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.
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.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25. A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Martin Lel 2:05:15 Samuel Wanjiru 2:05:24 Abderrahim Goumri 2:05:30 4 Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai 2:06:15 5 Ryan Hall 2:06:17 6 Deriba Merga 2:06:38 7 Yonas Kifle 2:08:51 8 Felix Limo 2:10:34 9 Aleksey Sokolov 2:11:41 10 Hendrick Ramaala 2:11:44 11 Luke Kibet Bowen 2:12:25 12 Stefano Baldini 2:13:06 13 Dan Robinson 2:13:10 14 Andrew Letherby 2:13:50 15 Danny Kassap 2:15:20 16 Tomas Abyu 2:15:49 17 Richard Kiplagat 2:17:34 18 Peter Riley 2:18:21 19 Toby Lambert 2:18:40 20 Chad Johnson 2:18:49 — Dieudonné Disi — Cuthbert Nyasango — Peter Gilmore — Jason Lehmkuhle
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Irina Mikitenko 2:24:14 Svetlana Zakharova 2:24:39 Gete Wami 2:25:37 4 Salina Kosgei 2:26:30 5 Lyudmila Petrova 2:26:45 6 Souad Aït Salem 2:27:41 7 Berhane Adere 2:27:42 8 Constantina Diță 2:27:45 9 Liz Yelling 2:28:33 10 Adriana Pirtea 2:28:52 11 Silviya Skvortsova 2:29:11 12 Hayley Haining 2:29:18 13 Lisa Jane Weightman 2:32:32 14 Sun Weiwei 2:36:34 15 Lucy MacAlister 2:40:31 16 Eleni Donta 2:41:10 17 Susan Partridge 2:41:40 18 Kim Fawke 2:42:08 19 Amy Whitehead 2:45:38 20 Andrea Clement 2:45:49 — Emily Kimuria — Everline Kimwei — Birhan Dagne — Michelle Ross-Cope — Natalie Harvey
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime David Weir 1:33:56 Kurt Fearnley 1:34:00 Denis Lemeunier 1:34:01 4 Krige Schabort 1:34:02 5 Heinz Frei 1:34:03 6 Ernst van Dyk 1:34:25 7 Josh George 1:34:46 8 Brian Alldis 1:37:23 9 Rafael Jiménez 1:37:26 10 Choke Yasuoka 1:39:50
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Sandra Graf 1:48:04 Amanda McGrory 1:51:58 Shelly Woods 2:01:59 4 Francesca Porcellato 2:04:48 5 Sarah Piercy 2:35:54
References
Results Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12. Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
External links
Official website