18th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date26 April 1998
Champions
MenAbel Antón (2:07:57)
WomenCatherina McKiernan (2:26:26)
Wheelchair menHeinz Frei (1:35:18)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey (2:02:01)

The 1998 London Marathon was the 18th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26.

In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes.[1]

Around 96,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,228 had their applications accepted and 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Abel Antón Spain2:07:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Abdelkader El Mouaziz Morocco2:08:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)António Pinto Portugal2:08:13
4Julio Rey Spain2:08:33
5Abebe Mekonnen Ethiopia2:09:52
6Róbert Štefko Slovakia2:09:54
7Diego García Spain2:10:36
8Jon Brown United Kingdom2:11:11
9Steve Moneghetti Australia2:11:41
10Kenjiro Jitsui Japan2:12:47
11Vincenzo Modica Italy2:13:22
12Gideon Mutisya Kenya2:13:41
13Antonio Serrano Spain2:13:53
14Masaki Oya Japan2:14:11
15Spyros Andriopoulos Greece2:14:13
16Mark Hudspith United Kingdom2:14:20
17Lawrence Peu South Africa2:14:53
18Sean Quilty Australia2:15:19
19Robert Johnston New Zealand2:15:34
20Harri Hänninen Finland2:16:09
—Josia Thugwane South AfricaDNF
—Jerry Lawson United StatesDNF
—Paul Evans United KingdomDNF
—Shaun Creighton AustraliaDNF
—Gary Staines United KingdomDNF
—Eduardo do Nascimento BrazilDNF
—Antonio Silio ArgentinaDNF

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Catherina McKiernan Ireland2:26:26
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Liz McColgan United Kingdom2:26:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Joyce Chepchumba Kenya2:27:22
4Marleen Renders Belgium2:27:30
5Lidia Șimon Romania2:28:41
6Sonja Oberem Germany2:29:39
7Adriana Fernández Mexico2:29:46
8Wang Yanfang China2:30:47
9Małgorzata Sobańska Poland2:32:02
10Marian Sutton United Kingdom2:32:14
11Pan Jinhong China2:35:38
12Taeko Terauchi Japan2:36:33
13Wang Yanrong China2:38:19
14Griselda González Argentina2:39:08
15Debbie Percival United Kingdom2:39:54
16Lucia Subano Kenya2:40:25
17Stephanie Andrews Canada2:40:48
18Tomoko Kitamura Japan2:42:18
19Lieve Slegers Belgium2:43:16
20Nicola Brown United Kingdom2:43:18
—Hellen Kimaiyo KenyaDNF

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Heinz Frei  Switzerland1:35:18
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Claude Issorat France1:42:43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Denis Lemeunier France1:44:03
4David Holding United Kingdom1:46:04
5Ivan Newman United Kingdom1:46:07
6Jurgen de Heve Belgium1:46:01
7Bogdan Krol Poland1:46:13
8George Schrattenecker Austria1:49:15
9Chris Madden United Kingdom1:51:38
10John Buren Netherlands1:55:12

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Tanni Grey United Kingdom2:02:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Nicola Jarvis United Kingdom2:22:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Fiona Neale United Kingdom2:38:40
4Mary Rice United Kingdom3:22:04
5Tracy Gill United Kingdom3:34:59
—Rose Hill United Kingdom—

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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