1986 London Marathon

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6th London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date20 April 1986
Champions
Men Toshihiko Seko (2:10:02)
Women Grete Waitz (2:24:54)
Wheelchair men Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38)
Wheelchair women Kay McShane (3:02:40)
  1985
1987  

The 1986 London Marathon was the sixth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 20 April. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:10:02 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:24:54.

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In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38) and Kay McShane (2:47:12) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. [1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 25,566 had their applications accepted and 19,261 started the race. A total of 18,067 runners finished the race. [2]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Toshihiko Seko Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:10:02
Silver medal icon.svg Hugh Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:11:42
Bronze medal icon.svg Allister Hutton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12:36
4 Pat Petersen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:12:56
5 Mehmet Terzi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:13:02
6 Yutaka Kanai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:13:42
7 Henrik Albahn Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:14:34
8 Ieuan Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:38
9 Geir Kvernmo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:14:48
10 Cidálio Caetano Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:14:57
11 Oddmund Roalkvam Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:14:59
12 Philip O'Brien Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:00
13 Lindsay Robertson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:03
14 Peter Lyrenmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:15:06
15 Kevin Forster Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:19
16 Richard Umberg Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:15:46
17 Zhu Shuchun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:15:47
18 Gyula Borka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:15:53
19 Eleuterio Antón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:15:54
20 John Wheway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:56

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Grete Waitz Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:24:54
Silver medal icon.svg Mary O'Connor Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:30:52
Bronze medal icon.svg Ann Ford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:31:40
4 Sylvie Bornet Flag of France.svg  France 2:31:43
5 Paula Fudge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:32:25
6 Kersti Jakobsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:32:53
7 Julia Armstrong Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:36:31
8 Glynis Penny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:38:47
9 Jacqueline Hulbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:39:26
10 Deborah Butterfield Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:41:11
11 Angie Hulley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:12
12 Carolyn Naisby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:57
13 Oddrun Hovsengen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:42:05
14 Christine Kennedy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:42:18
15 Yuko Gordon Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 2:42:23
16 Mora Main Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:43:15
17 Sandra Lappage Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:54
18 Rosemary Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:19
19 Eva Isaacs Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:45:28
20 Tanya Maria Ball Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:30

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Gerry O'Rourke Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:26:38
Silver medal icon.svg Mike Bishop Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:29:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Hallam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:30:59
4 Terje Roel Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:36:13
5 Kevin Breen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:43:52
6 Michael Cunnham  ?2:50:52
7 John Naude Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:50:59
8 Graham Stones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:51:04
9 Gerry Kinsella Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:55:46
10 Chas Sadler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:57:01

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kay McShane Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:02:40
Silver medal icon.svg Karen Davidson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:24:53
Bronze medal icon.svg Denise Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4:07:57
4 Sheila Watkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 5:58:30

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References

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