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 Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Mo Farah 1:00:06 2 Jake Robertson 1:00:12 3 Feyisa Lilesa 1:01:32 4 Zane Robertson 1:01:42 5 Hiroyuki Yamamoto 1:02:03 6 Dathan Ritzenhein 1:02:49 7 Dewi Griffiths 1:02:53 8 Bernard Lagat 1:03:02 9 Tsegai Tewelde 1:03:14 10 Koen Naert 1:03:29 11 Mohamud Aadan 1:04:26 12 Daichi Kamino 1:04:47 13 Chris Thompson 1:05:28 14 Stephen Scullion 1:05:52
Elite Women Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Mary Keitany 1:05:59 2 Vivian Cheruiyot 1:07:44 3 Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui 1:09:52 4 Magdalyne Masai 1:10:39 5 Betsy Saina 1:11:25 6 Gemma Steel 1:11:32 7 Lily Partridge 1:12:10 8 Alyson Dixon 1:12:29 9 Caryl Jones 1:14:22 10 Rebecca Murray 1:15:49 11 Elizeba Cherono 1:16:17 12 Rebecca Hilland 1:16:27 13 Fiona Brian 1:18:16 14 Tracy Millmore 1:18:46
Wheelchair races Wheelchair Men Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Simon Lawson 44:22 2 Brent Lakatos 44:27 3 Josh Cassidy 44:57 4 Patrick Monahan 46:16 5 Rafael Botello Jimenez 47:48 6 Bret Crossley 48:47 7 Sean Frame 51:05 8 Isaac Towers 52:45 9 Ben Rowlings 52:57 10 Sam Kolek 55:00
Wheelchair Women Position Athlete NationalityTime 1 Manuela Schär 48:44 2 Samantha Kinghorn 52:48 3 Liz McTernan 1:24:15
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