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The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to October for 2020, 2021, and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The largely flat course is set around the ...
A world record 578,000 people entered the ballot for the 2024 event, making it the most popular marathon in the world. Ballot opens for 2025 London Marathon on eve of this year’s event Skip to ...
In this marathon Jeannie Rice set a new women’s marathon world record for the 75–79 age group, with a time of 3:33:27; she was 76 years old. [ 6 ] Also, in this marathon Dr. Julie McElroy became the first female frame runner to complete any London Marathon, which she did in five hours and 59 minutes.
Marathon world record progression. The late Kelvin Kiptum during his world record run at the 2023 Chicago marathon with 2:00:35. Mary Keitany during her women-only world record run at the 2017 London Marathon with 2:17:01. World records in the marathon are ratified by World Athletics, the international governing body for the sport of athletics ...
For the first time in history, more than three quarters of a million people applied to take part in a marathon, with 840,318 applicants.
The London Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, has been contested by men and women annually since 29 March 1981. Set over a largely flat course around the River Thames, the marathon is 26.2 miles (42.2 km) in length and generally regarded as a competitive and unpredictable event, and conducive to fast times. The inaugural marathon had 7,741 entrants, 6,255 of whom completed the ...
The Big Half is an annual road running event over the half marathon distance (21.1 km), held in central London, United Kingdom.The event, first held in 2018, initially took place in early March, a few weeks before the London Marathon, but after the COVID-19 pandemic switched to dates in late August/early September.
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