2018 London Marathon

38th London Marathon
38th London Marathon
	Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot
Venue	London, England
Date	22 April 2018
Champions
Men	Eliud Kipchoge (2:04:17)
Women	Vivian Cheruiyot (2:18:31)
Wheelchair men	David Weir (1:31:15)
Wheelchair women	Madison de Rozario (1:42:58)
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The 2018 London Marathon was the 38th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 22 April.^[1]^[2] Kenyans Eliud Kipchoge and Vivian Cheruiyot won elite races. In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir and Australia's Madison de Rozario topped the podium.

Around 386,050 people applied to enter the race: 54,685 had their applications accepted and 40,926 started the race. These were all record highs for the race.^[3] A total of 40,179 runners, 23,701 men and 16,478 women, finished the race.^[4] The race was formally started by Queen Elizabeth.^[5]^[6] It was officially recorded as the hottest London Marathon to date at a peak temperature of 24.1 °C (75.4 °F).^[7]

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Luke Duffy (14:24), Cera Gemmell (16:38), Zhou Zien (13:05) and Kare Adenegan (12:37).^[8]

^ "Virgin Money London Marathon". Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
^ Charlotte Jones (23 April 2017). "How can I run in the 2018 London Marathon?". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
^ London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
^ "Queen Elizabeth to start 2018 London Marathon". The Nation. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
^ "London Marathon: The Queen named official starter of 2018 race". BBC Sport. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "London Marathon 2018 hottest on record". BBC News. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
^ Virgin Mini London marathon 2018 results. London Marathon (2018). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

[1] "Virgin Money London Marathon". Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2018.

[TG-2] Charlotte Jones (23 April 2017). "How can I run in the 2018 London Marathon?". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[3] Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

[4] London Marathon – Race Results. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-05-03.

[TN-5] "Queen Elizabeth to start 2018 London Marathon". The Nation. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.

[BBC-6] "London Marathon: The Queen named official starter of 2018 race". BBC Sport. 23 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.^{[permanent dead link]}

[BBCtemp-7] "London Marathon 2018 hottest on record". BBC News. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.

[8] Virgin Mini London marathon 2018 results. London Marathon (2018). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

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