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2001 London Marathon

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.

21st London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date22 April 2001
Champions
MenAbdelkader El Mouaziz (2:07:11)
WomenPaula Radcliffe (2:23:57)
Wheelchair menDenis Lemeunier (1:42:37)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey-Thompson (2:13:55)
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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 edit

Men edit

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

Women edit

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

Wheelchair men edit

Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Denis Lemeunier   France 1:42:37
  Kevin Papworth   United Kingdom 1:44:54
  David Weir   United Kingdom 1:50:55
4 Tushar Patel   United Kingdom 1:50:56
5 Chris Madden   United Kingdom 1:53:23
6 Richie Powell   United Kingdom 2:02:31
7 Bogdan Krol   Poland 2:06:47
8 Edward Grazier   United Kingdom 2:08:01
9 Mark Telford   United Kingdom 2:08:08
10 John Hanks   United Kingdom 2:09:52

Wheelchair women edit

Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Tanni Grey-Thompson   United Kingdom 2:13:55
  Deborah Brennan   United Kingdom 2:36:50
  Mary Rice   Ireland 3:14:37

References edit

  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ London Marathon - Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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External links edit

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