# 2006 London Marathon

The 2006 London Marathon was the 26th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 23 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Felix Limo in a time of 2:06:39 hours and the women's race was won by Deena Kastor of the United States in 2:19:36.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:29:48) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:59:57) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Weir was the first person to complete the course in under one and a half hours.
Around 119,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,020 had their applications accepted and 33,578 started the race. A total of 32,924 runners, 22849 men and 10,075 women, finished the race.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Felix Limo | Kenya | 2:06:39 |
| | Martin Lel | Kenya | 2:06:41 |
| | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:06:55 |
| 4 | Khalid Khannouchi | United States | 2:07:04 |
| 5 | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:07:22 |
| 6 | Rodgers Rop | Kenya | 2:07:34 |
| 7 | Hicham Chatt | Morocco | 2:07:59 |
| 8 | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:08:45 |
| 9 | Haile Gebrselassie | Ethiopia | 2:09:05 |
| 10 | Evans Rutto | Kenya | 2:09:35 |
| 11 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:10:24 |
| 12 | Peter Riley | United Kingdom | 2:14:31 |
| 13 | Shigeru Aburaya | Japan | 2:14:49 |
| 14 | Kamal Ziani | Spain | 2:14:50 |
| 15 | Huw Lobb | United Kingdom | 2:15:38 |
| 16 | Tomas Abyu | Ethiopia | 2:15:50 |
| 17 | Francisco Javier Cortés | Spain | 2:15:51 |
| 18 | Trond Idland | Norway | 2:16:09 |
| 19 | Henrik Sandstad | Norway | 2:16:48 |
| 20 | Phillip Sly | Australia | 2:16:53 |
| — | Abiyote Guta | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Paul Kimaiyo | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Daniel Rono | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Fabiano Joseph Naasi | Tanzania | DNF |
| — | Solomon Busendich | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Elias Kiptum Maindi | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Dominic Bannister | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Benjamin Noad | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Anders Szalkai | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Mark Carroll | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Kassa Tadesse | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Christopher Isengwe | Tanzania | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Deena Kastor | United States | 2:19:36 |
| | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:21:29 |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 2:21:46 |
| 4 | Birhane Adere | Ethiopia | 2:21:52 |
| 5 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 2:21:58 |
| 6 | Mara Yamauchi | United Kingdom | 2:25:13 |
| 7 | Constantina Dita | Romania | 2:27:51 |
| 8 | Salina Kosgei | Kenya | 2:28:40 |
| 9 | Margaret Okayo | Kenya | 2:29:16 |
| 10 | Eri Hayakawa | Japan | 2:31:41 |
| 11 | Clague Jenny | United Kingdom | 2:36:10 |
| 12 | Stine Larsen | Norway | 2:37:31 |
| 13 | Alice Braham | United Kingdom | 2:40:38 |
| 14 | Holly May | United Kingdom | 2:44:59 |
| 15 | Gill Laithwaite | United Kingdom | 2:45:24 |
| 16 | Adela Salt | United Kingdom | 2:47:41 |
| 17 | Imogene Thornburgh | United Kingdom | 2:48:43 |
| 18 | Birhan Dagne | United Kingdom | 2:49:48 |
| 19 | Maxine McKinnon | United Kingdom | 2:50:27 |
| 20 | Barbara Yff Hosack | Netherlands | 2:50:36 |
| — | Lisa Blommé | Sweden | DNF |
| — | Lucy MacAlister | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Helena Olofsson | Sweden | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:29:48 CR |
| | Saúl Mendoza | Mexico | 1:37:52 |
| | Alain Fuss | France | 1:39:37 |
| 4 | Éric Teurnier | France | 1:43:52 |
| 5 | Brian Alldis | United Kingdom | 1:47:34 |
| 6 | Jeff Adams | Canada | 1:53:24 |
| 7 | Jason Richards | United Kingdom | 1:53:29 |
| 8 | Shaho Qadir | United Kingdom | 2:00:52 |
| 9 | Jason Gill | United Kingdom | 2:02:47 |
| 10 | Steve Williamson | United Kingdom | 2:03:23 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 1:59:57 |
| | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 2:04:37 |
| | Deborah Brennan | United Kingdom | 2:21:02 |
| 4 | Sarah Piercy | United Kingdom | 2:39:10 |