1996 London Marathon#Women

{{Short description|16th London Marathon}}

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{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 16th London Marathon

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|venue = London, United Kingdom

|date = 21 April 1996

|men = Dionicio Cerón

|men_win_value = 2:10:00

|women = Liz McColgan

|women_win_value = 2:27:54

|wheelchair_men = David Holding

|wheelchair_men_win_value = 1:43:48

|wheelchair_women = Tanni Grey

|wheelchair_women_win_value = 2:00:10

|prev = 1995

|next = 1997

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The 1996 London Marathon was the 16th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 21 April. The elite men's race was won by Mexico's Dionicio Cerón, who won his third straight title in a time of 2:10:00 hours, and the women's race was won by home athlete Liz McColgan in 2:27:54.

In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding (1:43:48) and Tanni Grey (2:00:10) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Grey's winning time was a course record.[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 68,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,173 had their applications accepted and 27,134 started the race. A total of 26,806 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.