# 1993 London Marathon

The 1993 London Marathon was the 13th 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 home athlete Eamonn Martin in a time of 2:10:50 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Katrin Dörre-Heinig in 2:27:09.
In the wheelchair races, Belgium's George Vandamme (1:44:10) and Britain's Rose Hill (2:03:05) set course records in the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Vandamme's time was a significant improvement on the old record, knocking over seven and a half minutes off it.
Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 35,820 had their applications accepted and around 25,000 started the race. A total of 24,495 runners finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Eamonn Martin | United Kingdom | 2:10:50 |
| | Isidro Rico | Mexico | 2:10:53 |
| | Grzegorz Gajdus | Poland | 2:11:07 |
| 4 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 2:11:55 |
| 5 | Frank Bjørkli | Norway | 2:12:23 |
| 6 | David Buzza | United Kingdom | 2:12:24 |
| 7 | Baek Seung-do | South Korea | 2:12:34 |
| 8 | Hussein Ahmed Salah | Djibouti | 2:12:40 |
| 9 | Juan Ramon Torres | Spain | 2:13:44 |
| 10 | Steve Brace | United Kingdom | 2:14:00 |
| 11 | Thabiso Moqhali | Lesotho | 2:14:40 |
| 12 | Tesfaye Bekele | Ethiopia | 2:15:43 |
| 13 | Omar Abdillahi Charmarke | Djibouti | 2:16:00 |
| 14 | Vladimir Bukhanov | Ukraine | 2:16:16 |
| 15 | Hugh Jones | United Kingdom | 2:16:35 |
| 16 | Ezael Tlhobo | South Africa | 2:16:53 |
| 17 | Vitor Mariano Da Silva | Portugal | 2:17:00 |
| 18 | Martin McLoughlin | United Kingdom | 2:17:27 |
| 19 | Joaquim Silva | Portugal | 2:17:30 |
| 20 | Christopher Buckley | United Kingdom | 2:17:42 |
| 21 | Toshinobu Sato | Japan | 2:17:46 |
| 22 | Terje Naess | Norway | 2:17:50 |
| 23 | Gyula Borka | Hungary | 2:18:52 |
| 24 | Juvenal Ribeiro | Portugal | 2:18:56 |
| 25 | Peter Whitehead | United Kingdom | 2:18:57 |
| — | Paul Evans | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Carl Thackery | United Kingdom | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Katrin Dörre-Heinig | Germany | 2:27:09 |
| | Lisa Ondieki | Australia | 2:27:27 |
| | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 2:29:37 |
| 4 | Renata Kokowska | Poland | 2:32:30 |
| 5 | Lorraine Moller | New Zealand | 2:32:56 |
| 6 | Anna Rybicka | Poland | 2:34:21 |
| 7 | Ritva Lemettinen | Finland | 2:34:44 |
| 8 | Alina Ivanova | Russia | 2:37:21 |
| 9 | Galina Zhulyeva | Ukraine | 2:41:50 |
| 10 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:42:14 |
| 11 | Danielle Sanderson | United Kingdom | 2:42:37 |
| 12 | Zina Marchant | United Kingdom | 2:43:59 |
| 13 | Carolyn Rowe | United Kingdom | 2:44:59 |
| 14 | Susan Clarke | United Kingdom | 2:45:13 |
| 15 | Manuela Dias | Portugal | 2:45:28 |
| 16 | Marianne Fløymo | Norway | 2:46:05 |
| 17 | Sandra Bentley | United Kingdom | 2:47:33 |
| 18 | Lesley Turner | United Kingdom | 2:48:20 |
| 19 | Christina Scobey | United States | 2:49:10 |
| 20 | Marina Vanzulli | Italy | 2:49:38 |
| 21 | Eleanor Robinson | United Kingdom | 2:49:59 |
| 22 | Zoe Lowe | United Kingdom | 2:50:05 |
| 23 | Lucy Ramwell | United Kingdom | 2:50:50 |
| 24 | Janice Moorekite | United Kingdom | 2:53:30 |
| 25 | Sandra Lappage | United Kingdom | 2:54:13 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | George Vandamme | Belgium | 1:44:10 |
| | Ivan Newman | United Kingdom | 1:46:15 |
| | David Holding | United Kingdom | 1:51:22 |
| 4 | Håkan Ericsson | Sweden | 1:55:24 |
| 5 | Huub Nelisse | Netherlands | 1:55:34 |
| 6 | Diet Van Dijk | Netherlands | 1:56:15 |
| 7 | Ian Thompson | United Kingdom | 1:57:24 |
| 8 | Daniel Wesley | Canada | 1:59:10 |
| 9 | David Todd | United Kingdom | 1:59:14 |
| 10 | Iranilson Da Silva | Brazil | 1:59:30 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Rose Hill | United Kingdom | 2:03:05 |
| Lily Anggreny | Germany | 2:09:16 |
| Tanni Grey | United Kingdom | 2:12:25 |