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1990 The tenth London Marathon saw the first British men's winner since 1985 when 35-year old Allister Hutton left a quality field far behind after dispensing with the services of pacemaker Bill Reifsnyder of the USA at 14 miles. In poor weather, reminiscent of 1986, Hutton maintained his form to the line, winning in 2:10:10. It was his first marathon win. He was in such good shape that he even asked early pacemaker Nick Rose to speed things up after only 10km. The real race was among the chasing pack but Italian Salvatore Bettoil and Spaniard Juan Romera proved stronger than the rest to finish second and third. Romera set a new Spanish record with 2:10:48. Pre-race favourite Belayneh Densimo, the world record holder from Ethiopia, dropped out after 14 miles. Olympic champion Rosa Mota made a brief appearance this year, running only the first half of the course for charity, but it was Poland's Wanda Panfil, second in 1989, who won a scintillating women's race. She cruised to victory in a personal best 2:26:31 while Americans Francie Larrieu-Smith and Lisa Weidenbach fought a cat and mouse race behind her. The first five women all finislied in under 2:30. |
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