The 2002 London Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 14 April. The elite men's race was won by Khalid Khannouchi of the United States in a time of 2:05:38 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:18:56. Khannouchi's time was a marathon world record, improving on his own record by four seconds. Radcliffe was also close to a world record, just nine seconds off the time set by Catherine Ndereba the previous year.Record day in London. BBC Sport (14 April 2002). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:39:44) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively – with Grey-Thompson winning for the sixth time.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Around 99,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 46,083 had their applications accepted and 33,297 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, comprising 24,768 men and 7768 women.London Marathon – Race Results. MarathonGuide. Retrieved 2020-04-26.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Khalid Khannouchi 2:05:38 Paul Tergat 2:05:48 Haile Gebrselassie 2:06:354 Abdelkader El Mouaziz 2:06:525 Ian Syster 2:07:066 Stefano Baldini 2:07:297 António Pinto 2:09:108 Mark Steinle 2:09:179 Tesfaye Jifar 2:09:5010 Mohamed El Hattab 2:11:5011 Michael Buchleitner 2:14:11 12 Rachid Ghanmouni 2:15:29 13 William Kiplagat 2:15:59 14 William Burns 2:17:36 15 Dan Robinson 2:17:51 16 Julius Kimutai 2:18:13 17 Nicholas Wetheridge 2:19:41 18 Runar Höiom 2:20:36 19 Damon Harris 2:20:44 20 Christopher Cariss 2:20:45 — Worku Bikila — Joseph Kariuki — Luís Jesus — Alberto Chaíça
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Paula Radcliffe 2:18:56 Svetlana Zakharova 2:22:31 Lyudmila Petrova 2:22:334 Reiko Tosa 2:22:465 Susan Chepkemei 2:23:196 Joyce Chepchumba 2:26:537 Silviya Skvortsova 2:27:078 Zinaida Semenova 2:27:459 Derartu Tulu 2:28:3710 Shitaye Gemechu 2:28:5811 Irina Safarova 2:29:20 12 Jo Lodge 2:38:25 13 Helene Willix 2:40:24 14 Beverley Jenkins 2:44:32 15 Alison Fletcher 2:44:42 16 Sharon Dixon 2:45:05 17 Ruth Pickvance 2:45:34 18 Annette Wolfrom 2:46:58 19 Clare Pauzers 2:49:26 20 Sarah Mycroft 2:49:38 — Iness Chepkesis Chenonge — Maria Guida
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime David Weir 1:39:44 Tushar Patel 1:41:17 Denis Lemeunier 1:41:17 4 Paul Nunnari 1:41:17 5 Chris Madden 1:55:57 6 Jason Gill 1:56:49 7 Pierre Fairbank 1:57:48 8 John Hanks 2:01:39 9 Gregory Leray 2:01:41 10 Richie Powell 2:01:45
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Tanni Grey-Thompson 2:22:51 Michelle Lewis 2:37:07 Paula Craig 2:48:53
References
Results Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
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