The 2023 London Marathon was the 43rd running of the annual
London Marathon
The London Marathon is an annual marathon held in London, United Kingdom, and is the 2nd largest annual road race in the UK, after the Great North Run in Newcastle. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held ...
on 23 April 2023. It was the first time since
2019
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that the event was run in the spring, as the previous three races were run in autumn due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
The elite men's and women's events were won by
Kelvin Kiptum and
Sifan Hassan
Sifan Hassan ( om, Siifan Hassan; born 1 January 1993) is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, ...
in times of 2:01:25 and 2:18:33 respectively; Kiptum's time was a course record. The wheelchair men's and women's competitions were won by
Marcel Hug
Marcel Eric Hug (born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two ...
and
Madison de Rozario in course record times of 1:23:44 and 1:38:51 respectively. Around 48,000 athletes finished the mass participation event, beating the previous record set in 2019.
Background
In August 2021, race organisers confirmed that the 2023 event would take place on 23 April; the
2020
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,
2021
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and
2022 events were all held in autumn due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The winners of the elite events received $55,000, and prizes were given to the top 10 finishers. The total prize money for each elite event was $313,000.
The prize money for the winners of the wheelchair races was increased by $10,000 to $45,000, with total prize money for each wheelchair event increased from $199,500 to $253,500.
For the first time, competitors in the mass participation event could register as non-binary
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; there was no elite event for non-binary competitors. 118 non-binary competitors signed for the race. There was a virtual marathon held on the same date as the in-person event. In the United Kingdom, the races were broadcast on BBC One
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, and it was broadcast in 197 countries.[
]
Course
The marathon distance was officially long as sanctioned by World Athletics
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. The London Marathon was run over a mainly flat course, starting in Blackheath Blackheath may refer to:
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*Blackheath, London, England
** Blackheath railway station
**Hundred of Blackheath, Kent, an ancient hundred in the north west of the county of Kent, England
*Blackheath, Surrey, England
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. The course began at three separate points and they converged just before into the race. At just after into the race, the runners reached the 19th-century clipper
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''Cutty Sark
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'' docked in Greenwich
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and at about halfway into the race, the runners crossed Tower Bridge
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before heading east into Shadwell
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and Canary Wharf
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. After winding through Canary Wharf, the route returned through Shadwell on the other side of the road to which it entered before passing through Tower Hill
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. The runners entered the underpass in Blackfriars Blackfriars, derived from Black Friars, a common name for the Dominican Order of friars, may refer to:
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* Blackfriars, Bristol, a former priory in Bristol
* Blackfriars, Canterbury, a former monastery in Kent
* Blackfriars, Gloucester, a f ...
before running along the Thames Embankment
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History
There had been a long history of f ...
, past Westminster
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The area, which extends from the River Thames to Oxford Street, has many visitor attractions and historic landmarks, including the Palace of Westminster, Bu ...
and onto Birdcage Walk
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. The course then ran parallel to St James's Park before turning onto The Mall and finishing in front of Buckingham Palace
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.
Competitors
The elite men's race featured four of the fastest five competitors in history: Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele ( om, Qananiisaa baqqalaa; am, ቀነኒሳ በቀለ; born 13 June 1982) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He was the world record holder in both the 5000-metre and 10000-metre from 2004 (5,000m) and 2005 (10,000m) unti ...
, Kelvin Kiptum, Birhanu Legese
Birhanu Legese Gurmesa (born 11 September 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He won the 2019 and 2020 Tokyo Marathon and finished second at the 2019 Berlin Marathon.
Legese is currently part of the NN Running Team, which is managed ...
and Mosinet Geremew
Mosinet Geremew (born 12 February 1992) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner.
Mosinet's career started in cross country running. He ran in the junior category at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and placed ...
. Bekele has won multiple Olympic medals and Kiptum recorded the fastest marathon debut ever at the 2022 Valencia Marathon
The Valencia Marathon (also known as Marathon Valencia Trinidad Alfonso EDP for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon road running event hosted by Valencia, Spain since 1981. It is categorized as a Platinum Label Road Race by World Athletic ...
. Amos Kipruto
Amos Kipruto (born 16 September 1992) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships. Kipruto took victory at the 2022 London Marathon.
Career
In 2016, he won the Rome ...
, who won the 2022 race, also returned in 2023.[ Other competitors included ]Tamirat Tola
Tamirat Tola Abera (born 11 August 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in track, road and cross country events. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Tamirat competed in the marathon at the ...
