The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's

Martin Lel Martin Kiptolo Lel (born 29 October 1978) is a Kenyan professional long distance and marathon runner. He won the London Marathon in 2005, 2007, and 2008, the New York City Marathon in 2003 and 2007 and the Great North Run in 2007 and 2009. His p ...

in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14. In the

wheelchair race Wheelchair racing is the racing of wheelchairs in track and road races. Wheelchair racing is open to athletes with any qualifying type of disability, amputees, spinal cord injuries, cerebral palsy and partially sighted (when combined with another ...

s, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's

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(1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record. Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race. A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.London Marathon – Race Results
Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25. 007 Elite marathon runner Lucy Hassell - English professional woman athlete

007 Elite marathon runner Lucy Hassell - English professional woman athlete

006 London Marathon runners crowd near the finish line - London Flora Marathon 2008 - free photo with attribution CC-BY

005 London Marathon vaseline stand and superhero costume charity fundraising runners in 2008

Men

Women

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

;Results
Men's results

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. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
Women's results

. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

External links

Official website
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London Marathon

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of , usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair div ...

London Marathon