2009 London Marathon

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29th London Marathon
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Leaders during the men's race
VenueLondon, England
Date26 April 2009
Champions
Men Samuel Wanjiru (2:05:10)
Women Irina Mikitenko (2:22:11)
Wheelchair men Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56)
Wheelchair women Amanda McGrory (1:50:39)
  2008
2010  

The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru in a time of 2:05:10 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:22:11. [1]

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In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56) and American Amanda McGrory (1:50:39) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Fearnley defeated David Weir by one second, taking the Briton's course record in the process. [2]

Around 155,000 people applied to enter the race: 49,995 had their applications accepted and 35,884 started the race. [3] A total of 35,266 runners, 24,228 men and 11,038 women, finished the race. [4]

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Ronnie Sparke (14:20), Ciara Mageean (16:16), Daniel Lucker (12:30) and Hannah Cockroft (15:42). [5]

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Samuel Wanjiru Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:05:10
Silver medal icon.svg Tsegaye Kebede Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:05:20
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaouad Gharib Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:05:27
4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:06:53
5 Hendrick Ramaala Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:07:44
6 Yonas Kifle Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea 2:08:28
7 Atsushi Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:09:16
8 Meb Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:09:21
9 Felix Limo Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:09:47
10 Dathan Ritzenhein Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:10:00
11 Tessema Abshero Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:11:18
12 Andi Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:15:20
13 Martin Dent Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:15:24
14 Rafał Wójcik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:16:41
15 Benedict Whitby Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:18:14
16 Elmore Sibanda Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 2:19:02
17 Richard Gardiner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:19:48
18 Tomas Abyu Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:20:09
19 Neil Renault Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:20:30
20 John McFarlane Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:20:44
Abderrahim Goumri Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DQ
Luke Kibet Bowen Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
El Hassan Lahssini Flag of France.svg  France DNF
Zersenay Tadese Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea DNF
Hicham Bellani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco DNF
Elijah Keitany Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Sammy Kiprono Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
John Kales Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Philip Wicks Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom DNF
Simon Tanui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
William Chebor Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Irina Mikitenko Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:22:11
Silver medal icon.svg Mara Yamauchi Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:23:12
Bronze medal icon.svg Liliya Shobukhova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:24:24
4 Svetlana Zakharova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:25:06
5 Berhane Adere Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:25:30
6 Inga Abitova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:25:55
7 Catherine Ndereba Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:26:22
8 Tomo Morimoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:26:29
9 Gete Wami Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:26:54
10 Lyudmila Petrova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:27:42
11 Yuri Kanō Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:28:44
12 Zhou Chunxiu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:29:02
13 Kate O'Neill Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:34:48
14 Mika Okunaga Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:35:36
15 Yesenia Centeno Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:40:13
Martha Komu Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya DNF
Constantina Diță Flag of Romania.svg  Romania DNF
Anikó Kálovics Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary DNF

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kurt Fearnley Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:28:56
Silver medal icon.svg David Weir Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:28:57
Bronze medal icon.svg Ernst van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:28:58
4 Masazumi Soejima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:30:13
5 Heinz Frei Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:30:15
6 Denis Lemeunier Flag of France.svg  France 1:32:40
7 Saúl Mendoza Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1:37:12
8 Rafael Botello Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:37:38
9 Jose Antonio Iniguez Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:39:17
10 Brain Alldis Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:40:15

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Amanda McGrory Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50:39
Silver medal icon.svg Sandra Graf Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:50:40
Bronze medal icon.svg Diane Roy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50:41
4 Edith Hunkeler Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 1:50:42
5 Christie Dawes Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1:50:43
6 Shelly Woods Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:50:46
7 Margo Whiteford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:46:10
8 Jacqui Kapinowski Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:57:49
9 Nikki Emerson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 3:17:37

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