1987 London Marathon

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7th London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date10 May 1987
Champions
Men Hiromi Taniguchi (2:09:50)
Women Ingrid Kristiansen (2:22:48)
Wheelchair men Chris Hallam (2:08:34)
Wheelchair women Karen Davidson (2:45:30)
  1986
1988  

The 1987 London Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 10 May. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Hiromi Taniguchi in a time of 2:09:50 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:22:48.

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In the wheelchair races, British athletes Chris Hallam (2:08:34) and Karen Davidson (2:45:30) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time that the winning time for the men's wheelchair race surpassed that of the able-bodied race. [1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 28,364 had their applications accepted and 21,485 started the race. A total of 19,586 runners finished the race. [2]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Hiromi Taniguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09:50
Silver medal icon.svg El Mostafa Nechchadi Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:10:09
Bronze medal icon.svg Hugh Jones Flag of England.svg  England 2:10:11
4 Gianni Poli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:10:15
5 Geir Kvernmo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:10:17
6 Mehmet Terzi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:10:25
7 Bogusław Psujek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:10:26
8 Charlie Spedding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:10:32
9 Dave Edge Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:11:51
10 Jean-Pierre Paumen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:12:15
11 John Graham Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:12:32
12 Pat Petersen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:12:42
13 John Wheway Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:21
14 Petr Klimes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:13:27
15 Pawel Lorens Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13:46
16 Dominique Chauvelier Flag of France.svg  France 2:13:51
17 Christian Wolfsberg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:13:57
18 Jan Ikov Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:14:06
19 Cidálio Caetano Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:14:06
20 Pavel Klimes Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:14:07

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Ingrid Kristiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:22:48
Silver medal icon.svg Priscilla Welch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:26:51
Bronze medal icon.svg Véronique Marot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:30:15
4 Paula Fudge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:32:28
5 Karolina Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:32:48
6 Misako Miyahara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:33:41
7 Ágnes Sipka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:34:37
8 Angie Hulley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:34:47
9 Sissel Grottenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:35:53
10 Valentina Bottarelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:35:57
11 Sally Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:36:48
12 Christine Kennedy Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:36:58
13 Susan Stone Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:37:16
14 Glynis Penny Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:38:23
15 Renata Walendziak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:38:57
16 Ailish Smyth Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:40:24
17 Zehava Shmueli Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2:40:37
18 Rosemary Ellis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:05
19 Annette Roberts Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:51
20 Gillian Beschloss Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:42:06

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Chris Hallam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:08:34
Silver medal icon.svg Jan Ove-Mattson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:23:15
Bronze medal icon.svg Kevin Breen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:26:28
4 Patrick Bailey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:28:53
5 John Harris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:34:50
6 Ton Bente Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2:38:30
7 John Naude Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:40:15
8 Wimk Zwanepol  ?2:40:50
9 David Todd Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:51
10 Chas Sadler Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:46:51

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Karen Davidson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:30
Silver medal icon.svg Denise Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:53:46
Bronze medal icon.svg Deborah Beales Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 4:09:18

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References

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