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

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Many of the top competitors running the 2009 London Marathon have met before at races in the past - especially at the previous World Championships Marathon and past London Marathons. In the men's field, Sammy Wanjiru has never lost to any of the other men in the field and is the defending champion at the London Marathon. At the same time, many of the other men have been on the top of the standings: Abel Kirui, Duncan Kibet, Tsegay Kebede, Emmanuel Mutaii - all of these men have been winners against the others, the field is open. And, of course, the list of past head-to-head competitions fails to mention Zersenay Tadesse - arguably the fastest man in the field, but one who has yet to

In the women's field, Irina Mikitenko has often been the winner against the others - and is the two-time defending champion at London, but Liliya Shobukhova broke Mikitenko's streak by besting Mikitenko in their last outing at the Chicago Marathon and will look to improve on her third place finish at London in 2009. A number of the women have prevailed in contests against the others and any of these women - to name a few - have shown they have the stuff to win: Xue Bai, Bezunesh Bekele, Constantina Dita.

Here's our complete head-to-head listing of elite runners in the 2010 London Marathon. Past performances of these men and women against each other can't necessarily predict who will win the 2010 London Marathon, but it does help us to understand who might be stronger than the others.

Men London Olympics - Aug 12, 2012 2 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:27 5 Marilson DOS SANTOS (BRA) 2:11:10 17 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:14:49 58 Yonas KIFLE (ERI) 2:21:25 London - Apr 22, 2012 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:51 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:52 5 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:44 6 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:07:56 7 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:08:01 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:03 14 Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 2:10:41 New York City - Nov 6, 2011 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:28 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:07:14 5 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:26 London - Apr 17, 2011 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:04:40 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:45 4 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:06:34 5 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:07:48 6 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:26 15 Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) 2:15:24 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:09:18 9 ABEL KIRUI (KEN) 2:13:01 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:24 2 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:43 9 Ridouane Harroufi (MAR) 2:13:01 London - Apr 25, 2010 1 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:05:19 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:23 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:06:55 5 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:04 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:46 7 Zersenay Tadese (ERI) 2:12:03 8 Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) 2:13:40 9 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:14:39 16 Satoshi Irifune (JPN) 2:19:25 23 Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 2:21:34 38 Peter Nowill (AUS) 2:27:16 Berlin World Championships - Aug 22, 2009 1 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:54 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:07:48 3 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:08:35 14 Satoshi Irifune (JPN) 2:14:54 16 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:15:13 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 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:28 Rotterdam - Apr 5, 2009 1 Duncan Kipkemboi Kibet (KEN) 2:04:27 3 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:05:04 Fukuoka - Dec 7, 2008 1 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:10 2 Satoshi Irifune (JPN) 2:09:23 Beijing Olympics - 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 24 Dan ROBINSON (GBR) 2:16:14 36 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:20:23 Vienna - Apr 27, 2008 1 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:07:38 2 Duncan Kipkemboi Kibet (KEN) 2:08:33 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:15 2 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:05:24 4 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:06:15 7 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:51 13 DAN ROBINSON (GBR) 2:13:10 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:13:37 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 4 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:54 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:37 9 DAN ROBINSON (GBR) 2:14:14 Rotterdam - Apr 15, 2007 2 Takayuki Matsumiya (JPN) 2:10:04 7 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:13:06 London - Apr 23, 2006 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:41 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

Women Tokyo - Feb 24, 2013 3 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:41 5 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:28:30 Yokohama - Nov 18, 2012 6 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:27:35 8 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:31:43 Chicago - Oct 7, 2012 4 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:22:59 6 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:25:38 London Olympics - Aug 5, 2012 14 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:44 15 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:26:59 19 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:27:43 42 Aselefech MERGIA (ETH) 2:32:03 81 Tanith MAXWELL (RSA) 2:40:27 86 Constantina DITA (ROU) 2:41:34 London - Apr 22, 2012 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:53 16 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:30:29 18 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:32:34 Nagoya - Mar 11, 2012 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:24:14 8 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:26:08 Dubai - Jan 27, 2012 1 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:19:31 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:20:30 Yokohama - Nov 20, 2011 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:26:49 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:24 Berlin - Sep 25, 2011 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:18 4 Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2:24:25 Daegu World Championships - Aug 27, 2011 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:29:21 5 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:29:35 18 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:32:31 London - Apr 17, 2011 2 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:20:15 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:23:42 6 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:24:09 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:24 10 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:25:18 11 Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH) 2:25:24 15 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:26:31 29 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:39:07 Dubai - Jan 21, 2011 1 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:22:45 4 Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2:24:26 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 4 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:29:17 5 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:29:28 7 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:29:41 13 MARA YAMAUCHI (GBR) 2:31:38 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:20:25 3 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:23:50 5 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:40 12 Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH) 2:32:24 London - Apr 25, 2010 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:22:00 2 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:22:19 3 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:22:38 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:23:17 5 Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH) 2:24:39 6 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:24:55 7 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:18 8 Kim Smith (NZL) 2:25:21 9 Mari Ozaki (JPN) 2:25:43 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:26:16 11 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:31:00 12 Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2:31:41 13 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:32:26 14 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:33:46 15 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:34:24 16 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:35:21 18 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:36:20 26 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:41:12 Dubai - Jan 22, 2010 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:26:05 6 Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH) 2:27:29 Chicago - Oct 11, 2009 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:25:56 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:31 5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:28:38 6 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:28:50 Berlin World Championships - Aug 23, 2009 1 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:15 2 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:25:25 3 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:25:32 15 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:29:55 16 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:30:03 31 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:37:43 45 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:41:48 London - Apr 26, 2009 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:22:11 2 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:23:12 3 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:24:24 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:06 5 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:25:30 6 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:25:55 10 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:27:42 Boston - Apr 20, 2009 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:33:08 7 Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2:35:34 Dubai - Jan 16, 2009 1 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:24:02 2 Atsede Habtamu (ETH) 2:25:17 7 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:27:47 Tokyo - Nov 16, 2008 1 Yoshimi Ozaki (JPN) 2:23:30 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:03 6 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:30:42 Chicago - Oct 12, 2008 4 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:30:57 7 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:32:41 10 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:34:16 Berlin - Sep 28, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:19:19 2 Askale Tafa Magarsa (ETH) 2:21:31 Beijing Olympics - Aug 17, 2008 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:44 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 22 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:16 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:14 2 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:24:39 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:45 7 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:27:42 8 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:45 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 9 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:28:15 Dubai - Jan 18, 2008 1 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:22:42 2 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:23:09 London - Apr 22, 2007 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:55 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 9 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:34:25 10 Berhane Adere (ETH) 2:39:11 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 1 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:19:36 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 Chicago - Oct 9, 2005 1 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:21:25 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:21:30 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 14, 2005 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:19 18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:26 London - Apr 17, 2005 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:22:50 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:26:29 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:52 Chicago - Oct 10, 2004 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:45 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:25:01 Athens Olympics - Aug 22, 2004 3 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:27:20 8 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:31:56 9 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:04 20 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:37:31 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 17 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:39:16 Chicago - Oct 12, 2003 1 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:23:07 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:35 London - Apr 13, 2003 3 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:21:16 5 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:23:14 6 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:43 Chicago - Oct 13, 2002 4 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:21:31 6 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:26:53 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 7 Deena Kastor (USA) 2:26:58 Edmonton World Championships - Aug 12, 2001 3 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:26:18 10 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:30:38 New York City - Nov 5, 2000 1 Lyudmila Petrova (RUS) 2:25:45 12 Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) 2:32:35