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1987 London Marathon

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7th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date10 May 1987
Champions
MenHiromi Taniguchi (2:09:50)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:22:48)
Wheelchair menChris Hallam (2:08:34)
Wheelchair womenKaren Davidson (2:45:30)
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The 1987 London Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 10 May. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Hiromi Taniguchi in a time of 2:09:50 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:22:48.

In the wheelchair races, British athletes Chris Hallam (2:08:34) and Karen Davidson (2:45:30) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time that the winning time for the men's wheelchair race surpassed that of the able-bodied race.[1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 28,364 had their applications accepted and 21,485 started the race. A total of 19,586 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hiromi Taniguchi  Japan 2:09:50
2nd place, silver medalist(s) El Mostafa Nechchadi  Morocco 2:10:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Hugh Jones  England 2:10:11
4 Gianni Poli  Italy 2:10:15
5 Geir Kvernmo  Norway 2:10:17
6 Mehmet Terzi  Turkey 2:10:25
7 Bogusław Psujek  Poland 2:10:26
8 Charlie Spedding  United Kingdom 2:10:32
9 Dave Edge  Canada 2:11:51
10 Jean-Pierre Paumen  Belgium 2:12:15
11 John Graham  United Kingdom 2:12:32
12 Pat Petersen  United States 2:12:42
13 John Wheway  United Kingdom 2:13:21
14 Petr Klimes  Czechoslovakia 2:13:27
15 Pawel Lorens  Poland 2:13:46
16 Dominique Chauvelier  France 2:13:51
17 Christian Wolfsberg  Denmark 2:13:57
18 Jan Ikov  Denmark 2:14:06
19 Cidálio Caetano  Portugal 2:14:06
20 Pavel Klimes  Czechoslovakia 2:14:07

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:22:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Priscilla Welch  United Kingdom 2:26:51
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Véronique Marot  United Kingdom 2:30:15
4 Paula Fudge  United Kingdom 2:32:28
5 Karolina Szabó  Hungary 2:32:48
6 Misako Miyahara  Japan 2:33:41
7 Ágnes Sipka  Hungary 2:34:37
8 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 2:34:47
9 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway 2:35:53
10 Valentina Bottarelli  Italy 2:35:57
11 Sally Ellis  United Kingdom 2:36:48
12 Christine Kennedy  Ireland 2:36:58
13 Susan Stone  Canada 2:37:16
14 Glynis Penny  United Kingdom 2:38:23
15 Renata Walendziak  Poland 2:38:57
16 Ailish Smyth  Ireland 2:40:24
17 Zehava Shmueli  Israel 2:40:37
18 Rosemary Ellis  United Kingdom 2:41:05
19 Annette Roberts  United Kingdom 2:41:51
20 Gillian Beschloss  United Kingdom 2:42:06

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Chris Hallam  United Kingdom 2:08:34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jan Ove-Mattson  Sweden 2:23:15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kevin Breen  Ireland 2:26:28
4 Patrick Bailey  United Kingdom 2:28:53
5 John Harris  United Kingdom 2:34:50
6 Ton Bente  Netherlands 2:38:30
7 John Naude  United Kingdom 2:40:15
8 Wimk Zwanepol ? 2:40:50
9 David Todd  United Kingdom 2:43:51
10 Chas Sadler  United Kingdom 2:46:51

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karen Davidson  United Kingdom 2:45:30
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Denise Smith  United Kingdom 3:53:46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deborah Beales  United Kingdom 4:09:18

References

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  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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