1988 London Marathon

8th London Marathon August 2023 October 2023 8th London Marathon London, United Kingdom 17 April 1988 Henrik Jørgensen 2:10:20 Ingrid Kristiansen 2:25:41 Ted Vince 2:01:37 Karen Davidson 2:41:45 1987 1989 The 1988 London Marathon was the eighth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Denmark's Henrik Jørgensen in a time of 2:10:20 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:41. In the wheelchair races, Canadian Ted Vince (2:01:37) and Britain's Karen Davidson (2:41:45) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time a non-British athlete won one of wheelchair events.2015 London Marathon Media GuideFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes . London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26. Around 73,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 29,979 had their applications accepted and 22,469 started the race. A total of 20,932 runners finished the race – the first time the marathon had over 20,000 people achieve that.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 Henrik Jørgensen 2:10:20 Kevin Forster 2:10:52 Kazuyoshi Kudo 2:10:59 4 Hugh Jones 2:11:08 5 Dave Long 2:11:33 6 Allister Hutton 2:11:42 7 Herbert Steffny 2:11:54 8 Cai Shangyan 2:11:58 9 John Wheway 2:12:13 10 Charlie Spedding 2:12:28 11 Dominique Chauvelier 2:12:39 12 Steve Brace 2:12:58 13 Gerhard Hartmann 2:13:33 14 Kenneth Stuart 2:13:36 15 Jose Carlos da Silva Brazil 1968 2:13:42 16 Art Boileau 2:13:44 17 Dave Edge 2:14:10 18 Karl Harrison 2:14:27 19 Mehmet Terzi 2:14:51 20 Peter Lyrenmann 2:14:55 Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Ingrid Kristiansen 2:25:41 Ann Ford 2:30:38 Evy Palm 2:31:35 4 Susan Wightman 2:32:09 5 Susan Crehan 2:35:10 6 Tove Lorentzen 2:35:52 7 Jacqueline Gareau 2:36:04 8 Angie Hulley 2:36:11 9 Rosemary Ellis 2:37:10 10 Wang Qinghuan 2:37:42 11 Alison Gooderham 2:37:49 12 Sheila Catford 2:38:18 13 Dimitra Papaspirou 2:40:04 14 Anne Corneliussen 2:40:40 15 Oddrun Hovsengen 2:40:48 16 Heather MacDuff 2:41:02 17 Anne Hannam 2:41:20 18 Mary O'Connor 2:42:25 19 Anita-Lynn Nielsen 2:42:47 20 Zehava Shmueli 2:43:26 Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime Ted Vince 2:01:37 Mike Bishop 2:01:42 Chris Hallam 2:04:39 4 Kevin Breen 2:21:44 5 Ivan Newman 2:22:58 6 David Todd 2:25:06 7 Ton Bonte 2:26:17 8 John Harris 2:27:51 9 Colin Price 2:32:26 10 Mark Agar 2:32:39 Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Karen Davidson 2:41:45 Josie Cichockyj 3:13:27 Collette Rush 3:25:49 References Results Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-23. External links Official website 1988 London Marathon Marathon London Marathon