All of the Highlights From the 2020 London Marathon
Brigid Kosgei and Shura Kitata won on an unprecedented course for the year’s second World Marathon Major.
www.runnersworld.comHere’s what I can share about the 2006 London Marathon and its latest-news angle:
Direct answer
- The 2006 London Marathon was held on Sunday, 23 April 2006. Felix Limo won the men’s race in 2:06:39, and Deena Kastor won the women’s race in 2:19:36. In the wheelchair divisions, David Weir won the men’s wheelchair race with a time of 1:29:48, and Francesca Porcellato won the women’s wheelchair race at 1:59:57. These results come from official race reports and historical summaries.
Context and notable details
- The event that year saw around 119,000 applications, with roughly 33,578 starters and about 32,924 finishers (24,849 men and 10,075 women). The London Marathon that year continued its pattern of drawing large international fields and robust participation, similar to other editions in the mid-2000s. These figures are drawn from archived race histories and Wikipedia’s 2006 London Marathon entry, which compiles entry and finish data.
Related references you can check
- The 2006 London Marathon page on Wikipedia provides a concise summary of winners, finishing times, and participation numbers. This is a commonly cited reference for quick historical details.[1]
- For broader context on London Marathon history and elite fields around that period, historical race reports and athletics-focused outlets from the mid-2000s are often cited, though specifics vary by source.[4]
If you’d like, I can pull together a compact table of the top finishers from the 2006 race and compare them with adjacent years (2005 and 2007) to show trends in winning times and participant numbers. I can also provide links to primary race reports or archived press releases.