, who won the marathon event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...
, Geoffrey Kamworor
Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor (born 22 November 1992) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in cross country, marathon, and half marathon races. He was the 2011 World Junior Cross Country Champion. Kamworor won the IAAF Worl ...
, who has won two New York City Marathon
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s, Leul Gebresilase, who finished second at the 2022 London Marathon, and Vincent Kipchumba
Vincent Kipchumba (born 3 August 1990) is a Kenyan long-distance runner. In 2019, he won the Amsterdam Marathon with a time of 2:05:09.
In 2019, he also won the Adana Half Marathon and the Vienna City Marathon
The Vienna City Marathon is an a ...
, who finished second in both 2020 and 2021.[ Briton ]Mo Farah
Sir Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (born Hussein Abdi Kahin; 23 March 1983) is a British long-distance runner. His ten global championship gold medals (four Olympic and six World titles) make him the most successful male track distance runner ever ...
raced in his final London Marathon, and other British athletes included Weynay Ghebresilasie, the fastest finishing Briton in 2022, Emile Cairess
Emile Cairess (born 27 December 1997) is a British long-distance runner. He won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 2019 European Under-23 Championships and a silver for the men's race at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships. ...
, Chris Thompson and Dewi Griffiths. World record holder Eliud Kipchoge
Eliud Kipchoge ( ; born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized at the 5000 metre distance. Widely regarded as the greatest marathon runner of all time, he is the 2016 and 2020 ...
did not compete in London, as he chose to race the 2023 Boston Marathon instead.[
The elite women's race featured five runners with a personal best (PB) time under 2:18, and ten runners with a PB under 2:19.] Competitors included world record holder Brigid Kosgei
Brigid Jepchirchir Kosgei (born 20 February 1994) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specialises in the marathon. She won the 2018 and 2019 Chicago Marathons, the 2019 and 2020 London Marathons and the 2021 Tokyo Marathon. Kosgei is the c ...
, 2020 Summer Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...
champion Peres Jepchirchir
Peres Jepchirchir (born 27 September 1993) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes mainly in road running competitions. She won the gold medal in the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Jepchirchir was the champion ...
and 2022 winner Yalemzerf Yehualaw. Other competitors included Genzebe Dibaba
Genzebe Dibaba Keneni (Oromo language, Oromo: ''Ganzabee Dibaabaa Qananii''; Amharic: ገንዘቤ ዲባባ ቀነኒ; born 8 February 1991) is an Ethiopian Middle-distance running, middle- and Long-distance running, long-distance runner. A 150 ...
, the record holder in the 1,500 metres and Almaz Ayana
Almaz Ayana Eba ( om, Almaaz Ayyanaa Eebbaa; am, አልማዝ አያና ኤባ, born 21 November 1991) is an Ethiopian female long-distance runner. She won the gold medal in the 10,000 metres and bronze for the 5000 metres at the 2016 Rio Oly ...
, who won the 10,000 metres
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event at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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.[ ]Sifan Hassan
Sifan Hassan ( om, Siifan Hassan; born 1 January 1993) is an Ethiopian-born Dutch middle- and long-distance runner. She completed an unprecedented triple at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics winning gold medals in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres, ...
, who won the 5,000 and 10,000 metres events at the 2020 Olympics made her marathon debut,[ and Sheila Chepkirui was a late addition to the field, after being unable to get a US visa to run the ]Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was i ...
. British competitors included Stephanie Davis,[ ]Samantha Harrison
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and Alice Wright
Alice Wright (born November 3, 1994, in Worcester, England) is a Great Britain-born long-distance runner.
Early life and prep
Wright represented Worcester AC as a junior athlete. She won the Worcestershire County Championships 3000 meters race ...
.[
]Tigist Assefa
Tigist Assefa Tessema (born 28 March 1994) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, a former 800 metres specialist. After her marathon debut in April 2022, she improved by over 18 minutes and set the third-fastest mark on the world all-time list ( ...
, who won the 2022 Berlin Marathon, withdrew in March 2023 due to tendonitis
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. Britons Jess Piasecki
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In 2019, she won the Úst ...
and Charlotte Purdue
Charlotte Purdue (born 10 June 1991) is a British long-distance runner who competes in the Marathon and Half Marathon, as well as cross country running for Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletics Club. After winning a number of youth titles ...
both withdrew in the same month. On 21 April, Briton Eilish McColgan
Eilish McColgan (born 25 November 1990) is a Scottish middle- and long-distance runner. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres champion with the Games record, and 5000 metres silver medallist. McColgan is a four-time European Champio ...
withdrew due to a knee injury; she had been scheduled to make her marathon debut at the event.
