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.
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 HassellRunners crowd near the finish lineCharity runners wearing superhero costumes: Batman and Superman
^2015 London Marathon Media Guide[permanent dead link]. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
^Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
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