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2015 Great North Run

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35th Great North Run
VenueNewcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Date13 September 2015 (2015-09-13)
Medalists
gold medal 
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The 35th Great North Run took place on 13 September 2015 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. World 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion Mo Farah won the men's race for the second year in a row.[1] He became the first British man to defend his title since Mike McLeod won the first two events in 1981 and 1982, and is only the third man to achieve such a feat; Kenyan Benson Masya is the only other male athlete to have defended his title. Kenyan Mary Keitany also won the women's race for a second consecutive year, the first woman to do so since Liz McColgan in 1996.

Briton David Weir won the men's wheelchair race for the sixth time after missing the race in 2014. Shelley Woods also defended her women's wheelchair title, making it her seventh.

The event was marred by the death of a runner, who was identified on 15 September as 58-year-old David Colley from Hull.[2]

Results

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Elite races

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Elite Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Mo Farah  United Kingdom 59:22
2 Stanley Biwott  Kenya 59:24
3 Mike Kigen  Kenya 1:00:10
4 Stephen Mokoka  South Africa 1:00:40
5 Thomas Ayeko  Uganda 1:01:14
6 Bashir Abdi  Belgium 1:02:06
7 Stephen Sambu  Kenya 1:02:22
8 Mark Kiptoo  Kenya 1:02:32
9 Masato Kikuchi  Japan 1:03:13
10 Timothy Toroitich  Uganda 1:03:14
11 Callum Hawkins  United Kingdom 1:03:35
12 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico 1:04:38
13 Tesfaalem Mehari  Ethiopia 1:05:18
14 Jonny Mellor  United Kingdom 1:05:25
15 Ian Hudspith  United Kingdom 1:06:08
16 Marcel Berni  Switzerland 1:06:29
17 Neil Renault  United Kingdom 1:06:58
18 Carl Smith  United Kingdom 1:07:07
19 Collis Birmingham  Australia 1:07:55
20 Jonny Hay  United Kingdom 1:07:57
Elite Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Mary Keitany  Kenya 1:07:32
2 Gemma Steel  United Kingdom 1:11:00
3 Jeļena Prokopčuka  Latvia 1:11:52
4 Alyson Dixon  United Kingdom 1:12:07
5 Adriana Nelson  United States 1:12:29
6 Reia Iwade  Japan 1:12:41
7 Sara Hall  United States 1:15:45
8 Dianne Lauder  United Kingdom 1:20:33
9 Tori Green  United Kingdom 1:21:56
10 Diane Moore  United Kingdom 1:22:34
11 Alex Sneddon  United Kingdom 1:23:00
12 Sarah Cumber  United Kingdom 1:23:50
13 Sarah Murphy  United Kingdom 1:24:41
14 Rebekah Gardner  United Kingdom 1:28:13
15 Michelle Avery  United Kingdom 1:34:20

Wheelchair races

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Wheelchair Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 David Weir  United Kingdom 42:46
2 Simon Lawson  United Kingdom 44:44
3 Josh Cassidy  Canada 45:20
4 Kenny van Weeghel  Netherlands 46:30
5 Rafael Botello Jiménez  Spain 46:30
6 Brett Crossley  United Kingdom 49:19
7 Mark Telford  United Kingdom 49:21
8 Will Smith  United Kingdom 50:57
9 Callum Hall  United Kingdom 52:21
10 Matthew Clarke  United Kingdom 54:14
11 Anthony Gott  United Kingdom 55:47
12 Sam Kolek  United Kingdom 55:54
13 Rob Smith  United Kingdom 1:00:48
Wheelchair Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1 Shelly Woods  United Kingdom 53:38
2 Amanda McGrory  United States 53:49
3 Margriet van den Broek  Netherlands 53:58
4 Nikki Emerson  United Kingdom 1:06:42
5 Gemma Scott  United Kingdom 1:07:48
6 Martyna Snopek  Poland 1:11:02
7 Jen Warren  United Kingdom 1:30:44

References

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  1. ^ "BBC Sport - Mo Farah wins Great North Run for second year in a row". BBC Sport.
  2. ^ "Great North Run: Runner has died, organisers say". BBC News.