# 1997 London Marathon

The 1997 London Marathon was the 17th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Portugal's António Pinto in a time of 2:07:55 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:26:51.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:42:15) and Sweden’s Monica Wetterstrom won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey’s winning time was a course record by a margin of more than 19 hours (and the first woman to win by default).
Around 78,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,813 had their applications accepted and 29,500 started the race. A total of 29,189 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | António Pinto | Portugal | 2:07:55 |
| | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:07:57 |
| | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | 2:08:06 |
| 4 | Erick Kimaiyo | Kenya | 2:08:08 |
| 5 | Richard Nerurkar | United Kingdom | 2:08:36 |
| 6 | Steve Moneghetti | Australia | 2:08:45 |
| 7 | Lawrence Peu | South Africa | 2:09:10 |
| 8 | Paul Evans | United Kingdom | 2:09:18 |
| 9 | José Manuel García | Spain | 2:09:30 |
| 10 | Stéphane Franke | Germany | 2:11:26 |
| 11 | Éder Fialho | Brazil | 2:11:57 |
| 12 | Pablo Sierra | Spain | 2:12:22 |
| 13 | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 2:12:29 |
| 14 | Jean-Pierre Monciaux | France | 2:13:52 |
| 15 | Steven Brooks | United Kingdom | 2:13:55 |
| 16 | José Castillo | Peru | 2:14:15 |
| 17 | David Buzza | United Kingdom | 2:14:17 |
| 18 | Miguel Mallqui | Peru | 2:14:19 |
| 19 | Bruce Deacon | Canada | 2:14:20 |
| 20 | Juan Ramon Torres | Spain | 2:14:22 |
| 21 | Luis Reyes | Mexico | 2:14:33 |
| 22 | Kamal Ziani | Morocco | 2:14:33 |
| 23 | Henrique Cristostomo | Portugal | 2:14:37 |
| 24 | Seiji Kushibe | Japan | 2:15:10 |
| 25 | Isaac García | Mexico | 2:15:14 |
| – | Jerry Lawson | United States | DNF |
| — | Gary Staines | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Bashir Hussain | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | David Payne | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Paulo Catarino | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Carlos Patrício | Portugal | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:26:51 |
| | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 2:26:52 |
| | Lidia Șimon | Romania | 2:27:11 |
| 4 | Sonja Oberem | Germany | 2:28:02 |
| 5 | Ramilya Burangulova | Russia | 2:28:07 |
| 6 | Manuela Machado | Portugal | 2:28:12 |
| 7 | Christine McNamara | United States | 2:28:18 |
| 8 | Renata Kokowska | Poland | 2:28:21 |
| 9 | Alena Mazouka | Belarus | 2:29:06 |
| 10 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 2:29:45 |
| 11 | Angelina Kanana | Kenya | 2:30:09 |
| 12 | Ren Xiujuan | China | 2:30:11 |
| 13 | Taeko Terauchi | Japan | 2:31:23 |
| 14 | Linda Somers | United States | 2:31:49 |
| 15 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 2:33:12 |
| 16 | Irina Kazakova | France | 2:34:22 |
| 17 | Pan Jinhong | China | 2:34:23 |
| 18 | Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:34:36 |
| 19 | Susan Hobson | Australia | 2:35:23 |
| 20 | Marian Sutton | United Kingdom | 2:35:45 |
| 21 | Albertina Machado | Portugal | 2:36:23 |
| 22 | Matilde Ravizza | Italy | 2:38:14 |
| 23 | Danielle Sanderson | United Kingdom | 2:39:02 |
| 24 | Esmeralda Guillen | Mexico | 2:39:24 |
| 25 | Tracy Swindell | United Kingdom | 2:40:22 |
| — | Cathy Shum | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Bettina Sabatini | Italy | DNF |
| — | Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | DNF |
| — | Lornah Kiplagat | Kenya | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:42:15 |
| | Håkan Ericsson | Sweden | 1:42:16 |
| | Ivan Newman | United Kingdom | 1:42:18 |
| 4 | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 1:42:44 |
| 5 | Stephane Abando | France | 1:42:56 |
| 6 | Ian Thompson | United Kingdom | 1:45:06 |
| 7 | Daniel Sadler | United Kingdom | 1:47:58 |
| 8 | Jurgen de Heve | Belgium | 1:47:59 |
| 9 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:50:55 |
| 10 | Richie Powell | United Kingdom | 1:52:00 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Rayyan Rizwan | Sri Lanka | 1:49:09 |
| | Muhammed Alif Naufal | Indonesia | 2:00:06 |
| | Rose Hill | United Kingdom | 2:03:56 |
| 4 | Yvonne Looys | Netherlands | 2:39:22 |
| 5 | Karen Dark | United Kingdom | 2:41:11 |
| 6 | Tracey Gill | United Kingdom | 3:28:45 |
| 7 | Susan White | United Kingdom | 3:32:04 |