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After a record number of entries signed up for the 26.2-mile race in 2024 – 578,374 applicants according to event organisers – next year’s London Marathon is bound to be another popular event.
The exact timings for this year have not yet been confirmed, but are likely to resemble last year’s schedule, which was: 8.30am BST: Mini London marathon. 8.50am: Elite wheelchair races. 9.00am ...
Peres Jepchirchir was the women's winner of the 2024 London Marathon, and her time of two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds broke the women's only world record (that is, the world record for the fastest time by a female marathon runner without using male pace makers). [4] [5]
The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. It is the largest marathon in the world, with over 53,700 finishers in 2024, and 840,318 applicants for the 2025 event. [ 1] Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April ...
1500 m. Stephen Cram, CBE (born 14 October 1960) is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s. Nicknamed "The Jarrow Arrow", after his home town, Cram set world records in the 1,500 m, 2,000 m, and the mile ...
It’s just one month to go until the 2024 TCS London Marathon through the streets of the capital!. More than 50,000 people are set to take part on 21 April on a course which takes you past the ...
Marathon world record progression. World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics [citation needed] . Kenyan athlete Kelvin Kiptum set a men's world record time of 2:00:35 on October 8, 2023, at the 2023 Chicago Marathon. [ 1][ 2] Ethiopian athlete Tigst Assefa broke ...
More than 50,000 people are expected to finish this weekend’s London Marathon, a record number over the course of the race’s 43-year history. ... to run the London Marathon with her time of 2: ...