The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual

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, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete

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in 2:27:54. In the

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s, Britain's

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(1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record. Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.Stats and Figures
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Results

Men

Women

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

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External links

Official website

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London Marathon

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