1983 London Marathon
3rd London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 17 April 1983 |
Champions | |
Men | Mike Gratton (2:09:43) |
Women | Grete Waitz (2:25:29) |
Wheelchair men | Gordon Perry (3:20:07) |
Wheelchair women | Denise Smith (4:29:03) |
← 1982 1984 → |
The 1983 London Marathon was the third running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Mike Gratton in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:25:29. Waitz's time was a marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by Joan Benoit at the 1983 Boston Marathon.[1]
Around 60,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 19,735 had their applications accepted and around 16,500 started the race. A total of 15,793 runners finished the race.[2]
A wheelchair race was held for the first time, organised by the British Sports Association for the Disabled, and British athletes Gordon Perry and Denise Smith won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[3] The race organiser Chris Brasher had opposed the inclusion of wheelchair racers, emphasising that it should remain a running competition and that the inclusion of wheeled racers would lead to accidents and "more disability". The Greater London Council, under the leadership of Ken Livingstone and Illtyd Harrington, threatened to withdraw funding for the event, forcing the organisers to relent and include wheelchair athletes.[4]
Results
Men
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
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![]() | Mike Gratton | ![]() | 2:09:43 |
![]() | Gerard Helme | ![]() | 2:10:12 |
![]() | Henrik Jørgensen | ![]() | 2:10:47 |
4 | Kebede Balcha | ![]() | 2:11:32 |
5 | James Dingwall | ![]() | 2:11:44 |
6 | Ricardo Ortega | ![]() | 2:11:51 |
7 | Martin McCarthy | ![]() | 2:11:54 |
8 | Emiel Puttemans | ![]() | 2:12:27 |
9 | Trevor Wright | ![]() | 2:12:29 |
10 | Øyvind Dahl | ![]() | 2:12:43 |
11 | David Cannon | ![]() | 2:12:51 |
12 | Fred Vandervennet | ![]() | 2:13:01 |
13 | Raymond Crabb | ![]() | 2:13:15 |
14 | Dennis Fowles | ![]() | 2:13:21 |
15 | Jan Fjærestad | ![]() | 2:13:31 |
16 | Marc De Blander | ![]() | 2:13:43 |
17 | John Caine | ![]() | 2:13:43 |
18 | Mervyn Brameld | ![]() | 2:13:48 |
19 | Eirik Berge | ![]() | 2:13:50 |
20 | Bernard Bobes | ![]() | 2:14:00 |
21 | Gyorgy Sinko | ![]() | 2:14:11 |
Women
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Grete Waitz | ![]() | 2:25:29 |
![]() | Mary O'Connor | ![]() | 2:28:20 |
![]() | Glynis Penny | ![]() | 2:36:21 |
4 | Karolina Szabó | ![]() | 2:36:22 |
5 | Jillian Colwell | ![]() | 2:37:12 |
6 | Antonia Ladanyi | ![]() | 2:37:42 |
7 | Deirdre Nagle | ![]() | 2:37:42 |
8 | Kathryn Binns | ![]() | 2:38:11 |
9 | Sarah Rowell | ![]() | 2:39:11 |
10 | Priscilla Welch | ![]() | 2:39:29 |
11 | Jacquie Turney | ![]() | 2:40:05 |
12 | Sally Ann Hales | ![]() | 2:40:08 |
13 | Heidi Jacobsen | ![]() | 2:40:11 |
14 | Zehava Shmueli | ![]() | 2:40:29 |
15 | Julie Asgill | ![]() | 2:40:59 |
16 | Dorothy Browne | ![]() | 2:41:24 |
17 | Mette Holm | ![]() | 2:41:35 |
18 | Kersti Jakobsen | ![]() | 2:41:53 |
19 | Margaret Lockley | ![]() | 2:42:08 |
20 | Karen Whapshott | ![]() | 2:42:13 |
Wheelchair men
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Gordon Perry | ![]() | 3:20:07 |
![]() | Joe Fletcher | ![]() | 3:25:03 |
![]() | Tim Marshall | ![]() | 3:26:15 |
4 | Leroy Dobson | ![]() | 3:27:40 |
5 | Charles Raymond | ![]() | 3:52:55 |
6 | Ertie Gomec | ![]() | 3:55:50 |
7 | James Gilham | ![]() | 3:56:57 |
8 | Shahriar Esfandiari | ![]() | 4:08:16 |
9 | Stuart Anderson | ![]() | 4:29:03 |
10 | Graham Young | ![]() | 4:35:11 |
Wheelchair women
Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Denise Smith | ![]() | 4:29:03 |
![]() | Joanne Roberts | ![]() | 6:09:03 |
References
- ^ McGuire, Jane (23 April 2020). 40 moments from 40 years of the London Marathon. Runners World . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
- ^ Paralympics archive: the marathon debate (1983). Channel 4 (28 August 2012). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
- Results
- Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
- 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
External links
- Official website