# 1999 London Marathon

The 1999 London Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 18 April. The elite men's race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:07:57 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:23:22.
In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Heinz Frei (1:35:27) and Sweden's Monica Wetterström (1:57:38) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 87,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 43,774 had their applications accepted and 31,582 started the race. A total of 30,849 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:07:57 |
| | António Pinto | Portugal | 2:09:00 |
| | Abel Antón | Spain | 2:09:41 |
| 4 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 2:09:44 |
| 5 | Josephat Kiprono | Kenya | 2:09:49 |
| 6 | Giacomo Leone | Italy | 2:10:03 |
| 7 | Alberto Juzdado | Spain | 2:10:08 |
| 8 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 2:10:24 |
| 9 | Simon Mphulanyane | South Africa | 2:10:56 |
| 10 | Yasuaki Yamamoto | Japan | 2:11:13 |
| 11 | Lee Troop | Australia | 2:11:21 |
| 12 | Lee Bong-ju | South Korea | 2:12:11 |
| 13 | Tekeye Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 2:13:13 |
| 14 | Anders Szalkai | Sweden | 2:13:19 |
| 15 | Giovanni Ruggiero | Italy | 2:13:31 |
| 16 | Tena Negere | Ethiopia | 2:13:40 |
| 17 | Ronaldo Dacosta | Brazil | 2:14:10 |
| 18 | Philippe Remond | France | 2:14:21 |
| 19 | Benjamín Paredes | Mexico | 2:14:31 |
| 20 | Pere Arco | Spain | 2:14:41 |
| 21 | Isaac Chemobo | Kenya | 2:15:00 |
| 22 | Mark Hudspith | United Kingdom | 2:15:11 |
| 23 | Ian Hudspith | United Kingdom | 2:15:47 |
| 24 | Robert Johnston | New Zealand | 2:15:51 |
| 25 | Nikolaos Polias | Greece | 2:16:31 |
| — | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | DNF |
| — | John Burke | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Bjarne Thysell | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Bashir Hussain | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Benson Masya | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Diego Garcia | Spain | DNF |
| — | Stephen Green | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Luís Novo | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Jean-Pierre Lautredoux | France | DNF |
| — | Abel Gisemba | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Philip Tarus | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Åke Eriksson | Sweden | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:23:22 |
| | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | 2:24:06 |
| | Manuela Machado | Portugal | 2:25:09 |
| 4 | Nicole Carroll | Australia | 2:25:52 |
| 5 | Elana Meyer | South Africa | 2:27:18 |
| 6 | Taeko Terauchi | Japan | 2:28:31 |
| 7 | Kerryn McCann | Australia | 2:28:44 |
| 8 | Angelina Kanana | Kenya | 2:29:47 |
| 9 | Viviane Oliveira | Brazil | 2:32:17 |
| 10 | Maria Guadalupe Loma | Mexico | 2:36:42 |
| 11 | Rocío Ríos | Spain | 2:37:45 |
| 12 | Hiroi Kazama | Japan | 2:42:20 |
| 13 | Melissa Moon | New Zealand | 2:43:26 |
| 14 | Nicola Brown | United Kingdom | 2:44:28 |
| 15 | Jo Lodge | United Kingdom | 2:45:46 |
| 16 | Wendy Llewellyn | New Zealand | 2:48:02 |
| 17 | Jackie Newton | United Kingdom | 2:48:23 |
| 18 | Kerrie Wood | United Kingdom | 2:50:43 |
| 19 | Sharon Dixon | United Kingdom | 2:50:45 |
| 20 | Sally Eastall | United Kingdom | 2:51:51 |
| 23 | Carolyn Rowe | United Kingdom | 2:53:55 |
| — | Constantina Diță | Romania | DNF |
| — | Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Rosa Oliveira | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Kwon Eun-ju | South Korea | DNF |
| — | Maria Polyzou | Greece | DNF |
| — | Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier | France | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Heinz Frei | Switzerland | 1:35:27 |
| | Joël Jeannot | France | 1:35:28 |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:45:28 |
| 4 | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:45:32 |
| 5 | Kevin Papworth | United Kingdom | 1:48:12 |
| 6 | Tushar Patel | United Kingdom | 1:48:21 |
| 7 | Chris Madden | United Kingdom | 1:50:25 |
| 8 | Jurgen de Heve | Belgium | 1:50:26 |
| 9 | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 1:50:29 |
| 10 | John Fulham | United Kingdom | 2:00:51 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Monica Wetterström | Sweden | 1:57:38 |
| | Tanni Grey | United Kingdom | 2:11:10 |
| | Patrice Dockery | Ireland | 2:14:53 |
| 4 | Karen Dark | United Kingdom | 2:39:51 |
| 5 | Mary Rice | Ireland | 2:47:51 |
| 6 | Deborah Brennan | United Kingdom | 2:49:16 |
| 7 | Kate Cugley | United Kingdom | 3:09:33 |