2001 London Marathon

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21st London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date22 April 2001
Champions
Men Abdelkader El Mouaziz (2:07:11)
Women Paula Radcliffe (2:23:57)
Wheelchair men Denis Lemeunier (1:42:37)
Wheelchair women Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:13:55)
  2000
2002  

The 2001 London Marathon was the 21st running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 22 April. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:07:11 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu in 2:23:57.

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In the wheelchair races, France's Denis Lemeunier (1:42:37) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:13:55) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. [1]

Around 92,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 43,517 had their applications accepted and 31,156 started the race. A total of 30,066 runners finished the race, comprising 23,259 men and 6807 women. [2] [3]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Abdelkader El Mouaziz Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:07:11
Silver medal icon.svg Paul Tergat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08:15
Bronze medal icon.svg António Pinto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 2:09:36
4 Tesfaye Jifar Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:09:45
5 Japhet Kosgei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:10:45
6 Mark Steinle Flag of England.svg  England 2:10:46
7 Takayuki Inubushi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:11:42
8 Abel Antón Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:11:57
9 Hendrick Ramaala Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:12:02
10 Gert Thys Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:12:11
11 Mark Hudspith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:13
12 Joseph Mereng Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:13:26
13 Mohamed El Hattab Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:14:27
14 Alfred Shemveta Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15:34
15 Erick Wainaina Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:15:43
16 Craig Kirkwood Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:16:25
17 Simon Pride Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:27
18 David Makori Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:17:09
19 William Burns Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:18:29
20 Robert Holladay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:19:26
Tesfaye Tola Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia DNF
Mark Croasdale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Santtu Mäkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
Yakov Tolstikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia DNF
Armando Quintanilla Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico DNF
Zebedayo Bayo Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania DNF
Jon Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Luis Soares Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Paul Evans Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Luís Jesus Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal DNF

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Derartu Tulu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:23:57
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Zakharova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:24:04
Bronze medal icon.svg Joyce Chepchumba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:24:12
4 Lidia Șimon Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:24:15
5 Elfenesh Alemu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:24:29
6 Nuța Olaru Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:25:18
7 Alina Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:25:34
8 Tegla Loroupe Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:26:10
9 Adriana Fernández Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:26:22
10 Madina Biktagirova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:27:14
11 Marleen Renders Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:28:31
12 Harumi Hiroyama Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:29:01
13 Lidiya Vasilevskaya Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:31:36
14 Irina Bogacheva Flag of Kyrgyzstan (2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 2:32:28
15 Teresa Duffy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:35:27
16 Lynne MacDougall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:37:20
17 Bev Hartigan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:37:45
18 Sara Elizabeth Cedillo Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:38:53
19 Tania Jones Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:39:10
20 Mika Adachi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:41:35
Pamela Chepchumba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Michaela McCallum Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Denis Lemeunier Flag of France.svg  France 1:42:37
Silver medal icon.svg Kevin Papworth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:44:54
Bronze medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50:55
4 Tushar Patel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50:56
5 Chris Madden Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:53:23
6 Richie Powell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:02:31
7 Bogdan Krol Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:06:47
8 Edward Grazier Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:08:01
9 Mark Telford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:08:08
10 John Hanks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:09:52

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Tanni Grey-Thompson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:55
Silver medal icon.svg Deborah Brennan Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:36:50
Bronze medal icon.svg Mary Rice Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 3:14:37

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