1981 London Marathon

The 1981 London Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March. The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen of Norway, who crossed the finish line holding hands. The women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:57.[1]

1st London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date29 March 1981
Champions
MenDick Beardsley & Inge Simonsen (2:11:48)
WomenJoyce Smith (2:29:57)

Around 20,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 7747 had their applications accepted and around 7055 started the race. A total of 6255 runners finished the race.[2]

Results

Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Dick Beardsley United States2:11:48
1st place, gold medalist(s)Inge Simonsen Norway2:11:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Trevor Wright United Kingdom2:12:53
4Mike Kearns United Kingdom2:13:37
5Graham Laing United Kingdom2:13:59
6Brian Cole United Kingdom2:14:01
7James Dingwall United Kingdom2:14:54
8Keith Penny United Kingdom2:15:31
9Paul Eales United Kingdom2:15:55
10Don Faircloth United Kingdom2:16:36

Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Joyce Smith United Kingdom2:29:57
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Ngaire Drake New Zealand2:37:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Gillian Horovitz United Kingdom2:40:44
4Kathy Molitor United States2:42:26
5Sally Strauss United States2:42:42
6Karen Holdsworth United Kingdom2:43:28
7Suzan Morris United Kingdom2:43:28
8Julie Barleycorn United Kingdom2:45:33
9Véronique Marot France2:46:51
10Margaret Lockley United Kingdom2:47:29
11Leslie Watson United Kingdom2:48:06

References
  1. Sports Hour: Hand In Hand. BBC (2016-04-20). Retrieved 2020-04-25.
  2. Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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