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Hindu Marathon Statistics

Year        Venue          Attendance   Winning Time
1984 Bradford        1200           74:00
1985 Birmingham 1500          76:32
1986 London        2200           85:32
1987 Leicester        3000           84:50
1988 Bradford        4600           73:00
1989 Milton Keynes 2200          72:20
1990 Rugby        2250           75:49
1991 Birmingham 2072          68:47
1992 London        2988           66:15
1993 London        4000           62:56
1994 Manchester 4360          62:40
1995 Birmingham 5500          64:08
1996 Rugby        6000
1997 Bradford        8000

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Hindu Marathon National Committee
Madhav Sadan
52 Rugby Place
Bradford
BD7 2DF
Tel: 01274-577-395
Fax: 01274-521-211

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Mr Abbas Kapasi
41 Chester Road
Forest Gate
London
E7 8QT
Tel: 0181-552-0531
Fax: 0181-472-2888