2014 Great North Run


The 34th Great North Run took place on 7 September 2014 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. After having been narrowly beaten by Kenenisa Bekele in 2013, Mo Farah was rooted to become the first Briton since Steve Kenyon in 1985 to win the men's race and the first in any elite race since Paula Radcliffe won the 2003 women's race. He broke the 29-year duck, helped by the absence of 2013 champion Bekele, and was only the third Briton to win the Men's Elite race.
Priscah Jeptoo, who won the 2013's women's title was also absent so Kenyan compatriot Mary Keitany won the women's marathon and broke the course record set by Radcliffe.
Britons David Weir and Shelly Woods were the defending wheelchair champions. Woods successfully defended the women's title while Spaniard Jordi Madeira became the newest men's champion. He is the first Spanish winner of the Great North Run.
The race crowned Tracey Cramond of Darlington its landmark millionth finisher. Tracey, who was running for Butterwick Hospice, was 37,396th in the race with a time of 03:02:03.

Results

Elite races

;Elite Men
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Mo Farah1:00:00
2Mike Kigen1:00:00
3Stephen Kiprotich1:01:35
4Tariku Bekele1:01:39
5Thomas Ayeko1:02:13
6Andy Vernon1:02:46
7Hiroaki Sano1:03:01
8Paulo Roberto Paula1:03:58
9Jonny Hay1:04:09
10Masato Kikuchi1:04:18

;Elite Women
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Mary Keitany1:05:39 CR
2Gemma Steel1:08:13
3Tiki Gelana1:08:45
4Caroline Kilel1:09:10
5Edna Kiplagat1:10:37
6Polline Wanjiku1:10:46
7Risa Takenaka1:11:11
8Charlotte Purdue1:11:43
9Haruna Takada1:12:20
10Susan Partridge1:12:28

Wheelchair races

;Wheelchair Men
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Jordi Madeira43:02
2Simon Lawson43:06
3Rafael Botello Jiménez45:24
4Mark Conway49:38
5Matthew Clarke51:36
6Brett Crossley52:28
7Will Smith52:39
8Mark Telford53:13
9Anthony Gotts54:36
10Jason Richards57:06

;Wheelchair Women
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Shelly Woods50:34
2Jade Jones53:12
3Mel Nicholls53:39
4Martyna Snopek1:05:12
5Liz McTernan1:26:18