1993 London Marathon

The 1993 London Marathon was the 13th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, and it took place on Sunday, 18 April. This big race brought together runners from all over the world to complete the 26.2 mile course through the city.

The elite men's race was won by a runner from the United Kingdom, Eamonn Martin, with a time of 2 hours, 10 minutes, and 50 seconds. In the women's race, Katrin Dörre-Heinig from Germany crossed the finish line first, completing the course in 2 hours, 27 minutes, and 9 seconds.

There were also special races for people using wheelchairs. In these races, George Vandamme from Belgium set a new record in the men's division, and Rose Hill from Britain did the same in the women's division. Around 68,000 people wanted to join the marathon, and about 25,000 of them actually started the race. Out of these, 24,495 runners successfully finished the marathon.

Results

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:10:50
	Isidro Rico	Mexico	2:10:53
	Grzegorz Gajdus	Poland	2:11:07
4	Salvatore Bettiol	Italy	2:11:55
5	Frank Bjørkli	Norway	2:12:23
6	David Buzza	United Kingdom	2:12:24
7	Baek Seung-do	South Korea	2:12:34
8	Hussein Ahmed Salah	Djibouti	2:12:40
9	Juan Ramon Torres	Spain	2:13:44
10	Steve Brace	United Kingdom	2:14:00
11	Thabiso Moqhali	Lesotho	2:14:40
12	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:15:43
13	Omar Abdillahi Charmarke	Djibouti	2:16:00
14	Vladimir Bukhanov	Ukraine	2:16:16
15	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:16:35
16	Ezael Tlhobo	South Africa	2:16:53
17	Vitor Mariano Da Silva	Portugal	2:17:00
18	Martin McLoughlin	United Kingdom	2:17:27
19	Joaquim Silva	Portugal	2:17:30
20	Christopher Buckley	United Kingdom	2:17:42
21	Toshinobu Sato	Japan	2:17:46
22	Terje Naess	Norway	2:17:50
23	Gyula Borka	Hungary	2:18:52
24	Juvenal Ribeiro	Portugal	2:18:56
25	Peter Whitehead	United Kingdom	2:18:57
—	Paul Evans	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Carl Thackery	United Kingdom	DNF

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:27:09
	Lisa Ondieki	Australia	2:27:27
	Liz McColgan	United Kingdom	2:29:37
4	Renata Kokowska	Poland	2:32:30
5	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:32:56
6	Anna Rybicka	Poland	2:34:21
7	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:34:44
8	Alina Ivanova	Russia	2:37:21
9	Galina Zhulyeva	Ukraine	2:41:50
10	Gillian Horovitz	United Kingdom	2:42:14
11	Danielle Sanderson	United Kingdom	2:42:37
12	Zina Marchant	United Kingdom	2:43:59
13	Carolyn Rowe	United Kingdom	2:44:59
14	Susan Clarke	United Kingdom	2:45:13
15	Manuela Dias	Portugal	2:45:28
16	Marianne Fløymo	Norway	2:46:05
17	Sandra Bentley	United Kingdom	2:47:33
18	Lesley Turner	United Kingdom	2:48:20
19	Christina Scobey	United States	2:49:10
20	Marina Vanzulli	Italy	2:49:38
21	Eleanor Robinson	United Kingdom	2:49:59
22	Zoe Lowe	United Kingdom	2:50:05
23	Lucy Ramwell	United Kingdom	2:50:50
24	Janice Moorekite	United Kingdom	2:53:30
25	Sandra Lappage	United Kingdom	2:54:13

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	George Vandamme	Belgium	1:44:10
	Ivan Newman	United Kingdom	1:46:15
	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:51:22
4	Håkan Ericsson	Sweden	1:55:24
5	Huub Nelisse	Netherlands	1:55:34
6	Diet Van Dijk	Netherlands	1:56:15
7	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	1:57:24
8	Daniel Wesley	Canada	1:59:10
9	David Todd	United Kingdom	1:59:14
10	Iranilson Da Silva	Brazil	1:59:30

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Rose Hill	United Kingdom	2:03:05
	Lily Anggreny	Germany	2:09:16
	Tanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:12:25