The 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede in a time of 2:05:19 hours and the elite women's race was won by Aselefech Mergia, also of Ethiopia, in 2:22:38.

In the wheelchair races, Canada's Josh Cassidy (1:35:21) and Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (1:52:33) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Around 163,000 people applied to enter the race: 51,378 had their applications accepted and 36,956 started the race.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25. A total of 36,553 runners, 24,423 men and 12,130 women, finished the race.London Marathon - Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile non-disabled and wheelchair events were won by Jack Gray (14:29), Jessica Judd (16:39), Daniel Lucker (12:36) and Hannah Cockroft (15:48).Virgin Mini London marathon 2010 results. London Marathon (2010). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Summary The men's event was won by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia with a time of 2:05:19 and the women's event by Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia with a time of 2:22:38, a position moved up after numerous disqualifications for doping. Kebede became the first non-Kenyan to win the men's event in seven years. The men's wheelchair event was won by Josh Cassidy of Canada with a time of 1:35:21 while Wakako Tsuchida of Japan won the women's wheelchair event.

The event saw 74 world record attempts, including one involving 34 runners bound together by bungee cord to form a "human caterpillar", among whom was Princess Beatrice of York, the fifth in line to the British throne, who became the first royal family member to participate in the marathon. Of the attempts, 41 were successful. The marathon was sponsored by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, having signed a five-year contract, taking over from previous sponsors, Flora. Branson also ran the marathon for his first time.

Prior to the marathon, there had been concerns that the air-travel disruption caused by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull could disrupt the event, though many athletes from outside of the United Kingdom were brought in by an aircraft specially chartered from Spain.

Both of the 2009 winners, Samuel Wanjiru and Irina Mikitenko, were present to defend their titles. However, neither athlete managed to finish the race as they both stopped around the mid-way point.Brown, Matthew (25 April 2010). Commanding victories for Kebede and Shobukhova – London Marathon report. IAAF. Retrieved 15 October 2010.

Results Elite men

Position Athlete NationalityTime Tsegaye Kebede 2:05:19 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 2:06:23 Jaouad Gharib 2:06:554 Abderrahime Bouramdane 2:07:335 Abel Kirui 2:08:046 Marílson Gomes dos Santos 2:08:467 Zersenay Tadese 2:12:038 Andrew Lemoncello 2:13:409 Yonas Kifle 2:14:3910 Andi Jones 2:16:3811 Ben Moreau 2:16:4612 Lee Merrien 2:16:4813 Clint Perrett 2:18:1514 Neil Renault 2:18:0915 Dave Norman 2:19:0516 Satoshi Irifune 2:19:2517 Steve Way 2:19:3818 Gareth Raven 2:19:5519 Kristoffer Osterlund 2:20:0620 Pieter Vermeesh 2:20:16 — John Kiprotich — Moses Kimeli Arusei — Michael Morgan — Titus Masai — Samuel Wanjiru — Dan Robinson — Duncan Kibet — Gedion Ngatuny — John Kales

Elite women Position Athlete NationalityTime Aselefech Mergia 2:22:38 Bezunesh Bekele 2:23:17 Askale Tafa 2:24:39 4 Yukiko Akaba 2:24:55 5 Bai Xue 2:25:18 6 Kim Smith 2:25:21 7 Mari Ozaki 2:25:43 8 Mara Yamauchi 2:26:16 9 Svetlana Zakharova 2:31:0010 Atsede Habtamu 2:31:41 11 Yoshimi Ozaki 2:32:26 12 Berhane Adere 2:33:46 13 Tanith Maxwell 2:34:24 14 Susan Partridge 2:35:57 15 Deena Kastor 2:36:20 16 Helen Decker 2:36:56 17 Rebecca Robinson 2:37:14 18 Jo Wilkinson 2:37:44 19 Fiona Docherty 2:37:55 20 Holly Rush 2:37:56 21 Susan Harrison 2:38:53 22 Constantina Diță 2:41:12 23 Nicole Archer 2:42:22 24 Alyson Dixon 2:43:48 25 Jenny Bliss 2:49:10 Liliya Shobukhova 2:22:00Retrospectively disqualified for doping in 2014. Inga Abitova 2:22:19Retrospectively disqualified for doping in 2012. Mariya Konovalova 2:35:21 — Anikó Kálovics — Irina Mikitenko — Lyudmila Petrova

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete NationalityTime1 Josh Cassidy 1:35:21 2 Marcel Hug 1:36:07 3 David Weir 1:37:01 4 Kota Hokinoue 1:40:59 5 Kurt Fearnley 1:41:37 6 Ernst van Dyk 1:44:11 7 Masazumi Soejima 1:44:35 8 Roger Puigbò 1:44:36 9 Josh George 1:46:57 10 Mark Telford 1:48:43

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete NationalityTime1 Wakako Tsuchida 1:52:332 Sandra Graf 1:52:343 Amanda McGrory 1:52:364 Nikki Emmerson 2:17:465 Sarah Piercy 2:33:506 Shelly Woods 2:45:40 — Diane Roy

References

Results Men's Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-25. Women's Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

External links

Official website