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

photo: Olivier Morin/AFP

Many of the top competitors running the 2009 London Marathon have met before at races in the past - especially at the recent Olympic Games and past London Marathons. In the men's field, Martin Lel - as he goes for his third consecutive London Marathon win - has the best head to head record against his competition: Lel has raced against almost everyone in the field and lost only twice to his current competition - once to Felix Limo at the 2006 London Marathon and then again as he finished out of the money at the 2008 Olympic Games. Wanjiru has a record as impressive as Lel's, although admittedly shorter. Wanjiru has won two of the three marathons he has run, losing once to Lel and beating Lel once...

In the women's field, there has been an interesting rivalry between the two fastest women in the field: Catherine Ndereba and Zhou Chunxiu - each capturing important victories against the other. Among the others, there have been wins and losses and we'll note that our head to head which often provides some clarity just shows us that anything can happen as these women race against each other.

Here's our complete head-to-head listing of elite runners in the 2009 London Marathon. Can it tell you who will win? Maybe, maybe not. But, it's going to be an interesting race nonetheless.

Men London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:10 2 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:05:20 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 8 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:09:16 9 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:21 9 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:21 10 Felix Limo (KEN) 2:09:47 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:10:00 Beijing - Aug 24, 2008 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:32 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:16 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:10:00 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 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:51 Fukuoka - Dec 2, 2007 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:39 3 Atsushi Sato (JPN) 2:07:13 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 8 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:08:16 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 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 4 Khalid Khannouchi (USA) 2:07:04 8 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:45 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 2 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:31 3 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:56 3 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:56 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 New York City - Nov 7, 2004 1 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:28 2 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:53 2 Mebrahtom Keflezighi (USA) 2:09:53 London - Apr 16, 2000 3 Khalid Khannouchi (MAR) 2:08:36 5 Hendrick Ramaala (RSA) 2:09:43

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 6 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:25:55 7 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:26:22 9 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:26:54 10 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:42 12 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:29:02 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:25:43 5 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:29:14 6 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:29:25 Beijing - Aug 17, 2008 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:44 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:27:06 3 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:27:07 5 Martha Komu (KEN) 2:27:23 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 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 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:45 7 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:27:42 8 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:45 9 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:28:33 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 9 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:28:15 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:23:32 5 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:29:08 Berlin - Sep 30, 2007 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:23:17 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:51 London - Apr 21, 2007 1 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:20:38 2 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:21:45 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:55 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 Chicago - Oct 22, 2006 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:20:42 5 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:24:25 8 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:08 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 Dita (ROU) 2:27:51 Tokyo - Nov 20, 2005 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:55 5 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:38 New York City - Nov 6, 2005 6 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:21 7 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:27:40 Helsinki - Aug 14, 2005 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:22:01 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:19 5 Zhou Chunxiu (CHN) 2:24:12 London - Apr 17, 2005 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:22:50 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:29 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:45 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:01 London - Apr 18, 2004 2 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:02 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:52 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:28:10 New York City - Nov 2, 2003 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:23:03 4 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:25:00 Chicago - Oct 12, 2003 1 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:23:07 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:35 Saint-Denis - Aug 31, 2003 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:23:55 9 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:53 London - Apr 13, 2003 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:19:55 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:23:14 6 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:43 Amsterdam - Oct 20, 2002 1 Getenesh Wami (ETH) 2:22:20 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:52 Chicago - Oct 13, 2002 2 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:19:26 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:21:31 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 Boston - Apr 16, 2001 1 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:23:53 7 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:29:23 Boston - Apr 19, 1999 6 Catherine N'dereba (KEN) 2:28:27 7 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:29:13