London marathon 2008

More than 34,000 finish the third largest London Marathon

More than 34,000 people finished the 2008 Flora London Marathon today, after 35,044 people started the race in Blackheath this morning.

This makes the 2008 race the third biggest of the 28 London Marathons held since it started in 1981.

The number of finishers is likely to rise very slightly as a number of starters’ chips had not yet been counted by Sunday evening.

position	pl.age	no.	name	age	time
2064	297	28089	» BONTOFT, ALAN (GBR)	M45	3:12:28
4156	836	24303	» VARLEY, ASHLEY D (GBR)	M35	3:29:29
5148	1021	37588	» CURRAN, PHILIP P (GBR)	M40	3:36:46
7748	1074	22404	» WILLIAMS, MICHAEL J (GBR)	M45	3:51:43
8722	653	20076	» JURY, TIM J (GBR)	M50	3:56:11
10006	1876	7813	» ROSE, DAVID M (GBR)	M40	4:01:26
10612	788	20979	» POPPLESTONE, ALAN (GBR)	M50	4:05:01
10685	2001	50308	» DENNY, STEPHEN D (GBR)	M40	4:05:25
10809	2020	43271	» TUPPEN, DARREN J (GBR)	M40	4:06:11
12362	1648	50335	» STRACHAN, DAVID (GBR)	M45	4:14:33
3220	555	10785	» DUBBER, CARRIE A (GBR)	W40	4:19:01
4971	892	40530	» BAKER, JULIETTE P (GBR)	W35	4:38:24
17401	1297	15149	» EBRAHIM NANJI, MEHABOOB E (GBR)	M50	4:43:51

By 6.30pm, 34,420 runners had crossed the finish in The Mall, making the 2008 race the third biggest in the 28 years of the event.

4093 runners required medical attention during the race, plus six marathon officials and staff, and 60 spectators.

Approximately 40 runners were admitted to hospital accident and emergency departments but there were no fatalities and no intubations.

92,000 people originally applied to run in this year’s race, and approximately 45,791 applications were accepted. More than 35,300 had registered to run by 5.00pm on Saturday.