2017 Great North Run


The 37th Great North Run took place on 10 September 2017 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom with the men's and women's elite races and wheelchair races. Olympic and World champion Mo Farah, in his first race since ending his career on the track, won the Great North Run for the fourth year in a row. He became the first man to win the run four years in a row. Mary Keitany won the women's race for the third time in four years.
Briton Simon Lawson won the men's wheelchair race for the first time. Swiss Manuela Schär also won the women's wheelchair race for the first time. Schär also broke the course record held by Amanda McGrory, by finishing in a time of 48 minutes, 44 seconds.
After Jake Robertson finished 2nd in the men's elite race, he proposed to his girlfriend, fellow runner Magdalyne Masai.

Results

Elite races

;Elite Men
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Mo Farah1:00:06
2Jake Robertson1:00:12
3Feyisa Lilesa1:01:32
4Zane Robertson1:01:42
5Hiroyuki Yamamoto1:02:03
6Dathan Ritzenhein1:02:49
7Dewi Griffiths1:02:53
8Bernard Lagat1:03:02
9Tsegai Tewelde1:03:14
10Koen Naert1:03:29
11Mohamud Aadan1:04:26
12Daichi Kamino1:04:47
13Chris Thompson1:05:28
14Stephen Scullion1:05:52

;Elite Women
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Mary Keitany1:05:59
2Vivian Cheruiyot1:07:44
3Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui1:09:52
4Magdalyne Masai1:10:39
5Betsy Saina1:11:25
6Gemma Steel1:11:32
7Lily Partridge1:12:10
8Alyson Dixon1:12:29
9Caryl Jones1:14:22
10Rebecca Murray1:15:49
11Elizeba Cherono1:16:17
12Rebecca Hilland1:16:27
13Fiona Brian1:18:16
14Tracy Millmore1:18:46

Wheelchair races

;Wheelchair Men
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Simon Lawson44:22
2Brent Lakatos 44:27
3Josh Cassidy44:57
4Patrick Monahan46:16
5Rafael Botello Jimenez47:48
6Bret Crossley48:47
7Sean Frame51:05
8Isaac Towers52:45
9Ben Rowlings52:57
10Sam Kolek55:00

;Wheelchair Women
PositionAthleteNationalityTime
1Manuela Schär48:44
2Samantha Kinghorn52:48
3Liz McTernan1:24:15