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

photo credit: Victah Sailer

Many of the top competitors running the 2011 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, we are starting to see the consistancy of London defending champion Tsegaye Kebede take hold and perhaps he will repeat at the 2011 race. But three-time champion Martin Lel will be on hand to challenge the young star. At the same time, many of the other men have been on the top of the standings: Abel Kirui, Patrick Makau, Emmanuel Mutai, Jaouad Gharibi - 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

In the women's field, Liliya Shobukhova has porven herself to be a force to be reckoned with. Unseating Irina Mikitenko as London Marathon champion and besting her in the 2010 Chicago Marathon, Shobukhova will have to watch for Mikitenko if her fitness levels are there. 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 including a strong Chinese contingent: Chunxiu Zhou, Xue Bai and Xiaolin Zhu. Also expect to see strong performances from Mary Keitany, Edna Kiplagat, Inga Abitova, Bezunesh Bekele and Constantina Dita.

Here's our complete head-to-head listing of elite runners in the 2011 London Marathon. Past performances of these men and women against each other can't necessarily predict who will win the London Marathon, but it does help us to understand who might be stronger than the others.

Men Chicago - Oct 7, 2012 1 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:04:38 9 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:07:47 33 Patrick Smyth (USA) 2:21:34 London Olympics - Aug 12, 2012 2 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:27 5 Marilson DOS SANTOS (BRA) 2:11:10 7 Cuthbert NYASANGO (ZIM) 2:12:08 11 Viktor ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:48 17 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:14:49 20 Dylan WYKES (CAN) 2:15:26 22 Eric GILLIS (CAN) 2:16:00 27 Reid COOLSAET (CAN) 2:16:29 48 Luis FEITEIRA (POR) 2:19:40 51 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR (MGL) 2:20:10 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 11 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:10:13 Seoul - Mar 18, 2012 2 James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:06:03 8 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:08:51 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marathon - Jan 14, 2012 4 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:09:55 18 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:14:35 22 Patrick Smyth (USA) 2:15:00 34 Stephan Shay (USA) 2:16:48 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 11 VIKTOR ROTHLIN (SUI) 2:12:26 Toronto Waterfront - Oct 16, 2011 3 REID COOLSAET (CAN) 2:10:54 4 ERIC GILLIS (CAN) 2:11:27 6 DYLAN WYKES (CAN) 2:12:56 Daegu World Championships - Sep 4, 2011 1 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:07:38 4 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:10:55 16 Cuthbert Nyasango (ZIM) 2:15:56 20 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:16:41 London - Apr 17, 2011 1 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:04:40 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:05:45 3 Patrick Makau (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 7 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:08:42 8 Dmitriy Safranov (RUS) 2:09:35 10 Mike Shelley (AUS) 2:11:38 11 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:12:44 13 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:13:40 15 Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) 2:15:24 Fukuoka - Dec 5, 2010 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:24 2 Dmitriy Safranov (RUS) 2:10:12 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 2:09:18 8 DATHAN RITZENHEIN (USA) 2:12:33 9 ABEL KIRUI (KEN) 2:13:01 10 ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE (MAR) 2:14:07 Chicago - Oct 10, 2010 1 Samuel Wanjiru (KEN) 2:06:24 2 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:06:43 Berlin - Sep 26, 2010 1 Patrick Makau (KEN) 2:05:08 