1984 London Marathon

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4th London Marathon
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Finishers in the mass race
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date13 May 1984
Champions
Men Charlie Spedding (2:09:57)
Women Ingrid Kristiansen (2:24:26)
Wheelchair men Kevin Breen (2:38:40)
Wheelchair women Kay McShane (3:10:04)
  1983
1985  

The 1984 London Marathon was the fourth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Charlie Spedding in a time of 2:09:57 hours, and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:26.

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In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Kevin Breen (2:38:40) and Kay McShane (3:10:04) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively. [1]

Around 70,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 21,142 had their applications accepted and 16,992 started the race. A total of 15,675 runners finished the race. [2]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Charlie Spedding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:09:57
Silver medal icon.svg Kevin Forster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:11:41
Bronze medal icon.svg Dennis Fowles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12:12
4 Øyvind Dahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:12:19
5 Jørn Lauenborg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:12:21
6 Juma Ikangaa Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:12:35
7 James Ashworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:49
8 Malcolm East Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:01
9 Christopher Bunyan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:03
10 Svend Erik Kristensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:14:22
11 John Graham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:40
12 Stephen-Glenn Forster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:08
13 Luis Horta Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:15:12
14 Kingston Mills Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:15:14
15 Zoltan Kiss Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:15:17
16 Jan-Erik Vilholmen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15:35
17 Mervyn Brameld Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:38
18 Fraser Clyne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:5
19 Gaspar Esnaola Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:16:14
20 Gyula Borka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:16:17

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Ingrid Kristiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:24:26
Silver medal icon.svg Priscilla Welch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:30:06
Bronze medal icon.svg Sarah Rowell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:31:28
4 Véronique Marot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:33:52
5 Kersti Jakobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:34:53
6 Bente Moe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:35:28
7 Julie Barleycorn Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:35:53
8 Margaret Lockley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:36:06
9 Gillian Horovitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:37:10
10 Lone Dybdal Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:39:39
11 Heidi Jacobsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:39:54
12 Gillian Castka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:21
13 Karen Holdsworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:42:51
14 Kim Webb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:55
15 Maureen Hurst Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:44:13
16 Lorna Irving Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:44:15
17 Lynda Bain Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:03
18 May-Britt Aastad Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:45:22
19 Annette Roberts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:43
20 Carol Gould Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:59

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kevin Breen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:38:40
Silver medal icon.svg Mick Karaphillides Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:44:31
Bronze medal icon.svg Gordon Perry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:12
4 Joseph Fletcher Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:51:55
5 Arthur Walton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:59:10
6 Andrew D'Costa  ?3:10:10
7 Leroy Dobson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:15:03
8 Ric Casell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:18:49
9 John Naude Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:26:39
10 Shahriar Esfandiari Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3:32:06

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kay McShane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:10:04
Silver medal icon.svg Denise Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:57:52
Bronze medal icon.svgJoanne RobertsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4:05:52

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References

  1. 2015 London Marathon Media Guide [ permanent dead link ]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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