1st London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 29 March 1981 |
Champions | |
Men | Dick Beardsley & Inge Simonsen (2:11:48) |
Women | Joyce Smith (2:29:57) |
The 1981 London Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March. The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen of Norway, who crossed the finish line holding hands. The women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:57. [1]
Around 20,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 7747 had their applications accepted and around 7055 started the race. A total of 6255 runners finished the race. [2]
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Dick Beardsley | United States | 2:11:48 | |
Inge Simonsen | Norway | 2:11:48 | |
Trevor Wright | United Kingdom | 2:12:53 | |
4 | Mike Kearns | United Kingdom | 2:13:37 |
5 | Graham Laing | United Kingdom | 2:13:59 |
6 | Brian Cole | United Kingdom | 2:14:01 |
7 | James Dingwall | United Kingdom | 2:14:54 |
8 | Keith Penny | United Kingdom | 2:15:31 |
9 | Paul Eales | United Kingdom | 2:15:55 |
10 | Don Faircloth | United Kingdom | 2:16:36 |
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Joyce Smith | United Kingdom | 2:29:57 | |
Ngaire Drake | New Zealand | 2:37:12 | |
Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:40:44 | |
4 | Kathy Molitor | United States | 2:42:26 |
5 | Sally Strauss | United States | 2:42:42 |
6 | Karen Holdsworth | United Kingdom | 2:43:28 |
7 | Suzan Morris | United Kingdom | 2:43:28 |
8 | Julie Barleycorn | United Kingdom | 2:45:33 |
9 | Véronique Marot | France | 2:46:51 |
10 | Margaret Lockley | United Kingdom | 2:47:29 |
11 | Leslie Watson | United Kingdom | 2:48:06 |
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