The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:43.

2nd London Marathon
VenueLondon, United Kingdom
Date9 May 1982
Champions
MenHugh Jones (2:09:24)
WomenJoyce Smith (2:29:43)
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Around 90,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 18,059 had their applications accepted and around 16,350 started the race. A total of 15,116 runners finished the race.[1]

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Hugh Jones   United Kingdom 2:09:24
  Øyvind Dahl   Norway 2:12:21
  Mike Gratton   United Kingdom 2:12:30
4 Jeff Wells   United States 2:13:43
5 Kevin McCarey   United States 2:13:48
6 Phil Coppess   United States 2:13:57
7 David Clark   Scotland 2:15:28
8 Svein-Arve Pedersen   Norway 2:15:28
9 William Glad   United States 2:15:41
10 Don Faircloth   United Kingdom 2:15:50
11 Mervyn Brameld   United Kingdom 2:15:59
12 Atle Fosse   Norway 2:15:59
13 John McLaughlin   United Kingdom 2:16:09
14 Derek Stevens   United Kingdom 2:16:16
15 Paul Champion   United Kingdom 2:16:29
16 Zoltan Kiss   Hungary 2:16:35
17 Istvan Kerekjarto   Hungary 2:16:45
18 Alex Kasich   United States 2:16:59
19 Ferenc Szekeres   Hungary 2:17:10
20 Steven Poulton   Australia 2:17:22

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Joyce Smith   United Kingdom 2:29:43
  Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 2:36:15
  Judith Hine   New Zealand 2:41:49
4 Beverley Shingles   New Zealand 2:43:34
5 Libby Pfeiffer   United Kingdom 2:45:52
6 Jean Lochhead   United Kingdom 2:46:04
7 Margaret Lockley   United Kingdom 2:46:53
8 Winnie Ng   Hong Kong 2:47:08
9 Caroline Rodgers   United Kingdom 2:47:57
10 Christine Burden   New Caledonia 2:48:38
11 Ngaire Drake   New Zealand 2:48:38
12 Katrina McLean   Cyprus 2:49:00
13 Melanie Jones   United Kingdom 2:49:47
14 Angella Hearn   United Kingdom 2:50:09
15 Leslie Watson   United Kingdom 2:50:23
17 Jacqueline Hulbert   United Kingdom 2:51:03

References

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  1. ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
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