# 2000 London Marathon

The 2000 London Marathon was the 20th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 16 April. The elite men's race was won by Portugal's António Pinto in a time of 2:06:36 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in 2:24:33.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's Kevin Papworth (1:41:50) and Sarah Piercy (2:23:30) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 93,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 42,596 had their applications accepted and 32,620 started the race. A total of 31,561 runners finished the race, comprising 24,613 men and 6948 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | António Pinto | Portugal | 2:06:36 |
| | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:07:33 |
| | Khalid Khannouchi | United States | 2:08:36 |
| 4 | William Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:09:06 |
| 5 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:09:43 |
| 6 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:09:45 |
| 7 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 2:09:55 |
| 8 | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | 2:10:29 |
| 9 | Mukhamet Nazipov | Kazakhstan | 2:10:35 |
| 10 | Danilo Goffi | Italy | 2:10:54 |
| 11 | Mark Steinle | United Kingdom | 2:11:18 |
| 12 | Gert Thys | South Africa | 2:11:32 |
| 13 | Shem Kororia | Kenya | 2:12:28 |
| 14 | Patrick Ndayisenga | Burundi | 2:13:28 |
| 15 | Keith Cullen | United Kingdom | 2:13:37 |
| 16 | John Mutai | Kenya | 2:14:55 |
| 17 | Jamie Lewis | United Kingdom | 2:15:07 |
| 18 | Mark Hudspith | England | 2:15:16 |
| 19 | Sergio Jimenez | Mexico | 2:15:37 |
| 20 | William Burns | Switzerland | 2:15:42 |
| 21 | Alejandro Gomez | Spain | 2:15:48 |
| 22 | Mark Croasdale | United Kingdom | 2:16:03 |
| 23 | Joseph Maqala | South Africa | 2:17:00 |
| 24 | Rhodri Jones | United Kingdom | 2:18:35 |
| 25 | Ian Hudspith | United Kingdom | 2:18:40 |
| — | Daniel Lopes Ferreira | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Alcidio Costa | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Andrés Espinosa | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Germán Silva | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Peter Maher | Ireland | DNF |
| — | David Buzza | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Glynn Tromans | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | David Tune | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Japhet Kosgei | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Isidro Rico | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Rui Vieira | Portugal | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:24:33 |
| | Lidia Șimon | Romania | 2:24:46 |
| | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:24:57 |
| 4 | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | 2:25:42 |
| 5 | Kerryn McCann | Australia | 2:25:59 |
| 6 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 2:26:09 |
| 7 | Maria Guida | Italy | 2:26:12 |
| 8 | Lyubov Morgunova | Russia | 2:26:33 |
| 9 | Manuela Machado | Portugal | 2:26:41 |
| 10 | Svetlana Zakharova | Russia | 2:28:11 |
| 11 | Zinaida Semenova | Russia | 2:28:46 |
| 12 | Ham Bong-sil | North Korea | 2:29:08 |
| 13 | Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:30:30 |
| 14 | Ramilya Burangulova | Russia | 2:31:14 |
| 15 | Cleusa Maria Irineu | Brazil | 2:35:11 |
| 16 | Silvana Trampuz | Italy | 2:36:32 |
| 17 | Kim Chang-ok | North Korea | 2:36:39 |
| 18 | Patricia Jardon | Mexico | 2:37:05 |
| 19 | Teresa Duffy | Ireland | 2:38:30 |
| 20 | Lynne MacDougall | United Kingdom | 2:38:32 |
| 21 | Alison Wyeth | United Kingdom | 2:39:02 |
| 22 | Trudi Thomson | United Kingdom | 2:40:40 |
| 23 | Jo Lodge | United Kingdom | 2:40:52 |
| 24 | Angela Joiner | United Kingdom | 2:44:07 |
| 25 | Jo-Anne Newcombe | United Kingdom | 2:46:16 |
| — | Olga Markova | Russia | DNF |
| — | Nadezhda Wijenberg | Netherlands | DNF |
| — | Fernanda Ribeiro | Portugal | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Kevin Papworth | United Kingdom | 1:41:50 |
| | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:41:53 |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:47:11 |
| 4 | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:47:11 |
| 5 | Tushar Patel | United Kingdom | 1:47:15 |
| 6 | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 1:47:16 |
| 7 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:52:01 |
| 8 | John Hanks | United Kingdom | 2:02:21 |
| 9 | Richie Powell | United Kingdom | 2:03:27 |
| 10 | John Vink | Netherlands | 2:04:39 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Sarah Piercy | United Kingdom | 2:23:30 |
| Tanni Grey-Thompson | United Kingdom | 2:34:53 |