1998 London Marathon

18th London Marathon August 2023 May 2024 18th London Marathon London, United Kingdom 26 April 1998 Abel Antón 2:07:57 Catherina McKiernan 2:26:26 Heinz Frei 1:35:18 Tanni Grey 2:02:01 1997 1999 The 1998 London Marathon was the 18th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26. In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes.2015 London Marathon Media GuideFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes . London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26. Around 96,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,228 had their applications accepted and 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race.Stats and Figures https://web.archive.org/web/20200323182946/https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/stats-and-figures/ 23 March 2020 . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26. Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Abel Antón 2:07:57 Abdelkader El Mouaziz 2:08:07 António Pinto 2:08:13 4 Julio Rey 2:08:33 5 Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:52 6 Róbert Štefko 2:09:54 7 Diego García 2:10:36 8 Jon Brown 2:11:11 9 Steve Moneghetti 2:11:41 10 Kenjiro Jitsui 2:12:47 11 Vincenzo Modica 2:13:22 12 Gideon Mutisya 2:13:41 13 Antonio Serrano 2:13:53 14 Masaki Oya 2:14:11 15 Spyros Andriopoulos 2:14:13 16 Mark Hudspith 2:14:20 17 Lawrence Peu 2:14:53 18 Sean Quilty 2:15:19 19 Robert Johnston 2:15:34 20 Harri Hänninen 2:16:09 — Josia Thugwane DNF — Jerry Lawson DNF — Paul Evans DNF — Shaun Creighton DNF — Gary Staines DNF — Eduardo do Nascimento DNF — Antonio Silio DNF Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Catherina McKiernan 2:26:26 Liz McColgan 2:26:54 Joyce Chepchumba 2:27:22 4 Marleen Renders 2:27:30 5 Lidia Șimon 2:28:41 6 Sonja Oberem 2:29:39 7 Adriana Fernández 2:29:46 8 Wang Yanfang 2:30:47 9 Małgorzata Sobańska 2:32:02 10 Marian Sutton 2:32:14 11 Pan Jinhong 2:35:38 12 Taeko Terauchi 2:36:33 13 Wang Yanrong 2:38:19 14 Griselda González 2:39:08 15 Debbie Percival 2:39:54 16 Lucia Subano 2:40:25 17 Stephanie Andrews 2:40:48 18 Tomoko Kitamura 2:42:18 19 Lieve Slegers 2:43:16 20 Nicola Brown 2:43:18 — Hellen Kimaiyo DNF Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime Heinz Frei 1:35:18 Claude Issorat 1:42:43 Denis Lemeunier 1:44:03 4 David Holding 1:46:04 5 Ivan Newman 1:46:07 6 Jurgen de Heve 1:46:01 7 Bogdan Krol 1:46:13 8 George Schrattenecker 1:49:15 9 Chris Madden 1:51:38 10 John Buren 1:55:12 Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Tanni Grey 2:02:01 Nicola Jarvis 2:22:54 Fiona Neale 2:38:40 4 Mary Rice 3:22:04 5 Tracy Gill 3:34:59 — Rose Hill — References Results Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19. External links Official website 1998 London Marathon Marathon London Marathon