List of winners of the Boston Marathon
![Ernst van Dyk](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Ernst_F._Van_Dyk_in_2014_Boston_Marathon.jpg/220px-Ernst_F._Van_Dyk_in_2014_Boston_Marathon.jpg)
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 since 1897, making it the oldest annual marathon in the world. The event is held on Patriots' Day, which was April 19 (or April 20 if April 19 was a Sunday) until the implementation of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1971. Since 1971, except in 2020 (race not held) or 2021 (Columbus Day holiday), the Boston Marathon is held on the third Monday in April. Various factors meant that until 1957 the course varied in length, due to which the marathon recognizes several course records that are slower than previous records due to being run on longer courses.[1][2] The first Boston Marathon included only 15 runners, all of whom were men, and was won by John McDermott.[1] The race was cancelled twice, in 1918 because of World War I, where a ekiden-style relay was conducted of military teams, and in 2020, when Massachusetts authorities refused to allow the event to be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The winners have represented 27 different countries: Americans have won the marathon the most, doing so on 108 occasions; Kenyans have won 34 times; and Canadians 21 times. Ernst van Dyk is the most successful individual athlete, having won the men's wheelchair division ten times. The current course records are held by Geoffrey Mutai, Buzunesh Deba, Marcel Hug and Manuela Schär.
Clarence DeMar won the men's open race seven times, more than any other runner, achieving his first victory in 1911 and his last in 1930.[4] Women were only officially allowed to run the race beginning in 1972, though female runners had unofficially participated beginning in 1966 despite breaching the rules of the Amateur Athletic Union.[1] The first six victories in the women's open division, between 1966 and 1971, were officially recognized in 1996. Bobbi Gibb was the first woman to finish the race in 1966,[5] while Nina Kuscsik was the first official winner in 1972.[1] Catherine Ndereba's four victories between 2000 and 2005 are the most in the women's open division.[4] The Boston Marathon became the first major marathon to include a wheelchair division, in 1975, which was won by Robert Hall,[1] though the first person to complete the race in a wheelchair had been Eugene Roberts in 1970.[6] The first female wheelchair finisher, Sharon Rahn, came in 1977. Ernst van Dyk's ten wins in the men's wheelchair division are the most of any athlete at Boston, while Jean Driscoll leads the women's wheelchair division with seven wins, and holds the overall record for the most consecutive victories, also seven.[4] A handcyclist division was recognized for the first time in 2017, though handcyclists had been taking part prior to that.[7] Tom Davis has won the first three men's handcyclist races since it was officially recognized in 2017, and still holds the course record as of 2024. Alicia Dana has won the women's handcycle race three times, as of 2024, and set a course record each time.
The course was designed to replicate the original marathon in Greece; a hilly point-to-point race, and as such has not been the venue for many world records.[a] Suh Yun-bok set the only World Athletics-ratified men's open division world record in 1947, in a time of 2:25:39.[9][8] Two apparent world record times set between 1951 and 1956 by Keizo Yamada and Antti Viskari were later struck when the course was found to be over 1,000 yards (910 m) short.[10][11] In 1975, Liane Winter took advantage of a 25 miles per hour (40 km/h) following wind to set a world record in the women's open race of 2:42:24,[12] and eight years later, Joan Benoit beat a world record that had only been set the day before at the London Marathon, finishing in 2:22:43.[9] Since 1990, the Boston Marathon has been ineligible for world records, as the start and finish are too far away from each other, and the race is a net downhill.[13] In 2011, Geoffrey Mutai won the race in 2:03:02, which was the world's fastest time for the marathon, beating the official world record by 57 seconds.[14]
