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6th London Marathon
Venue London, United Kingdom
Date20 April 1986
Champions
Men Toshihiko Seko (2:10:02)
Women Grete Waitz (2:24:54)
Wheelchair men Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38)
Wheelchair women Kay McShane (3:02:40)
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The 1986 London Marathon was the sixth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 20 April. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:10:02 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:24:54.

In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38) and Kay McShane (2:47:12) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. [1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 25,566 had their applications accepted and 19,261 started the race. A total of 18,067 runners finished the race. [2]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Toshihiko Seko   Japan 2:10:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hugh Jones   United Kingdom 2:11:42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Allister Hutton   United Kingdom 2:12:36
4 Pat Petersen   United States 2:12:56
5 Mehmet Terzi   Turkey 2:13:02
6 Yutaka Kanai   Japan 2:13:42
7 Henrik Albahn   Denmark 2:14:34
8 Ieuan Ellis   United Kingdom 2:14:38
9 Geir Kvernmo   Norway 2:14:48
10 Cidálio Caetano   Portugal 2:14:57
11 Oddmund Roalkvam   Norway 2:14:59
12 Philip O'Brien   United Kingdom 2:15:00
13 Lindsay Robertson   United Kingdom 2:15:03
14 Peter Lyrenmann   Switzerland 2:15:06
15 Kevin Forster   United Kingdom 2:15:19
16 Richard Umberg   Switzerland 2:15:46
17 Zhu Shuchun   China 2:15:47
18 Gyula Borka   Hungary 2:15:53
19 Eleuterio Antón   Spain 2:15:54
20 John Wheway   United Kingdom 2:15:56

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Grete Waitz   Norway 2:24:54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mary O'Connor   New Zealand 2:30:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ann Ford   United Kingdom 2:31:40
4 Sylvie Bornet   France 2:31:43
5 Paula Fudge   United Kingdom 2:32:25
6 Kersti Jakobsen   Denmark 2:32:53
7 Julia Armstrong   United Kingdom 2:36:31
8 Glynis Penny   United Kingdom 2:38:47
9 Jacqueline Hulbert   United Kingdom 2:39:26
10 Deborah Butterfield   United States 2:41:11
11 Angie Hulley   United Kingdom 2:41:12
12 Carolyn Naisby   United Kingdom 2:41:57
13 Oddrun Hovsengen   Norway 2:42:05
14 Christine Kennedy   Ireland 2:42:18
15 Yuko Gordon   Hong Kong 2:42:23
16 Mora Main   Australia 2:43:15
17 Sandra Lappage   United Kingdom 2:43:54
18 Rosemary Ellis   United Kingdom 2:45:19
19 Eva Isaacs   Sweden 2:45:28
20 Tanya Maria Ball   United Kingdom 2:45:30

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gerry O'Rourke   Ireland 2:26:38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mike Bishop   United Kingdom 2:29:14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Chris Hallam   United Kingdom 2:30:59
4 Terje Roel   Norway 2:36:13
5 Kevin Breen   Ireland 2:43:52
6 Michael Cunnham ? 2:50:52
7 John Naude   United Kingdom 2:50:59
8 Graham Stones   United Kingdom 2:51:04
9 Gerry Kinsella   Ireland 2:55:46
10 Chas Sadler   United Kingdom 2:57:01

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kay McShane   Ireland 3:02:40
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Karen Davidson   United Kingdom 3:24:53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denise Smith   United Kingdom 4:07:57
4 Sheila Watkins   United Kingdom 5:58:30

References

  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[ permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Results

External links

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