1982 London Marathon

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2nd London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date9 May 1982
Champions
Men Hugh Jones (2:09:24)
Women Joyce Smith (2:29:43)
  1981
1983  

The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:43.

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Around 90,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 18,059 had their applications accepted and around 16,350 started the race. A total of 15,116 runners finished the race. [1]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Hugh Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:09:24
Silver medal icon.svg Øyvind Dahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:12:21
Bronze medal icon.svg Mike Gratton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12:30
4 Jeff Wells Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:13:43
5 Kevin McCarey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:13:48
6 Phil Coppess Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:13:57
7 David Clark Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:15:28
8 Svein-Arve Pedersen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15:28
9 William Glad Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:15:41
10 Don Faircloth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:50
11 Mervyn Brameld Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:59
12 Atle Fosse Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15:59
13 John McLaughlin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:09
14 Derek Stevens Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:16
15 Paul Champion Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:29
16 Zoltan Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:16:35
17 Istvan Kerekjarto Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:16:45
18 Alex Kasich Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:16:59
19 Ferenc Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:17:10
20 Steven Poulton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:17:22

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Joyce Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:29:43
Silver medal icon.svg Lorraine Moller Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:36:15
Bronze medal icon.svg Judith Hine Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:41:49
4 Beverley Shingles Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:43:34
5 Libby Pfeiffer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:52
6 Jean Lochhead Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:46:04
7 Margaret Lockley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:46:53
8 Winnie Ng Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:47:08
9 Caroline Rodgers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:47:57
10 Christine Burden Flags of New Caledonia.svg  New Caledonia 2:48:38
11 Ngaire Drake Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:48:38
12 Katrina McLean Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 2:49:00
13 Melanie Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:49:47
14 Angella Hearn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:50:09
15 Leslie Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:50:23
17 Jacqueline Hulbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:51:03

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References

  1. Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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