# 2010 London Marathon

The 2010 London Marathon was the 30th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 25 April. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede in a time of 2:05:19 hours and the elite women's race was won by Aselefech Mergia, also of Ethiopia, in 2:22:38.
In the wheelchair races, Canada's Josh Cassidy (1:35:21) and Japan's Wakako Tsuchida (1:52:33) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.
Around 163,000 people applied to enter the race: 51,378 had their applications accepted and 36,956 started the race. A total of 36,553 runners, 24,423 men and 12,130 women, finished the race.
In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile non-disabled and wheelchair events were won by Jack Gray (14:29), Jessica Judd (16:39), Daniel Lucker (12:36) and Hannah Cockroft (15:48).

## Summary

The men's event was won by Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia with a time of 2:05:19 and the women's event by Aselefech Mergia of Ethiopia with a time of 2:22:38, a position moved up after numerous disqualifications for doping. Kebede became the first non-Kenyan to win the men's event in seven years. The men's wheelchair event was won by Josh Cassidy of Canada with a time of 1:35:21 while Wakako Tsuchida of Japan won the women's wheelchair event.
The event saw 74 world record attempts, including one involving 34 runners bound together by bungee cord to form a "human caterpillar", among whom was Princess Beatrice of York, the fifth in line to the British throne, who became the first royal family member to participate in the marathon. Of the attempts, 41 were successful. The marathon was sponsored by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group, having signed a five-year contract, taking over from previous sponsors, Flora. Branson also ran the marathon for his first time.
Prior to the marathon, there had been concerns that the air-travel disruption caused by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull could disrupt the event, though many athletes from outside of the United Kingdom were brought in by an aircraft specially chartered from Spain.
Both of the 2009 winners, Samuel Wanjiru and Irina Mikitenko, were present to defend their titles. However, neither athlete managed to finish the race as they both stopped around the mid-way point.

## Results
### Elite men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:05:19 |
| | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya | 2:06:23 |
| | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:06:55 |
| 4 | Abderrahime Bouramdane | Morocco | 2:07:33 |
| 5 | Abel Kirui | Kenya | 2:08:04 |
| 6 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 2:08:46 |
| 7 | Zersenay Tadese | Eritrea | 2:12:03 |
| 8 | Andrew Lemoncello | United Kingdom | 2:13:40 |
| 9 | Yonas Kifle | Eritrea | 2:14:39 |
| 10 | Andi Jones | United Kingdom | 2:16:38 |
| 11 | Ben Moreau | United Kingdom | 2:16:46 |
| 12 | Lee Merrien | United Kingdom | 2:16:48 |
| 13 | Clint Perrett | New Zealand | 2:18:15 |
| 14 | Neil Renault | United Kingdom | 2:18:09 |
| 15 | Dave Norman | United Kingdom | 2:19:05 |
| 16 | Satoshi Irifune | Japan | 2:19:25 |
| 17 | Steve Way | United Kingdom | 2:19:38 |
| 18 | Gareth Raven | United Kingdom | 2:19:55 |
| 19 | Kristoffer Osterlund | Sweden | 2:20:06 |
| 20 | Pieter Vermeesh | United Kingdom | 2:20:16 |
| — | John Kiprotich | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Moses Kimeli Arusei | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Michael Morgan | United States | DNF |
| — | Titus Masai | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Samuel Wanjiru | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Dan Robinson | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Duncan Kibet | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Gedion Ngatuny | Kenya | DNF |
| — | John Kales | Kenya | DNF |

### Elite women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Aselefech Mergia | Ethiopia | 2:22:38 |
| | Bezunesh Bekele | Ethiopia | 2:23:17 |
| | Askale Tafa | Ethiopia | 2:24:39 |
| 4 | Yukiko Akaba | Japan | 2:24:55 |
| 5 | Bai Xue | China | 2:25:18 |
| 6 | Kim Smith | New Zealand | 2:25:21 |
| 7 | Mari Ozaki | Japan | 2:25:43 |
| 8 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 2:26:16 |
| 9 | Svetlana Zakharova | Russia | 2:31:00 |
| 10 | Atsede Habtamu | Ethiopia | 2:31:41 |
| 11 | Yoshimi Ozaki | Japan | 2:32:26 |
| 12 | Berhane Adere | Ethiopia | 2:33:46 |
| 13 | Tanith Maxwell | South Africa | 2:34:24 |
| 14 | Susan Partridge | United Kingdom | 2:35:57 |
| 15 | Deena Kastor | United States | 2:36:20 |
| 16 | Helen Decker | United Kingdom | 2:36:56 |
| 17 | Rebecca Robinson | United Kingdom | 2:37:14 |
| 18 | Jo Wilkinson | United Kingdom | 2:37:44 |
| 19 | Fiona Docherty | New Zealand | 2:37:55 |
| 20 | Holly Rush | United Kingdom | 2:37:56 |
| 21 | Susan Harrison | United Kingdom | 2:38:53 |
| 22 | Constantina Diță | Romania | 2:41:12 |
| 23 | Nicole Archer | United Kingdom | 2:42:22 |
| 24 | Alyson Dixon | United Kingdom | 2:43:48 |
| 25 | Jenny Bliss | United Kingdom | 2:49:10 |
| DQ | Liliya Shobukhova | Russia | 2:22:00 |
| DQ | Inga Abitova | Russia | 2:22:19 |
| DQ | Mariya Konovalova | Russia | 2:35:21 |
| — | Anikó Kálovics | Hungary | DNF |
| — | Irina Mikitenko | Germany | DNF |
| — | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:35:21 |
| 2 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:36:07 |
| 3 | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:37:01 |
| 4 | Kota Hokinoue | Japan | 1:40:59 |
| 5 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:41:37 |
| 6 | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:44:11 |
| 7 | Masazumi Soejima | Japan | 1:44:35 |
| 8 | Roger Puigbò | Spain | 1:44:36 |
| 9 | Josh George | United States | 1:46:57 |
| 10 | Mark Telford | United Kingdom | 1:48:43 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| 1 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | 1:52:33 |
| 2 | Sandra Graf | Switzerland | 1:52:34 |
| 3 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:52:36 |
| 4 | Nikki Emmerson | United Kingdom | 2:17:46 |
| 5 | Sarah Piercy | United Kingdom | 2:33:50 |
| 6 | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 2:45:40 |
| — | Diane Roy | Canada | DNF |