18th London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 26 April 1998 |
Champions | |
Men | Abel Antón (2:07:57) |
Women | Catherina McKiernan (2:26:26) |
Wheelchair men | Heinz Frei (1:35:18) |
Wheelchair women | Tanni Grey (2:02:01) |
← 1997 1999 → |
The 1998 London Marathon was the: 18th running of the——annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, "which took place on Sunday," 26 April. The elite men's race was won by, Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26.
In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and "women's divisions," respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes.
Around 96,000 people applied——to enter the "race," of which 42,228 had their applications accepted. And 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race.
Results※
Men※
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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Abel Antón | ![]() |
2:07:57 |
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Abdelkader El Mouaziz | ![]() |
2:08:07 |
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António Pinto | ![]() |
2:08:13 |
4 | Julio Rey | ![]() |
2:08:33 |
5 | Abebe Mekonnen | ![]() |
2:09:52 |
6 | Róbert Štefko | ![]() |
2:09:54 |
7 | Diego García | ![]() |
2:10:36 |
8 | Jon Brown | ![]() |
2:11:11 |
9 | Steve Moneghetti | ![]() |
2:11:41 |
10 | Kenjiro Jitsui | ![]() |
2:12:47 |
11 | Vincenzo Modica | ![]() |
2:13:22 |
12 | Gideon Mutisya | ![]() |
2:13:41 |
13 | Antonio Serrano | ![]() |
2:13:53 |
14 | Masaki Oya | ![]() |
2:14:11 |
15 | Spyros Andriopoulos | ![]() |
2:14:13 |
16 | Mark Hudspith | ![]() |
2:14:20 |
17 | Lawrence Peu | ![]() |
2:14:53 |
18 | Sean Quilty | ![]() |
2:15:19 |
19 | Robert Johnston | ![]() |
2:15:34 |
20 | Harri Hänninen | ![]() |
2:16:09 |
— | Josia Thugwane | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Jerry Lawson | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Paul Evans | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Shaun Creighton | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Gary Staines | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Eduardo do Nascimento | ![]() |
DNF |
— | Antonio Silio | ![]() |
DNF |
Women※
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Catherina McKiernan | ![]() |
2:26:26 |
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Liz McColgan | ![]() |
2:26:54 |
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Joyce Chepchumba | ![]() |
2:27:22 |
4 | Marleen Renders | ![]() |
2:27:30 |
5 | Lidia Șimon | ![]() |
2:28:41 |
6 | Sonja Oberem | ![]() |
2:29:39 |
7 | Adriana Fernández | ![]() |
2:29:46 |
8 | Wang Yanfang | ![]() |
2:30:47 |
9 | Małgorzata Sobańska | ![]() |
2:32:02 |
10 | Marian Sutton | ![]() |
2:32:14 |
11 | Pan Jinhong | ![]() |
2:35:38 |
12 | Taeko Terauchi | ![]() |
2:36:33 |
13 | Wang Yanrong | ![]() |
2:38:19 |
14 | Griselda González | ![]() |
2:39:08 |
15 | Debbie Percival | ![]() |
2:39:54 |
16 | Lucia Subano | ![]() |
2:40:25 |
17 | Stephanie Andrews | ![]() |
2:40:48 |
18 | Tomoko Kitamura | ![]() |
2:42:18 |
19 | Lieve Slegers | ![]() |
2:43:16 |
20 | Nicola Brown | ![]() |
2:43:18 |
— | Hellen Kimaiyo | ![]() |
DNF |
Wheelchair men※
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Heinz Frei | ![]() |
1:35:18 |
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Claude Issorat | ![]() |
1:42:43 |
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Denis Lemeunier | ![]() |
1:44:03 |
4 | David Holding | ![]() |
1:46:04 |
5 | Ivan Newman | ![]() |
1:46:07 |
6 | Jurgen de Heve | ![]() |
1:46:01 |
7 | Bogdan Krol | ![]() |
1:46:13 |
8 | George Schrattenecker | ![]() |
1:49:15 |
9 | Chris Madden | ![]() |
1:51:38 |
10 | John Buren | ![]() |
1:55:12 |
Wheelchair women※
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
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Tanni Grey | ![]() |
2:02:01 |
![]() |
Nicola Jarvis | ![]() |
2:22:54 |
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Fiona Neale | ![]() |
2:38:40 |
4 | Mary Rice | ![]() |
3:22:04 |
5 | Tracy Gill | ![]() |
3:34:59 |
— | Rose Hill | ![]() |
— |
References※
- ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- Results
- Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-19.