2008 London Marathon

Road running event in London, England August 2023 November 2023 28th London Marathon File:Flora 2008 London Marathon.jpeg 250px Leaders during the men's race London, England 13 April 2008 Martin Lel 2:05:15 Irina Mikitenko 2:24:14 David Weir 1:33:56 Sandra Graf 1:48:04 2007 2009 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.2015 London Marathon Media GuideFebruary 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes . London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26. Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started 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 2020-04-25. A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25. right|thumb|Elite runner Lucy Hassell right|thumb|Runners crowd near the finish line right|thumb|Charity runners wearing superhero costumes: Batman and Superman Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Martin Lel 2:05:15 Samuel Wanjiru 2:05:24 Abderrahim Goumri 2:05:30 4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 2:06:15 5 Ryan Hall 2:06:17 6 Deriba Merga Ethiopia 1996 2:06:38 7 Yonas Kifle 2:08:51 8 Felix Limo 2:10:34 9 Aleksey Sokolov 2:11:41 10 Hendrick Ramaala 2:11:44 11 Luke Kibet Bowen 2:12:25 12 Stefano Baldini 2:13:06 13 Dan Robinson 2:13:10 14 Andrew Letherby 2:13:50 15 Danny Kassap 2:15:20 16 Tomas Abyu 2:15:49 17 Richard Kiplagat 2:17:34 18 Peter Riley 2:18:21 19 Toby Lambert 2:18:40 20 Chad Johnson 2:18:49 — Dieudonné Disi DNF — Cuthbert Nyasango DNF — Peter Gilmore DNF — Jason Lehmkuhle DNF Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Irina Mikitenko 2:24:14 Svetlana Zakharova 2:24:39 Gete Wami Ethiopia 1996 2:25:37 4 Salina Kosgei 2:26:30 5 Lyudmila Petrova 2:26:45 6 Souad Aït Salem 2:27:41 7 Berhane Adere Ethiopia 1996 2:27:42 8 Constantina Diță 2:27:45 9 Liz Yelling 2:28:33 10 Adriana Pirtea 2:28:52 11 Silviya Skvortsova 2:29:11 12 Hayley Haining 2:29:18 13 Lisa Jane Weightman 2:32:32 14 Sun Weiwei 2:36:34 15 Lucy MacAlister 2:40:31 16 Eleni Donta 2:41:10 17 Susan Partridge 2:41:40 18 Kim Fawke 2:42:08 19 Amy Whitehead 2:45:38 20 Andrea Clement 2:45:49 — Emily Kimuria DNF — Everline Kimwei DNF — Birhan Dagne DNF — Michelle Ross-Cope DNF — Natalie Harvey DNF Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime David Weir 1:33:56 Kurt Fearnley 1:34:00 Denis Lemeunier 1:34:01 4 Krige Schabort 1:34:02 5 Heinz Frei 1:34:03 6 Ernst van Dyk 1:34:25 7 Josh George 1:34:46 8 Brian Alldis 1:37:23 9 Rafael Jiménez 1:37:26 10 Choke Yasuoka 1:39:50 Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Sandra Graf 1:48:04 Amanda McGrory 1:51:58 Shelly Woods 2:01:59 4 Francesca Porcellato 2:04:48 5 Sarah Piercy 2:35:54 References Results Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12. Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12. External links Official website 2008 London Marathon Marathon London Marathon