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1988 London Marathon

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8th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date17 April 1988
Champions
MenHenrik Jørgensen (2:10:20)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:25:41)
Wheelchair menTed Vince (2:01:37)
Wheelchair womenKaren Davidson (2:41:45)
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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.[1]

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.[2]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Henrik Jørgensen  Denmark 2:10:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kevin Forster  United Kingdom 2:10:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kazuyoshi Kudo  Japan 2:10:59
4 Hugh Jones  United Kingdom 2:11:08
5 Dave Long  United Kingdom 2:11:33
6 Allister Hutton  United Kingdom 2:11:42
7 Herbert Steffny  West Germany 2:11:54
8 Cai Shangyan  China 2:11:58
9 John Wheway  United Kingdom 2:12:13
10 Charlie Spedding  United Kingdom 2:12:28
11 Dominique Chauvelier  France 2:12:39
12 Steve Brace  United Kingdom 2:12:58
13 Gerhard Hartmann  Austria 2:13:33
14 Kenneth Stuart  United Kingdom 2:13:36
15 Jose Carlos da Silva  Brazil 2:13:42
16 Art Boileau  Canada 2:13:44
17 Dave Edge  Canada 2:14:10
18 Karl Harrison  United Kingdom 2:14:27
19 Mehmet Terzi  Turkey 2:14:51
20 Peter Lyrenmann  Switzerland 2:14:55

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:25:41
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ann Ford  United Kingdom 2:30:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evy Palm  Sweden 2:31:35
4 Susan Wightman  United Kingdom 2:32:09
5 Susan Crehan  United Kingdom 2:35:10
6 Tove Lorentzen  Denmark 2:35:52
7 Jacqueline Gareau  Canada 2:36:04
8 Angie Hulley  United Kingdom 2:36:11
9 Rosemary Ellis  United Kingdom 2:37:10
10 Wang Qinghuan  China 2:37:42
11 Alison Gooderham  United Kingdom 2:37:49
12 Sheila Catford  United Kingdom 2:38:18
13 Dimitra Papaspirou  Greece 2:40:04
14 Anne Corneliussen  Norway 2:40:40
15 Oddrun Hovsengen  Norway 2:40:48
16 Heather MacDuff  United Kingdom 2:41:02
17 Anne Hannam  New Zealand 2:41:20
18 Mary O'Connor  New Zealand 2:42:25
19 Anita-Lynn Nielsen  Denmark 2:42:47
20 Zehava Shmueli  Israel 2:43:26

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ted Vince  Canada 2:01:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Bishop  United Kingdom 2:01:42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Hallam  United Kingdom 2:04:39
4 Kevin Breen  Ireland 2:21:44
5 Ivan Newman  United Kingdom 2:22:58
6 David Todd  United Kingdom 2:25:06
7 Ton Bonte  Netherlands 2:26:17
8 John Harris  United Kingdom 2:27:51
9 Colin Price  United Kingdom 2:32:26
10 Mark Agar  United Kingdom 2:32:39

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Karen Davidson  United Kingdom 2:41:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Josie Cichockyj  United Kingdom 3:13:27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Collette Rush  United Kingdom 3:25:49

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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