1982 London Marathon

The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:43.

2nd London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date9 May 1982
Champions
MenHugh Jones (2:09:24)
WomenJoyce Smith (2:29:43)

Around 90,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 18,059 had their applications accepted and around 16,350 started the race. A total of 15,116 runners finished the race.[1]

Results

Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Hugh Jones United Kingdom2:09:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Øyvind Dahl Norway2:12:21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Mike Gratton United Kingdom2:12:30
4Jeff Wells United States2:13:43
5Kevin McCarey United States2:13:48
6Phil Coppess United States2:13:57
7David Clark Scotland2:15:28
8Svein-Arve Pedersen Norway2:15:28
9William Glad United States2:15:41
10Don Faircloth United Kingdom2:15:50
11Mervyn Brameld United Kingdom2:15:59
12Atle Fosse Norway2:15:59
13John McLaughlin United Kingdom2:16:09
14Derek Stevens United Kingdom2:16:16
15Paul Champion United Kingdom2:16:29
16Zoltan Kiss Hungary2:16:35
17Istvan Kerekjarto Hungary2:16:45
18Alex Kasich United States2:16:59
19Ferenc Szekeres Hungary2:17:10
20Steven Poulton Australia2:17:22


Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Joyce Smith United Kingdom2:29:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Lorraine Moller New Zealand2:36:15
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Judith Hine New Zealand2:41:49
4Beverley Shingles New Zealand2:43:34
5Libby Pfeiffer United Kingdom2:45:52
6Jean Lochhead United Kingdom2:46:04
7Margaret Lockley United Kingdom2:46:53
8Winnie Ng Hong Kong2:47:08
9Caroline Rodgers United Kingdom2:47:57
10Christine Burden New Caledonia2:48:38
11Ngaire Drake New Zealand2:48:38
12Katrina McLean Cyprus2:49:00
13Melanie Jones United Kingdom2:49:47
14Angella Hearn United Kingdom2:50:09
15Leslie Watson United Kingdom2:50:23
17Jacqueline Hulbert United Kingdom2:51:03

References
  1. Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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