2008 London Marathon

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Leaders during the men's race
VenueLondon, England
Date13 April 2008
Champions
Men Martin Lel (2:05:15)
Women Irina Mikitenko (2:24:14)
Wheelchair men David Weir (1:33:56)
Wheelchair women Sandra Graf (1:48:04)
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The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.

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In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record. [1]

Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race. [2] A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race. [3]

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Elite runner Lucy Hassell
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Runners crowd near the finish line
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Charity runners wearing superhero costumes: Batman and Superman

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Martin Lel Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:05:15
Silver medal icon.svg Samuel Wanjiru Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:05:24
Bronze medal icon.svg Abderrahim Goumri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:05:30
4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:06:15
5 Ryan Hall Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:06:17
6 Deriba Merga Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:06:38
7 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:08:51
8 Felix Limo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:10:34
9 Aleksey Sokolov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:11:41
10 Hendrick Ramaala Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:11:44
11 Luke Kibet Bowen Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:25
12 Stefano Baldini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:13:06
13 Dan Robinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:13:10
14 Andrew Letherby Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:13:50
15 Danny Kassap Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 2:15:20
16 Tomas Abyu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:49
17 Richard Kiplagat Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:17:34
18 Peter Riley Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:18:21
19 Toby Lambert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:18:40
20 Chad Johnson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18:49
Dieudonné Disi Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda DNF
Cuthbert Nyasango Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe DNF
Peter Gilmore Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
Jason Lehmkuhle Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Irina Mikitenko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:24:14
Silver medal icon.svg Svetlana Zakharova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:24:39
Bronze medal icon.svg Gete Wami Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:25:37
4 Salina Kosgei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:26:30
5 Lyudmila Petrova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:26:45
6 Souad Aït Salem Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2:27:41
7 Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:27:42
8 Constantina Diță Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:27:45
9 Liz Yelling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:28:33
10 Adriana Pirtea Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:28:52
11 Silviya Skvortsova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:29:11
12 Hayley Haining Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:29:18
13 Lisa Jane Weightman Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:32:32
14 Sun Weiwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:36:34
15 Lucy MacAlister Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:40:31
16 Eleni Donta Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:41:10
17 Susan Partridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:41:40
18 Kim Fawke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:42:08
19 Amy Whitehead Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:38
20 Andrea Clement Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:45:49
Emily Kimuria Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Everline Kimwei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Birhan Dagne Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Michelle Ross-Cope Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Natalie Harvey Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:33:56
Silver medal icon.svg Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:34:00
Bronze medal icon.svg Denis Lemeunier Flag of France.svg  France 1:34:01
4 Krige Schabort Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:34:02
5 Heinz Frei Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:34:03
6 Ernst van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:34:25
7 Josh George Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:34:46
8 Brian Alldis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:37:23
9 Rafael Jiménez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37:26
10 Choke Yasuoka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:39:50

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Sandra Graf Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 1:48:04
Silver medal icon.svg Amanda McGrory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51:58
Bronze medal icon.svg Shelly Woods Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:01:59
4 Francesca Porcellato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:04:48
5 Sarah Piercy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:35:54

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