2002 London Marathon

The 2002 London Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 14 April. The elite men's race was won by Khalid Khannouchi of the United States in a time of 2:05:38 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:18:56. Khannouchi's time was a marathon world record, improving on his own record by four seconds. Radcliffe was also close to a world record, just nine seconds off the time set by Catherine Ndereba the previous year.^[1]

22nd London Marathon
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	14 April 2002
Champions
Men	Khalid Khannouchi (2:05:38)
Women	Paula Radcliffe (2:18:56)
Wheelchair men	David Weir (1:39:44)
Wheelchair women	Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51)
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In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:39:44) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively - with Grey-Thompson winning for the sixth time.^[2]

Around 99,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 46,083 had their applications accepted and 33,297 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, comprising 24,768 men and 7768 women.^[3][4]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:38 WR
	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:05:48
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	2:06:35
4	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:06:52
5	Ian Syster	South Africa	2:07:06
6	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:07:29
7	António Pinto	Portugal	2:09:10
8	Mark Steinle	United Kingdom	2:09:17
9	Tesfaye Jifar	Ethiopia	2:09:50
10	Mohamed El Hattab	Morocco	2:11:50
11	Michael Buchleitner	Austria	2:14:11
12	Rachid Ghanmouni	Morocco	2:15:29
13	William Kiplagat	Kenya	2:15:59
14	William Burns	Switzerland	2:17:36
15	Dan Robinson	United Kingdom	2:17:51
16	Julius Kimutai	Kenya	2:18:13
17	Nicholas Wetheridge	United Kingdom	2:19:41
18	Runar Höiom	Sweden	2:20:36
19	Damon Harris	Australia	2:20:44
20	Christopher Cariss	United Kingdom	2:20:45
—	Worku Bikila	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Joseph Kariuki	Kenya	DNF
—	Luís Jesus	Portugal	DNF
—	Alberto Chaíça	Portugal	DNF

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:18:56
	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:22:31
	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:22:33
4	Reiko Tosa	Japan	2:22:46
5	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	2:23:19
6	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:26:53
7	Silviya Skvortsova	Russia	2:27:07
8	Zinaida Semenova	Russia	2:27:45
9	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	2:28:37
10	Shitaye Gemechu	Ethiopia	2:28:58
11	Irina Safarova	Russia	2:29:20
12	Jo Lodge	United Kingdom	2:38:25
13	Helene Willix	Sweden	2:40:24
14	Beverley Jenkins	United Kingdom	2:44:32
15	Alison Fletcher	United Kingdom	2:44:42
16	Sharon Dixon	United Kingdom	2:45:05
17	Ruth Pickvance	United Kingdom	2:45:34
18	Annette Wolfrom	Germany	2:46:58
19	Clare Pauzers	United Kingdom	2:49:26
20	Sarah Mycroft	Australia	2:49:38
—	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	DNF
—	Maria Guida	Italy	DNF

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:39:44
	Tushar Patel	United Kingdom	1:41:17
	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:41:17
4	Paul Nunnari	Australia	1:41:17
5	Chris Madden	United Kingdom	1:55:57
6	Jason Gill	United Kingdom	1:56:49
7	Pierre Fairbank	France	1:57:48
8	John Hanks	United Kingdom	2:01:39
9	Gregory Leray	France	2:01:41
10	Richie Powell	United Kingdom	2:01:45

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:22:51
	Michelle Lewis	United Kingdom	2:37:07
	Paula Craig	United Kingdom	2:48:53

References

1. Record day in London. BBC Sport (2002-04-14). Retrieved 2020-04-18.
2. 2015 London Marathon Media Guide^{[permanent dead link]}. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
3. London Marathon - Race Results. MarathonGuide. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
4. Stats and Figures 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Results

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-18.

External links