--- id: 32251e57-5329-427f-bcb9-98a6ced2897d title: 1982 London Marathon abstract: The 1982 London Marathon was the second edition of the annual marathon race held in London, United Kingdom, on May 9, 1982. British athlete Hugh Jones won the men's race with a time of 2:09:24, while Joyce Smith won the women's race in 2:29:43. Approximately 16,350 runners started the event, with 15,116 finishing the race. classification: primary: '796.4' secondary: - '796.42' - '929' udc_main_class: '7' tags: - London Marathon - Athletics - Running - '1982' - Sports History - Hugh Jones topics: - Sports - Athletics - Marathon author: '' created_at: '2026-06-01T00:27:45.759781' updated_at: '2026-06-01T02:12:50.715444' sources: - type: url uri: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_London_Marathon format: url_fetch udc_label: Golf version: '1' --- ## Card: 1982 London Marathon The 1982 London Marathon was the second edition of the annual marathon race held in London, United Kingdom, on May 9, 1982. British athlete Hugh Jones won the men's race with a time of 2:09:24, while Joyce Smith won the women's race in 2:29:43. Approximately 16,350 runners started the event, with 15,116 finishing the race. ## Classification Primary: 796.4 | Secondary: 796.42, 929 | Tags: London Marathon, Athletics, Running, 1982, Sports History, Hugh Jones | Topics: Sports, Athletics, Marathon ## Content 1982 London Marathon - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Results Toggle Results subsection 1.1 Men 1.2 Women 2 References 3 External links Toggle the table of contents 1982 London Marathon 2 languages Deutsch Nederlands Edit links Article Talk English Read Edit View history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions Read Edit View history General What links here Related changes Upload file Permanent link Page information Cite this page Get shortened URL Print/export Download as PDF Printable version In other projects Wikimedia Commons Wikidata item Appearance move to sidebar hide From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2nd London Marathon 2nd London Marathon Venue London , United Kingdom Date 9 May 1982 Champions Men Hugh Jones (2:09:24) Women Joyce Smith (2:29:43) ←  1981 1983  → The 1982 London Marathon was the second running of the annual marathon race in London , United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 9 May. The elite men's race was won by home athlete Hugh Jones in a time of 2:09:24 hours and the women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:43. Hugh Jones after winning 1982 London Marathon Around 90,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 18,059 had their applications accepted and around 16,350 started the race. A total of 15,116 runners finished the race. [ 1 ] Results [ edit ] Men [ edit ] Position Athlete Nationality Time Hugh Jones   United Kingdom 2:09:24 Øyvind Dahl   Norway 2:12:21 Mike Gratton   United Kingdom 2:12:30 4 Jeff Wells   United States 2:13:43 5 Kevin McCarey   United States 2:13:48 6 Phil Coppess   United States 2:13:57 7 David Clark   Scotland 2:15:28 8 Svein-Arve Pedersen   Norway 