2009 London Marathon

{{Short description|29th annual mass participation marathon race in London}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}

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{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 29th London Marathon

|image = Top Three Men at London Marathon 2009 crop.jpg

|caption = Leaders during the men's race

|venue = London, England

|date = 26 April 2009

|men = Samuel Wanjiru

|men_win_value = 2:05:10

|women = Irina Mikitenko

|women_win_value = 2:22:11

|wheelchair_men = Kurt Fearnley

|wheelchair_men_win_value = 1:28:56

|wheelchair_women = Amanda McGrory

|wheelchair_women_win_value = 1:50:39

|prev = 2008

|next = 2010

}}

The 2009 London Marathon was the 29th running of the annual marathon race in London, England, which took place on Sunday, 26 April. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Samuel Wanjiru in a time of 2:05:10 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Irina Mikitenko in 2:22:11.[http://results-2009.london-marathon.co.uk/index.php?a=l Results]. London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:28:56) and American Amanda McGrory (1:50:39) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Fearnley defeated David Weir by one second, taking the Briton's course record in the process.[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 155,000 people applied to enter the race: 49,995 had their applications accepted and 35,884 started 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 2020-04-25. A total of 35,266 runners, 24,228 men and 11,038 women, finished the race.[http://www.marathonguide.com/results/browse.cfm?MIDD=16090426 London Marathon - Race Results]. Marathon Guide. Retrieved 2020-04-25.

In the under-17 Mini Marathon, the 3-mile able-bodied and wheelchair events were won by Ronnie Sparke (14:20), Ciara Mageean (16:16), Daniel Lucker (12:30) and Hannah Cockroft (15:42).[http://results-2009.london-marathon.co.uk/?a=m Virgin Mini London marathon 2009 results]. London Marathon (2009). Retrieved 2020-04-26.