The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual

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race in

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, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's

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in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's

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in 2:24:14. In the

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s, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's

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(1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Graf knocked over a minute off the course record. Around 120,000 people applied to enter the race: 48,630 had their applications accepted and 35,037 started the race. A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.London Marathon – Race Results
Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25. 007 Elite marathon runner Lucy Hassell - English professional woman athlete

007 Elite marathon runner Lucy Hassell - English professional woman athlete

006 London Marathon runners crowd near the finish line - London Flora Marathon 2008 - free photo with attribution CC-BY

005 London Marathon vaseline stand and superhero costume charity fundraising runners in 2008

Men

Women

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

;Results
Men's results

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. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
Women's results

. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

External links

Official website
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London Marathon The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England. Founded by athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley in 1981, it is typically held in April, although it moved to Oct ...

Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), 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 ...