1983 London Marathon (original) (raw)

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3rd London Marathon

3rd London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date 17 April 1983
Champions
Men Mike Gratton (2:09:43)
Women Grete Waitz (2:25:29)
Wheelchair men Gordon Perry (3:20:07)
Wheelchair women Denise Smith (4:29:03)
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The 1983 London Marathon was the third running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Mike Gratton in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:25:29. Waitz's time was a marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by Joan Benoit at the 1983 Boston Marathon.[1]

Around 60,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 19,735 had their applications accepted and around 16,500 started the race. A total of 15,793 runners finished the race.[2]

A wheelchair race was held for the first time, organised by the British Sports Association for the Disabled, and British athletes Gordon Perry and Denise Smith won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[3] The race organiser Chris Brasher had opposed the inclusion of wheelchair racers, emphasising that it should remain a running competition and that the inclusion of wheeled racers would lead to accidents and "more disability". The Greater London Council, under the leadership of Ken Livingstone and Illtyd Harrington, threatened to withdraw funding for the event, forcing the organisers to relent and include wheelchair athletes.[4]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mike Gratton United Kingdom 2:09:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gerard Helme United Kingdom 2:10:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Henrik Jørgensen Denmark 2:10:47
4 Kebede Balcha Ethiopia 2:11:32
5 James Dingwall United Kingdom 2:11:44
6 Ricardo Ortega Spain 2:11:51
7 Martin McCarthy United Kingdom 2:11:54
8 Emiel Puttemans Belgium 2:12:27
9 Trevor Wright New Zealand 2:12:29
10 Øyvind Dahl Norway 2:12:43
11 David Cannon United Kingdom 2:12:51
12 Fred Vandervennet Belgium 2:13:01
13 Raymond Crabb United Kingdom 2:13:15
14 Dennis Fowles United Kingdom 2:13:21
15 Jan Fjærestad Norway 2:13:31
16 Marc De Blander Belgium 2:13:43
17 John Caine United Kingdom 2:13:43
18 Mervyn Brameld United Kingdom 2:13:48
19 Eirik Berge Norway 2:13:50
20 Bernard Bobes France 2:14:00
21 Gyorgy Sinko Hungary 2:14:11
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz Norway 2:25:29
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mary O'Connor New Zealand 2:28:20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Glynis Penny United Kingdom 2:36:21
4 Karolina Szabó Hungary 2:36:22
5 Jillian Colwell Australia 2:37:12
6 Antonia Ladanyi Hungary 2:37:42
7 Deirdre Nagle Ireland 2:37:42
8 Kathryn Binns United Kingdom 2:38:11
9 Sarah Rowell United Kingdom 2:39:11
10 Priscilla Welch United Kingdom 2:39:29
11 Jacquie Turney Australia 2:40:05
12 Sally Ann Hales United Kingdom 2:40:08
13 Heidi Jacobsen Norway 2:40:11
14 Zehava Shmueli Israel 2:40:29
15 Julie Asgill United Kingdom 2:40:59
16 Dorothy Browne Australia 2:41:24
17 Mette Holm Denmark 2:41:35
18 Kersti Jakobsen Denmark 2:41:53
19 Margaret Lockley United Kingdom 2:42:08
20 Karen Whapshott United Kingdom 2:42:13
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gordon Perry United Kingdom 3:20:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joe Fletcher United Kingdom 3:25:03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tim Marshall United Kingdom 3:26:15
4 Leroy Dobson United Kingdom 3:27:40
5 Charles Raymond United Kingdom 3:52:55
6 Ertie Gomec Turkey 3:55:50
7 James Gilham United Kingdom 3:56:57
8 Shahriar Esfandiari Iran 4:08:16
9 Stuart Anderson United Kingdom 4:29:03
10 Graham Young United Kingdom 4:35:11
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denise Smith United Kingdom 4:29:03
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joanne Roberts United Kingdom 6:09:03
  1. ^ McGuire, Jane (23 April 2020). 40 moments from 40 years of the London Marathon. Runners World . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[_permanent dead link_]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ Paralympics archive: the marathon debate (1983). Channel 4 (28 August 2012). Retrieved 2020-04-27.

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