3 Bazu Worku Hayla (ETH) 2:05:25 4 Tsegay Kebede (ETH) 2:07:52 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 4 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:07:33 5 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:08:04 6 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:46 8 Andrew Lemoncello (GBR) 2:13:40 9 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:14:39 Boston - Apr 19, 2010 9 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:12:24 11 Cuthbert Nyasango (ZIM) 2:12:40 New York City - Nov 1, 2009 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:25 5 ABDERRAHIME BOURAMDANE (MAR) 2:12:14 10 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:14:39 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 16 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:15:13 25 Reid Coolsaet (CAN) 2:16:53 29 Ser-Od Bat-Ochir (MGL) 2:17:22 33 Dylan Wykes (CAN) 2:18:00 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 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:10:00 Rotterdam - Apr 5, 2009 2 James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:04:27 3 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:05:04 4 Patrick Makau (KEN) 2:06:14 New York City - Nov 2, 2008 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:08:43 5 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:13:33 8 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:14:30 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 6 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:10:35 9 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:11:59 26 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:17:42 36 Yonas Kifle (ERI) 2:20:23 52 Ser-Od BAT-OCHIR (MGL) 2:24:19 60 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:27:17 Boston - Apr 21, 2008 2 Abderrahime Bouramdane (MAR) 2:09:04 8 James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:15:52 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 New York City - Nov 4, 2007 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:09:04 5 James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:12:25 8 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:13:37 New York City Trials - Nov 3, 2007 2 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:11:07 5 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:12:54 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 Berlin - Sep 30, 2007 2 Abel Kirui (KEN) 2:06:51 6 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:10:31 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 Boston - Apr 16, 2007 2 James Kipsang Kwambai (KEN) 2:14:33 94 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:38:05 New York City - Nov 5, 2006 1 Marilson dos Santos (BRA) 2:09:58 11 Dathan Ritzenhein (USA) 2:14:01 London - Apr 23, 2006 2 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:06:41 8 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:45 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 13, 2005 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:10:10 40 Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:22:46 London - Apr 17, 2005 1 Martin Lel (KEN) 2:07:26 2 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:49 Athens - Aug 29, 2004 11 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:15:12 28 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:18:46 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:07:12 8 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:09:58 Saint-Denis - Aug 30, 2003 1 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:08:31 14 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:11:14 17 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:11:46 Rotterdam - Apr 13, 2003 3 José Manuel Martinez (ESP) 2:08:09 6 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 2:09:15 Rotterdam - Apr 22, 2001 6 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:10:04 13 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:12:22 Sydney Olympics - Oct 1, 2000 36 Viktor Rothlin (SUI) 2:20:06 66 Lee Troop (AUS) 2:29:32

