1997 London Marathon
The 1997 London Marathon was the 17th running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 13 April. The elite men's race was won by Portugal's António Pinto in a time of 2:07:55 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Joyce Chepchumba in 2:26:51.
In the wheelchair races, Britain's David Holding and Sweden's Monica Wetterström won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. Wetterstrom's winning time was a course record by a margin of more than eleven minutes.
Around 78,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 39,813 had their applications accepted and 29,500 started the race. A total of 29,189 runners finished the race.Results
Men
Women
Wheelchair men
Wheelchair women