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2012 London Marathon

32nd annual marathon race in London

32nd annual marathon race in London

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competition32nd London Marathon
image[[File:London Marathon-2012 logo.jpg250px]][[File:Wilson Kipsang 2012 London Marathon.jpg250px]]
captionAbel Kirui and Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich leading the men's race
venueLondon, England, United Kingdom
dates22 April 2012
menWilson Kipsang Kiprotich
men_win_value2:04:44
wheelchair_menDavid Weir
wheelchair_men_win_value1:32:26
womenMary Jepkosgei Keitany
women_win_value2:18:37
wheelchair_womenShelly Woods
wheelchair_women_win_value1:49:10
prev2011
next2013

The 2012 London Marathon was the 32nd running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 22 April. Both of the elite races were won by Kenyan athletes, and Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede was the only non-Kenyan to reach the podium in either race. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany won the women's elite race for the second year running with a Kenyan record time of 2:18:37 hours. Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich was the men's race winner with a time of 2:04:44 – four seconds off Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai's course record set at the 2011 London Marathon.

Around 170,150 people applied to enter the race: 50,200 had their applications accepted and 37,227 started the race. A total of 36,699, 23,634 men and 13,065 women, finished the race.

The top British finishers, Lee Merrien (17th) and Claire Hallissey (11th), earned the opportunity to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The wheelchair races were won by two British athletes: David Weir took the men's title while Shelly Woods was the women's winner.

A fun runner, Claire Squires, died after collapsing in the final mile of the race. In response to publicity of her death, the general public made donations to her fund raising page at the Justgiving website. Over 80,000 separate donations were made, raising a total of over £1 million for Samaritans.

A mini marathon was held for under-17 athletes over the last three miles of the course. Michael Callegari (14:54) and Jessica Judd (her fourth straight title in 16:04) won the able-bodied races while Sheikh Sheikh (12:30) and Jade Jones (12:59) won the wheelchair races.

Results

Elite men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Wilson Kipsang Kiprotich2:04:44
Martin Lel2:06:51
Tsegaye Kebede2:06:52
4Jaouad Gharib2:07:44
5Abel Kirui2:07:56
6Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai2:08:01
7Marílson Gomes dos Santos2:08:01
8Samuel Tsegay2:08:06
9Feyisa Lilesa2:08:20
10Bazu Worku2:10:14
11Vincent Kipruto2:10:39
12Zersenay Tadese2:10:41
13Abreham Cherkos2:12:46
14Bekir Karayel2:13:21
15Lee Merrien2:13:41
16Solonei da Silva2:14:57
17John Beattie2:16:38
18Phil Anthony2:16:40
19Martin Dent2:17:32
20Jesper Faurschou2:17:38
21Anuradha Cooray2:17:50
22Andi Jones2:18:29
—Abderrahime Bouramdane
—Adil Annani
—Shadrack Kosgei
—Philip Kiprono
—Scott Overall
—Yared Asmerom
—Patrick Makau Musyoki
—Benedict Whitby
—Markos Geneti
  • Two Moroccan runners from the men's race were retrospectively disqualified for doping: Abderrahime Bouramdane, who originally finished 11th in a time of 2:10:13, and Adil Annani, who was originally fourth in 2:07:43.

Elite women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Mary Jepkosgei Keitany2:18:37
Edna Kiplagat2:19:50
Priscah Jeptoo2:20:14
4Florence Kiplagat2:20:57
5Lucy Wangui Kabuu2:23:12
6Aberu Kebede2:24:04
7Irina Mikitenko2:24:53
8Jéssica Augusto2:24:59
9Atsede Baysa2:25:59
10Jeļena Prokopčuka2:27:04
11Claire Hallissey2:27:44
12Koren Jelela2:28:05
13Freya Murray2:28:10
14Isabellah Andersson2:29:57
15Louise Damen2:31:37
16Constantina Diță2:32:34
17Irvette van Zyl2:33:41
18Sonia Samuels2:33:41
19Amy Whitehead2:33:44
20Helen Decker2:34:11
21Jessica Petersson2:34:56
22Alyson Dixon2:35:46
23Susan Partridge2:37:41
24Liz Yelling2:40:08
25Michelle Ross-Cope2:40:08
—Yuliya Ruban
—Mariya Konovalova
—Ejegayehu Dibaba
—Nadia Ejjafini
—Inga Abitova
—Peninah Arusei
—Joyce Chepkirui
—René Kalmer
  • Two athletes were subsequently disqualified for doping: Russia's Mariya Konovalova, who was originally 15th with a time of 2:30:29, and Ukraine's Yuliya Ruban, who originally placed 21st with 2:34:47.

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
David Weir1:32:26
Marcel Hug1:32:27
Krige Schabort1:32:28
4Masazumi Soejima1:32:29
5Heinz Frei1:32:30
6Tomasz Hamerlak1:32:31
7Masayuki Higuchi1:32:33
8Hiroyuki Yamamoto1:33:00
9Josh Cassidy1:33:54
10Kota Hokinoue1:36:00
11Ernst van Dyk1:36:20
12Roger Puigbò1:36:56
13Jordi Jiménez1:36:56
14Josh George1:39:56
15Rafal Botello Jiminez1:40:01
16Adam Bleakney1:40:22
17Choke Yasuoka1:50:31
18Laurens Sibaja-Molina1:54:34
19Phil Hogg1:54:34
20Mathew Clarke1:54:46

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Shelly Woods1:49:10
Wakako Tsuchida1:53:04
Diane Roy1:53:05
4Shirley Reilly1:54:39
5Christina Schwab1:54:41
6Amanda McGrory1:54:41
7Sandra Graf1:54:43
8Tatyana McFadden2:05:38
9Meggan Dawson-Farrell2:22:55
10Sarah Piercy2:24:36

References

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References

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  8. [http://www.justgiving.com/Claire-Squires2 Claire's page]. Justgiving. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
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