The 2013

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was the 33rd running of the annual marathon race in

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, England, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The men's elite race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and the women's race was won by Kenyan

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. Australian

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won the men's wheelchair race, while American Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race with a new course record of 1:46:02. Around 167,449 people applied to enter the race: 48,323 had their applications accepted and 34,631 started the race. A total of 34202 runners, 22,136 men and 12,066 women, finished the race. In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Alex George (14:34),

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(16:24),

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(12:41) and Jade Jones (12:39).Virgin Mini London marathon 2013 results
London Marathon (2013). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Pre-race

After the Boston Marathon bombings six days before the London Marathon, organisers issued a statement announcing that the event's security—which is jointly planned with the Metropolitan Police—would be reviewed. On 16 April, Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson announced that the event would go ahead as planned, stating that he was "absolutely confident" that organisers can "keep the event safe and secure." Forty percent more police officers were deployed to manage the race than in 2012.

Race description

2013 London Marathon at Victoria Embankment (1)

The 2013 London Marathon began with a 30-second moment of silence in honour of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings. Many runners also wore black ribbons on the encouragement of race organisers. Organisers also pledged to donate US$3 to a fund for Boston Marathon victims for every person who finished the race. The weather was ideal for racing, drawing 700,000 fans and raising the prospect of a world record time. Through the halfway mark of the men's race, the leaders were on world record pace. At that point, Great Britain's

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 ...

withdrew from the race, as he had planned. The pace dropped off after that and

Emmanuel Mutai Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (born 12 October 1984) is a long distance runner from Kenya, who specialises in marathons. He is now the joint 6th fastest man ever over the 42.195 km distance. Initially running in half marathons, he made his de ...

of Kenya built a large lead. In the final kilometre of the race, Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia surged past Mutai to win the men's marathon with a time of two hours, six minutes and four seconds.

Ayele Abshero Ayele Abshero Biza ( am, አየለ አብሽሮ ቢዛ, born 28 December 1990) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who mainly competes in cross country and road races. He came to prominence with a junior silver medal at the 2008 IAAF Worl ...

of Ethiopia finished third. 2012 Olympic champion

Stephen Kiprotich Stephen Kiprotich ("KIP-roh-tich", born 27 February 1989) is a Ugandan long-distance runner. He is an Olympic marathon champion, having won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. Kiprotich also won a gold at the 2013 World Championships in ...

of Uganda took sixth. At the mark, the women's elite leaders converged with men's wheelchair racers at a water station. Ethiopia's

Tiki Gelana Erba Tiki Gelana ( am, ኧርባ ቲኪ ገላና; born 22 October 1987) is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner who competes in marathon races. Her personal best of 2:18:58 had been the Ethiopian national record for the event from 2012 ...

, who won the marathon at the 2012 Olympics in London, and Canadian wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy collided as she attempted to cut in front of him to get water. She returned to the race, but fell off the pace in clear pain.

of Kenya pulled away from the lead group of three when she ran a 5-minute, 11-second 21st mile. She won the women's race with a time of two hours, 20 minutes and 15 seconds. "Today I'm very, very happy, I couldn't believe I could be the winner," Jeptoo remarked.

Edna Kiplagat Edna Ngeringwony Kiplagat (born 15 November 1979) is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner. She was the 2011 and 2013 World Champion in the marathon. She established herself as an elite marathon runner with wins at the Los Angeles and N ...

of Kenya and

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of Japan finished second and third respectively. In the men's wheelchair race,

of Australia won an eight-way sprint to the finish to win with a time of 1:31:29. He credited a new training regimen for his win and remarked "I realised last year that at the last if someone's got that extra bit of power up their sleeve they beat you every time." Marcel Hug of Switzerland took second and Ernst van Dyk from South Africa finished third. Pre-race favourite and six-time winner David Weir of Great Britain finished fifth. Cassidy, who dropped out of the race after the crash, had harsh words for the race organisers. "I don't know who's responsible, but every year we come to overtake the women, there's 10 chairs going at and the poor women are scrambling to find their feet," he said. "I have a brand new $2,000 pair of wheels that are damaged, who's going to pay for them? Things have to change." American Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race with a new course record of 1:46:02. Fellow American Amanda McGrory finished second and Sandra Graf of Switzerland took third.

Results

Men

Women

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

;Results
Virgin London Marathon 2013 Tracking and Results
London Marathon. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
Men Results
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
Women Results
Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

External links

* {{World Marathon Majors 2013

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