• The 1989 Boston Marathon was the 93rd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was...
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    The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts...
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  • Boston Marathon qualifying standards allow runners to qualify for the Boston Marathon by running a previous marathon with a stipulated result within a...
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    an American marathon runner, author, and television commentator. In the year 1967, she became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon as an officially...
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  • The 1988 Boston Marathon was the 92nd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 18. The elite men's race was...
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  • Tamerlan Tsarnaev (category Boston Marathon bombing)
    younger brother Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, planted pressure cooker bombs at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The bombings killed three spectators and injured...
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    Bill Rodgers (runner) (category Boston Marathon male winners)
    and former record holder in the marathon. Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978...
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  • largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishers in 2019 and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. Along with the Boston Marathon and Chicago Marathon, it...
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    Ingrid Kristiansen (category Boston Marathon female winners)
    with a fractured bone in her foot. She returned to racing in 1989, winning the Boston Marathon in 2:24:33 despite the heat in the latter stages. She decided...
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  • Mekonnen (born 1964), Ethiopian former long-distance runner and 1989 Boston Marathon winner Abebe Wakgira (born 1921), Ethiopian Olympic long-distance...
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