Virgin London Marathon 2012 runners raise record £52.8m

Runners in April's Virgin London Marathon raised £52.8 million for good causes, bringing the total raised since the race began in 1981 to £610.7 million.

This is the sixth consecutive year that London Marathon runners have broken the Guinness World Record for charity fundraising at a single annual event.

This year's run, which took place on 22 April 2012, featured a record 36,705 runners who finished the course. According to the organisers, 74% of them were raising money for good causes.

Virgin London Marathon race director Hugh Brasher said: "This is an especially impressive total and the fact that this figure increased again for the sixth year in a row, despite the well publicised economic woes, shows just how committed our runners are to raising funds for good causes".

London Marathon fundraising totals

2007 £46.5 million
2008 £46.7 million
2009 £47.2 million
2010 £50.6 million
2011 £51.8 million
2012 £52.8 million

Virgin London Marathon 2013

Next year's Virgin London Marathon takes place on Sunday 21 April 2013. The official charities will be Age UK and YouthNet.

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