1981 London Marathon with Trevor Wright (Sam Ruthe's grandfather) placing third. скачать в хорошем качестве

1981 London Marathon with Trevor Wright (Sam Ruthe's grandfather) placing third.

The 1981 London Marathon was the first running of the annual marathon race in London, United Kingdom, which took place on Sunday, 29 March. The elite men's race was won in a time of 2:11:48 hours by two athletes, American Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen of Norway, who crossed the finish line holding hands. Third place was Trevor Wright (UK) The NZ born athlete is the grandfather of NZ athlete Sam Ruthe. The women's race was won by Britain's Joyce Smith in 2:29:57. Around 20,000 people applied to enter the race, of which 7747 had their applications accepted and around 7055 started the race. A total of 6255 runners finished the race. Results Men Gold Dick Beardsley United States 2:11:48 Gold Inge Simonsen Norway 2:11:48 Bronze Trevor Wright United Kingdom 2:12:53 4th Mike Kearns United Kingdom 2:13:37 5th Graham Laing United Kingdom 2:13:59 6th Brian Cole United Kingdom 2:14:01 7th James Dingwall United Kingdom 2:14:54 8th Keith Penny United Kingdom 2:15:31 9th Paul Eales United Kingdom 2:15:55 10th Don Faircloth United Kingdom 2:16:36 Women Gold Joyce Smith United Kingdom 2:29:57 Silver Ngaire Drake New Zealand 2:37:12 Bronze Gillian Horovitz United Kingdom 2:40:44 4th Kathy Molitor United States 2:42:26 5th Sally Strauss United States 2:42:42 6th Karen Holdsworth United Kingdom 2:43:28 7th Suzan Morris United Kingdom 2:43:28 8th Julie Barleycorn United Kingdom 2:45:33 9th Véronique Marot France 2:46:51 10th Margaret Lockley United Kingdom 2:47:29 11th Leslie Watson United Kingdom 2:48:06