1:02:13 6 Andy Vernon 1:02:46 7 Hiroaki Sano 1:03:01 8 Paulo Roberto Paula 1:03:58 9 Jonny Hay 1:04:09 10 Masato Kikuchi 1:04:18 Elite Women Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Mary Keitany 1:05:39 CR 2 Gemma Steel 1:08:13 3 Tiki Gelana 1:08:45 4 Caroline Kilel 1:09:10 5 Edna Kiplagat 1:10:37 6 Polline Wanjiku 1:10:46 7 Risa Takenaka 1:11:11 8 Charlotte Purdue 1:11:43 9 Haruna Takada 1:12:20 10 Susan Partridge 1:12:28 Wheelchair races Wheelchair Men Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Jordi Madeira 43:02 2 Simon Lawson 43:06 3 Rafael Botello Jiménez 45:24 4 Mark Conway 49:38 5 Matthew Clarke 51:36 6 Brett Crossley 52:28 7 Will Smith 52:39 8 Mark Telford 53:13 9 Anthony Gotts 54:36 10 Jason Richards 57:06 Wheelchair Women Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Shelly Woods 50:34 2 Jade Jones 53:12 3 Mel Nicholls 53:39 4 Martyna Snopek 1:05:12 5 Liz McTernan 1:26:18 References Category:Half marathons in the United Kingdom Category:2014 in British sport Category:2014 in the sport of athletics