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Men's splits
Mile Time Split
1 4:51 4:51
2 9:39 4:48
3 14:16 4:37
4 18:59 4:43
5 23:50 4:51
6 28:43 4:53
7 33:35 4:52
8 38:23 4:48
9 43:11 4:48
10 48:03 4:52
11 52:53 4:50
12 57:46 4:53
13 1:02:38 4:52
Halfway 1:03:10
14 1:07:34 4:56
15 1:12:15 4:41
16 1:17:02 4:47
17 1:21:37 4:35
18 1:26:20 4:43
19 1:31:01 4:41
20 1:35:45 4:44
21 1:40:35 4:50
22 1:45:24 4:49
23 1:50:33 5:09
24 1:55:27 4:54
25 2:00:18 4:51
26 2:05:17 4:59
Finish 2:06:18
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Welcome to The London Marathon 2004 |
London 2004 produced an amazing duel in the Men's race where
Kenyans Evans Rutto and John Korir were locked in battle till
the final few miles of the event.
Both Kenyan runners came into the race with large reputations
to build on, Korir as the 2nd fastest man in history after
his 2nd place in Berlin
where he became the 2nd man under 2:05. Rutto had won Chicago
in 2003, setting the fastest debut time in history with 2:05:50
The two did not disappoint with London being treated to a
race of high quality. Sadly, the weather did not play its
part and affected the overall performances on the day of the
athletes. Rutto pulled away from Korir over the final miles
to win in 2:06:18 ahead of his compatriot's 2:06:48.
The result however could have seen both athletes not completing
the course when they both came tumbling down at around 35Km.
The wet slippery conditions may on this occasion helped as
Rutto slid across the surface without much visual damage being
caused. He did in the process bring down Korir, slightly,
but amazingly after a few 'gingerly' taken strides they were
back to business. [ see
BBC video of fall ]
Rutto, to me, looked the worse for wear, having slid a number
of metres before regaining his feet and what was good to witness
was that Korir didn't take advantage of the spill, in the
same manner as in Tour De France in 2003, when Tour leader
Lance Armstrong tumbled from his bike after a spectator got
caught up with his handlebars.
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Korir and Rutto
side by side
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Rutto has now added to his tally of wins from as many starts
and certainly looks the part of a true marathon man in the
mould of Khallid Khannouchi. His last few miles were not blistering
by any means but the damage had been done by the tarmac and
the weather, yet he was still able to post a magnificent 2:06.
Jaouad Gharib, Marocco, followed on from his Paris
World Championships victory to secure 3rd place in a Personal
Best time of 2:07:02. If he competes at the Athens Olympics,
he will no longer be seen as a half marathon specialist trying
to make it as a marathoner, he is now the genuine article.
In the Women's race; the diminutive Kenyan, Margaret Okayo,
ran a blisteringly quick fast pace in the early part of the
marathon and was on target for a 2:18.
Then around 56 minutes into the race the consistent Rumanian,
Constantina Tomescu-Dita, came galloping past and looked to
be leaving Okayo in her wake, just before the halfway mark.
However, the tiny Kenyan, all 4"11, of her seemed to
recover from her 'bad patch' and bounded past the hapless
Dita. Judging from the apparel Dita wore the weather dampened
her day, as she was unable to hold on to 2nd place with the
Russian athlete, Lyudmila Petrova, besting her by 50 seconds
in the end. Petrova 2:26:02 to Dita's 2:26:52.
Okayo was able to build on her break to eventually win in
a satisfactory time of 2:22:35, a time which would have been
a course record before a certain Paula Radcliffe began blitzing
the course record in 2002
and the World Record in 2003.
Roll on the Athens Olympics Marathon
See further event coverage :
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Women's splits
Mile Time Split
1 5:16 5:16
2 10:30 5:14
3 15:29 4:59
4 20:35 5:06
5 25:51 5:16
6 31:13 5:22
7 36:37 5:24
8 41:55 5:18
9 47:17 5:22
10 52:43 5:26
11 58:08 5:25
12 1:03:26 5:18
13 1:08:51 5:25
Halfway 1:09:28
14 1:14:18 5:27
15 1:19:45 5:27
16 1:25:26 5:41
17 1:30:54 5:28
18 1:36:31 5:37
19 1:42:03 5:32
20 1:47:42 5:39
21 1:53:16 5:34
22 1:58:50 5:34
23 2:04:31 5:41
24 2:10:04 5:33
25 2:15:44 5:40
26 2:21:24 5:40
Finish 2:22:35
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