2010 London Marathon

30th London Marathon
The leaders of the elite men's race, including Kenya's Abel Kirui, who finished in fifth place
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Dates25 April 2010
Champions
MenTsegaye Kebede (2:05:19)
WomenAselefech Mergia (2:22:38)
Wheelchair menJosh Cassidy (1:35:21)
Wheelchair womenWakako Tsuchida (1:52:33)
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Kenya's Duncan Kibet and Samuel Wanjiru (who retired due to injury)
The marathon approaching the 25 km (16 mi) point
Approaching the 25 km (16 mi) point
Two wheelchair racers in the marathon

The 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede in a time of 2:05:19 hours and the elite women's race was won by Aselefech Mergia, also of Ethiopia, in 2:22:38.

In the wheelchair races, Canada's Josh Cassidy (1:35:21) and Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (1:52:33) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[1]

Around 163,000 people applied to enter the race: 51,378 had their applications accepted and 36,956 started the race.[2] A total of 36,553 runners, 24,423 men and 12,130 women, finished the race.[3]

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile non-disabled and wheelchair events were won by Jack Gray (14:29), Jessica Judd (16:39), Daniel Lucker (12:36) and Hannah Cockroft (15:48).[4]

Summary

The men's event was won by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia with a time of 2:05:19 and the women's event by Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia with a time of 2:22:38, a position moved up after numerous disqualifications for doping.[5] Kebede became the first non-Kenyan to win the men's event in seven years.[6] The men's wheelchair event was won by Josh Cassidy of Canada with a time of 1:35:21 while Wakako Tsuchida of Japan won the women's wheelchair event.[7]

The event saw 74 world record attempts, including one involving 34 runners bound together by bungee cord to form a "human caterpillar", among whom was Princess Beatrice of York, the fifth in line to the British throne, who became the first royal family member to participate in the marathon.[8] Of the attempts, 41 were successful.[9][10] The marathon was sponsored by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, having signed a five-year contract, taking over from previous sponsors, Flora.[8] Branson also ran the marathon for his first time.[8]

Prior to the marathon, there had been concerns that the air-travel disruption caused by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull could disrupt the event, though many athletes from outside of the United Kingdom were brought in by an aircraft specially chartered from Spain.[9]

Both of the 2009 winners, Samuel Wanjiru and Irina Mikitenko, were present to defend their titles. However, neither athlete managed to finish the race as they both stopped around the mid-way point.[11]

Results

Elite men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tsegaye Kebede  Ethiopia 2:05:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai  Kenya 2:06:23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jaouad Gharib  Morocco 2:06:55
4 Abderrahime Bouramdane  Morocco 2:07:33
5 Abel Kirui  Kenya 2:08:04
6 Marílson Gomes dos Santos  Brazil 2:08:46
7 Zersenay Tadese  Eritrea 2:12:03
8 Andrew Lemoncello  United Kingdom 2:13:40
9 Yonas Kifle  Eritrea 2:14:39
10 Andi Jones  United Kingdom 2:16:38
11 Ben Moreau  United Kingdom 2:16:46
12 Lee Merrien  United Kingdom 2:16:48
13 Clint Perrett  New Zealand 2:18:15
14 Neil Renault  United Kingdom 2:18:09
15 Dave Norman  United Kingdom 2:19:05
16 Satoshi Irifune  Japan 2:19:25
17 Steve Way  United Kingdom 2:19:38
18 Gareth Raven  United Kingdom 2:19:55
19 Kristoffer Osterlund  Sweden 2:20:06
20 Pieter Vermeesh  United Kingdom 2:20:16
— John Kiprotich  Kenya DNF
— Moses Kimeli Arusei  Kenya DNF
— Michael Morgan  United States DNF
— Titus Masai  Kenya DNF
— Samuel Wanjiru  Kenya DNF
— Dan Robinson  United Kingdom DNF
— Duncan Kibet  Kenya DNF
— Gedion Ngatuny  Kenya DNF
— John Kales  Kenya DNF

Elite women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Aselefech Mergia  Ethiopia 2:22:38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bezunesh Bekele  Ethiopia 2:23:17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Askale Tafa  Ethiopia 2:24:39
4 Yukiko Akaba  Japan 2:24:55
5 Bai Xue  China 2:25:18
6 Kim Smith  New Zealand 2:25:21
7 Mari Ozaki  Japan 2:25:43
8 Mara Yamauchi  United Kingdom 2:26:16
9 Svetlana Zakharova  Russia 2:31:00
10 Atsede Habtamu  Ethiopia 2:31:41
11 Yoshimi Ozaki  Japan 2:32:26
12 Berhane Adere  Ethiopia 2:33:46
13 Tanith Maxwell  South Africa 2:34:24
14 Susan Partridge  United Kingdom 2:35:57
15 Deena Kastor  United States 2:36:20
16 Helen Decker  United Kingdom 2:36:56
17 Rebecca Robinson  United Kingdom 2:37:14
18 Jo Wilkinson  United Kingdom 2:37:44
19 Fiona Docherty  New Zealand 2:37:55
20 Holly Rush  United Kingdom 2:37:56
21 Susan Harrison  United Kingdom 2:38:53
22 Constantina Diță  Romania 2:41:12
23 Nicole Archer  United Kingdom 2:42:22
24 Alyson Dixon  United Kingdom 2:43:48
25 Jenny Bliss  United Kingdom 2:49:10
DQ Liliya Shobukhova  Russia 2:22:00[13]
DQ Inga Abitova  Russia 2:22:19[14]
DQ Mariya Konovalova  Russia 2:35:21[13]
— Anikó Kálovics  Hungary DNF
— Irina Mikitenko  Germany DNF
— Lyudmila Petrova  Russia DNF

[12]

Wheelchair men

[15]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Josh Cassidy  Canada 1:35:21
2 Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:36:07
3 David Weir  United Kingdom 1:37:01
4 Kota Hokinoue  Japan 1:40:59
5 Kurt Fearnley  Australia 1:41:37
6 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa 1:44:11
7 Masazumi Soejima  Japan 1:44:35
8 Roger Puigbò  Spain 1:44:36
9 Josh George  United States 1:46:57
10 Mark Telford  United Kingdom 1:48:43

Wheelchair women

[16]

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:52:33
2 Sandra Graf  Switzerland 1:52:34
3 Amanda McGrory  United States 1:52:36
4 Nikki Emmerson  United Kingdom 2:17:46
5 Sarah Piercy  United Kingdom 2:33:50
6 Shelly Woods  United Kingdom 2:45:40
— Diane Roy  Canada DNF

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  14. ^ Retrospectively disqualified for doping in 2012.
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