2008 London Marathon

The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.

28th London Marathon
Leaders during the men's race
Venue	London, England
Date	13 April 2008
Champions
Men	Martin Lel (2:05:15)
Women	Irina Mikitenko (2:24:14)
Wheelchair men	David Weir (1:33:56)
Wheelchair women	Sandra Graf (1:48:04)
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In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record.^[1]

Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race.^[2] A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.^[3]

Elite runner Lucy Hassell

Runners crowd near the finish line

Charity runners wearing superhero costumes: Batman and Superman

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:05:15
	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:24
	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	2:05:30
4	Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai	Kenya	2:06:15
5	Ryan Hall	United States	2:06:17
6	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	2:06:38
7	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	2:08:51
8	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:10:34
9	Aleksey Sokolov	Russia	2:11:41
10	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:11:44
11	Luke Kibet Bowen	Kenya	2:12:25
12	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:13:06
13	Dan Robinson	United Kingdom	2:13:10
14	Andrew Letherby	Australia	2:13:50
15	Danny Kassap	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2:15:20
16	Tomas Abyu	United Kingdom	2:15:49
17	Richard Kiplagat	Kenya	2:17:34
18	Peter Riley	United Kingdom	2:18:21
19	Toby Lambert	United Kingdom	2:18:40
20	Chad Johnson	United States	2:18:49
—	Dieudonné Disi	Rwanda	DNF
—	Cuthbert Nyasango	Zimbabwe	DNF
—	Peter Gilmore	United States	DNF
—	Jason Lehmkuhle	United States	DNF

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:24:14
	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:24:39
	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	2:25:37
4	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:26:30
5	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:26:45
6	Souad Aït Salem	Algeria	2:27:41
7	Berhane Adere	Ethiopia	2:27:42
8	Constantina Diță	Romania	2:27:45
9	Liz Yelling	United Kingdom	2:28:33
10	Adriana Pirtea	Romania	2:28:52
11	Silviya Skvortsova	Russia	2:29:11
12	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	2:29:18
13	Lisa Jane Weightman	Australia	2:32:32
14	Sun Weiwei	China	2:36:34
15	Lucy MacAlister	United Kingdom	2:40:31
16	Eleni Donta	Greece	2:41:10
17	Susan Partridge	United Kingdom	2:41:40
18	Kim Fawke	United Kingdom	2:42:08
19	Amy Whitehead	United Kingdom	2:45:38
20	Andrea Clement	United Kingdom	2:45:49
—	Emily Kimuria	Kenya	DNF
—	Everline Kimwei	Kenya	DNF
—	Birhan Dagne	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Michelle Ross-Cope	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Natalie Harvey	United Kingdom	DNF

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:33:56
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:34:00
	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:34:01
4	Krige Schabort	South Africa	1:34:02
5	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:34:03
6	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:34:25
7	Josh George	United States	1:34:46
8	Brian Alldis	United Kingdom	1:37:23
9	Rafael Jiménez	Spain	1:37:26
10	Choke Yasuoka	Japan	1:39:50

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:48:04
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:51:58
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	2:01:59
4	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	2:04:48
5	Sarah Piercy	United Kingdom	2:35:54