The 2016

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was the 36th running of the annual

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 ...

race in

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, England, which took place on Sunday, 24 April. The men's elite race was won by Kenyan

Eliud Kipchoge Eliud Kipchoge (born 5 November 1984) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon and formerly specialized in the 5000 metres. Kipchoge is the Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon, 2016 and Athletics at th ...

and the women's race was won by Kenyan Jemima Sumgong. The men's wheelchair race was won by

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from Switzerland and the women's wheelchair race was won by American Tatyana McFadden. Around 247,069 people applied to enter the race: 53,152 had their applications accepted and 39,523 started the race. These were all record highs for the race. A total of 39,091 runners, 23,983 men and 15,108 women, finished the race. In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Thomas Mortimer (14:14), Sabrina Sinha (16:23), Jack Agnew (12:18) and Kare Adenegan (13:40).

Course

The

is run over a largely flat course around the

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, and spans 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards). The route has markers at one mile and five kilometre intervals. The course begins at three separate points: the 'red start' in southern

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on Charlton Way, the 'green start' in St John's Park, and the 'blue start' on Shooter's Hill Road. From these points around Blackheath at above sea level, south of the River Thames, the route heads east through Charlton. The three courses converge after in

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, close to the

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. As the runners reach the , they pass by the

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and head towards ''

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ed in

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. Heading next into

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and

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in the Docklands, and out towards

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, competitors race along Jamaica Road before reaching the half-way point as they cross

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. Running east again along The Highway through

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, competitors head up towards

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and into Mudchute in the

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via Westferry Road, before heading into

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. As the route leads away from Canary Wharf into Poplar, competitors run west down Poplar High Street back towards Limehouse and on through

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. They then move back onto The Highway, onto Lower and Upper Thames Streets. Heading into the final leg of the race, competitors pass The Tower of London on Tower Hill. In the penultimate mile along The Embankment, the

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comes into view, before the athletes turn right into

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to complete the final , catching the sights of

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and

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, and finishing in The Mall alongside St. James's Palace.

Race summary

The men's race was won by Kenyan

in a new course record, eight seconds shy of the world record. Kipchoge, after running alongside

Stanley Biwott Stanley Kipleting Biwott (born 21 April 1986) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in half marathon and marathon races. He won the 2012 Paris Marathon in a course record time of 2:05:11 hours and the 2015 New York City Marathon. His half ...

for most of the race, broke off to defend the title he won the previous year. The women's race was won by Kenyan Jemima Sumgong, who fell along with two-time winner

Mary Keitany Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (born 18 January 1982) is a Kenyan former professional long distance runner. She was the world record holder in a women-only marathon, having won the 2017 London Marathon in a time of 2:17:01. As of November 2022, she ...

and 2010 winner Aselefech Mergia in the latter stages of the race. Sumgong recovered to take the finish line, in front of 2015 winner Tigist Tufa. Coming less than a week after the

Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was ins ...

, the same winners won the London wheelchair races.

from Switzerland won the men's wheelchair division and the women's wheelchair division was won by American Tatyana McFadden. Hug won ahead of course record holder Kurt Fearnley and six-time winner David Weir, with the top three finishers each separated by a second. McFadden held off Manuela Schär by a single second to claim her fourth consecutive title, with 2010 winner Wakako Tsuchida coming in third. Astronaut

Tim Peake Major (United Kingdom), Major Timothy Nigel Peake (born 7 April 1972) is a retired British European Space Agency astronaut, Army Air Corps (United Kingdom), Army Air Corps officer and author. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second a ...

ran the London Marathon from the

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's treadmill, timed to begin just as the race did. Peake became the first man to run a marathon from space, and the second person after Sunita Williams ran the 2007 Boston Marathon from the ISS.Tim Peake 'runs' London Marathon from space
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Results

Men

Women

*† = Ran in mass race

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

;Results
Virgin Money London Marathon 2016 Tracking and Results
London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
Men Results

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. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
Women Results

. Retrieved 2020-05-02.

External links

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