# 1984 London Marathon

The 1984 London Marathon was the fourth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Charlie Spedding in a time of 2:09:57 hours, and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:26.
In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Kevin Breen (2:38:40) and Kay McShane (3:10:04) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 70,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 21,142 had their applications accepted and 16,992 started the race. A total of 15,675 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Charlie Spedding | United Kingdom | 2:09:57 |
| | Kevin Forster | United Kingdom | 2:11:41 |
| | Dennis Fowles | United Kingdom | 2:12:12 |
| 4 | Øyvind Dahl | Norway | 2:12:19 |
| 5 | Jørn Lauenborg | Denmark | 2:12:21 |
| 6 | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:12:35 |
| 7 | James Ashworth | United Kingdom | 2:13:49 |
| 8 | Malcolm East | United Kingdom | 2:14:01 |
| 9 | Christopher Bunyan | United Kingdom | 2:14:03 |
| 10 | Svend Erik Kristensen | Denmark | 2:14:22 |
| 11 | John Graham | United Kingdom | 2:14:40 |
| 12 | Stephen-Glenn Forster | United Kingdom | 2:15:08 |
| 13 | Luis Horta | Portugal | 2:15:12 |
| 14 | Kingston Mills | Ireland | 2:15:14 |
| 15 | Zoltan Kiss | Hungary | 2:15:17 |
| 16 | Jan-Erik Vilholmen | Norway | 2:15:35 |
| 17 | Mervyn Brameld | United Kingdom | 2:15:38 |
| 18 | Fraser Clyne | United Kingdom | 2:15:5 |
| 19 | Gaspar Esnaola | Spain | 2:16:14 |
| 20 | Gary Huckle | United Kingdom | 2:14:25 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:24:26 |
| | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:30:06 |
| | Sarah Rowell | United Kingdom | 2:31:28 |
| 4 | Véronique Marot | United Kingdom | 2:33:52 |
| 5 | Kersti Jakobsen | Denmark | 2:34:53 |
| 6 | Bente Moe | Norway | 2:35:28 |
| 7 | Julie Barleycorn | United Kingdom | 2:35:53 |
| 8 | Margaret Lockley | United Kingdom | 2:36:06 |
| 9 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:37:10 |
| 10 | Lone Dybdal | Denmark | 2:39:39 |
| 11 | Heidi Jacobsen | Norway | 2:39:54 |
| 12 | Gillian Castka | United Kingdom | 2:41:21 |
| 13 | Karen Holdsworth | United Kingdom | 2:42:51 |
| 14 | Kim Webb | United Kingdom | 2:43:55 |
| 15 | Maureen Hurst | United Kingdom | 2:44:13 |
| 16 | Lorna Irving | United Kingdom | 2:44:15 |
| 17 | Lynda Bain | United Kingdom | 2:45:03 |
| 18 | May-Britt Aastad | Sweden | 2:45:22 |
| 19 | Annette Roberts | United Kingdom | 2:45:43 |
| 20 | Carol Gould | United Kingdom | 2:45:59 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Kevin Breen | Ireland | 2:38:40 |
| | Mick Karaphillides | United Kingdom | 2:44:31 |
| | Gordon Perry | United Kingdom | 2:45:12 |
| 4 | Joseph Fletcher | United Kingdom | 2:51:55 |
| 5 | Arthur Walton | United Kingdom | 2:59:10 |
| 6 | Andrew D'Costa | ? | 3:10:10 |
| 7 | Leroy Dobson | United Kingdom | 3:15:03 |
| 8 | Ric Casell | United Kingdom | 3:18:49 |
| 9 | John Naude | United Kingdom | 3:26:39 |
| 10 | Shahriar Esfandiari | Iran | 3:32:06 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Kay McShane | Ireland | 3:10:04 |
| Denise Smith | United Kingdom | 3:57:52 |
| Joanne Roberts | United Kingdom | 4:05:52 |