Very old London Marathon results
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Oct 2022
6:33pm, 27 Oct 2022
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JulesR
Hi, one of my friends has asked me how he can find his London Marathon results from 1990-1994 (pre Internet thingy), as he needs proof that he took part. I’ve done a reasonable Googling & come up with nowt. When I searched my 1999 Paris marathon a while ago, that took me ages for just one excel sheet, so I need inspiration for how to dig out his ancient London results. Ta very much! Jules |
Oct 2022
6:40pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Shades
Did they print the results in one of the newspapers perhaps? More likely to be The Times than The Sun I guess 😉 I know when I did New York in 96 the results were in the newspaper and London tended to copy what NY did. |
Oct 2022
6:43pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Fields
They were also printed in the independent in the 1990s
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Oct 2022
6:53pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Llamadance
from another thread - was he top 100? |
Oct 2022
7:00pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Mushroom
I think I've still got my edition of The Times from 1990 - showing all the finishers, but it's the kind of thing that is probably up in the loft. Is there an online archive of previous editions? |
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Oct 2022
7:09pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Llamadance
this is the previous similar thread with some suggestions fetcheveryone.com/forum/london-marathon-1992-60106/1
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Oct 2022
7:17pm, 27 Oct 2022
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JulesR
He would maybe have run 3:10-3:30 or so - once he put down an estimate of 3:15 for Chicago marathon, but they misread it as 2:15 & sent him across the road to register with the Kenyans in the VIP registration, journalists interview & front starting pen too!
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Oct 2022
7:18pm, 27 Oct 2022
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JulesR
That looks like a dead end from that thread I couldn’t find earlier, but thanks for suggestions
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Oct 2022
8:06pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Surrey Phil
The Evening Standard used to print the results but I don't know when they started.
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Oct 2022
8:28pm, 27 Oct 2022
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Maccathecracker
Early 1990s and possibly before and after, The Times printed the results over a few days. Some, maybe all, public library membership gives access to the digitised records - I’m in there somewhere (not in a clown suit) ! |
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