# 2002 London Marathon

The 2002 London Marathon was the 22nd running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 14 April. The elite men's race was won by Khalid Khannouchi of the United States in a time of 2:05:38 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:18:56. Khannouchi's time was a marathon world record, improving on his own record by four seconds. Radcliffe was also close to a world record, just nine seconds off the time set by Catherine Ndereba the previous year.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:39:44) and Britain's Tanni Grey-Thompson (2:22:51) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively – with Grey-Thompson winning for the sixth time.
Around 99,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 46,083 had their applications accepted and 33,297 started the race. A total of 32,536 runners finished the race, comprising 24,768 men and 7768 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Khalid Khannouchi | United States | 2:05:38 WR |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 2:05:48 |
| | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 2:06:35 |
| 4 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:06:52 |
| 5 | Ian Syster | South Africa | 2:07:06 |
| 6 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:07:29 |
| 7 | António Pinto | Portugal | 2:09:10 |
| 8 | Mark Steinle | United Kingdom | 2:09:17 |
| 9 | Tesfaye Jifar | Ethiopia | 2:09:50 |
| 10 | Mohamed El Hattab | Morocco | 2:11:50 |
| 11 | Michael Buchleitner | Austria | 2:14:11 |
| 12 | Rachid Ghanmouni | Morocco | 2:15:29 |
| 13 | William Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:15:59 |
| 14 | William Burns | Switzerland | 2:17:36 |
| 15 | Dan Robinson | United Kingdom | 2:17:51 |
| 16 | Julius Kimutai | Kenya | 2:18:13 |
| 17 | Nicholas Wetheridge | United Kingdom | 2:19:41 |
| 18 | Runar Höiom | Sweden | 2:20:36 |
| 19 | Damon Harris | Australia | 2:20:44 |
| 20 | Christopher Cariss | United Kingdom | 2:20:45 |
| — | Worku Bikila | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Joseph Kariuki | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Luís Jesus | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Alberto Chaíça | Portugal | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:18:56 |
| | Svetlana Zakharova | Russia | 2:22:31 |
| | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:22:33 |
| 4 | Reiko Tosa | Japan | 2:22:46 |
| 5 | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 2:23:19 |
| 6 | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:26:53 |
| 7 | Silviya Skvortsova | Russia | 2:27:07 |
| 8 | Zinaida Semenova | Russia | 2:27:45 |
| 9 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 2:28:37 |
| 10 | Shitaye Gemechu | Ethiopia | 2:28:58 |
| 11 | Irina Safarova | Russia | 2:29:20 |
| 12 | Jo Lodge | United Kingdom | 2:38:25 |
| 13 | Helene Willix | Sweden | 2:40:24 |
| 14 | Beverley Jenkins | United Kingdom | 2:44:32 |
| 15 | Alison Fletcher | United Kingdom | 2:44:42 |
| 16 | Sharon Dixon | United Kingdom | 2:45:05 |
| 17 | Ruth Pickvance | United Kingdom | 2:45:34 |
| 18 | Annette Wolfrom | Germany | 2:46:58 |
| 19 | Clare Pauzers | United Kingdom | 2:49:26 |
| 20 | Sarah Mycroft | Australia | 2:49:38 |
| — | Iness Chepkesis Chenonge | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Maria Guida | Italy | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:39:44 |
| | Tushar Patel | United Kingdom | 1:41:17 |
| | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:41:17 |
| 4 | Paul Nunnari | Australia | 1:41:17 |
| 5 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:55:57 |
| 6 | Jason Gill | United Kingdom | 1:56:49 |
| 7 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:57:48 |
| 8 | John Hanks | United Kingdom | 2:01:39 |
| 9 | Gregory Leray | France | 2:01:41 |
| 10 | Richie Powell | United Kingdom | 2:01:45 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Tanni Grey-Thompson | United Kingdom | 2:22:51 |
| Michelle Lewis | United Kingdom | 2:37:07 |
| Paula Craig | United Kingdom | 2:48:53 |