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Close ✕London Marathon
Founded by the athletes Chris Brasher and John Disley and first run on 29 March 1981, from Greenwich in the south-east across the Thames at Tower Bridge, out through the Isle of Dogs and…
51.5, -0.1 · route · 1981 – present, annual
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- A place in: The Great Marathons · 15 places
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- located in London — The course runs from Greenwich in south-east London to a finish on The Mall.
- created by Chris Brasher — Brasher conceived and, with John Disley, founded the race, first run on 29 March 1981.
- member of Abbott World Marathon Majors — One of the five founding races of the series announced on 23 January 2006.
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