London Marathon - Previous Head-To-Head Results
by MarathonGuide.com Staff

Many of the elite athletes who will be running the 2008 London Marathon have met before in competition at the marathon distance and rivalries have built up. Within the men's field, Martin Lel's preformances against his competition especially stands out - as Lel has lost just once at the marathon to any of the men that he will be facing - and that loss was at the 2006 London Marathon where Felix Limo outkicked Lel for the victory. Abderrahim Goumri has run just two marathons and lost only to Lel each time. Among the others, we see a great history of matchups among runners at the "World Marathon Majors" races, as well as a couple who are moving into the circuit having recently run at the Amsterdam Marathon with impressive results.

On the women's side, the charts show that Gete Wami has had the most consistent performances against her competition - most likely tagging her as the favorite. Among the others, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the positioning and we'll need to wait for the day to see what transpires....

We've done the homework to bring the complete head-to-head listing of all of the elite athletes attending the 2008 London Marathon. Will this tell you who will win at London in 2008 - maybe, maybe not... But, it's interesting nonetheless.

Men London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:15 2 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:24 3 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:05:30 4 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:16 5 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:06:17 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:52 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:16 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:11:25 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:58 Amsterdam - Oct 21, 2007 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:29 5 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:07:34 Osaka - Aug 25, 2007 1 Luke Kibet (KEN) 2:15:59 11 Dan Robinson (GBR) 2:20:20 27 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:26:00 London - Apr 22, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:41 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:07:44 3 Felix Limo (KEN) 2:07:47 4 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:54 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:07:56 7 Ryan Hall (USA) 2:08:24 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:11:53 9 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:13:04 London - Apr 23, 2006 1 Felix Limo (KEN) 2:06:39 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:41 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:06:55 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:22 8 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:45 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 2 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:31 9 Jon Brown (GBR) 2:13:29 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:26 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:49 3 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:32 5 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:25 6 Jon Brown (GBR) 2:09:31 Athens - Aug 29, 2004 1 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:10:55 4 Jon Brown (GBR) 2:12:26 11 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:15:12 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:02 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:08:37 15 Jon Brown (GBR) 2:13:39 16 Dan Robinson (GBR) 2:13:53 Saint-Denis - Aug 30, 2003 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 3 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:14 London - Apr 13, 2003 2 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:07:56 8 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:08:58 New York City - Nov 4, 2001 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:11:20 6 Jon Brown (GBR) 2:11:25 London - Apr 16, 2000 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:43 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:45

Women London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:14 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:24:39 3 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:25:37 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:26:30 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:45 7 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:27:42 8 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:27:45 9 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:28:33 10 Adriana Pirtea (ROU) 2:28:52 12 Hayley Haining (GBR) 2:29:18 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 9 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:28:15 Chicago - Oct 7, 2007 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:49 2 Adriana Pirtea (ROU) 2:33:52 5 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:38:30 Berlin - Sep 30, 2007 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:23:17 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:51 London - Apr 21, 2007 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:21:45 3 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:55 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:24:13 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 7 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:29:47 10 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:39:11 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:20:42 3 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:22:36 5 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:24:25 8 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:08 9 Kathy Butler (GBR) 2:28:39 Berlin - Sep 24, 2006 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:21:34 2 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:23:22 London - Apr 23, 2006 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:21:29 4 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:21:52 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:13 7 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:27:51 8 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:28:40 Tokyo - Nov 20, 2005 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:55 5 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:38 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:25:30 6 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:21 7 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:27:40 Chicago - Oct 9, 2005 2 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:21:30 7 Kathy Butler (GBR) 2:30:01 Helsinki - Aug 14, 2005 3 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:19 18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:26 London - Apr 17, 2005 2 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:22:50 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:29 6 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:26:32 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:52 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 1 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:45 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:01 Athens - Aug 22, 2004 8 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:31:56 20 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM) 2:37:31 London - Apr 18, 2004 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:02 3 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:26:52 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:28:10 17 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:39:16 Chicago - Oct 12, 2003 1 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:23:07 2 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:35 London - Apr 13, 2003 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:23:14 6 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:43 Amsterdam - Oct 20, 2002 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:22:20 2 Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROU) 2:23:52 London - Apr 14, 2002 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:22:31 3 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:22:33 New York City - Nov 4, 2001 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:13 6 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:18