The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru in a time of 2:05:10 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:22:11.Results. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56) and American Amanda McGrory (1:50:39) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Fearnley defeated David Weir by one second, taking the Briton's course record in the process.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Around 155,000 people applied to enter the race: 49,995 had their applications accepted and 35,884 started the race.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25. A total of 35,266 runners, 24,228 men and 11,038 women, finished the race.London Marathon - Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Ronnie Sparke (14:20), Ciara Mageean (16:16), Daniel Lucker (12:30) and Hannah Cockroft (15:42).Virgin Mini London marathon 2009 results. London Marathon (2009). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Samuel Wanjiru 2:05:10 Tsegaye Kebede 2:05:20 Jaouad Gharib 2:05:27 4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 2:06:53 5 Hendrick Ramaala 2:07:44 6 Yonas Kifle 2:08:28 7 Atsushi Sato 2:09:16 8 Meb Keflezighi 2:09:21 9 Felix Limo 2:09:47 10 Dathan Ritzenhein 2:10:00 11 Tessema Abshero 2:11:18 12 Andi Jones 2:15:20 13 Martin Dent 2:15:24 14 Rafał Wójcik 2:16:41 15 Benedict Whitby 2:18:14 16 Elmore Sibanda 2:19:02 17 Richard Gardiner 2:19:48 18 Tomas Abyu 2:20:09 19 Neil Renault 2:20:30 20 John McFarlane 2:20:44 — Abderrahim Goumri — Luke Kibet Bowen — El Hassan Lahssini — Zersenay Tadese — Hicham Bellani — Elijah Keitany — Sammy Kiprono — John Kales — Philip Wicks — Simon Tanui — William Chebor Morocco's Abderrahim Goumri originally placed sixth with a time of 2:08:25 hours, but this was subsequently disqualified due to doping.
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Irina Mikitenko 2:22:11 Mara Yamauchi 2:23:12 Liliya Shobukhova 2:24:24 4 Svetlana Zakharova 2:25:06 5 Berhane Adere 2:25:30 6 Inga Abitova 2:25:55 7 Catherine Ndereba 2:26:22 8 Tomo Morimoto 2:26:29 9 Gete Wami 2:26:54 10 Lyudmila Petrova 2:27:42 11 Yuri Kanō 2:28:44 12 Zhou Chunxiu 2:29:02 13 Kate O'Neill 2:34:48 14 Mika Okunaga 2:35:36 15 Yesenia Centeno 2:40:13 — Martha Komu — Constantina Diță — Anikó Kálovics
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime Kurt Fearnley 1:28:56 David Weir 1:28:57 Ernst van Dyk 1:28:58 4 Masazumi Soejima 1:30:13 5 Heinz Frei 1:30:15 6 Denis Lemeunier 1:32:40 7 Saúl Mendoza 1:37:12 8 Rafael Botello 1:37:38 9 Jose Antonio Iniguez 1:39:17 10 Brain Alldis 1:40:15
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Amanda McGrory 1:50:39 Sandra Graf 1:50:40 Diane Roy 1:50:41 4 Edith Hunkeler 1:50:42 5 Christie Dawes 1:50:43 6 Shelly Woods 1:50:46 7 Margo Whiteford 2:46:10 8 Jacqui Kapinowski 2:57:49 9 Nikki Emerson 3:17:37
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. Wheelchair results. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
External links
Official website