1986 London Marathon

The 1986 London Marathon was the sixth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 20 April. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:10:02 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:24:54.

In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38) and Kay McShane (2:47:12) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.^[1]

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 25,566 had their applications accepted and 19,261 started the race. A total of 18,067 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:10:02
	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:11:42
	Allister Hutton	United Kingdom	2:12:36
4	Pat Petersen	United States	2:12:56
5	Mehmet Terzi	Turkey	2:13:02
6	Yutaka Kanai	Japan	2:13:42
7	Henrik Albahn	Denmark	2:14:34
8	Ieuan Ellis	United Kingdom	2:14:38
9	Geir Kvernmo	Norway	2:14:48
10	Cidálio Caetano	Portugal	2:14:57
11	Oddmund Roalkvam	Norway	2:14:59
12	Philip O'Brien	United Kingdom	2:15:00
13	Lindsay Robertson	United Kingdom	2:15:03
14	Peter Lyrenmann	Switzerland	2:15:06
15	Kevin Forster	United Kingdom	2:15:19
16	Richard Umberg	Switzerland	2:15:46
17	Zhu Shuchun	China	2:15:47
18	Gyula Borka	Hungary	2:15:53
19	Eleuterio Antón	Spain	2:15:54
20	John Wheway	United Kingdom	2:15:56

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Grete Waitz	Norway	2:24:54
	Mary O'Connor	New Zealand	2:30:52
	Ann Ford	United Kingdom	2:31:40
4	Sylvie Bornet	France	2:31:43
5	Paula Fudge	United Kingdom	2:32:25
6	Kersti Jakobsen	Denmark	2:32:53
7	Julia Armstrong	United Kingdom	2:36:31
8	Glynis Penny	United Kingdom	2:38:47
9	Jacqueline Hulbert	United Kingdom	2:39:26
10	Deborah Butterfield	United States	2:41:11
11	Angie Hulley	United Kingdom	2:41:12
12	Carolyn Naisby	United Kingdom	2:41:57
13	Oddrun Hovsengen	Norway	2:42:05
14	Christine Kennedy	Ireland	2:42:18
15	Yuko Gordon	Hong Kong	2:42:23
16	Mora Main	Australia	2:43:15
17	Sandra Lappage	United Kingdom	2:43:54
18	Rosemary Ellis	United Kingdom	2:45:19
19	Eva Isaacs	Sweden	2:45:28
20	Tanya Maria Ball	United Kingdom	2:45:30

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Gerry O'Rourke	Ireland	2:26:38
	Mike Bishop	United Kingdom	2:29:14
	Chris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:30:59
4	Terje Roel	Norway	2:36:13
5	Kevin Breen	Ireland	2:43:52
6	Michael Cunnham	?	2:50:52
7	John Naude	United Kingdom	2:50:59
8	Graham Stones	United Kingdom	2:51:04
9	Gerry Kinsella	Ireland	2:55:46
10	Chas Sadler	United Kingdom	2:57:01

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kay McShane	Ireland	3:02:40
	Karen Davidson	United Kingdom	3:24:53
	Denise Smith	United Kingdom	4:07:57
4	Sheila Watkins	United Kingdom	5:58:30

References

Results

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-24.

External links

• Official website