1987 London Marathon

7th London Marathon
7th London Marathon
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	10 May 1987
Champions
Men	Hiromi Taniguchi (2:09:50)
Women	Ingrid Kristiansen (2:22:48)
Wheelchair men	Chris Hallam (2:08:34)
Wheelchair women	Karen Davidson (2:45:30)
	← 1986 1988 →

The 1987 London Marathon was the seventh running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 10 May. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Hiromi Taniguchi in a time of 2:09:50 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:22:48.

In the wheelchair races, British athletes Chris Hallam (2:08:34) and Karen Davidson (2:45:30) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time that the winning time for the men's wheelchair race surpassed that of the able-bodied race.^[1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 28,364 had their applications accepted and 21,485 started the race. A total of 19,586 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results edit

Men edit

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Hiromi Taniguchi	Japan	2:09:50
	El Mostafa Nechchadi	Morocco	2:10:09
	Hugh Jones	England	2:10:11
4	Gianni Poli	Italy	2:10:15
5	Geir Kvernmo	Norway	2:10:17
6	Mehmet Terzi	Turkey	2:10:25
7	Bogusław Psujek	Poland	2:10:26
8	Charlie Spedding	United Kingdom	2:10:32
9	Dave Edge	Canada	2:11:51
10	Jean-Pierre Paumen	Belgium	2:12:15
11	John Graham	United Kingdom	2:12:32
12	Pat Petersen	United States	2:12:42
13	John Wheway	United Kingdom	2:13:21
14	Petr Klimes	Czechoslovakia	2:13:27
15	Pawel Lorens	Poland	2:13:46
16	Dominique Chauvelier	France	2:13:51
17	Christian Wolfsberg	Denmark	2:13:57
18	Jan Ikov	Denmark	2:14:06
19	Cidálio Caetano	Portugal	2:14:06
20	Pavel Klimes	Czechoslovakia	2:14:07

Women edit

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:22:48
	Priscilla Welch	United Kingdom	2:26:51
	Véronique Marot	United Kingdom	2:30:15
4	Paula Fudge	United Kingdom	2:32:28
5	Karolina Szabó	Hungary	2:32:48
6	Misako Miyahara	Japan	2:33:41
7	Ágnes Sipka	Hungary	2:34:37
8	Angie Hulley	United Kingdom	2:34:47
9	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	2:35:53
10	Valentina Bottarelli	Italy	2:35:57
11	Sally Ellis	United Kingdom	2:36:48
12	Christine Kennedy	Ireland	2:36:58
13	Susan Stone	Canada	2:37:16
14	Glynis Penny	United Kingdom	2:38:23
15	Renata Walendziak	Poland	2:38:57
16	Ailish Smyth	Ireland	2:40:24
17	Zehava Shmueli	Israel	2:40:37
18	Rosemary Ellis	United Kingdom	2:41:05
19	Annette Roberts	United Kingdom	2:41:51
20	Gillian Beschloss	United Kingdom	2:42:06

Wheelchair men edit

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Chris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:08:34
	Jan Ove-Mattson	Sweden	2:23:15
	Kevin Breen	Ireland	2:26:28
4	Patrick Bailey	United Kingdom	2:28:53
5	John Harris	United Kingdom	2:34:50
6	Ton Bente	Netherlands	2:38:30
7	John Naude	United Kingdom	2:40:15
8	Wimk Zwanepol	?	2:40:50
9	David Todd	United Kingdom	2:43:51
10	Chas Sadler	United Kingdom	2:46:51