London 10,000

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Runners crossing Blackfriars Bridge in 2012

The London 10,000 is an annual road running event over Script error: No such module "convert". which takes place in late May in London, United Kingdom. Established in 2008, the race goes through the roads of St. James's Park and finishes on the mall by Buckingham Palace.[1] VitalityHealth took over sponsorship in 2016 from the original sponsor Bupa.[2]

It has become one of the most popular mass participation 10k runs in the United Kingdom. In 2008, over 12,500 runners took part, with 8372 recorded finishers for the 2009 event. It is managed by the same organisers as the London Marathon.[3][4][5][6]

Mo Farah is a seven-time winner of the men's race and his course record of 27:44 minutes in 2010 was ratified as the British record for the 10K road distance.[7][8] The women's record of 31:06 minutes was also set in 2010, by Kenya's Mary Keitany.

Elite race winners

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2010 race medal

Key:

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Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2008 Template:Flagathlete 28:08 Template:Flagathlete 32:02
2nd 2009 Template:Flagathlete 27:50 Template:Flagathlete 31:38
3rd 2010 Template:Flagathlete 27:44 Template:Flagathlete 31:06
4th 2011 Template:Flagathlete 29:15 Template:Flagathlete 32:22
5th 2012 Template:Flagathlete 29:21 Template:Flagathlete 32:53
6th 2013 Template:Flagathlete 29:13 Template:Flagathlete 32:37
7th 2014 Template:Flagathlete 29:33 Template:Flagathlete 32:53
8th 2015 Template:Flagathlete 28:38 Template:Flagathlete 32:56
9th 2016 [9] Template:Flagathlete 28:28 Template:Flagathlete 33:03
10th 2017 [10] Template:Flagathlete 29:18 Template:Flagathlete 32:57
11th 2018 [11] Template:Flagathlete 29:44 Template:Flagathlete 32:34
12th 2019 [12] Template:Flagathlete 28:14 Template:Flagathlete 31:55

References

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  1. 'Brendan Foster adds new London 10K event to the calendar'
  2. 'Vitality to sponsor London 10,000'
  3. '2008 race report' Template:Webarchive
  4. 'London daily report' Template:Webarchive
  5. '2009 race report' Template:Webarchive
  6. '2010 race report'
  7. Brown, Matthew (2012-05-27). Fast finishing Farah wins fourth London 10,000 title. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
  8. 10K Men Overall All Time to 28:30. Power of 10. Retrieved on 2012-05-27.
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