Women Tokyo - Feb 24, 2013 1 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:25:34 3 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:41 Yokohama - Nov 18, 2012 2 Mizhuho Nasukawa (JPN) 2:26:42 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 4 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:23:56 6 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:24:48 7 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:25:11 14 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:44 17 Lisa Weightman (AUS) 2:27:32 20 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:27:52 42 Aselefech MERGIA (ETH) 2:32:03 79 Risa SHIGETOMO (JPN) 2:40:06 81 Tanith MAXWELL (RSA) 2:40:27 86 Constantina DITA (ROU) 2:41:34 London - Apr 22, 2012 1 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:18:37 2 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:19:50 6 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:24:04 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:53 8 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:24:59 16 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:30:29 18 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:32:34 27 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:40:08 Chongqing - Mar 17, 2012 2 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:23:42 3 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:24:19 Nagoya - Mar 11, 2012 8 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:26:08 12 Mizhuho Nasukawa (JPN) 2:28:44 Osaka - Jan 29, 2012 1 Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:23:23 3 Azusa Nojiri (JPN) 2:24:57 Dubai - Jan 27, 2012 1 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:19:31 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:20:30 5 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:20:33 Daegu World Championships - Aug 27, 2011 1 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:28:43 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:29:21 5 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:29:35 6 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:29:58 12 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:31:22 19 Azusa Nojiri (JPN) 2:33:42 London - Apr 17, 2011 1 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:19:19 2 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:20:15 3 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:20:46 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:23:42 6 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:24:09 7 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:24 8 Jessica Augusto (POR) 2:24:33 9 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:24:34 10 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:25:18 12 Azusa Nojiri (JPN) 2:25:29 13 Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) 2:25:40 14 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:28 15 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:26:31 16 Noriko Matsuoka (JPN) 2:26:54 18 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:27:57 20 Madoka Ogi (JPN) 2:29:52 24 Risa Shigetomo (JPN) 2:31:28 26 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:34:29 29 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:39:07 32 Yurika Nakamura (JPN) 2:41:22 34 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:41:34 Guangzhou - Nov 27, 2010 1 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:25:00 2 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:35 New York City - Nov 7, 2010 1 Edna Kiplagat (KEN) 2:28:20 3 Mary Keitany (KEN) 2:29:01 4 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:29:17 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 11 Fiona Docherty (NZL) 2:32:17 18 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:14 Berlin - Sep 26, 2010 1 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:23:58 2 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:24:58 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 6 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:24:55 7 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:18 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:26:16 15 Tanith Maxwell (RSA) 2:34:24 16 Maria Konovalova (RUS) 2:35:21 22 Fiona Docherty (NZL) 2:37:55 26 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:41:12 Rotterdam - Apr 11, 2010 1 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:25:29 2 Magdalena Lewy Boulet (USA) 2:26:22 3 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:29:42 Dubai - Jan 22, 2010 2 Aberu Kebede (ETH) 2:24:26 4 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:26:05 New York City - Nov 1, 2009 6 MAGDALENA LEWY BOULET (USA) 2:32:17 9 YURI KANO (JPN) 2:39:05 Chicago - Oct 11, 2009 1 Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) 2:25:56 2 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:26:31 7 Mizhuho Nasukawa (JPN) 2:29:22 Berlin World Championships - Aug 23, 2009 1 Xue Bai (CHN) 2:25:15 3 Aselefech Mergia (ETH) 2:25:32 4 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:25:39 5 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:26:08 7 Yuri Kano (JPN) 2:26:57 14 Yoshiko Fujinaga (JPN) 2:29:53 16 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:30:03 31 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:37:43 41 Fiona Docherty (NZL) 2:40:18 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 6 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:25:55 11 Yuri Kano (JPN) 2:28:44 12 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:29:02 Tokyo - Mar 22, 2009 1 Mizhuho Nasukawa (JPN) 2:25:38 2 Yukari Sahaku (JPN) 2:28:55 Osaka - Jan 25, 2009 2 Yukiko Akaba (JPN) 2:25:40 8 Madoka Ogi (JPN) 2:27:56 Tokyo - Nov 16, 2008 2 Yuri Kano (JPN) 2:24:27 3 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:03 Chicago - Oct 12, 2008 4 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:30:57 7 Bezunesh Bekele (ETH) 2:32:41 Beijing Olympics - Aug 17, 2008 1 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:44 3 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:27:07 4 Xiaolin Zhu (CHN) 2:27:16 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:27:29 13 Yurika NAKAMURA (JPN) 2:30:19 26 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:33:12 34 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) 2:34:35 London - Apr 13, 2008 1 Irina Mikitenko (GER) 2:24:14 8 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:45 9 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:28:33 Nagoya - Mar 9, 2008 1 Yurika Nakamura (JPN) 2:25:51 3 Yuri Kano (JPN) 2:26:39 Osaka - Jan 27, 2008 1 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:10 5 Madoka Ogi (JPN) 2:26:55 9 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:28:15 Osaka World Championships - Sep 2, 2007 2 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:30:45 9 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:32:55 London - Apr 22, 2007 1 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:20:38 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:55 5 Lornah Kiplagat (NED) 2:24:46 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:41 8 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:30:44 9 Inga Abitova (RUS) 2:34:25 London - Apr 23, 2006 6 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:25:13 7 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:27:51 Helsinki World Championships - Aug 14, 2005 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:23:19 5 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:24:12 18 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:26 28 Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu (NOR) 2:35:08 London - Apr 17, 2005 2 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:22:50 10 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:31:52 14 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:37:42 Athens Olympics - Aug 22, 2004 20 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:37:31 25 Liz Yelling (GBR) 2:40:13 33 Chunxiu Zhou (CHN) 2:42:54 London - Apr 18, 2004 3 Constantina Dita (ROU) 2:26:52 17 Mara Yamauchi (GBR) 2:39:16

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