Winners
[edit]Key
[edit] World record[b] |
Current course record |
Course record |
Unofficial course record |
Short course |
Men's open division
[edit]![John McDermott](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/John_J._McDermott.jpg/170px-John_J._McDermott.jpg)
![Clarence DeMar](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Clarence_DeMar_1.jpg/170px-Clarence_DeMar_1.jpg)
![John J. Kelley](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/John_Kelley_marathon_1959.jpg/170px-John_Kelley_marathon_1959.jpg)
![Aurèle Vandendriessche](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Aur%C3%A8le_Vandendriessche_1964.jpg/170px-Aur%C3%A8le_Vandendriessche_1964.jpg)
![Ron Hill](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Ron_Hill_1975.jpg/170px-Ron_Hill_1975.jpg)
![Bill Rodgers](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bill_Rodgers_1977.jpg/170px-Bill_Rodgers_1977.jpg)
![Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Robert-Cheruiyot-Boston-Marathon-2008.jpg/170px-Robert-Cheruiyot-Boston-Marathon-2008.jpg)
![Geoffrey Mutai](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Berlin-Marathon_2015_Runners_5.jpg/170px-Berlin-Marathon_2015_Runners_5.jpg)
Year | Winner | Country | Time | Distance | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1897 | John McDermott | ![]() | 2:55:10 | 24.5 miles (39.4 km) | Starting line in Ashland, Massachusetts |
1898 | Ronald MacDonald | ![]() | 2:42:00 | ||
1899 | Lawrence Brignolia | ![]() | 2:54:38 | ||
1900 | Jack Caffery | ![]() | 2:39:44 | ||
1901 | Jack Caffery | ![]() | 2:29:23 | Second victory | |
1902 | Sammy Mellor | ![]() | 2:43:12 | ||
1903 | John Lordan | ![]() | 2:41:29 | ||
1904 | Michael Spring | ![]() | 2:38:04 | ||
1905 | Frederick Lorz | ![]() | 2:38:25 | ||
1906 | Timothy Ford | ![]() | 2:45:45 | ||
1907 | Tom Longboat | ![]() | 2:24:24 | ||
1908 | Thomas Morrissey | ![]() | 2:25:43 | ||
1909 | Henri Renaud | ![]() | 2:53:36 | ||
1910 | Fred S. Cameron | ![]() | 2:28:52 | ||
1911 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:21:39 | ||
1912 | Michael J. Ryan | ![]() | 2:21:18 | ||
1913 | Fritz Carlson | ![]() | 2:25:14 | ||
1914 | Jimmy Duffy | ![]() | 2:25:14 | ||
1915 | Édouard Fabre | ![]() | 2:31:41 | ||
1916 | Arthur Roth | ![]() | 2:27:16 | ||
1917 | Bill Kennedy | ![]() | 2:28:37 | ||
1918 | Individual marathon canceled due World War I. | 2:29:53 | Ten-man ekiden was held over the course for military teams. Camp Devens was the winner. | ||
1919 | Carl Linder | ![]() | 2:29:13 | ||
1920 | Panagiotis Trivoulidas | ![]() | 2:29:31 | ||
1921 | Frank Zuna | ![]() | 2:18:57 | ||
1922 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:18:10 | Second victory; 24.5-mile course record | |
1923 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:23:47 | Third victory | |
1924 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:29:40 | 26.1 miles (42.0 km) | Starting line moved to Hopkinton, Massachusetts; fourth victory for DeMar |
1925 | Charles Mellor | ![]() | 2:33:00 | ||
1926 | Johnny Miles | ![]() | 2:25:40 | ||
1927 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:40:22 | 26.2 miles (42.2 km) | Course record, fifth victory |
1928 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:37:07 | Course record, sixth victory | |
1929 | Johnny Miles | ![]() | 2:33:08 | Course record, second victory | |
1930 | Clarence DeMar | ![]() | 2:34:48 | Seventh victory | |
1931 | James Henigan | ![]() | 2:46:45 | ||
1932 | Paul de Bruyn | ![]() | 2:33:36 | ||
