The 1981

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was the first running of the annual marathon race in

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, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March. The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen of Norway, who crossed the finish line holding hands. The women's race was won by Britain's

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in 2:29:57. Around 20,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 7747 had their applications accepted and around 7055 started the race. A total of 6255 runners finished the race.Stats and Figures
. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Results

Men

Women

References

;Results
Results
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

External links

Official website

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Marathon

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