2004 London Marathon

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24th London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date18 April 2004
Champions
Men Evans Rutto (2:06:18)
Women Margaret Okayo (2:22:35)
Wheelchair men Saúl Mendoza (1:36:56)
Wheelchair women Francesca Porcellato (2:04:58)
  2003
2005  

The 2004 London Marathon was the 24th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday 18 April. The race was the coldest London Marathon in history, and the wettest race in history until it was surpassed in 2020.

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The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Evans Rutto in a time of 2:06:18 and the women's race was won in 2:22:35 by Margaret Okayo, also of Kenya. In the wheelchair races, Mexico's Saúl Mendoza (1:36:56) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (2:04:58) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the mass-participation race, a total of 31,659 runners, 23,265 men and 8,394 women, finished the race.

Competitors

The men's race featured 2003 winner Gezahegne Abera and Evans Rutto, whose debut time at the 2003 Chicago Marathon was the fastest first race time by anyone, [1] and was enough to win the event. [2] Sammy Korir, who had recorded the second fastest marathon of all-time also competed, [1] as did Moroccan world champion Jaouad Gharib. [3] Paul Tergat, the world record holder in the men's marathon, did not compete due to an injury. [4]

The women's race featured Margaret Okayo, who had won two New York City Marathons, and Sun Yingjie was a favourite for the race. [5] Sun had set the third fastest time ever at the 2003 Beijing Marathon. Paula Radcliffe, who won the 2003 race did not compete; [6] she had set the women's marathon world record at that event. [7]

Race summary

Margaret Okayo won the elite women's race. Margaret Okayo London 2005.jpg
Margaret Okayo won the elite women's race.
Francesca Porcellato won the women's wheelchair race Francesca Porcellato 2018.jpg
Francesca Porcellato won the women's wheelchair race

The elite and wheelchair races started in dry conditions, though the course became wet later on. [8] It was the coldest London Marathon in history, as the temperature was 5.3 °C (41.5 °F) at the start of the races. [9] There was 12.4 millimetres (0.49 in) of rain during the race, making it at the time the wettest London Marathon event in history; [10] the 2020 London Marathon later surpassed the 2004 race for amount of rain, as it was run during Storm Alex. [9]

The men's race was won by Kenyan Evans Rutto. Sammy Korir finished second and Jaouad Gharib finished third. [1] Gezahegne Abera withdrew from the race after about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). [1] Rutto, Korir and John Yuda Msuri broke away from the pack around 25 kilometres (16 mi) into the race, and Yuda was distanced from the pair about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the finish line. [1] During the race, Rutto fell on a cobblestone section near to the Tower of London and brought down Korir; [1] the 2005 race was rerouted to avoid these cobblestones. [11] [12] At the time, Rutto's time of 2:06:18 was the best finishing time for a marathon that year. Rutto was not selected in the Kenyan team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, as Korir was chosen instead. [2] Jon Brown was the highest place British finisher, and he finished faster than the Olympic qualifying time. [1]

The women's race was won by Kenyan Margaret Okayo, [5] ahead of Lyudmila Petrova in second, [2] and Constantina Diță in third. [5] It was the first time that Kenyan athletes had won both the men's and women's London Marathon events in the same year. [2] Okayo fell behind the leading pack containing Diță after around 10 miles (16 km) of the race, but caught and passed the leaders around 20 miles (32 km) into the race. [5] Diță was overtaken in the closing stages of the race. [5] Tracey Morris was the highest finishing Briton in the race; [5] as a result, she was selected for the British marathon team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, alongside Paula Radcliffe and Liz Yelling. [13]

The men's wheelchair race was won by Mexican Saúl Mendoza, with David Weir finishing second. [14] During the race, Mendoza accidentally followed a police motorbike which diverted him away from the course. [15]

The women's wheelchair race was won by Italian Francesca Porcellato for the second successive year. Briton Paula Craig finished second, with Swedish debutant Gunilla Wallengren finishing third. [14]

Non-elite race

Tony Audenshaw, pictured here in 2011, was the first celebrity to finish. Tonybobhope.JPG
Tony Audenshaw, pictured here in 2011, was the first celebrity to finish.

The mass-participation event had three start points. [3] The races from those locations were started by former runner Roger Bannister, rugby union player Jonny Wilkinson and then IAAF president Lamine Diack respectively. [8] A total of 108,000 people applied to enter the race: 45,219 had their applications accepted and 32,746 started the race. [16] A total of 31,659 runners, 23,265 men and 8,394 women, finished the race. [17] Finishers included Fauja Singh, who was aged 93, [8] and finished in a time of 6:07:13. [18] Singh was the oldest finisher at any London Marathon. [19]

Emmerdale star Tony Audenshaw was the first celebrity to finish, and other notable celebrity participants included chefs Gordon Ramsay and Michel Roux, as well as jockey Richard Dunwoody, former cricketer Graham Gooch, former swimmer Adrian Moorhouse, former England football manager Graham Taylor, [8] former leader of the Conservative Party Iain Duncan Smith and politician Jeffrey Archer. [15]

Results

Note: Only the top 20 finishers are listed.

Men

Elite men's top 20 finishers [20]
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Evans Rutto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:06:20
Silver medal icon.svg Sammy Korir Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:06:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaouad Gharib Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:07:12
4 Stefano Baldini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:08:37
5 Tesfaye Tola Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:09:07
6 Benoît Zwierzchiewski Flag of France.svg  France 2:09:35
7 Abdelkader El Mouaziz Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:09:42
8 Lee Troop Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:09:42
9 John Yuda Msuri Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:10:13
10 Joseph Kadon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:11:30
11 Joseph Ngolepus Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:02
12 William Kiplagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:04
13 Sisay Bezabeh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:12:05
14 Scott Westcott Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:13:30
15 Jon Brown Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:39
16 Dan Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:53
17 Nikolaos Polias Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:15:02
18 Chris Cariss Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:08
19 Huw Lobb Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:49
20 Mark Hudspith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:16:15

Women

Elite women's top 20 finishers [20]
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Margaret Okayo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:22:35
Silver medal icon.svg Lyudmila Petrova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:26:02
Bronze medal icon.svg Constantina Diță Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:26:52
4 Albina Mayorova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:27:25
5 Joyce Chepchumba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:28:01
6 Svetlana Zakharova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:28:10
7 Yingjie Sun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:28:32
8 Alina Ivanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:28:48
9 Svetlana Demidenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:33:06
10 Tracey Morris Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:33:52
11 Birhan Dagne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:34:45
12 Jackie Gallagher Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:34:48
13 Jo Lodge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:34:49
14 Michelle Lee Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:35:51
15 Sue Harrison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:38:20
16 Michaela McCullum Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:39:10
17 Mara Yamauchi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:39:15
18 Spyridoula Souma Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:40:34
19 Valerie Young Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 2:41:32
20 Susan Partridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:44

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair men's finishers [20]
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Saúl Mendoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:36:56
Silver medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:42:50
Bronze medal icon.svg Alain Fuss Flag of France.svg  France 1:45:25
4 Tushar Patel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:51:03
5 Jeff Adams Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:59:07
6 Jason Richards Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:00:11
7 Andrew Cheek Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:03:31
8 Daniel Kukla Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:05:02
9 Steve Williamson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:18:42
10 Geof Allen Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:21:44

Wheelchair women

Wheelchair women's finishers [20]
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Francesca Porcellato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:04:58
Silver medal icon.svg Paula Craig Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:07:52
Bronze medal icon.svg Gunilla Wallengren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:14:13
4 Michelle Lewis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:52:27

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