2009 London Marathon

29th London Marathon
29th London Marathon
	Leaders during the men's race
Venue	London, England
Date	26 April 2009
Champions
Men	Samuel Wanjiru (2:05:10)
Women	Irina Mikitenko (2:22:11)
Wheelchair men	Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56)
Wheelchair women	Amanda McGrory (1:50:39)
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The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru in a time of 2:05:10 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:22:11.^[1]

In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56) and American Amanda McGrory (1:50:39) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Fearnley defeated David Weir by one second, taking the Briton's course record in the process.^[2]

Around 155,000 people applied to enter the race: 49,995 had their applications accepted and 35,884 started the race.^[3] A total of 35,266 runners, 24,228 men and 11,038 women, finished the race.^[4]

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Ronnie Sparke (14:20), Ciara Mageean (16:16), Daniel Lucker (12:30) and Hannah Cockroft (15:42).^[5]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:10
	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:05:20
	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2:05:27
4	Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai	Kenya	2:06:53
5	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:07:44
6	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	2:08:28
7	Atsushi Sato	Japan	2:09:16
8	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:09:21
9	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:09:47
10	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	2:10:00
11	Tessema Abshero	Ethiopia	2:11:18
12	Andi Jones	United Kingdom	2:15:20
13	Martin Dent	Australia	2:15:24
14	Rafał Wójcik	Poland	2:16:41
15	Benedict Whitby	United Kingdom	2:18:14
16	Elmore Sibanda	Zimbabwe	2:19:02
17	Richard Gardiner	United Kingdom	2:19:48
18	Tomas Abyu	United Kingdom	2:20:09
19	Neil Renault	United Kingdom	2:20:30
20	John McFarlane	United Kingdom	2:20:44
—	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	DQ
—	Luke Kibet Bowen	Kenya	DNF
—	El Hassan Lahssini	France	DNF
—	Zersenay Tadese	Eritrea	DNF
—	Hicham Bellani	Morocco	DNF
—	Elijah Keitany	Kenya	DNF
—	Sammy Kiprono	Kenya	DNF
—	John Kales	Kenya	DNF
—	Philip Wicks	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Simon Tanui	Kenya	DNF
—	William Chebor	Kenya	DNF

Morocco's Abderrahim Goumri originally placed sixth with a time of 2:08:25 hours, but this was subsequently disqualified due to doping.^[6]

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:22:11
	Mara Yamauchi	United Kingdom	2:23:12
	Liliya Shobukhova	Russia	2:24:24
4	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:25:06
5	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:25:30
6	Inga Abitova	Russia	2:25:55
7	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:22
8	Tomo Morimoto	Japan	2:26:29
9	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	2:26:54
10	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:27:42
11	Yuri Kanō	Japan	2:28:44
12	Zhou Chunxiu	China	2:29:02
13	Kate O'Neill	United States	2:34:48
14	Mika Okunaga	Japan	2:35:36
15	Yesenia Centeno	Spain	2:40:13
—	Martha Komu	Kenya	DNF
—	Constantina Diță	Romania	DNF
—	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	DNF

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:28:56
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:28:57
	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:28:58
4	Masazumi Soejima	Japan	1:30:13
5	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:30:15
6	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:32:40
7	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:37:12
8	Rafael Botello	Spain	1:37:38
9	Jose Antonio Iniguez	United States	1:39:17
10	Brain Alldis	United Kingdom	1:40:15

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:50:39
	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:50:40
	Diane Roy	Canada	1:50:41
4	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:50:42
5	Christie Dawes	Australia	1:50:43
6	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:50:46
7	Margo Whiteford	United Kingdom	2:46:10
8	Jacqui Kapinowski	United States	2:57:49
9	Nikki Emerson	United Kingdom	3:17:37