# 1994 London Marathon

The 1994 London Marathon was the 14th 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 Mexico's Dionicio Cerón in a time of 2:08:53 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Katrin Dörre-Heinig in 2:32:34.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:46:06) and Tanni Grey (2:08:26) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 37,379 had their applications accepted and around 26,000 started the race. A total of 25,242 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | 2:08:53 |
| | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 2:09:17 |
| | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:09:18 |
| 4 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 2:09:40 |
| 5 | Grzegorz Gajdus | Poland | 2:09:49 |
| 6 | Martín Pitayo | Mexico | 2:10:58 |
| 7 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 2:10:59 |
| 8 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 2:11:05 |
| 9 | Rolando Vera | Ecuador | 2:11:15 |
| 10 | Carlos Patrício | Portugal | 2:11:42 |
| 11 | Mark Flint | United Kingdom | 2:12:07 |
| 12 | Fernando Couto | Portugal | 2:12:15 |
| 13 | Steve Brace | United Kingdom | 2:12:23 |
| 14 | Tesfaye Bekele | Ethiopia | 2:12:24 |
| 15 | Artur Castro | Brazil | 2:12:44 |
| 16 | José Esteban Montiel | Spain | 2:12:48 |
| 17 | Mark Hudspith | United Kingdom | 2:12:52 |
| 18 | Leonid Shvetsov | Russia | 2:13:00 |
| 19 | Juan Francisco Romera | Spain | 2:13:15 |
| 20 | Bruce Deacon | Canada | 2:13:35 |
| 21 | William Musyoki | Kenya | 2:13:38 |
| 22 | Peter Whitehead | United Kingdom | 2:13:40 |
| 23 | Peter Tshikila | South Africa | 2:15:01 |
| 24 | Shin Nakashima | Japan | 2:15:20 |
| 25 | Jan Huruk | Poland | 2:15:31 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Katrin Dörre-Heinig | Germany | 2:32:34 |
| | Lisa Ondieki | Australia | 2:33:17 |
| | Janeth Mayal | Brazil | 2:34:21 |
| 4 | Sally Ellis | United Kingdom | 2:37:06 |
| 5 | Sally Eastall | United Kingdom | 2:37:08 |
| 6 | Hayley Nash | United Kingdom | 2:39:04 |
| 7 | Zina Marchant | United Kingdom | 2:40:09 |
| 8 | Julie Barleycorn | United Kingdom | 2:40:31 |
| 9 | Linda Rushmere | United Kingdom | 2:40:46 |
| 10 | Suzanne Rigg | United Kingdom | 2:41:03 |
| 11 | Sally Lynch | United Kingdom | 2:41:47 |
| 12 | Angie Hulley | United Kingdom | 2:42:40 |
| 13 | Alison Rose | United Kingdom | 2:45:55 |
| 14 | Patricia Griffin | Ireland | 2:45:57 |
| 15 | Monica O'Eeilly | United States | 2:46:04 |
| 16 | Ana-Maria Mejia | Mexico | 2:46:15 |
| 17 | Tatyana Polovinskaya | Ukraine | 2:46:17 |
| 18 | Trudi Thomson | United Kingdom | 2:47:31 |
| 19 | Tracy Swindell | United Kingdom | 2:48:09 |
| 20 | Catherine Mijovic | United Kingdom | 2:48:31 |
| 21 | Lesley Turner | United Kingdom | 2:48:34 |
| 22 | Susan Endersby | United Kingdom | 2:49:03 |
| 23 | Zoe Lowe | United Kingdom | 2:49:58 |
| 24 | Elaine Flather | United Kingdom | 2:50:41 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:46:06 |
| | Ivan Newman | United Kingdom | 1:46:08 |
| | Håkan Ericsson | Sweden | 1:50:22 |
| 4 | Jack McKenna | United Kingdom | 1:55:06 |
| 5 | Ian Thompson | United Kingdom | 1:55:14 |
| 6 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:55:15 |
| 7= | John Van Buren | Netherlands | 1:58:47 |
| 7= | Huub Nelisse | Netherlands | 1:58:47 |
| 9 | David Todd | United Kingdom | 2:01:11 |
| 10 | Chris Hallam | United Kingdom | 2:05:45 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Tanni Grey | United Kingdom | 2:08:26 |
| Rose Hill | United Kingdom | 2:08:30 |
| Tracy Lewis | United Kingdom | 2:38:34 |