List of winners of the London Marathon
Elite race – men's winners

List of winners of the London Marathon

Section Title: Elite race – men's winners
Table Section Text: None

Year	Athlete	Nationality	Time (h:m:s)	Notes

1981	Dick Beardsley (Tie)	United States	2:11:48	Course record

Inge Simonsen (Tie)	Norway

1982	Hugh Jones	United Kingdom	2:09:24	Course record

1983	Mike Gratton	United Kingdom	2:09:43

1984	Charlie Spedding	United Kingdom	2:09:57

1985	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:16	Course record

1986	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:10:02

1987	Hiromi Taniguchi	Japan	2:09:50

1988	Henrik Jørgensen	Denmark	2:10:20

1989	Douglas Wakiihuri	Kenya	2:09:03

1990	Allister Hutton	United Kingdom	2:10:10

1991	Yakov Tolstikov	Soviet Union	2:09:17

1992	António Pinto	Portugal	2:10:02

1993	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:10:50

1994	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:53

1995	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:30	Second victory

1996	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:10:00	Third victory

1997	António Pinto	Portugal	2:07:55	Course record; second victory

1998	Abel Antón	Spain	2:07:57

1999	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:57

2000	António Pinto	Portugal	2:06:36	Course record; third victory

2001	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:07:09	Second victory

2002	Khalid Khannouchi	United States	2:05:38	World marathon record

2003	Gezahegne Abera	Ethiopia	2:07:56

2004	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:06:18

2005	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:07:35

2006	Felix Limo	Kenya	2:06:39

2007	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:07:41	Second victory

2008	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:05:15	Course record; third victory

2009	Samuel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:10	Course record

2010	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:05:19

2011	Emmanuel Mutai	Kenya	2:04:40	Course record

2012	Wilson Kipsang	Kenya	2:04:44

2013	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:06:04	Second victory

2014	Wilson Kipsang	Kenya	2:04:29	Course record; second victory

2015	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:42

2016	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:03:05	Course record; second victory

2017	Daniel Wanjiru	Kenya	2:05:48

2018	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:04:17	Third victory

2019	Eliud Kipchoge	Kenya	2:02:37	Fourth victory: Course Record

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Mike Gratton is a former winner of the London Marathon.

final_sentence: Mike Gratton is a former winner of the London Marathon.