2008 London Marathon
The 2008 London Marathon was the 28th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 13 April.The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:05:15 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:24:14.In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Weir (1:33:56) and Switzerland's Sandra Graf (1:48:04) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.Graf knocked over a minute off the course record.[2] A total of 34,212 runners, 23,574 men and 10,638 women, finished the race.
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