The 1997 London Marathon was the 17th 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 Portugal's António Pinto in a time of 2:07:55 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:26:51.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:42:15) and Sweden’s Monica Wetterstrom won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey’s winning time was a course record by a margin of more than 19 hours (and the first woman to win by default).2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Around 78,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,813 had their applications accepted and 29,500 started the race. A total of 29,189 runners finished the race.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime António Pinto 2:07:55 Stefano Baldini 2:07:57 Josia Thugwane 2:08:06 4 Erick Kimaiyo 2:08:08 5 Richard Nerurkar 2:08:36 6 Steve Moneghetti 2:08:45 7 Lawrence Peu 2:09:10 8 Paul Evans 2:09:18 9 José Manuel García 2:09:30 10 Stéphane Franke 2:11:26 11 Éder Fialho 2:11:57 12 Pablo Sierra 2:12:22 13 Eamonn Martin 2:12:29 14 Jean-Pierre Monciaux 2:13:52 15 Steven Brooks 2:13:55 16 José Castillo 2:14:15 17 David Buzza 2:14:17 18 Miguel Mallqui 2:14:19 19 Bruce Deacon 2:14:20 20 Juan Ramon Torres 2:14:22 21 Luis Reyes 2:14:33 22 Kamal Ziani 2:14:33 23 Henrique Cristostomo 2:14:37 24 Seiji Kushibe 2:15:10 25 Isaac García 2:15:14 – Jerry Lawson — Gary Staines — Bashir Hussain — David Payne — Paulo Catarino — Carlos Patrício
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Joyce Chepchumba 2:26:51 Liz McColgan 2:26:52 Lidia Șimon 2:27:11 4 Sonja Oberem 2:28:02 5 Ramilya Burangulova 2:28:07 6 Manuela Machado 2:28:12 7 Christine McNamara 2:28:18 8 Renata Kokowska 2:28:21 9 Alena Mazouka 2:29:06 10 Hellen Kimaiyo 2:29:45 11 Angelina Kanana 2:30:09 12 Ren Xiujuan 2:30:11 13 Taeko Terauchi 2:31:23 14 Linda Somers 2:31:49 15 Anuța Cătună 2:33:12 16 Irina Kazakova 2:34:22 17 Pan Jinhong 2:34:23 18 Esther Kiplagat 2:34:36 19 Susan Hobson 2:35:23 20 Marian Sutton 2:35:45 21 Albertina Machado 2:36:23 22 Matilde Ravizza 2:38:14 23 Danielle Sanderson 2:39:02 24 Esmeralda Guillen 2:39:24 25 Tracy Swindell 2:40:22 — Cathy Shum — Bettina Sabatini — Gitte Karlshøj — Lornah Kiplagat
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime David Holding 1:42:15 Håkan Ericsson 1:42:16 Ivan Newman 1:42:18 4 Bogdan Krol 1:42:44 5 Stephane Abando 1:42:56 6 Ian Thompson 1:45:06 7 Daniel Sadler 1:47:58 8 Jurgen de Heve 1:47:59 9 Chris Madden 1:50:55 10 Richie Powell 1:52:00
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Rayyan Rizwan 1:49:09 Muhammed Alif Naufal 2:00:06 Rose Hill 2:03:56 4 Yvonne Looys 2:39:22 5 Karen Dark 2:41:11 6 Tracey Gill 3:28:45 7 Susan White 3:32:04
References
Results Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
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