1991 London Marathon

The 1991 London Marathon was the 11th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Soviet athlete Yakov Tolstikov in a time of 2:09:17 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:26:14. Tolstikov's run was a Soviet record, which was never bettered as the country collapsed at the end of 1991.[1]

11th London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date21 April 1991
Champions
MenAntónio Pinto (2:10:02)
WomenKatrin Dörre-Heinig (2:29:39)
Wheelchair menFarid Amarouche (1:52:52)
Wheelchair womenConnie Hansen (2:04:40)

The elite race featured high levels of international participation that year as it played host to the 1991 World Marathon Cup, where Great Britain won the men's team race and the Soviet Union won the women's team race.[2]

In the wheelchair races, France's Farid Amarouche (1:52:52) and Denmark's Connie Hansen (2:04:40) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively. This was the first time that the winning time in the women's wheelchair race surpassed that of both able-bodied races.[3]

In the mass race, around 79,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 33,485 had their applications accepted and around 24,500 started the race. A total of 23,435 runners finished the race.[4]

Results

Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Yakov Tolstikov Soviet Union2:09:17
Manuel Matias Portugal2:10:21
Jan Huruk Poland2:10:21
4Dave Long United Kingdom2:10:30
5Joaquim Pinheiro Portugal2:10:38
6Alfredo Shahanga Tanzania2:11:20
7Steve Brace United Kingdom2:11:45
8Peter Maher Ireland2:11:46
9Jean-Luc Assemat France2:11:49
10Salvatore Bettiol Italy2:11:53
11Konrad Dobler Germany2:11:57
12José Esteban Montiel Spain2:11:59
13Tekeye Gebrselassie Ethiopia2:12:05
14Alessio Faustini Italy2:12:12
15Marco Gozzano Italy2:12:26
16David Buzza United Kingdom2:12:37
17Isidro Rico Mexico2:12:38
18Slawomir Gurny Poland2:12:39
19Marcelino Crisanto Mexico2:12:42
20Hugh Jones United Kingdom2:12:46
21Carlos Ayala Mexico2:12:51
22Luis Soares France2:12:53
23Diego García Spain2:12:54
24Pascal Zilliox France2:12:59
25Belayneh Tadesse Ethiopia2:13:09
26Wiesław Perszke Poland2:13:12
27Takeshi So Japan2:13:15
28Peter Daenens Belgium2:13:16
29Vicente Antón Spain2:13:38
30Sam Carey United Kingdom2:13:54
31José Carlos da Silva Brazil2:14:11
32Allister Hutton United Kingdom2:14:13
33Mohamed Kamel Selmi Algeria2:14:20
—Gelindo Bordin ItalyDNF
—Bill Reifsnyder United StatesDNF
—Carl Thackery United KingdomDNF
—Delmir Alves Dos Santos BrazilDNF
—Suleiman Nyambui TanzaniaDNF

Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Rosa Mota Portugal2:26:14
Francie Larrieu Smith United States2:27:35
Valentina Yegorova Soviet Union2:28:18
4Katrin Dörre-Heinig Germany2:28:57
5Maria Rebelo France2:29:04
6Renata Kokowska Poland2:30:12
7Ramilya Burangulova Soviet Union2:30:41
8Naomi Watanabe Japan2:31:23
9Tatyana Zuyeva Soviet Union2:31:23
10Anna Villani Italy2:31:26
11Irina Bogacheva Soviet Union2:31:35
12Antonella Bizioli Italy2:32:30
13Laura Fogli Italy2:32:41
14Mari Tanigawa Japan2:33:16
15Sissel Grottenberg Norway2:33:21
16Christel Rogiers Belgium2:33:41
17Ria Van Landeghem Belgium2:33:49
18Joy Smith United States2:34:20
19Mary O'Connor New Zealand2:34:31
20Sally Ellis United Kingdom2:34:42
21Véronique Marot United Kingdom2:34:46
22Françoise Bonnet France2:34:49
23Izabela Zatorska Poland2:34:55
24Marie-Hélène Ohier France2:34:59
25Kerstin Pressler Germany2:35:09
26Sally Eastall United Kingdom2:36:19
27Anna Rybicka Poland2:36:41
28Birgit Jerschabek Germany2:36:48
29Jocelyne Villeton France2:37:04
30Dominique Rembert France2:37:05
31Lidia Camberg Poland2:37:13
32Terry Adams  Switzerland2:37:32
33Sylvie Laville France2:37:51
—Dorthe Rasmussen DenmarkDNF
—Wendy Breed New ZealandDNF

Wheelchair men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Farid Amarouche France1:52:52
Bo Lindkvist Sweden1:52:55
Jean-Francois Poitevin France1:52:57
4Daniel Wesley Canada1:52:59
5Håkan Ericsson Sweden1:53:02
6David Holding United Kingdom1:54:39
7Christian Pickernell Australia2:04:11
8Doug Gray United Kingdom2:04:51
9Ivan Newman United Kingdom2:04:55
10Rob Wickham Zimbabwe2:05:01

Wheelchair women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
Connie Hansen Denmark2:04:40
Rose Hill United Kingdom2:21:49
Tanni Grey United Kingdom2:38:42
4Tracy Lewis United Kingdom2:45:33
5Yvonne Holloway United Kingdom2:51:47

References
  1. "Top list of the best results in the world in the history of marathon running in men". www.alltime -athletics.com. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  2. IAAF World Marathon Cup. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
  3. 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. Stats and Figures. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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