1981 London Marathon

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1st London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date29 March 1981
Champions
Men Dick Beardsley & Inge Simonsen (2:11:48)
Women Joyce Smith (2:29:57)
1982  

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]

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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]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Dick Beardsley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:11:48
Gold medal icon.svg Inge Simonsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:11:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Trevor Wright Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12:53
4 Mike Kearns Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:37
5 Graham Laing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:59
6 Brian Cole Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:01
7 James Dingwall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:54
8 Keith Penny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:31
9 Paul Eales Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:55
10 Don Faircloth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:36

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Joyce Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:29:57
Silver medal icon.svg Ngaire Drake Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:37:12
Bronze medal icon.svg Gillian Horovitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:40:44
4 Kathy Molitor Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:42:26
5 Sally Strauss Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:42:42
6 Karen Holdsworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:28
7 Suzan Morris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:28
8 Julie Barleycorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:33
9 Véronique Marot Flag of France.svg  France 2:46:51
10 Margaret Lockley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:47:29
11 Leslie Watson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:48:06

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References

  1. Sports Hour: Hand In Hand. BBC (2016-04-20). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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