8th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date17 April 1988
Champions
MenHenrik Jørgensen (2:10:20)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:25:41)
Wheelchair menTed Vince (2:01:37)
Wheelchair womenKaren Davidson (2:41:45)

The 1988 London Marathon was the eighth 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 Denmark's Henrik Jørgensen in a time of 2:10:20 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:41.

In the wheelchair races, Canadian Ted Vince (2:01:37) and Britain's Karen Davidson (2:41:45) set course records in their wins of the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time a non-British athlete won one of wheelchair events.[1]

Around 73,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 29,979 had their applications accepted and 22,469 started the race. A total of 20,932 runners finished the race – the first time the marathon had over 20,000 people achieve that.[2]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Henrik Jørgensen Denmark2:10:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Kevin Forster United Kingdom2:10:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Kazuyoshi Kudo Japan2:10:59
4Hugh Jones United Kingdom2:11:08
5Dave Long United Kingdom2:11:33
6Allister Hutton United Kingdom2:11:42
7Herbert Steffny West Germany2:11:54
8Cai Shangyan China2:11:58
9John Wheway United Kingdom2:12:13
10Charlie Spedding United Kingdom2:12:28
11Dominique Chauvelier France2:12:39
12Steve Brace United Kingdom2:12:58
13Gerhard Hartmann Austria2:13:33
14Kenneth Stuart United Kingdom2:13:36
15Jose Carlos da Silva Brazil2:13:42
16Art Boileau Canada2:13:44
17Dave Edge Canada2:14:10
18Karl Harrison United Kingdom2:14:27
19Mehmet Terzi Turkey2:14:51
20Peter Lyrenmann  Switzerland2:14:55

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ingrid Kristiansen Norway2:25:41
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Ann Ford United Kingdom2:30:38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Evy Palm Sweden2:31:35
4Susan Wightman United Kingdom2:32:09
5Susan Crehan United Kingdom2:35:10
6Tove Lorentzen Denmark2:35:52
7Jacqueline Gareau Canada2:36:04
8Angie Hulley United Kingdom2:36:11
9Rosemary Ellis United Kingdom2:37:10
10Wang Qinghuan China2:37:42
11Alison Gooderham United Kingdom2:37:49
12Sheila Catford United Kingdom2:38:18
13Dimitra Papaspirou Greece2:40:04
14Anne Corneliussen Norway2:40:40
15Oddrun Hovsengen Norway2:40:48
16Heather MacDuff United Kingdom2:41:02
17Anne Hannam New Zealand2:41:20
18Mary O'Connor New Zealand2:42:25
19Anita-Lynn Nielsen Denmark2:42:47
20Zehava Shmueli Israel2:43:26

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ted Vince Canada2:01:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Mike Bishop United Kingdom2:01:42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Chris Hallam United Kingdom2:04:39
4Kevin Breen Ireland2:21:44
5Ivan Newman United Kingdom2:22:58
6David Todd United Kingdom2:25:06
7Ton Bonte Netherlands2:26:17
8John Harris United Kingdom2:27:51
9Colin Price United Kingdom2:32:26
10Mark Agar United Kingdom2:32:39

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Karen Davidson United Kingdom2:41:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Josie Cichockyj United Kingdom3:13:27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Collette Rush United Kingdom3:25:49

References

  1. ↑ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. 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.
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