1933 | Les Pawson | ![]() | 2:31:01 | Course record | |
1934 | Dave Komonen | ![]() | 2:32:53 | ||
1935 | Johnny Kelley | ![]() | 2:32:07 | ||
1936 | Ellison Brown | ![]() | 2:33:40 | ||
1937 | Walter Young | ![]() | 2:33:20 | ||
1938 | Les Pawson | ![]() | 2:35:34 | Second victory | |
1939 | Ellison Brown | ![]() | 2:28:51 | Course record, second victory | |
1940 | Gérard Côté | ![]() | 2:28:28 | Course record | |
1941 | Les Pawson | ![]() | 2:30:38 | Third victory | |
1942 | Joe Smith | ![]() | 2:26:51 | Course record | |
1943 | Gérard Côté | ![]() | 2:28:25 | Second victory | |
1944 | Gérard Côté | ![]() | 2:31:50 | Third victory | |
1945 | Johnny Kelley | ![]() | 2:30:40 | Second victory | |
1946 | Stylianos Kyriakides | ![]() | 2:29:27 | ||
1947 | Suh Yun-bok | ![]() | 2:25:39 | World record | |
1948 | Gérard Côté | ![]() | 2:31:02 | Fourth victory | |
1949 | Gösta Leandersson | ![]() | 2:31:50 | ||
1950 | Ham Kee-yong | ![]() | 2:32:39 | ||
1951 | Shigeki Tanaka | ![]() | 2:27:45 | 25.7 miles (41.4 km) | |
1952 | Mateo Flores | ![]() | 2:31:53 | ||
1953 | Keizo Yamada | ![]() | 2:18:51 | Considered a world record until it was discovered that the course was short.[10] | |
1954 | Veikko Karvonen | ![]() | 2:20:39 | ||
1955 | Hideo Hamamura | ![]() | 2:18:22 | ||
1956 | Antti Viskari | ![]() | 2:14:14 | 25.7-mile (41.4 km) course record; considered a world record until it was discovered that the course was short.[11] | |
1957 | John J. Kelley | ![]() | 2:20:05 | 26.2 miles (42.2 km) | Course record |
1958 | Franjo Mihalic | ![]() | 2:25:54 | ||
1959 | Eino Oksanen | ![]() | 2:22:42 | ||
1960 | Paavo Kotila | ![]() | 2:20:54 | ||
1961 | Eino Oksanen | ![]() | 2:23:39 | Second victory | |
1962 | Eino Oksanen | ![]() | 2:23:48 | Third victory | |
1963 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | ![]() | 2:18:58 | Course record | |
1964 | Aurèle Vandendriessche | ![]() | 2:19:59 | Second victory | |
1965 | Morio Shigematsu | ![]() | 2:16:33 | Course record | |
1966 | Kenji Kimihara | ![]() | 2:17:11 | ||
1967 | Dave McKenzie | ![]() | 2:15:45 | Course record | |
1968 | Amby Burfoot | ![]() | 2:22:17 | ||
1969 | Yoshiaki Unetani | ![]() | 2:13:49 | Course record | |
1970 | Ron Hill | ![]() | 2:10:30 | Course record | |
1971 | Álvaro Mejía | ![]() | 2:18:45 | ||
1972 | Olavi Suomalainen | ![]() | 2:15:39 | ||
1973 | Jon Anderson | ![]() | 2:16:03 | ||
1974 | Neil Cusack | ![]() | 2:13:39 | ||
1975 | Bill Rodgers | ![]() | 2:09:55 | Course record | |
1976 | Jack Fultz | ![]() | 2:20:19 | ||
1977 | Jerome Drayton | ![]() | 2:14:46 | ||
1978 | Bill Rodgers | ![]() | 2:10:13 | Second victory | |
1979 | Bill Rodgers | ![]() | 2:09:27 | Course record, third victory | |
1980 | Bill Rodgers | ![]() | 2:12:11 | Fourth victory | |
1981 | Toshihiko Seko | ![]() | 2:09:26 | Course record | |
1982 | Alberto Salazar | ![]() | 2:08:52 | Course record | |
1983 | Greg Meyer | ![]() | 2:09:00 | ||
1984 | Geoff Smith | ![]() | 2:10:34 | ||
1985 | Geoff Smith | ![]() | 2:14:05 | Second victory | |
1986 | Robert de Castella | ![]() | 2:07:51 | Course record | |
1987 | Toshihiko Seko | ![]() | 2:11:50 | Second victory | |
1988 | Ibrahim Hussein | ![]() | 2:08:43 | ||
1989 | Abebe Mekonnen | ![]() | 2:09:06 | ||
1990 | Gelindo Bordin | ![]() | 2:08:19 | ||
1991 | Ibrahim Hussein | ![]() | 2:11:06 | Second victory | |
1992 | Ibrahim Hussein | ![]() | 2:08:14 | Third victory | |
1993 | Cosmas Ndeti | ![]() | 2:09:33 | ||
1994 | Cosmas Ndeti | ![]() | 2:07:15 | Course record, second victory | |
1995 | Cosmas Ndeti | ![]() | 2:09:22 | Third victory | |
1996 | Moses Tanui | ![]() | 2:09:15 | ||
1997 | Lameck Aguta | ![]() | 2:10:34 | ||
1998 | Moses Tanui | ![]() | 2:07:34 | Second victory | |
1999 | Joseph Chebet | ![]() | 2:09:52 | ||
2000 | Elijah Lagat | ![]() | 2:09:47 | ||
2001 | Lee Bong-ju | ![]() | 2:09:43 | ||
2002 | Rodgers Rop | ![]() | 2:09:02 | ||
