The 2006 London Marathon was the 26th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Felix Limo in a time of 2:06:39 hours and the women's race was won by Deena Kastor of the United States in 2:19:36.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:29:48) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:59:57) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Weir was the first person to complete the course in under one and a half hours.2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Around 119,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,020 had their applications accepted and 33,578 started the race.Stats and Figures . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25. A total of 32,924 runners, 22849 men and 10,075 women, finished the race.London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
Results Men Position Athlete NationalityTime Felix Limo 2:06:39 Martin Lel 2:06:41 Hendrick Ramaala 2:06:55 4 Khalid Khannouchi 2:07:04 5 Stefano Baldini 2:07:22 6 Rodgers Rop 2:07:34 7 Hicham Chatt 2:07:59 8 Jaouad Gharib 2:08:45 9 Haile Gebrselassie 2:09:05 10 Evans Rutto 2:09:3511 Abdelkader El Mouaziz 2:10:2412 Peter Riley 2:14:3113 Shigeru Aburaya 2:14:4914 Kamal Ziani 2:14:5015 Huw Lobb 2:15:3816 Tomas Abyu 2:15:5017 Francisco Javier Cortés 2:15:5118 Trond Idland 2:16:0919 Henrik Sandstad 2:16:4820 Phillip Sly 2:16:53 — Abiyote Guta — Paul Kimaiyo — Daniel Rono — Fabiano Joseph Naasi — Solomon Busendich — Elias Kiptum Maindi — Dominic Bannister — Benjamin Noad — Anders Szalkai — Mark Carroll — Kassa Tadesse — Christopher Isengwe
Women Position Athlete NationalityTime Deena Kastor 2:19:36 Lyudmila Petrova 2:21:29 Susan Chepkemei 2:21:46 4 Birhane Adere 2:21:52 5 Galina Bogomolova 2:21:58 6 Mara Yamauchi 2:25:13 7 Constantina Dita 2:27:51 8 Salina Kosgei 2:28:40 9 Margaret Okayo 2:29:16 10 Eri Hayakawa 2:31:4111 Clague Jenny 2:36:1012 Stine Larsen 2:37:3113 Alice Braham 2:40:3814 Holly May 2:44:5915 Gill Laithwaite 2:45:2416 Adela Salt 2:47:4117 Imogene Thornburgh 2:48:4318 Birhan Dagne 2:49:4819 Maxine McKinnon 2:50:2720 Barbara Yff Hosack 2:50:36 — Lisa Blommé — Lucy MacAlister — Helena Olofsson
Wheelchair men Position Athlete NationalityTime David Weir 1:29:48 Saúl Mendoza 1:37:52 Alain Fuss 1:39:37 4 Éric Teurnier 1:43:52 5 Brian Alldis 1:47:34 6 Jeff Adams 1:53:24 7 Jason Richards 1:53:29 8 Shaho Qadir 2:00:52 9 Jason Gill 2:02:47 10 Steve Williamson 2:03:23
Wheelchair women Position Athlete NationalityTime Francesca Porcellato 1:59:57 Shelly Woods 2:04:37 Deborah Brennan 2:21:02 4 Sarah Piercy 2:39:10
References
Results Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13. Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
External links
Official website