18th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date26 April 1998
Champions
MenAbel Antón (2:07:57)
WomenCatherina McKiernan (2:26:26)
Wheelchair menHeinz Frei (1:35:18)
Wheelchair womenTanni Grey (2:02:01)
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The 1998 London Marathon was the 18th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Spain's Abel Antón in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Ireland's Catherina McKiernan in 2:26:26.

In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:18) and Britain's Tanni Grey (2:02:01) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record by a margin of nearly four minutes.[1]

Around 96,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,228 had their applications accepted and 30,663 started the race. A total of 29,972 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Abel Antón  Spain 2:07:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Abdelkader El Mouaziz  Morocco 2:08:07
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) António Pinto  Portugal 2:08:13
4 Julio Rey  Spain 2:08:33
5 Abebe Mekonnen  Ethiopia 2:09:52
6 Róbert Štefko  Slovakia 2:09:54
7 Diego García  Spain 2:10:36
8 Jon Brown  United Kingdom 2:11:11
9 Steve Moneghetti  Australia 2:11:41
10 Kenjiro Jitsui  Japan 2:12:47
11 Vincenzo Modica  Italy 2:13:22
12 Gideon Mutisya  Kenya 2:13:41
13 Antonio Serrano  Spain 2:13:53
14 Masaki Oya  Japan 2:14:11
15 Spyros Andriopoulos  Greece 2:14:13
16 Mark Hudspith  United Kingdom 2:14:20
17 Lawrence Peu  South Africa 2:14:53
18 Sean Quilty  Australia 2:15:19
19 Robert Johnston  New Zealand 2:15:34
20 Harri Hänninen  Finland 2:16:09
— Josia Thugwane  South Africa DNF
— Jerry Lawson  United States DNF
— Paul Evans  United Kingdom DNF
— Shaun Creighton  Australia DNF
— Gary Staines  United Kingdom DNF
— Eduardo do Nascimento  Brazil DNF
— Antonio Silio  Argentina DNF

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Catherina McKiernan  Ireland 2:26:26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Liz McColgan  United Kingdom 2:26:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joyce Chepchumba  Kenya 2:27:22
4 Marleen Renders  Belgium 2:27:30
5 Lidia Șimon  Romania 2:28:41
6 Sonja Oberem  Germany 2:29:39
7 Adriana Fernández  Mexico 2:29:46
8 Wang Yanfang  China 2:30:47
9 Małgorzata Sobańska  Poland 2:32:02
10 Marian Sutton  United Kingdom 2:32:14
11 Pan Jinhong  China 2:35:38
12 Taeko Terauchi  Japan 2:36:33
13 Wang Yanrong  China 2:38:19
14 Griselda González  Argentina 2:39:08
15 Debbie Percival  United Kingdom 2:39:54
16 Lucia Subano  Kenya 2:40:25
17 Stephanie Andrews  Canada 2:40:48
18 Tomoko Kitamura  Japan 2:42:18
19 Lieve Slegers  Belgium 2:43:16
20 Nicola Brown  United Kingdom 2:43:18
— Hellen Kimaiyo  Kenya DNF

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Heinz Frei  Switzerland 1:35:18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Claude Issorat  France 1:42:43
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Denis Lemeunier  France 1:44:03
4 David Holding  United Kingdom 1:46:04
5 Ivan Newman  United Kingdom 1:46:07
6 Jurgen de Heve  Belgium 1:46:01
7 Bogdan Krol  Poland 1:46:13
8 George Schrattenecker  Austria 1:49:15
9 Chris Madden  United Kingdom 1:51:38
10 John Buren  Netherlands 1:55:12

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tanni Grey  United Kingdom 2:02:01
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nicola Jarvis  United Kingdom 2:22:54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fiona Neale  United Kingdom 2:38:40
4 Mary Rice  United Kingdom 3:22:04
5 Tracy Gill  United Kingdom 3:34:59
— Rose Hill  United Kingdom —

References

  1. ^ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  2. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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External links

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