2015 London Marathon
| 35th London Marathon | |
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Men's winner Eliud Kipchoge.
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| Venue | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Date | 26 April 2015 |
| Champions | |
| Men |
Eliud Kipchoge (2:04:42) (Elite) Joshua George (1:31:31) (Wheelchair) |
| Women |
Tigist Tufa (2:23:21) (Elite) Tatyana McFadden (1:41:13) (Wheelchair) |
The 2015 London Marathon took place on 26 April 2015. It was the 35th running of the annual mass-participation marathon race and the third World Marathon Major of the year.
The men's elite race was won by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge and the women's race was won by Ethiopian Tigist Tufa. The 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships marathon events were also held during the race. The men's wheelchair race was won by Joshua George from the United States and the women's wheelchair race was won by American Tatyana McFadden. McFadden set a course record for the second year running.
According to the organisers, there were more than 38,000 participants in the 2015 race, the highest number in the London Marathon's history.
The 2015 men's elite field was dubbed the "clash of the champions" by race organizers due to an unusually large number of top competitors. Eight men in the field had recorded a sub-2:05 race in their career, the three fastest marathoners ever, and five of the top 10 all-time were among those competing.
British runner Paula Radcliffe, who holds the women's marathon world record, chose to compete in the mass field instead of the elite field. Before the race, she stated that it would be her final competition. Earlier in the year, she was suffering from an Achilles tendon injury which gave her limited training time before the marathon.
Approximately 38,000 people took part in the race overall, many of them raising money for charity. Competitors ranged in age from 18 to 90.
Celebrities taking part in the London Marathon included: Formula One driver Jenson Button and rowing Olympic gold medalist James Cracknell who were raising money for Cancer Research UK and a brain injury charity called Headway respectively, the BBC Radio Two presenter Chris Evans, fashion designer Henry Holland, actor Oliver Proudlock and model Christy Turlington Burns. Five members of the House of Commons members took part: Alun Cairns, Richard Drax, Graham Evans, Dan Jarvis and Edward Timpson as did Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney.
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