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31st London Marathon
Venue	London, England, United Kingdom
Dates	17 April 2011
Champions
Men	Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai (2:04:44)
Women	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany (2:19:19)
Wheelchair men	David Weir (1:30:05)
Wheelchair women	Amanda McGrory (1:46:31)
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The 2011 London Marathon was the 31st running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 17 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai in a course record time of 2:04:40 hours and the elite women's race was won by Mary Jepkosgei Keitany, also of Kenya, in 2:19:19.

Mutai's win made him the fourth-fastest ever over the distance. Runner-up Martin Lel sprinted to the line to beat Patrick Makau Musyoki, completing a Kenyan sweep of the podium. Keitany became the fourth-fastest woman ever, while defending champion Liliya Shobukhova came second with a Russian record time (later annulled due to doping).

In the elite wheelchair racing marathon, Briton David Weir beat the defending champion Josh Cassidy to claim his fifth title at the event – the most in the history of the competition. London's 2009 women's wheelchair winner Amanda McGrory won her second title in a course record time of 1:46:31 hours.

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Robbie Farnham-Rose (14:22), Jessica Judd (15:38), Sheikh Muhidin (12:41) and Jade Jones (13:44).

A total of 163,926 people applied to enter the race, with 50,532 having their application accepted and 35,303 reaching the start line. Among those starters 34,688 runners, 22,427 men and 12,261 women, finished the race. A total of 35 Guinness World Records were set at the competition. The majority of the records were for completing the fastest race in a certain costume, but others included the fastest couple and fastest parent-child pairings. German Uli Killian solved 100 Rubik's Cube puzzles whilst completing the race. Steve Chalke, a Christian social activist, improved the record for the most funds raised for charity through a marathon run, raising £2.3 million for his Oasis Charitable Trust – beating his own record set at the previous year's race. The largest age group present at the race were men in their 30s, followed by men in their 40s. The joint-youngest runners were Michael Bennett and Helen Nutter, both taking part on their eighteenth birthdays (the minimum allowable age), while the oldest participant was 87-year-old Paul Freedman.

Going against the traditionally strict invitational criteria for the elite races, an additional nine Japanese women were a late addition to the field. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami struck Tōhoku region of Japan meant that the Nagoya Women's Marathon (a qualifier for the 2011 World Championships) was cancelled and a sympathetic agreement between the London race organisers and the Japan Association of Athletics Federations resulted in London taking the role of the cancelled Nagoya race.

The 2011 London Marathon marked the last time that Dave Bedford acted as the sole race director, with Hugh Brasher (son of former runner Chris Brasher) joining Bedford in a joint role in 2012, and later taking full responsibility.

Results

Elite men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai	Kenya	2:04:40 CR
	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:05:45
	Patrick Makau Musyoki	Kenya	2:05:45
4	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:06:34
5	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:07:48
6	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2:08:26
7	Dmitry Safronov	Russia	2:09:35
8	Bat-Ochiryn Ser-Od	Mongolia	2:11:35 NR
9	Michael Shelley	Australia	2:11:38
10	Viktor Röthlin	Switzerland	2:12:44
11	Carlos Cordero	Mexico	2:13:13
12	Jason Lehmkuhle	United States	2:13:40
13	Lee Merrien	United Kingdom	2:14:27
14	Andrew Lemoncello	United Kingdom	2:15:24
15	José Manuel Martínez	Spain	2:15:25
16	Jesper Faurschou	Denmark	2:16:15
17	Tomas Luna Dominguez	Mexico	2:16:58
18	David Webb	United Kingdom	2:17:41
19	Daniel Vargas	Mexico	2:19:26
20	John Gilbert	United Kingdom	2:19:28
—	Abel Kirui	Kenya	DNF
—	James Kwambai	Kenya	DNF
—	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	DNF
—	Jairus Chanchima	Kenya	DNF
—	Patrick Smyth	United States	DNF
—	Fred Kosgei	Kenya	DNF
—	Lee Troop	Australia	DNF
—	Shadrack Kosgei	Kenya	DNF
—	Yonas Kifle	Eritrea	DNF
—	Mo Trafeh	United States	DNF
—	Ahmad Abdullah	Qatar	DNF
—	Stephen Shay	United States	DNF
—	Arturo Regules	Mexico	DNF
—	Collis Birmingham	Australia	DNF

• Original seventh place finisher Abderrahime Bouramdane of Morocco (2:08:42) was subsequently disqualified for doping.

