# Virgin London Marathon 2011 runners raise record £51.8 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/09/11/virgin-london-marathon-2011-runners-raise-record-518m/
- Published: 2011-09-11T13:38:54+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Runners in this year’s Virgin London Marathon raised £51.8 million for good causes,
the most the event has raised to date.

Indeed, it is the fifth year in a row that London Marathon runners have broken the
Guinness World Record for charity fundraising at a single event:

2007 £46.5 million

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2008 £46.7 million

2009 £47.2 million

2010 £50.6 million

2011 £51.8 million

It brings the total raised for charitable causes since the race began in 1981 to
£557.8 million.

This year’s record is impressive because 5% fewer people finished the race compared
to 2010 (34,705 and 36,550 respectively).

Virgin London Marathon race director David Bedford said: “The fact that this figure
increased again for the fifth year in a row, despite having fewer finishers, shows
just how committed our runners are to raising funds for good causes. There is no
other marathon that comes close to us as an annual fund raising event. In fact, 
there is no other annual fund raising event worldwide that raises as much money 
as we do for charities.”

The 2012 Virgin London Marathon takes place on 22 April 2012 when the official charities
will be the [Prostate Cancer Charity and Breast Cancer Care](http://www.teampb.org.uk).

www.virginlondonmarathon.com

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