WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Marathon

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	Course	Date	First		Second		Third
	WAAA Championships
1978	Ryde	20 May	Margaret Lockley	2:55:08	Margaret Thompson	3:16:15	Leslie Watson	3:18:46
1979	Sandbach	17 Jun	Joyce Smith	2:41:37	Gillian Adams	2:43:08	Carol Gould	2:44:30
1980	London	3 Aug	Joyce Smith	2:41:22	Gillian Adams	2:42:14	Carol Gould	2:43:50
1981	Rugby	10 May	Leslie Watson	2:49:08	Gillian Burley	2:52:40	Véronique Marot	2:53:39
1982	Windsor	12 Jun	Kathryn Binns	2:36:12	Carol Gould	2:37:53	Julie Barleycorn	2:43:28
	From 1983, the London Marathon incorporated the AAA title
1983	London	17 Apr	Glynis Penny	2:36:21	Kathryn Binns	2:38:11	Sarah Rowell	2:39:11
1984	London	13 May	Priscilla Welch	2:30:06	Sarah Rowell	2:31:28	Véronique Marot	2:33:52
1985	London	21 Apr	Sarah Rowell	2:28:06	Sally-Ann Hales	2:28:38	Ann Ford	2:31:19
1986	London	20 Apr	Ann Ford	2:31:40	Paula Fudge	2:32:25	Julia Gates	2:36:31
1987	London	10 May	Priscilla Welch	2:26:51	Véronique Marot	2:30:15	Paula Fudge	2:32:28
1988	London	17 Apr	Ann Ford	2:30:38	Susan Tooby	2:32:09	Sue Crehan	2:35:10
1989	London	23 Apr	Véronique Marot	2:25:56	Angie Pain	2:31:06	Lynn Harding	2:31:45
1990	London	22 Apr	Nicky McCracken	2:33:07	Sally Eastall	2:34:31	Sheila Catford	2:36:42
	From 1991 to 1996 (excluding 1993) foreign athletes were eligible for the WAAA/AAA title
1991	London	21 Apr	Rosa Mota POR	2:26:14	Francie Larrieu-Smith USA	2:27:35	Valentina Yegorova URS	2:28:18
			(Best UK: Sally Ellis 2:34:42)
	AAA Championships
1992	London	12 Apr	Katrin Dörre GER	2:29:39	Renata Kokowska POL	2:29:59	Andrea Wallace	2:31:33
			(Best UK: Andrea Wallace 2:31:33)
1993	London	18 Apr	Gillian Horovitz (Adams)	2:42:14	Danielle Sanderson	2:42:37	Zina Marchant	2:43:59
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Liz McColgan 2:29:37)
1994	London	17 Apr	Katrin Dörre GER	2:32:34	Lisa Ondieki AUS	2:33:17	Janete Mayal BRA	2:34:21
			(Best UK: Sally Ellis 2:37:06)
1995	London	2 Apr	Malgorzata Sobanska POL	2:27:43	Manuela Machado POR	2:27:53	Ritva Lemettinen FIN	2:28:00
			(Best UK: Liz McColgan 2:31:14)
1996	London	21 Apr	Liz McColgan	2:27:54	Joyce Chepchumba KEN	2:30:09	Malgorzata Sobanska POL	2:30:17
1997	London	13 Apr	Marian Sutton	2:35:45	Danielle Sanderson	2:39:02	Tracy Swindell	2:40:22
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Liz McColgan 2:26:52)
1998	London	26 Apr	Nicola Brown	2:43:18	Tracy Swindell	2:43:41	Ruth Kingsborough	2:44:33
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Liz McColgan 2:26:54)
1999	London	18 Apr	Jo Lodge	2:45:46	Kerrie Wood	2:50:43	Sharon Dixon	2:50:45
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Nicola Scales 2:44:28)
2000	London	16 Apr	Jo Lodge	2:40:51	Angela Joiner	2:44:07	Jo Newcombe	2:46:17
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Lynne MacDougall 2:38:32)
2001	London	22 Apr	Bev Hartigan	2:37:45	Debbie Robinson	2:42:19	Louise Watson	2:43:49
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Lynne MacDougall 2:37:20)
2002	London	14 Apr	Paula Radcliffe	2:18:56	Jo Lodge	2:38:25	Bev Jenkins	2:44:32
2003	London	13 Apr	Paula Radcliffe	2:15:25	Michaela McCallum	2:41:57	Michelle Lee	2:43:41
2004	London	18 Apr	Birhan Dagne	2:34:45	Jo Lodge	2:34:49	Michelle Lee	2:35:51
			(Best UK, non-AAA: Tracey Morris 2:33:52)
2005	London	17 Apr	Paula Radcliffe	2:17:42	Mara Yamauchi (Myers)	2:31:52	Debbie Mason (Robinson)	2:36:59
			(N.B. Hayley Haining was 3rd UK finisher in 2:35:23)
2006	London	23 Apr	Mara Yamauchi	2:25:13	Jenny Clague	2:36:10	Alice Braham	2:40:38
	National Championships
2007	London	22 Apr	Mara Yamauchi	2:25:41	Liz Yelling	2:30:44	Nicola Clay	2:46:25
2008	London	13 Apr	Liz Yelling	2:28:33	Hayley Haining	2:29:18	Lucy McAlister	2:40:31
2009	London	26 Apr	Mara Yamauchi	2:23:12	Michelle Ross-Cope	2:36:02	Jo Wilkinson	2:37:39
2010	London	25 Apr	Mara Yamauchi	2:26:16	Susan Partridge	2:35:57	Helen Decker	2:36:56
2011	London	17 Apr	Jo Pavey	2:28:24	Louise Damen	2:30:00	Susan Partridge	2:34:13
2012	London	22 Apr	Claire Hallissey	2:27:44	Freya Murray-Ross	2:28:10	Louise Damen	2:31:37
2013	London	23 Apr	Susan Partridge	2:30:46	Amy Whitehead	2:34:14	Hayley Haining	2:36:56
2014	London	13 Apr	Amy Whitehead	2:34:20	Emma Stepto	2:36:05	Julie Briscoe	2:39:48
2015	London	26 Apr	Sonia Samuels	2:31:46	Emma Stepto	2:35:41	Rebecca Robinson	2:36:51
2016	London	24 Apr	Alyson Dixon	2:31:52	Sonia Samuels	2:32:00	Charlotte Purdue	2:32:48
2017	London	23 Apr	Alyson Dixon	2:29:06	Charlotte Purdue	2:29:23	Tracy Barlow	2:30:42
2018	London	22 Apr	Lily Partridge	2:29:24	Tracy Barlow	2:32:09	Rebecca Murray	2:39:37
2019	London	28 Apr	Charlotte Purdue	2:25:38	Tish Jones	2:31:00	Lily Partridge	2:31:53
2020	no championship
2021	London	3 Oct	Charlotte Purdue	2:23:26	Rose Harvey	2:29:45	Samantha Harrison	2:32:22
2022	London	2 Oct

Top Medallists
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total Medals	Years	Year Span
Mara Myers/Yamauchi	4	1		5	2005-2010	5
Jo Lodge	2	2		4	1999-2004	5
Charlotte Purdue	2	1	1	4	2016-2021	5
Véronique Marot	1	1	2	4	1981-1989	8
Paula Radcliffe	3			3	2002-2005	3
Ann Ford	2		1	3	1985-1988	3
Gillian Adams/Horovitz	1	2		3	1979-1993	14
Sarah Rowell	1	1	1	3	1983-1985	2
Susan Partridge	1	1	1	3	2010-2013	3
Carol Gould		1	2	3	1979-1982	3

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