The TCS London Marathon in facts and figures

From the very first edition in 1981 to the present day

First champions
  • Men: Inge Simonsen (NOR) and Dick Beardsley (USA)
  • Women: Joyce Smith (GBR)
Reigning champions
  • Men: Sabastian Sawe (KEN)
  • Women: Tigst Assefa (ETH)
  • Wheelchair men: Marcel Hug (SUI)
  • Wheelchair women: Catherine Debrunner (SUI)
Most victories
  • Men: 4 (Eliud Kipchoge, KEN)
  • Women: 4 (Ingrid Kristiansen, NOR)
  • Wheelchair men: 8 (David Weir, GBR)
  • Wheelchair women: 6 (Tanni Grey-Thompson, GBR)     
Most victories by country
  • Men: 19 (KEN)
  • Women: 15 (KEN)
  • Wheelchair men: 16 (GBR)
  • Wheelchair women: 15 (GBR)
Course records
  • Men: 2:01:25, Kelvin Kiptum (KEN), 2023
  • Women (mixed): 2:15:25, Paula Radcliffe (GBR), 2003
  • Women only: 2:15:50 Tigst Assefa (ETH), 2025
  • Wheelchair men: 1:23:44, Marcel Hug (SUI), 2023
  • Wheelchair women: 1:34:18 Catherine Debrunner (SUI), 2025
Fastest Britons in London
  • Men: Sir Mo Farah, 2:05:39 (2019)
  • Women: Paula Radcliffe, 2:15:25 (2003)
  • Wheelchair men: David Weir, 1:28:57 (2009)
  • Wheelchair women: Eden Rainbow-Cooper 1:44:49 (2025)
     
Oldest and youngest participants
  • Oldest winner (men): Allister Hutton (GBR), 1990 (35 years)
  • Oldest winner (women): Joyce Smith (GBR), 1982 (44 years)
  • Youngest winner (men): Sammy Wanjiru (KEN), 2009 (22 years)
  • Youngest winner (women): Yalemzerf Yehualaw (ETH), 2022 (23 years)
  • Oldest finisher (men): Fauja Singh, 2004 (93 years)
  • Oldest finisher (women): Jenny Wood-Allen, 2002 (90 years)
  • Ever presents: six men have run every London Marathon (45 in total) – Chris Finill, Malcolm Speake, Michael Peace, Jeffrey Aston, Bill O'Connor and David Walker.
Charities
  • First official charity: Sports Aid Foundation (1984)
  • Total raised for charities by London Marathon participants: more than £1 billion
  • Highest amount raised by an official London Marathon charity: £4 million (Dementia Revolution, 2019)
  • Highest amount raised by a single participant: £2,330,159.38 by Steve Chalke (2011)
  • Amount granted by the London Marathon Foundation (LMF): £98.3 million
  • Number of projects aided by LMF: more than 1,500
  • Number of playing fields and facilities purchased by LMF: nine
Celebrities and MPs
  • Fastest celebrity: Chris Newton (multiple world champion and triple Olympic medallist in road and track cycling), 2:39:27 (2015)
  • Fastest MP: Matthew Parris, 2:32:57 (1985)
Weather
  • Hottest Marathon Day: 2018 (24.2°C)
  • Coldest Marathon Day: 2004 (5.3°C)
  • Most humid: 1981 (94 per cent at 12 noon)
  • Least humid: 1996 (28 per cent at 12 noon)
  • Wettest: 2020 (23mm rain)
  • Sunniest: 2009 (12.3 hours of sunshine)