Elite women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Mary Jepkosgei Keitany	Kenya	2:19:19
	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:20:46
	Bezunesh Bekele	Ethiopia	2:23:42
4	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:23:50
5	Yukiko Akaba	Japan	2:24:09
6	Irina Mikitenko	Germany	2:24:24
7	Jéssica Augusto	Portugal	2:24:33
8	Aberu Kebede	Ethiopia	2:24:34
9	Askale Tafa	Ethiopia	2:25:24
10	Azusa Nojiri	Japan	2:25:29
11	Yoshiko Fujinaga	Japan	2:25:40
12	Zhu Xiaolin	China	2:26:28
13	Noriko Matsuoka	Japan	2:26:54
14	Madaí Perez	Mexico	2:27:02
15	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	2:27:57
16	Jo Pavey	United Kingdom	2:28:24
17	Madoka Ogi	Japan	2:29:52
18	Mizuho Nasukawa	Japan	2:30:00
19	Louise Damen	United Kingdom	2:30:00
20	Magdalena Lewy-Boulet	United States	2:31:22
21	Risa Shigetomo	Japan	2:31:28
22	Susan Partridge	United Kingdom	2:34:13
23	Zhou Chunxiu	China	2:34:29
24	Helen Davies	United Kingdom	2:35:43
25	Paula Apolonio	Mexico	2:35:47
26	Tanith Maxwell	South Africa	2:39:07
27	Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu	Norway	2:39:16
28	Yurika Nakamura	Japan	2:41:22
29	Liz Yelling	United Kingdom	2:41:34
—	Aselefech Mergia	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Iness Chepkesis Chenonge	Kenya	DNF
—	Anikó Kálovics	Hungary	DNF

• There were multiple retrospective doping disqualifications in the women's race. Original runner-up Liliya Shobukhova had her Russian record of 2:20:15 annulled. Tenth place Mariya Konovalova and fifteenth place Inga Abitova (both also of Russia) had their runs of 2:25:18 and 2:26:31 disqualified.

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	David Weir	United Kingdom	1:30:05
	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:30:07
	Tomasz Hamerlak	Poland	1:30:54
4	Roger Puigbò	Spain	1:30:55
5	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:30:56
6	Nobukazu Hanaoka	Japan	1:30:57
7	Saúl Mendoza	Mexico	1:31:01
8	Choke Yasuoka	Japan	1:31:01
9	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:31:01
10	Jordi Jiménez	Spain	1:34:41
11	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:35:35
12	Simon Lawson	United Kingdom	1:43:19
13	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Japan	1:43:39
14	Mark Telford	United Kingdom	1:45:54
15	Richard Colman	Australia	1:49:03

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:46:31 CR
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:46:31
	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:46:33
4	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:46:34
5	Diane Roy	Canada	1:57:03
6	Sarah Piercy	United Kingdom	2:25:13

References

1. Brown, Matthew (17 April 2011). Mutai and Keitany dominate and dazzle in London. IAAF. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
2. Creighton, Jessica (17 April 2011). Mutai and Keitany secure Kenyan London Marathon double. BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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11. McVeigh, Karen (17 April 2011). London Marathon 2011: Tutu much for some, while elsewhere rhinos run riot. The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
12. Okey, Nicola (23 March 2011). Japanese women added to London Marathon field. IAAF. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
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Results

• Virgin London Marathon 2011 Results. London Marathon. Retrieved 2011-04-25.
• Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
• Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

External links

• Official race reports

• London Marathon
• 2011 marathons
• 2011 sports events in London
• April 2011 sports events in the United Kingdom