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1996 London Marathon

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16th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date21 April 1996
Champions
MenDionicio Cerón (2:10:00)
WomenLiz McColgan (2:27:54)
Wheelchair menDavid Holding (1:43:48)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey (2:00:10)
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The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.[1]

Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dionicio Cerón  Mexico 2:10:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincent Rousseau  Belgium 2:10:26
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Paul Evans  United Kingdom 2:10:40
4 Jackson Kabiga  Kenya 2:10:43
5 Antonio Serrano  Spain 2:10:55
6 Domingos Castro  Portugal 2:11:12
7 Eddy Hellebuyck  Belgium 2:11:53
8 Benson Masya  Kenya 2:12:43
9 Gary Staines  United Kingdom 2:12:54
10 Tesfaye Bekele  Ethiopia 2:14:37
11 Germán Silva  Mexico 2:14:49
12 José Ramon Torres  Spain 2:16:57
13 José Duarte  Mexico 2:16:59
14 José Castillo  Peru 2:17:59
15 Pamenos Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2:18:21
16 Markku Hilden  Finland 2:18:36
17 Anatoliy Archakov  Russia 2:19:04
18 Mark Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:19:25
19 Thabiso Moqhali  Lesotho 2:19:35
20 Hajime Nakatomi  Japan 2:20:27
21 Thierry Constantin  Switzerland 2:20:38
22 Jerome Claeys  Belgium 2:21:47
23 Richard Mulligan  Ireland 2:21:52
24 José Apalanza  Spain 2:22:04
25 William Foster  United Kingdom 2:22:13
Eamonn Martin  United Kingdom DNF
Jon Solly  United Kingdom DNF
Paul Davies-Hale  United Kingdom DNF

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Liz McColgan  United Kingdom 2:27:54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:30:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Małgorzata Sobańska  Poland 2:30:17
4 Angelina Kanana  Kenya 2:30:25
5 Anita Håkenstad  Norway 2:31:07
6 Alina Ivanova  Russia 2:32:09
7 Renata Kokowska  Poland 2:32:46
8 Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova  Russia 2:32:50
9 Jane Salumäe  Estonia 2:33:18
10 Alena Mazouka  Belarus 2:33:58
11 Serap Aktaş  Turkey 2:34:00
12 Janeth Mayal  Brazil 2:35:33
13 Hellen Kimaiyo  Kenya 2:36:12
14 Sally Eastall  United Kingdom 2:38:59
15 Danielle Sanderson  United Kingdom 2:39:46
16 Lale Öztürk  Turkey 2:43:23
17 Catherina Smyth  Ireland 2:43:49
18 Tracy Swindell  United Kingdom 2:44:49
19 Zina Marchant  United Kingdom 2:45:42
20 Sandra Branney  United Kingdom 2:46:19
21 Debbie Percival  United Kingdom 2:48:49
22 Nurten Tasdemir  Turkey 2:50:28
23 Mary Braverman  United States 2:51:06
25 Jackie Newton  United Kingdom 2:51:59

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Holding  United Kingdom 1:43:48
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bogdan Krol  Poland 1:43:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jack McKenna  United Kingdom 1:45:18
4 Ivan Newman  United Kingdom 1:47:09
5 Huub Nelisse  Netherlands 1:51:56
6 Chris Madden  United Kingdom 1:51:57
7 Richie Powell  United Kingdom 1:54:32
8 Theo Geeve  Sweden 1:55:40
9 Ian Thompson  United Kingdom 1:56:14
10 John Vink  Netherlands 1:59:40

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanni Grey  United Kingdom 2:00:10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rose Hill  United Kingdom 2:10:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sophie Dettman ? 2:12:46
4 Fiona Neale  United Kingdom 2:23:07
5 Karen Dark  United Kingdom 2:31:24

References

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