The men's wheelchair competition featured Marcel Hug
Marcel Eric Hug (born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two ...
, who had won the previous two events. Other competitors included Daniel Romanchuk, who came second in 2022, and eight-time former winner David Weir in his 24th consecutive London Marathon.[
The women's wheelchair event featured 2022 winner ]Catherine Debrunner
Catherine Debrunner (born 11 April 1995) is a Swiss athlete and teacher. She has competed for Team Switzerland at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships where she won a gold and silver medal.
Early life
Debrunner was born on 11 April 1995 ...
, as well as former winners Manuela Schär
Manuela Schär (born 5 December 1984) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing mainly in category T54 sprint events. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 8, when a playground accident paralysed her from the waist down.
Car ...
, Madison de Rozario, Nikita den Boer, Tatyana McFadden
Tatyana McFadden (russian: Татьяна Макфадден; born April 21, 1989) is an American Paralympic athlete of Russian descent competing in the category T54. McFadden has won twenty Paralympic medals in multiple Summer Paralympic Game ...
[ and ]Shelly Woods
Rochelle "Shelly" Woods (born 4 June 1986) is an elite British Paralympic athlete from the suburb of Layton in Blackpool, Lancashire. Woods is a T54 athlete who competes as a wheelchair racer in medium and long-distance events. She has compet ...
. Other competitors included Susannah Scaroni, who won the 2022 Chicago Marathon,[ and Eden Rainbow-Cooper, who came third in her marathon debut at the 2022 race.][
]
Race summary
The wheelchair races commenced at 09:15 BST (UTC+1
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*Central European Time
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** B ...
), the elite women's competition began at 09:25 BST and the elite men's event started at 10:00 BST. The wheelchair races were started by Gordon Perry, who won the inaugural London Marathon wheelchair event in 1983.[ The elite women's race was started by former London Marathon winners ]Ingrid Kristiansen
Ingrid Kristiansen (née Christensen on 21 March 1956) is a Norwegian former athlete. She was one of the best female long-distance runners during the 1980s. She is a former world record holder in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and the marathon ...
and Catherina McKiernan
Catherina McKiernan (born 30 November 1969 in Cornafean, County Cavan) is a former long-distance runner from Ireland, who competed in the marathon, 10,000 metres and cross country running.
Biography
McKiernan has held the List of Irish records ...
,[ whilst the elite men's and mass participation events were started by Eliud Kipchoge.] The elite and wheelchair races were run in mostly dry conditions, whilst there was heavy rain at times during the mass participation event.
The elite men's race was won by Kelvin Kiptum in a course record time of 2:01:25, 16 seconds slower than Eliud Kipchoge's world record, and 72 seconds faster than Kipchoge's previous course best. At the halfway stage, the leading pack contained eight runners, and Kiptum broke away from the leading pack after . Kiptum won by nearly three minutes,[ and his time for the second half of the race was the fastest ever.][ Kiptum received $230,000 for his victory, breaking the course record and finishing quicker than 2:03:00.][ Geoffrey Kamworor finished second, and Tamirat Tola was third overall.][ Marathon debutante Emile Cairess was the top British finisher in sixth place;][ his time of 2:08:07 made him the third fastest Briton in history. Other Britons in the top 10 finishers included Phil Sesemann, Mo Farah and Chris Thompson.
The elite women's event was won by marathon debutante Sifan Hassan in a time of 2:18:33.][ Brigid Kosgei withdrew with an injury in the first four minutes of the race; she completed less than .][ After an hour of racing, Hassan pulled up with an apparent leg injury, and she was eleven seconds behind the leading pack at half distance.][ Later in the race, she stopped for a second time to stretch her ]quadriceps
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.[ After the race, Hassan revealed she had had a problem with her hip, and that she had not taped it up prior to the race.] Hassan caught the leading pack of Sheila Chepkirui, Peres Jepchirchir, Judith Korir and Yalemzerf Yehualaw after .[ Towards the end, Hassan almost missed a drinks station, and afterwards she offered a drink to rival Yalemzerf Yehualaw.][ The race was decided in a sprint finish; Yehualaw had been dropped prior to the sprint finish.][ In the sprint, Hassan beat Alemu Megertu and Jepchirchir, who finished second and third respectively.][ Samantha Harrison was the top finishing Briton in 11th; her time was six minutes faster than her previous personal best,][ and was the fifth fastest time by a British woman ever.][ She was quicker than the qualifying time for the ]2024 Summer Olympics
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.
