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2003 London Marathon

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23rd London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date13 April 2003
Champions
MenGezahegne Abera (2:07:56)
WomenPaula Radcliffe (2:15:25)
Wheelchair menJoël Jeannot (1:32:02)
Wheelchair womenFrancesca Porcellato (2:04:21)
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The 2003 London Marathon was the 23rd running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Gezahegne Abera in a time of 2:07:56 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:15:25. Radcliffe's time was a marathon world record, improving on her own record by nearly two minutes.[1]

In the wheelchair races, France's Joël Jeannot (1:32:02) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (2:04:21) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Jeannot's winning time broke the previous course record by over three minutes.[2]

A total of 111,000 people applied to enter the race (a record high): 45,629 had their applications accepted and 32,746 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, including 7768 women.[3][4]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gezahegne Abera  Ethiopia 2:07:56
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefano Baldini  Italy 2:07:56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joseph Ngolepus  Kenya 2:07:57
4 Paul Tergat  Kenya 2:07:59
5 Samson Ramadhani  Tanzania 2:08:01
6 Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:08:03
7 Lee Bong-ju  South Korea 2:08:10
8 Hendrick Ramaala  South Africa 2:08:58
9 Ian Syster  South Africa 2:09:18
10 Francisco Javier Cortés  Spain 2:10:39
11 Joseph Kahugu  Kenya 2:13:17
12 David Makori  Kenya 2:13:24
13 Ambesse Tolosa  Ethiopia 2:13:33
14 Onesmus Kilonzo  Kenya 2:13:56
15 Sisay Bezabeh  Australia 2:16:09
16 Chris Cariss  United Kingdom 2:17:57
17 Andrew Letherby  Australia 2:18:25
18 Huw Lobb  United Kingdom 2:18:30
19 Olivier Guery  France 2:18:56
20 Darran Bilton  United Kingdom 2:20:50
— Róbert Štefko  Slovakia DNF
— Mohamed El Hattab  Morocco DNF
— Raymond Kipkoech  Kenya DNF
— Kim Yi-yong  South Korea DNF
— Cathal Lombard  Ireland DNF
— Joseph Kariuki  Kenya DNF
— Paulo Catarino  Portugal DNF
— Eliud Kimaiyo  Kenya DNF
— Richard Gardiner  United Kingdom DNF

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paula Radcliffe  United Kingdom 2:15:25 WR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:19:55
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Deena Kastor  United States 2:21:16
4 Susan Chepkemei  Kenya 2:23:12
5 Lyudmila Petrova  Russia 2:23:14
6 Constantina Diță  Romania 2:23:43
7 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 2:24:01
8 Elfenesh Alemu  Ethiopia 2:24:56
9 Michaela Botezan  Romania 2:25:32
10 Derartu Tulu  Ethiopia 2:26:33
11 Larisa Zyuzko  Russia 2:28:05
12 Adriana Fernández  Mexico 2:29:54
13 Zinaida Semenova  Russia 2:32:37
14 Bruna Genovese  Italy 2:32:58
15 Rimma Pushkina  Russia 2:38:00
16 Michaela McCallum  United Kingdom 2:41:57
17 Karen Towler  United States 2:43:00
18 Alison Fletcher  United Kingdom 2:45:10
19 Jessica Petersson  Denmark 2:46:10
20 Margaret Angell  United States 2:46:20
— Zola Pieterse  South Africa DNF

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joël Jeannot  France 1:32:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) David Weir  United Kingdom 1:34:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denis Lemeunier  France 1:34:50
4 Charles Tolle  France 1:41:17
5 Tushar Patel  United Kingdom 1:42:56
6 Paul Nunnari  Australia 1:43:07
7 Kenny Herriot  United Kingdom 1:45:01
8 David Holding  United Kingdom 1:46:20
9 Kevin Papworth  United Kingdom 1:46:49
10 Ebbe Blichfeldt  Denmark 1:52:40

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Francesca Porcellato  Italy 2:04:21
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tanni Grey-Thompson  United Kingdom 2:04:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paula Craig  United Kingdom 2:06:54
4 Rachel Potter  United Kingdom 2:12:16
5 Deborah Brennan  United Kingdom 2:17:32

References

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  1. ^ Radcliffe smashes record. BBC Sport (13 April 2003). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  2. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ Statistik: Teilnehmer beim London-Marathon (in German). Uli Sauer. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  4. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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