The 1989 London Marathon was the ninth 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 Douglas Wakiihuri in a time of 2:09:03 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Véronique Marot in 2:25:56. Marot's time was a British national record, which stood for 13 years before Paula Radcliffe improved it with a world record at the 2002 London Marathon.[1]

9th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date23 April 1989
Champions
MenDouglas Wakiihuri (2:09:03)
WomenVéronique Marot (2:25:56)
Wheelchair menDavid Holding (1:59:31)
Wheelchair womenJosie Cichockyj (3:03:54)
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In the wheelchair races, British athletes David Holding (1:59:31) and Josie Cichockyj (3:03:54) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time an athlete completed the wheelchair marathon in under two hours.[2]

Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 31,772 had their applications accepted and 24,452 started the race. A total of 22,701 runners finished the race.[3]

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Douglas Wakiihuri   Kenya 2:09:03
  Steve Moneghetti   Australia 2:09:06
  Hussein Ahmed Salah   Djibouti 2:09:09
4 Manuel Matias   Portugal 2:09:43
5 Suleiman Nyambui   Tanzania 2:09:52
6 Tony Milovsorov   United Kingdom 2:09:54
7 Pat Petersen   United States 2:10:04
8 Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia 2:10:32
9 Takao Nakamura   Japan 2:11:51
10 Zhang Guowei   China 2:12:03
11 Michael O'Reilly   United Kingdom 2:12:16
12 John Wheway   United Kingdom 2:12:22
13 Allister Hutton   United Kingdom 2:12:47
14 Tefera Guta   Ethiopia 2:12:49
15 Kenneth Stuart   United Kingdom 2:12:53
16 Jose Carlos da Silva   Brazil 2:12:57
17 Allan Zachariasen   Denmark 2:13:15
18 Peter Maher   Canada 2:13:25
19 Kevin Forster   United Kingdom 2:13:31
20 John Andrew Boyes   United Kingdom 2:13:45
21 Peter Dall   Denmark 2:14:25
22 Giuseppe Denti   Italy 2:14:29
23 Bjorn Sivertsen   Denmark 2:14:33
24 Igor Braslavskiy   Soviet Union 2:14:38
25 Yuri Porotov   Soviet Union 2:15:10

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Véronique Marot   United Kingdom 2:25:56
  Wanda Panfil   Poland 2:27:05
  Aurora Cunha   Portugal 2:28:11
4 Dorthe Rasmussen   Denmark 2:29:34
5 Raisa Smekhnova   Soviet Union 2:30:15
6 Evy Palm   Sweden 2:31:05
7 Angie Hulley   United Kingdom 2:31:06
8 Lynn Harding   United Kingdom 2:31:45
9 Charlotte Teske   West Germany 2:32:34
10 Conceição Ferreira   Portugal 2:32:50
11 Sheila Catford   United Kingdom 2:33:04
12 Sally Ellis   United Kingdom 2:33:24
13 Krystyna Chylińska   Poland 2:33:46
14 Jill Clarke Harrison   United Kingdom 2:34:19
15 Sissel Grottenberg   Norway 2:35:01
16 Sandra Branney   United Kingdom 2:35:03
17 Rosemary Ellis   United Kingdom 2:35:32
18 Marina Samy   United Kingdom 2:36:32
19 Maria Polyzou   Greece 2:37:03
20 Dominique Rembert   France 2:37:04
21 Małgorzata Birbach   Poland 2:37:08
22 Nicola Morris   United Kingdom 2:38:21
23 Lyubov Klochko   Soviet Union 2:38:22
24 Christine Kennedy   Ireland 2:39:13
25 Ewa Szydlowska   Poland 2:39:21

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  David Holding   United Kingdom 1:59:31
  Ted Vince   Canada 1:59:32
  Chris Hallam   United Kingdom 1:59:33
4 Scott Paterson   Canada 1:59:39
5 Lex de Turck   Netherlands 2:08:12
6 Andy Haynes   United Kingdom 2:09:55
7 Ian Thompson   United Kingdom 2:11:24
8 Ivan Newman   United Kingdom 2:16:30
9 Kevin Breen   Ireland 2:16:35
10 Kevin Doran   United Kingdom 2:22:04

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Josie Cichockyj   United Kingdom 3:03:54
Karen Davidson   United Kingdom DNF Karen Davidson   United Kingdom DNF

References

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  1. ^ Whittington, Jessica (17 April 2016). Véronique Marot ready for London return. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  2. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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