1998 London Marathon

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18th London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date26 April 1998
Champions
Men Abel Antón (2:07:57)
Women Catherina McKiernan (2:26:26)
Wheelchair men Heinz Frei (1:35:18)
Wheelchair women Tanni Grey (2:02:01)
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The 1998 London Marathon was the 18th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26.

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In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes. [1]

Around 96,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,228 had their applications accepted and 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race. [2]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Abel Antón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:07:57
Silver medal icon.svg Abdelkader El Mouaziz Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:08:07
Bronze medal icon.svg António Pinto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:08:13
4 Julio Rey Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:08:33
5 Abebe Mekonnen Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:09:52
6 Róbert Štefko Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:09:54
7 Diego García Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:10:36
8 Jon Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:11:11
9 Steve Moneghetti Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:11:41
10 Kenjiro Jitsui Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:12:47
11 Vincenzo Modica Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13:22
12 Gideon Mutisya Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:13:41
13 Antonio Serrano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:13:53
14 Masaki Oya Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:14:11
15 Spyros Andriopoulos Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:14:13
16 Mark Hudspith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:20
17 Lawrence Peu Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:14:53
18 Sean Quilty Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:15:19
19 Robert Johnston Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:15:34
20 Harri Hänninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:16:09
Josia Thugwane Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa DNF
Jerry Lawson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States DNF
Paul Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Shaun Creighton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DNF
Gary Staines Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Eduardo do Nascimento Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil DNF
Antonio Silio Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina DNF

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Catherina McKiernan Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:26:26
Silver medal icon.svg Liz McColgan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:26:54
Bronze medal icon.svg Joyce Chepchumba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:27:22
4 Marleen Renders Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:27:30
5 Lidia Șimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:28:41
6 Sonja Oberem Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:29:39
7 Adriana Fernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:29:46
8 Wang Yanfang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:30:47
9 Małgorzata Sobańska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:32:02
10 Marian Sutton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:32:14
11 Pan Jinhong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:35:38
12 Taeko Terauchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:36:33
13 Wang Yanrong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:38:19
14 Griselda González Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2:39:08
15 Debbie Percival Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:39:54
16 Lucia Subano Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:40:25
17 Stephanie Andrews Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:40:48
18 Tomoko Kitamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:42:18
19 Lieve Slegers Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:43:16
20 Nicola Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:43:18
Hellen Kimaiyo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Heinz Frei Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:35:18
Silver medal icon.svg Claude Issorat Flag of France.svg  France 1:42:43
Bronze medal icon.svg Denis Lemeunier Flag of France.svg  France 1:44:03
4 David Holding Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:46:04
5 Ivan Newman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:46:07
6 Jurgen de Heve Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1:46:01
7 Bogdan Krol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1:46:13
8 George Schrattenecker Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:49:15
9 Chris Madden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51:38
10 John Buren Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1:55:12

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Tanni Grey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:02:01
Silver medal icon.svg Nicola Jarvis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:22:54
Bronze medal icon.svg Fiona Neale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:38:40
4 Mary Rice Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:22:04
5 Tracy Gill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:34:59
Rose Hill Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

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