2:15:28 9 William Glad   United States 2:15:41 10 Don Faircloth   United Kingdom 2:15:50 11 Mervyn Brameld   United Kingdom 2:15:59 12 Atle Fosse   Norway 2:15:59 13 John McLaughlin   United Kingdom 2:16:09 14 Derek Stevens   United Kingdom 2:16:16 15 Paul Champion   United Kingdom 2:16:29 16 Zoltan Kiss   Hungary 2:16:35 17 Istvan Kerekjarto   Hungary 2:16:45 18 Alex Kasich   United States 2:16:59 19 Ferenc Szekeres   Hungary 2:17:10 20 Steven Poulton   Australia 2:17:22 Women [ edit ] Position Athlete Nationality Time Joyce Smith   United Kingdom 2:29:43 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 2:36:15 Judith Hine   New Zealand 2:41:49 4 Beverley Shingles   New Zealand 2:43:34 5 Libby Pfeiffer   United Kingdom 2:45:52 6 Jean Lochhead   United Kingdom 2:46:04 7 Margaret Lockley   United Kingdom 2:46:53 8 Winnie Ng   Hong Kong 2:47:08 9 Caroline Rodgers   United Kingdom 2:47:57 10 Christine Burden   New Caledonia 2:48:38 11 Ngaire Drake   New Zealand 2:48:38 12 Katrina McLean   Cyprus 2:49:00 13 Melanie Jones   United Kingdom 2:49:47 14 Angella Hearn   United Kingdom 2:50:09 15 Leslie Watson   United Kingdom 2:50:23 17 Jacqueline Hulbert   United Kingdom 2:51:03 References [ edit ] ^ Stats and Figures Archived 23 March 2020 at the Wayback Machine . London Marathon. Retrieved 2020-04-26. Results Results . Association of Road Racing Statisticians . Retrieved 2020-04-24. External links [ edit ] Official website v t e 1982 in the sport of athletics «  1981 1983  » World World Cross Country Championships Gymnasiade World Military Cross Country Championships Regional Championships African Arab Cross Country Balkan Athletics Cross Country European Outdoor Indoor Games Asian Games Central American and Caribbean Games Commonwealth Games Southern Cross Games Age group CARIFTA Games Central American and Caribbean U20 European O35 Pan American U20 National Indoor Czechoslovak Dutch English French German East West Italian Polish Soviet Spanish Swedish United States AIAW NCAA Outdoor Australian Belgian Canadian Chinese Czechoslovak Dutch English Finnish French German East West Hungarian Icelandic Italian Jamaican Japanese Norwegian Polish Portuguese Soviet Spanish Swedish United Kingdom United States AIAW track NCAA XC NCAA track v t e London Marathon Years 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Related List of winners Ever Presents Trophy v t e London Marathon – men's winners 1981 :   Dick Beardsley   ( USA ) 1981:   Inge Simonsen   ( NOR ) 1982 :   Hugh Jones   ( UK ) 1983 :   Mike Gratton   ( UK ) 1984 :   Charlie Spedding   ( UK ) 1985 :   Steve Jones   ( UK ) 1986 :   Toshihiko Seko   ( JPN ) 1987 :   Hiromi Taniguchi   ( JPN ) 1988 :   Henrik Jørgensen   ( DEN ) 1989 :   Douglas Wakiihuri   ( KEN ) 1990 :   Allister Hutton   ( UK ) 1991 :   Yakov Tolstikov   ( RUS ) 1992 :   António Pinto   ( POR ) 1993 :   Eamonn Martin   ( UK ) 1994 :   Dionicio Cerón   ( MEX ) 1995 :   Dionicio Cerón   ( MEX ) 1996 :   Dionicio Cerón   ( MEX ) 1997 :   António Pinto   ( POR ) 1998 :   Abel Antón   ( ESP ) 1999 :   Abdelkader El Mouaziz   ( MAR ) 2000 :   António Pinto   ( POR ) 2001 :   Abdelkader El Mouaziz   ( MAR ) 2002 :   Khalid Khannouchi   ( USA ) 2003 :   Gezahegne Abera   ( ETH ) 2004 :   Evans Rutto   ( KEN ) 2005 :   Martin Lel   ( KEN ) 2006 :   Felix Limo   ( KEN ) 2007 :   Martin Lel   ( KEN ) 2008 :   Martin Lel   ( KEN ) 2009 :   Samuel Wanjiru   ( KEN ) 2010 :   Tsegaye Kebede   ( ETH ) 2011 :   Emmanuel Mutai   ( KEN ) 2012 :   Wilson Kipsang   ( KEN ) 2013 :   Tsegaye Kebede   ( ETH ) 2014 :   Wilson Kipsang   ( KEN ) 2015 :   Eliud Kipchoge   ( KEN ) 2016 :   Eliud Kipchoge   ( KEN ) 2017 :   Daniel Wanjiru   ( KEN ) 2018 :   Eliud Kipchoge   ( KEN ) 2019 :   Eliud Kipchoge   ( KEN ) 2020 :   Shura Kitata   ( ETH ) 2021 :   Sisay Lemma   ( ETH ) 2022 :   Amos Kipruto   ( KEN ) 2023 :   Kelvin Kiptum   ( KEN ) 2024 :   Alexander Mutiso   ( KEN ) 2025 :   Sabastian Sawe   ( KEN ) 2026 :   Sabastian Sawe   ( KEN ) World Marathon Majors Berlin Marathon – List ( M / W ) Boston Marathon – List ( M / W ) Chicago Marathon – List ( M / W ) London Marathon – List ( M / W ) New York City Marathon – List ( M / W ) Sydney Marathon – as of 2025 Tokyo Marathon – List ( M / W ) v t e London Marathon – women's winners 1981 :   Joyce Smith   ( UK ) 1982 :   Joyce Smith   ( UK ) 1983 :   Grete Waitz   ( NOR ) 1984 :   Ingrid Kristiansen   ( NOR ) 1985 :   Ingrid Kristiansen   ( NOR ) 1986 :   Grete Waitz   ( NOR ) 1987 :   Ingrid Kristiansen   ( NOR ) 1988 :   Ingrid Kristiansen   ( NOR ) 1989 :   Véronique Marot   ( UK ) 1990 :   Wanda Panfil   ( POL ) 1991 :   Rosa Mota   ( POR ) 1992 :   Katrin Dörre   ( GER ) 1993 :   Katrin Dörre   ( GER ) 1994 :   Katrin Dörre   ( GER ) 1995 :   Małgorzata Sobańska   ( POL ) 1996 :   Liz McColgan   ( UK ) 1997 :   Joyce Chepchumba   ( KEN ) 1998 :   Catherina McKiernan   ( IRL ) 1999 :   Joyce Chepchumba   ( KEN ) 2000 :   Tegla Loroupe   ( KEN ) 2001 :   Derartu Tulu   ( ETH ) 2002 :   Paula Radcliffe   ( UK ) 2003 :   Paula Radcliffe   ( UK ) 2004 :   Margaret Okayo   ( KEN ) 2005 :   Paula Radcliffe   ( UK ) 2006 :   Deena Kastor   ( USA ) 2007 :   Zhou Chunxiu   ( CHN ) 2008 :   Irina Mikitenko   ( GER ) 2009 :   Irina Mikitenko   ( GER ) 2010 :   Aselefech Mergia   ( ETH ) 2011 :   Mary Keitany   ( KEN ) 2012 :   Mary Keitany   ( KEN ) 2013 :   Priscah Jeptoo   ( KEN ) 2014 :   Edna Kiplagat   ( KEN ) 2015 :   Tigist Tufa   ( ETH ) 2016 :   Jemima Sumgong   ( KEN ) 2017 :   Mary Keitany   ( KEN ) 2018 :   Vivian Cheruiyot   ( KEN ) 2019 :   Brigid Kosgei   ( KEN ) 2020 :   Brigid Kosgei   ( KEN ) 2021 :   Joyciline Jepkosgei   ( KEN ) 2022 :   Yalemzerf Yehualaw   ( ETH ) 2023 :   Sifan Hassan   ( NED ) 2024 :   Peres Jepchirchir   ( KEN ) 2025 :   Tigst Assefa   ( ETH ) 2026 :   Tigst Assefa   ( ETH ) World Marathon Majors Berlin Marathon – List ( M / W ) Boston Marathon – List ( M / W ) Chicago Marathon – List ( M / W ) London Marathon – List ( M / W ) New York City Marathon – List ( M / W ) Sydney Marathon – as of 2025 Tokyo Marathon – List ( M / W ) Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1982_London_Marathon&oldid=1308582720 " 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