2003 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | ![]() | 2:10:11 | ||
2004 | Timothy Cherigat | ![]() | 2:10:37 | ||
2005 | Hailu Negussie | ![]() | 2:11:44 | ||
2006 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | ![]() | 2:07:14 | Course record, second victory | |
2007 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | ![]() | 2:14:13 | Third victory | |
2008 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | ![]() | 2:07:45 | Fourth victory | |
2009 | Deriba Merga | ![]() | 2:08:42 | ||
2010 | Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot | ![]() | 2:05:52 | Course record | |
2011 | Geoffrey Mutai | ![]() | 2:03:02 | Current men's course record; world's fastest time[c] | |
2012 | Wesley Korir | ![]() | 2:12:40 | ||
2013 | Lelisa Desisa | ![]() | 2:10:22 | ||
2014 | Meb Keflezighi | ![]() | 2:08:37 | ||
2015 | Lelisa Desisa | ![]() | 2:09:17 | Second victory | |
2016 | Lemi Berhanu Hayle | ![]() | 2:12:45 | ||
2017 | Geoffrey Kirui | ![]() | 2:09:37 | ||
2018 | Yuki Kawauchi | ![]() | 2:15:58 | ||
2019 | Lawrence Cherono | ![]() | 2:07:57 | ||
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; "virtual alternative" held in September | ||||
2021 | Benson Kipruto | ![]() | 2:09:51 | 26.2 miles (42.2 km) | Held in October[16] |
2022 | Evans Chebet | ![]() | 2:06:51 | ||
2023 | Evans Chebet | ![]() | 2:05:54 | ||
2024 | Sisay Lemma | ![]() | 2:06:17 |
Women's open division
[edit]![Bobbi Gibb](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Bobbi_Gibb_at_the_26.2_Foundation.jpg/170px-Bobbi_Gibb_at_the_26.2_Foundation.jpg)
![Joan Benoit](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Joan_Benoit_%289516901513%29.jpg/170px-Joan_Benoit_%289516901513%29.jpg)
![Uta Pippig](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Uta_Pippig_%28c%29_Stephen_Coz.jpg/170px-Uta_Pippig_%28c%29_Stephen_Coz.jpg)
![Catherine Ndereba](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Osaka07_D9M_WMarathon_Ndereba_running.jpg/170px-Osaka07_D9M_WMarathon_Ndereba_running.jpg)
Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1966 | Bobbi Gibb | ![]() | 3:21:40 | Unofficial era, course record |
1967 | Bobbi Gibb | ![]() | 3:27:17 | Unofficial era, second victory |
1968 | Bobbi Gibb | ![]() | 3:30:00 | Unofficial era, third victory |
1969 | Sara Mae Berman | ![]() | 3:22:46 | Unofficial era |
1970 | Sara Mae Berman | ![]() | 3:05:07 | Unofficial era, course record, second victory |
1971 | Sara Mae Berman | ![]() | 3:08:30 | Unofficial era, third victory |
1972 | Nina Kuscsik | ![]() | 3:10:26 | First year that women were officially sanctioned, official course record |
1973 | Jacqueline Hansen | ![]() | 3:05:59 | Official course record |
1974 | Miki Gorman | ![]() | 2:47:11 | Course record |
1975 | Liane Winter | ![]() | 2:42:24 | World record. Represented the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly known as West Germany before 1990). |
1976 | Kim Merritt | ![]() | 2:47:10 | |
1977 | Miki Gorman | ![]() | 2:48:33 | Second victory |
1978 | Gayle Barron | ![]() | 2:44:52 | |
1979 | Joan Benoit | ![]() | 2:35:15 | Course record |
1980 | Jacqueline Gareau | ![]() | 2:34:28 | Course record; Rosie Ruiz was declared the winner of the 1980 race, but was later stripped of her win when it was discovered she did not run the entire race.[17] |
1981 | Allison Roe | ![]() | 2:26:46 | Course record |
1982 | Charlotte Teske | ![]() | 2:29:33 | Represented the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly known as West Germany before 1990). |
1983 | Joan Benoit | ![]() | 2:22:43 | World record, second victory |
1984 | Lorraine Moller | ![]() | 2:29:28 | |
1985 | Lisa Larsen Weidenbach | ![]() | 2:34:06 | |
1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen | ![]() | 2:24:55 | |
1987 | Rosa Mota | ![]() | 2:25:21 | |
1988 | Rosa Mota | ![]() | 2:24:30 | Second victory |
