33rd London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, England |
Date | 21 April 2013 |
Champions | |
Men | Tsegaye Kebede (2:06:04) |
Women | Priscah Jeptoo (2:20:15) |
Wheelchair men | Kurt Fearnley (1:31:29) |
Wheelchair women | Tatyana McFadden (1:46:02) |
The 2013 London Marathon was the 33rd running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The men's elite race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede and the women's race was won by Kenyan Priscah Jeptoo. Australian Kurt Fearnley won the men's wheelchair race, while American Tatyana McFadden won the women's wheelchair race with a new course record of 1:46:02.
Around 167,449 people applied to enter the race: 48,323 had their applications accepted and 34,631 started the race.[1][2] A total of 34202 runners, 22,136 men and 12,066 women, finished the race.[3]
In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Alex George (14:34), Bobby Clay (16:24), Will Smith (12:41) and Jade Jones (12:39).[4]