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.Radcliffe smashes record. BBC Sport (13 April 2003). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
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.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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.Statistik: Teilnehmer beim London-Marathon . Uli Sauer. Retrieved 2020-04-25.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Gezahegne Abera 2:07:56 Stefano Baldini 2:07:56 Joseph Ngolepus 2:07:574 Paul Tergat 2:07:595 Samson Ramadhani 2:08:016 Abdelkader El Mouaziz 2:08:037 Lee Bong-ju 2:08:108 Hendrick Ramaala 2:08:589 Ian Syster 2:09:1810 Francisco Javier Cortés 2:10:3911 Joseph Kahugu 2:13:1712 David Makori 2:13:2413 Ambesse Tolosa 2:13:3314 Onesmus Kilonzo 2:13:5615 Sisay Bezabeh 2:16:0916 Chris Cariss 2:17:5717 Andrew Letherby 2:18:2518 Huw Lobb 2:18:3019 Olivier Guery 2:18:5620 Darran Bilton 2:20:50 — Róbert Štefko — Mohamed El Hattab — Raymond Kipkoech — Kim Yi-yong — Cathal Lombard — Joseph Kariuki — Paulo Catarino — Eliud Kimaiyo — Richard Gardiner
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Paula Radcliffe 2:15:25 Catherine Ndereba 2:19:55 Deena Kastor 2:21:164 Susan Chepkemei 2:23:125 Lyudmila Petrova 2:23:146 Constantina Diță 2:23:437 Jeļena Prokopčuka 2:24:018 Elfenesh Alemu 2:24:569 Michaela Botezan 2:25:3210 Derartu Tulu 2:26:3311 Larisa Zyuzko 2:28:0512 Adriana Fernández 2:29:5413 Zinaida Semenova 2:32:3714 Bruna Genovese 2:32:5815 Rimma Pushkina 2:38:0016 Michaela McCallum 2:41:5717 Karen Towler 2:43:00 18 Alison Fletcher 2:45:10 19 Jessica Petersson 2:46:10 20 Margaret Angell 2:46:20 — Zola Pieterse
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime Joël Jeannot 1:32:02 David Weir 1:34:48 Denis Lemeunier 1:34:50 4 Charles Tolle 1:41:17 5 Tushar Patel 1:42:56 6 Paul Nunnari 1:43:07 7 Kenny Herriot 1:45:01 8 David Holding 1:46:20 9 Kevin Papworth 1:46:49 10 Ebbe Blichfeldt 1:52:40
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Francesca Porcellato 2:04:21 Tanni Grey-Thompson 2:04:54 Paula Craig 2:06:54 4 Rachel Potter 2:12:16 5 Deborah Brennan 2:17:32
References
Results Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-18. Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
External links Official website