2005 London Marathon

25th London Marathon
25th London Marathon
	Radcliffe leading the women's race
Venue	London, United Kingdom
Date	17 April 2005
Champions
Men	Martin Lel (2:07:26)
Women	Paula Radcliffe (2:17:42)
Wheelchair men	Saúl Mendoza (1:35:51)
Wheelchair women	Francesca Porcellato (1:57:00)
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The 2005 London Marathon was the 25th 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 Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:07:26 hours and the women's race was won by home athlete Paula Radcliffe in 2:17:42.

In the wheelchair races, Mexico's Saúl Mendoza (1:35:51) and Italy's Francesca Porcellato (1:57:00) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.^[1]

Around 132,000 people applied to enter the race: 47,969 had their applications accepted and 35,600 started the race.^[2] A total of 35,261 runners, 24,690 men and 10,571 women, finished the race.^[3]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:07:26
	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2:07:49
	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:08:32
4	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:09:03
5	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:09:25
6	Jon Brown	United Kingdom	2:09:31
7	Toshinari Suwa	Japan	2:10:23
8	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:11:36
9	Sammy Korir	Kenya	2:12:36
10	Evans Rutto	Kenya	2:12:49
11	Frederick Cherono	Kenya	2:13:58
12	Antoni Peña	Spain	2:14:31
13	Huw Lobb	United Kingdom	2:14:33
14	Kassa Tadesse	Ethiopia	2:15:09
15	Daniel Njenga	Kenya	2:15:25
16	Matt Smith	United Kingdom	2:16:13
17	Luke Kibet Bowen	Kenya	2:16:40
18	Scott Winton	New Zealand	2:17:01
19	Michael Green	United Kingdom	2:18:31
20	Dave Norman	United Kingdom	2:18:34
21	Henrik Sandstad	Norway	2:18:36
—	Joseph Kariuki	Kenya	DNF
—	Joseph Ngolepus	Kenya	DNF
—	Matt O'Dowd	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Hicham Chatt	Morocco	DNF
—	Richard Gardiner	United Kingdom	DNF

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:17:42
	Constantina Diță	Romania	2:22:50
	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	2:24:00
4	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:25:22
5	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:26:29
6	Benita Willis	Australia	2:26:32
7	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:27:01
8	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	2:29:01
9	Mulu Seboka	Ethiopia	2:30:54
10	Mara Yamauchi	United Kingdom	2:31:52
11	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:34:42
12	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	2:35:23
13	Debbie Mason	United Kingdom	2:36:59
14	Liz Yelling	United Kingdom	2:37:42
15	Susan Partridge	United Kingdom	2:37:50
16	Lucy Hassell	United Kingdom	2:39:20
17	Amy Stiles	United Kingdom	2:39:37
18	Sue Harrison	United Kingdom	2:39:54
19	Sharon Morris	United Kingdom	2:40:18
20	Jenny Clague	United Kingdom	2:41:21
—	Leah Malot	Kenya	DNF
—	Restituta Joseph	Tanzania	DNF

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:35:51
	Jeff Adams	Canada	1:35:54
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:36:03
4	Tushar Patel	United Kingdom	1:36:03
5	Éric Teurnier	France	1:36:03
6	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:36:04
7	Alain Fuss	France	1:36:04
8	Kenny Herriot	United Kingdom	1:41:58
9	Rawat Tana	Thailand	1:46:10
10	Supachai Koysap	Thailand	1:49:41

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	1:57:00
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:57:03
	Tanni Grey-Thompson	United Kingdom	2:02:39
4	Gunilla Wallengren	Sweden	2:16:03
5	Deborah Brennan	United Kingdom	2:18:42
6	Michelle Lewis	United Kingdom	2:32:32
7	Sarah Piercy	United Kingdom	2:48:23