The 2012

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was the 32nd running of the annual

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race in

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, England, which took place on Sunday, 22 April. Both of the elite races were won by Kenyan athletes, and Ethiopia's

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was the only non-Kenyan to reach the podium in either race.

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won the women's elite race for the second year running with a Kenyan record time of 2:18:37 hours.

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was the men's race winner with a time of 2:04:44 – four seconds off Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai's course record set at the

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. Around 170,150 people applied to enter the race: 50,200 had their applications accepted and 37,227 started the race. A total of 36,699, 23,634 men and 13,065 women, finished the race. The top British finishers,

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(17th) and

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(11th), earned the opportunity to compete for

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. The

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s were won by two British athletes: David Weir took the men's title while

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was the women's winner. A

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ner, Claire Squires, died after collapsing in the final mile of the race. In response to publicity of her death, the general public made donations to her

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page at the

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. A mini marathon was held for under-17 athletes over the last three miles of the course. Michael Callegari (14:54) and

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(her fourth straight title in 16:04) won the able-bodied races while Sheikh Sheikh (12:30) and Jade Jones (12:59) won the wheelchair races.

Results

Elite men

*Two Moroccan runners from the men's race were retrospectively disqualified for doping: Abderrahime Bouramdane, who originally finished 11th in a time of 2:10:13, and Adil Annani, who was originally fourth in 2:07:43.

Elite women

*Two athletes were subsequently disqualified for doping: Russia's

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, who was originally 15th with a time of 2:30:29, and Ukraine's Yuliya Ruban, who originally placed 21st with 2:34:47.Report: Russia’s Maria Konovalova banned two years for doping
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Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

;Results
Virgin London Marathon 2012 Tracking and Results
London Marathon. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
2012 Race Report
London Marathon. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
Men Results

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. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
Women Results

. Retrieved 2020-04-26.

External links

Official website
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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 ...

April 2012 sports events in the United Kingdom