2nd London Marathon | |
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Venue | London, United Kingdom |
Date | 9 May 1982 |
Champions | |
Men | Hugh Jones (2:09:24) |
Women | Joyce Smith (2:29:43) |
The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:43.
Around 90,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 18,059 had their applications accepted and around 16,350 started the race. A total of 15,116 runners finished the race.[1]