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26th London Marathon
26th London Marathon
	Leaders during the men's race
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	23 April 2006
Champions
Men	Felix Limo (2:06:39)
Women	Deena Kastor (2:19:36)
Wheelchair men	David Weir (1:29:48)
Wheelchair women	Francesca Porcellato (1:59:57)
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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.^[1]

Around 119,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,020 had their applications accepted and 33,578 started the race.^[2] A total of 32,924 runners, 22849 men and 10,075 women, finished the race.^[3]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:06:39
	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:06:41
	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:06:55
4	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:07:04
5	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:07:22
6	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:07:34
7	Hicham Chatt	Morocco	2:07:59
8	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2:08:45
9	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	2:09:05
10	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:09:35
11	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:10:24
12	Peter Riley	United Kingdom	2:14:31
13	Shigeru Aburaya	Japan	2:14:49
14	Kamal Ziani	Spain	2:14:50
15	Huw Lobb	United Kingdom	2:15:38
16	Tomas Abyu	Ethiopia	2:15:50
17	Francisco Javier Cortés	Spain	2:15:51
18	Trond Idland	Norway	2:16:09
19	Henrik Sandstad	Norway	2:16:48
20	Phillip Sly	Australia	2:16:53
—	Abiyote Guta	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Paul Kimaiyo	Kenya	DNF
—	Daniel Rono	Kenya	DNF
—	Fabiano Joseph Naasi	Tanzania	DNF
—	Solomon Busendich	Kenya	DNF
—	Elias Kiptum Maindi	Kenya	DNF
—	Dominic Bannister	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Benjamin Noad	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Anders Szalkai	Sweden	DNF
—	Mark Carroll	Ireland	DNF
—	Kassa Tadesse	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Christopher Isengwe	Tanzania	DNF

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Deena Kastor	United States	2:19:36
	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:21:29
	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	2:21:46
4	Birhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:21:52
5	Galina Bogomolova	Russia	2:21:58
6	Mara Yamauchi	United Kingdom	2:25:13
7	Constantina Dita	Romania	2:27:51
8	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:28:40
9	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:29:16
10	Eri Hayakawa	Japan	2:31:41
11	Clague Jenny	United Kingdom	2:36:10
12	Stine Larsen	Norway	2:37:31
13	Alice Braham	United Kingdom	2:40:38
14	Holly May	United Kingdom	2:44:59
15	Gill Laithwaite	United Kingdom	2:45:24
16	Adela Salt	United Kingdom	2:47:41
17	Imogene Thornburgh	United Kingdom	2:48:43
18	Birhan Dagne	United Kingdom	2:49:48
19	Maxine McKinnon	United Kingdom	2:50:27
20	Barbara Yff Hosack	Netherlands	2:50:36
—	Lisa Blommé	Sweden	DNF
—	Lucy MacAlister	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Helena Olofsson	Sweden	DNF

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:29:48 CR
	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:37:52
	Alain Fuss	France	1:39:37
4	Éric Teurnier	France	1:43:52
5	Brian Alldis	United Kingdom	1:47:34
6	Jeff Adams	Canada	1:53:24
7	Jason Richards	United Kingdom	1:53:29
8	Shaho Qadir	United Kingdom	2:00:52
9	Jason Gill	United Kingdom	2:02:47
10	Steve Williamson	United Kingdom	2:03:23