1994 London Marathon

The 1994 London Marathon was the 14th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón in a time of 2:08:53 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Katrin Dörre-Heinig in 2:32:34.

14th London Marathon
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	17 April 1994
Champions
Men	Dionicio Cerón (2:08:30)
Women	Małgorzata Sobańska (2:27:43)
Wheelchair men	David Holding (1:46:06)
Wheelchair women	Tanni Grey (2:08:26)
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In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:46:06) and Tanni Grey (2:08:26) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.^[1]

Around 72,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 37,379 had their applications accepted and around 26,000 started the race. A total of 25,242 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:08:53
	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:09:17
	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:09:18
4	Salvatore Bettiol	Italy	2:09:40
5	Grzegorz Gajdus	Poland	2:09:49
6	Martín Pitayo	Mexico	2:10:58
7	Tena Negere	Ethiopia	2:10:59
8	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	2:11:05
9	Rolando Vera	Ecuador	2:11:15
10	Carlos Patrício	Portugal	2:11:42
11	Mark Flint	United Kingdom	2:12:07
12	Fernando Couto	Portugal	2:12:15
13	Steve Brace	United Kingdom	2:12:23
14	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:12:24
15	Artur Castro	Brazil	2:12:44
16	José Esteban Montiel	Spain	2:12:48
17	Mark Hudspith	United Kingdom	2:12:52
18	Leonid Shvetsov	Russia	2:13:00
19	Juan Francisco Romera	Spain	2:13:15
20	Bruce Deacon	Canada	2:13:35
21	William Musyoki	Kenya	2:13:38
22	Peter Whitehead	United Kingdom	2:13:40
23	Peter Tshikila	South Africa	2:15:01
24	Shin Nakashima	Japan	2:15:20
25	Jan Huruk	Poland	2:15:31

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Katrin Dörre-Heinig	Germany	2:32:34
	Lisa Ondieki	Australia	2:33:17
	Janeth Mayal	Brazil	2:34:21
4	Sally Ellis	United Kingdom	2:37:06
5	Sally Eastall	United Kingdom	2:37:08
6	Hayley Nash	United Kingdom	2:39:04
7	Zina Marchant	United Kingdom	2:40:09
8	Julie Barleycorn	United Kingdom	2:40:31
9	Linda Rushmere	United Kingdom	2:40:46
10	Suzanne Rigg	United Kingdom	2:41:03
11	Sally Lynch	United Kingdom	2:41:47
12	Angie Hulley	United Kingdom	2:42:40
13	Alison Rose	United Kingdom	2:45:55
14	Patricia Griffin	Ireland	2:45:57
15	Monica O'Eeilly	United States	2:46:04
16	Ana-Maria Mejia	Mexico	2:46:15
17	Tatyana Polovinskaya	Ukraine	2:46:17
18	Trudi Thomson	United Kingdom	2:47:31
19	Tracy Swindell	United Kingdom	2:48:09
20	Catherine Mijovic	United Kingdom	2:48:31
21	Lesley Turner	United Kingdom	2:48:34
22	Susan Endersby	United Kingdom	2:49:03
23	Zoe Lowe	United Kingdom	2:49:58
24	Elaine Flather	United Kingdom	2:50:41

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:46:06
	Ivan Newman	United Kingdom	1:46:08
	Håkan Ericsson	Sweden	1:50:22
4	Jack McKenna	United Kingdom	1:55:06
5	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	1:55:14
6	Chris Madden	United Kingdom	1:55:15
7=	John Van Buren	Netherlands	1:58:47
7=	Huub Nelisse	Netherlands	1:58:47
9	David Todd	United Kingdom	2:01:11
10	Chris Hallam	United Kingdom	2:05:45

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:08:26
	Rose Hill	United Kingdom	2:08:30
	Tracy Lewis	United Kingdom	2:38:34