The men's wheelchair competition was won by Marcel Hug
Marcel Eric Hug (born 16 January 1986) is a Paralympian athlete from Switzerland competing in category T54 wheelchair racing events. Hug, nicknamed 'The Silver Bullet', has competed in four Summer Paralympic Games for Switzerland, winning two ...
, in a course record time of 1:23:44, 50 seconds faster than his previous course record at the event.[ Hug won the race by five minutes, and it was his third consecutive London Marathon victory,][ and fifth in total.][ ]Jetze Plat
Jetze Plat (born 10 June 1991 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch para-cyclist in the H4 class. He also competes in the paratriathlon.
Career
Plat was born with two stunted legs. In 1995, Plat started using a handcycle, to cycle to school. Later he star ...
finished in second place, and Tomoki Suzuki was third.[ David Weir was the best finishing Briton in fifth place.]
The women's wheelchair race was won by Madison de Rozario in a sprint finish; the top four competitors finished within six seconds of each other.[ De Rozario finished in a course record time of 1:38:51, one second ahead of Manuela Schär.][ Catherine Debrunner finished third and Susannah Scaroni was fourth.][ Eden Rainbow-Cooper was the highest finishing Briton in seventh place.][
]
Non elite races
A mini-marathon took place on 22 April, and was started by Jake Wightman
Jake Wightman (born 11 July 1994) is a British middle-distance runner competing primarily in the 1500 metres. He won the gold medal at the 2022 World Championships, the first global gold in a middle distance event for a British male since Seb C ...
, who won the 1,500 metres event at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the f ...
. The events were run over distances of and , and over 8,000 children ran, the most competitors at any London mini-marathon.
The main mass participation event started in waves between 10:00 and 11:30 BST. There were 49,272 starters, more than any previous London Marathon. There were expected to be around 48,000 finishers, and by 17:00 BST the event had beaten the previous record of 42,549 finishers set in 2019. The youngest competitor was 18 years and one day old, and the oldest was aged 90. Former sportspeople who competed in the marathon event include former Olympic curler Eve Muirhead
Eve Muirhead (born 22 April 1990) is a Scottish former curler from Perth and the skip of the British Olympic Curling team. Muirhead and the GB team became Olympic champions at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, having previously won the bro ...
and former England rugby union captain Chris Robshaw
Chris Robshaw (born 4 June 1986) is an English former rugby union player. He was the captain of the England national rugby union team from January 2012 until December 2015. Robshaw's position of choice was in the back row of the scrum, usually ...
.[ Other celebrity competitors included presenters Chris Evans][ and ]Adele Roberts
Adele Claire Roberts (born 9 March 1979) is a British broadcaster and reality TV personality and DJ. Roberts worked for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. Her best known television appearances were in '' Big Brother'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out ...
,[ ]Harry Judd
Harry Mark Christopher Judd (born 23 December 1985) is an English musician, dancer and author. He is the drummer for the band McFly. Judd won the 2011 series of ''Strictly Come Dancing''.
Judd published his first book, ''Get Fit Get Happy'', in ...
from the band McFly
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,[ ]Marcus Mumford
Marcus Oliver Johnstone Mumford (born 31 January 1987) is a British singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the band folk band Mumford & Sons. He also plays a number of instruments with the group ...
of Mumford & Sons
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[ actor ]Josh O'Connor
Josh O'Connor (born in 1989/1990) is a British actor. He portrayed a young Charles III (Prince Charles) in the Netflix drama ''The Crown'' (2019–2020), for which he won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and th ...
[ and 10 current ]Members of Parliament
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,[ including ]Chancellor of the Exchequer
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Jeremy Hunt
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.[ Broadcaster ]Adele Roberts
Adele Claire Roberts (born 9 March 1979) is a British broadcaster and reality TV personality and DJ. Roberts worked for BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 2. Her best known television appearances were in '' Big Brother'', '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out ...
broke the marathon record for a competitor running with a stoma bag
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