3rd London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date17 April 1983
Champions
MenMike Gratton (2:09:43)
WomenGrete Waitz (2:25:29)
Wheelchair menGordon Perry (3:20:07)
Wheelchair womenDenise Smith (4:29:03)

The 1983 London Marathon was the third running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Mike Gratton in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:25:29. Waitz's time was a marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by Joan Benoit at the 1983 Boston Marathon.[1]

Around 60,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 19,735 had their applications accepted and around 16,500 started the race. A total of 15,793 runners finished the race.[2]

A wheelchair race was held for the first time, organised by the British Sports Association for the Disabled, and British athletes Gordon Perry and Denise Smith won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[3] The race organiser Chris Brasher had opposed the inclusion of wheelchair racers, emphasising that it should remain a running competition and that the inclusion of wheeled racers would lead to accidents and "more disability". The Greater London Council, under the leadership of Ken Livingstone and Illtyd Harrington, threatened to withdraw funding for the event, forcing the organisers to relent and include wheelchair athletes.[4]

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Mike Gratton United Kingdom2:09:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Gerard Helme United Kingdom2:10:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Henrik Jørgensen Denmark2:10:47
4Kebede Balcha Ethiopia2:11:32
5James Dingwall United Kingdom2:11:44
6Ricardo Ortega Spain2:11:51
7Martin McCarthy United Kingdom2:11:54
8Emiel Puttemans Belgium2:12:27
9Trevor Wright New Zealand2:12:29
10Øyvind Dahl Norway2:12:43
11David Cannon United Kingdom2:12:51
12Fred Vandervennet Belgium2:13:01
13Raymond Crabb United Kingdom2:13:15
14Dennis Fowles United Kingdom2:13:21
15Jan Fjærestad Norway2:13:31
16Marc De Blander Belgium2:13:43
17John Caine United Kingdom2:13:43
18Mervyn Brameld United Kingdom2:13:48
19Eirik Berge Norway2:13:50
20Bernard Bobes France2:14:00
21Gyorgy Sinko Hungary2:14:11

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Grete Waitz Norway2:25:29
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Mary O'Connor New Zealand2:28:20
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Glynis Penny United Kingdom2:36:21
4Karolina Szabó Hungary2:36:22
5Jillian Colwell Australia2:37:12
6Antonia Ladanyi Hungary2:37:42
7Deirdre Nagle Ireland2:37:42
8Kathryn Binns United Kingdom2:38:11
9Sarah Rowell United Kingdom2:39:11
10Priscilla Welch United Kingdom2:39:29
11Jacquie Turney Australia2:40:05
12Sally Ann Hales United Kingdom2:40:08
13Heidi Jacobsen Norway2:40:11
14Zehava Shmueli Israel2:40:29
15Julie Asgill United Kingdom2:40:59
16Dorothy Browne Australia2:41:24
17Mette Holm Denmark2:41:35
18Kersti Jakobsen Denmark2:41:53
19Margaret Lockley United Kingdom2:42:08
20Karen Whapshott United Kingdom2:42:13


Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Gordon Perry United Kingdom3:20:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Joe Fletcher United Kingdom3:25:03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tim Marshall United Kingdom3:26:15
4Leroy Dobson United Kingdom3:27:40
5Charles Raymond United Kingdom3:52:55
6Ertie Gomec Turkey3:55:50
7James Gilham United Kingdom3:56:57
8Shahriar Esfandiari Iran4:08:16
9Stuart Anderson United Kingdom4:29:03
10Graham Young United Kingdom4:35:11

Wheelchair women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Denise Smith United Kingdom4:29:03
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Joanne Roberts United Kingdom6:09:03

References

  1. ↑ McGuire, Jane (2020-04-23). 40 moments from 40 years of the London Marathon. Runners World . Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  2. ↑ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  3. ↑ 2015 London Marathon Media Guide. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ↑ Paralympics archive: the marathon debate (1983). Channel 4 (2012-08-28). Retrieved 2020-04-27.
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