1986 London Marathon

{{Short description|6th London Marathon}}

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{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 6th London Marathon

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|venue = London, United Kingdom

|date = 20 April 1986

|men = Toshihiko Seko

|men_win_value = 2:10:02

|women = Grete Waitz

|women_win_value = 2:24:54

|wheelchair_men = Gerry O'Rourke

|wheelchair_men_win_value = 2:26:38

|wheelchair_women = Kay McShane

|wheelchair_women_win_value = 3:02:40

|prev = 1985

|next = 1987

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The 1986 London Marathon was the sixth running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 20 April. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:10:02 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:24:54.

In the wheelchair races, Irish athletes Gerry O'Rourke (2:26:38) and Kay McShane (2:47:12) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively.[http://london-marathon.s3.amazonaws.com/vmlm2014/live/uploads/cms_page_media/1111/2015-VMLM-Media-Guide-The-Past-Races.pdf 2015 London Marathon Media Guide]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. London Marathon (2015). Retrieved 2020-04-26.

Around 80,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 25,566 had their applications accepted and 19,261 started the race. A total of 18,067 runners finished the race.[https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/stats-and-figures/ Stats and Figures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323182946/https://www.virginmoneylondonmarathon.com/en-gb/news-media/media-resources/stats-and-figures/ |date=23 March 2020 }}. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26.