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 26, 2009 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:10 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:05:27 4 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:53 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:07:44 6 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:08:25 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:28 10 Felix Limo (KEN) 2:09:47 Beijing - Aug 24, 2008 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:16 5 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:10:24 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) 2:08:51 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 2 Abderrahim Goumri (MAR) 2:09:16 Amsterdam - Oct 21, 2007 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:29 5 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:07:34 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 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 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 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:02 4 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:08:37 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 London - Apr 16, 2000 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:43 6 Stefano Baldini (ITA) 2:09:45

Women London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:11 2 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:23:12 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:06 5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:25:30 9 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:26:54 10 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:42 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:25:43 6 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:29:25 Beijing - Aug 17, 2008 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 10 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:29:28 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 9 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:28:33 12 Hayley Haining (GBR) 2:29:18 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 4 Salina Kosgei (KEN) 2:24:13 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 7 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:29:47 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:20:42 3 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:22:36 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 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 London - Apr 17, 2005 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:29 6 Benita Johnson (AUS) 2:26:32 London - Apr 18, 2004 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:02 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:28:10 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