1996 London Marathon

The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.

16th London Marathon
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	21 April 1996
Champions
Men	Dionicio Cerón (2:10:00)
Women	Liz McColgan (2:27:54)
Wheelchair men	David Holding (1:43:48)
Wheelchair women	Tanni Grey (2:00:10)
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In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.^[1]

Around 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 runners finished the race.^[2]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:10:00
	Vincent Rousseau	Belgium	2:10:26
	Paul Evans	United Kingdom	2:10:40
4	Jackson Kabiga	Kenya	2:10:43
5	Antonio Serrano	Spain	2:10:55
6	Domingos Castro	Portugal	2:11:12
7	Eddy Hellebuyck	Belgium	2:11:53
8	Benson Masya	Kenya	2:12:43
9	Gary Staines	United Kingdom	2:12:54
10	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:14:37
11	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:14:49
12	José Ramon Torres	Spain	2:16:57
13	José Duarte	Mexico	2:16:59
14	José Castillo	Peru	2:17:59
15	Pamenos Ballantyne	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:18:21
16	Markku Hilden	Finland	2:18:36
17	Anatoliy Archakov	Russia	2:19:04
18	Mark Hudspith	United Kingdom	2:19:25
19	Thabiso Moqhali	Lesotho	2:19:35
20	Hajime Nakatomi	Japan	2:20:27
21	Thierry Constantin	Switzerland	2:20:38
22	Jerome Claeys	Belgium	2:21:47
23	Richard Mulligan	Ireland	2:21:52
24	José Apalanza	Spain	2:22:04
25	William Foster	United Kingdom	2:22:13
—	Eamonn Martin	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Jon Solly	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Paul Davies-Hale	United Kingdom	DNF

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Liz McColgan	United Kingdom	2:27:54
	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:30:09
	Małgorzata Sobańska	Poland	2:30:17
4	Angelina Kanana	Kenya	2:30:25
5	Anita Håkenstad	Norway	2:31:07
6	Alina Ivanova	Russia	2:32:09
7	Renata Kokowska	Poland	2:32:46
8	Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova	Russia	2:32:50
9	Jane Salumäe	Estonia	2:33:18
10	Alena Mazouka	Belarus	2:33:58
11	Serap Aktaş	Turkey	2:34:00
12	Janeth Mayal	Brazil	2:35:33
13	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	2:36:12
14	Sally Eastall	United Kingdom	2:38:59
15	Danielle Sanderson	United Kingdom	2:39:46
16	Lale Öztürk	Turkey	2:43:23
17	Catherina Smyth	Ireland	2:43:49
18	Tracy Swindell	United Kingdom	2:44:49
19	Zina Marchant	United Kingdom	2:45:42
20	Sandra Branney	United Kingdom	2:46:19
21	Debbie Percival	United Kingdom	2:48:49
22	Nurten Tasdemir	Turkey	2:50:28
23	Mary Braverman	United States	2:51:06
25	Jackie Newton	United Kingdom	2:51:59

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Holding	United Kingdom	1:43:48
	Bogdan Krol	Poland	1:43:54
	Jack McKenna	United Kingdom	1:45:18
4	Ivan Newman	United Kingdom	1:47:09
5	Huub Nelisse	Netherlands	1:51:56
6	Chris Madden	United Kingdom	1:51:57
7	Richie Powell	United Kingdom	1:54:32
8	Theo Geeve	Sweden	1:55:40
9	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	1:56:14
10	John Vink	Netherlands	1:59:40

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Tanni Grey	United Kingdom	2:00:10
	Rose Hill	United Kingdom	2:10:09
	Sophie Dettman	?	2:12:46
4	Fiona Neale	United Kingdom	2:23:07
5	Karen Dark	United Kingdom	2:31:24