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1999 London Marathon

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19th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date18 April 1999
Champions
MenAbdelkader El Mouaziz (2:07:57)
WomenJoyce Chepchumba (2:23:22)
Wheelchair menHeinz Frei (1:35:27)
Wheelchair womenMonica Wetterström (1:57:38)
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The 1999 London Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 18 April. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:23:22.

In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:27) and Sweden's Monica Wetterström (1:57:38) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[1]

Around 87,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 43,774 had their applications accepted and 31,582 started the race. A total of 30,849 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:07:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) António Pinto  Portugal 2:09:00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Abel Antón  Spain 2:09:41
4 Jon Brown  United Kingdom 2:09:44
5 Josephat Kiprono  Kenya 2:09:49
6 Giacomo Leone  Italy 2:10:03
7 Alberto Juzdado  Spain 2:10:08
8 Domingos Castro  Portugal 2:10:24
9 Simon Mphulanyane  South Africa 2:10:56
10 Yasuaki Yamamoto  Japan 2:11:13
11 Lee Troop  Australia 2:11:21
12 Lee Bong-ju  South Korea 2:12:11
13 Tekeye Gebrselassie  Ethiopia 2:13:13
14 Anders Szalkai  Sweden 2:13:19
15 Giovanni Ruggiero  Italy 2:13:31
16 Tena Negere  Ethiopia 2:13:40
17 Ronaldo Dacosta  Brazil 2:14:10
18 Philippe Remond  France 2:14:21
19 Benjamín Paredes  Mexico 2:14:31
20 Pere Arco  Spain 2:14:41
21 Isaac Chemobo  Kenya 2:15:00
22 Mark Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:15:11
23 Ian Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:15:47
24 Robert Johnston  New Zealand 2:15:51
25 Nikolaos Polias  Greece 2:16:31
Josia Thugwane  South Africa DNF
John Burke  Ireland DNF
Bjarne Thysell  Sweden DNF
Bashir Hussain  United Kingdom DNF
Benson Masya  Kenya DNF
Diego Garcia  Spain DNF
Stephen Green  United Kingdom DNF
Luís Novo  Portugal DNF
Jean-Pierre Lautredoux  France DNF
Abel Gisemba  Kenya DNF
Philip Tarus  Kenya DNF
Åke Eriksson  Sweden DNF

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:23:22
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adriana Fernández  Mexico 2:24:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Manuela Machado  Portugal 2:25:09
4 Nicole Carroll  Australia 2:25:52
5 Elana Meyer  South Africa 2:27:18
6 Taeko Terauchi  Japan 2:28:31
7 Kerryn McCann  Australia 2:28:44
8 Angelina Kanana  Kenya 2:29:47
9 Viviane Oliveira  Brazil 2:32:17
10 Maria Guadalupe Loma  Mexico 2:36:42
11 Rocío Ríos  Spain 2:37:45
12 Hiroi Kazama  Japan 2:42:20
13 Melissa Moon  New Zealand 2:43:26
14 Nicola Brown  United Kingdom 2:44:28
15 Jo Lodge  United Kingdom 2:45:46
16 Wendy Llewellyn  New Zealand 2:48:02
17 Jackie Newton  United Kingdom 2:48:23
18 Kerrie Wood  United Kingdom 2:50:43
19 Sharon Dixon  United Kingdom 2:50:45
20 Sally Eastall  United Kingdom 2:51:51
23 Carolyn Rowe  United Kingdom 2:53:55
Constantina Diță  Romania DNF
Esther Kiplagat  Kenya DNF
Rosa Oliveira  Portugal DNF
Kwon Eun-ju  South Korea DNF
Maria Polyzou  Greece DNF
Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier  France DNF

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heinz Frei  Switzerland 1:35:27
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joël Jeannot  France 1:35:28
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Holding  United Kingdom 1:45:28
4 Denis Lemeunier  France 1:45:32
5 Kevin Papworth  United Kingdom 1:48:12
6 Tushar Patel  United Kingdom 1:48:21
7 Chris Madden  United Kingdom 1:50:25
8 Jurgen de Heve  Belgium 1:50:26
9 Bogdan Krol  Poland 1:50:29
10 John Fulham  United Kingdom 2:00:51

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Monica Wetterström  Sweden 1:57:38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tanni Grey  United Kingdom 2:11:10
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Patrice Dockery  Ireland 2:14:53
4 Karen Dark  United Kingdom 2:39:51
5 Mary Rice  Ireland 2:47:51
6 Deborah Brennan  United Kingdom 2:49:16
7 Kate Cugley  United Kingdom 3:09:33

References

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  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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