15th London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 2 April 1995 |
Champions | |
Men | Dionicio Cerón (2:08:30) |
Women | Małgorzata Sobańska (2:27:43) |
Wheelchair men | Heinz Frei (1:39:14) |
Wheelchair women | Rose Hill (2:17:02) |
The 1995 London Marathon was the 15th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 2 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who took his second straight title in a time of 2:08:30 hours, and the women's race was won by Poland's Małgorzata Sobańska in 2:27:43.
In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:39:14) and Britain's Rose Hill (2:17:02) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Frei's winning time was a course record and the first sub-1:40 finish at the race.[1]
Around 79,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,097 had their applications accepted and around 27,000 started the race. A total of 25,377 runners finished the race.[2]