1989 | Ingrid Kristiansen | ![]() | 2:24:33 | Second victory |
1990 | Rosa Mota | ![]() | 2:25:24 | Third victory |
1991 | Wanda Panfil | ![]() | 2:24:18 | |
1992 | Olga Markova | ![]() | 2:23:43 | |
1993 | Olga Markova | ![]() | 2:25:27 | Second victory |
1994 | Uta Pippig | ![]() | 2:21:45 | Course record |
1995 | Uta Pippig | ![]() | 2:25:11 | Second victory |
1996 | Uta Pippig | ![]() | 2:27:12 | Third victory |
1997 | Fatuma Roba | ![]() | 2:26:23 | |
1998 | Fatuma Roba | ![]() | 2:23:21 | Second victory |
1999 | Fatuma Roba | ![]() | 2:23:25 | Third victory |
2000 | Catherine Ndereba | ![]() | 2:26:11 | |
2001 | Catherine Ndereba | ![]() | 2:23:53 | Second victory |
2002 | Margaret Okayo | ![]() | 2:20:43 | Course record |
2003 | Svetlana Zakharova | ![]() | 2:25:19 | |
2004 | Catherine Ndereba | ![]() | 2:24:27 | Third victory |
2005 | Catherine Ndereba | ![]() | 2:25:12 | Fourth victory |
2006 | Rita Jeptoo | ![]() | 2:23:38 | |
2007 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | ![]() | 2:29:18 | |
2008 | Dire Tune | ![]() | 2:25:25 | |
2009 | Salina Kosgei | ![]() | 2:32:16 | |
2010 | Teyba Erkesso | ![]() | 2:26:11 | |
2011 | Caroline Kilel | ![]() | 2:22:36 | |
2012 | Sharon Cherop | ![]() | 2:31:50 | |
2013 | Rita Jeptoo | ![]() | 2:26:25 | Second victory |
2014 | Buzunesh Deba | ![]() | 2:19:59 | Current course record;[18] Rita Jeptoo originally won the 2014 race, but was subsequently disqualified for taking performance-enhancing drugs.[19] In a recent WSJ interview it was confirmed Deba was never paid the winner's prize money for her first place finish [1] |
2015 | Caroline Rotich | ![]() | 2:24:55 | |
2016 | Atsede Bayisa | ![]() | 2:29:19 | |
2017 | Edna Kiplagat | ![]() | 2:21:52 | |
2018 | Desiree Linden | ![]() | 2:39:54 | |
2019 | Worknesh Degefa | ![]() | 2:23:31 | |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; "virtual alternative" held in September | |||
2021 | Edna Kiplagat | ![]() | 2:25:09 | Held in October; on-course winner Diana Kipyokei later disqualified for doping[16] |
2022 | Peres Jepchirchir | ![]() | 2:21:01 | |
2023 | Hellen Obiri | ![]() | 2:21:38 | |
2024 | Hellen Obiri | ![]() | 2:22:37 | Second Victory |
Men's wheelchair division
[edit]![André Viger](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Andr%C3%A9_Viger_%289519687500%29.jpg/170px-Andr%C3%A9_Viger_%289519687500%29.jpg)
![Heinz Frei](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flickr_-_CarolineG2011_-_Great_guns_at_the_T54_London_Paralympic_marathon.jpg/170px-Flickr_-_CarolineG2011_-_Great_guns_at_the_T54_London_Paralympic_marathon.jpg)
![Franz Nietlispach](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Nietlispach.jpg/170px-Nietlispach.jpg)
![Joshua Cassidy](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/2017_London_Marathon_-_Josh_Cassidy_%283%29.jpg/170px-2017_London_Marathon_-_Josh_Cassidy_%283%29.jpg)
![Marcel Hug](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Marcel_Hug_Boston_Marathon.jpg/170px-Marcel_Hug_Boston_Marathon.jpg)
Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | Robert Hall | ![]() | 2:58:00 | Course record |
1976 | No competitors | |||
1977 | Robert Hall | ![]() | 2:40:10 | Course record, second victory |
1978 | George Murray | ![]() | 2:26:57 | Not listed as a course record by BAA[d] |
1979 | Ken Archer | ![]() | 2:38:59 | Not listed as a course record by BAA |
1980 | Curt Brinkman | ![]() | 1:55:00 | Course record |
1981 | Jim Martinson | ![]() | 2:00:41 | |
1982 | Jim Knaub | ![]() | 1:51:31 | |
1983 | Jim Knaub | ![]() | 1:47:10 | Course record, second victory |
1984 | André Viger | ![]() | 2:05:20 | |
1985 | George Murray | ![]() | 1:45:34 | Course record, second victory |
1986 | André Viger | ![]() | 1:43:25 | Course record, second victory |
1987 | André Viger | ![]() | 1:55:42 | Third victory |
1988 | Mustangs Badid | ![]() | 1:43:19 | Course record |
1989 | Philippe Couprie | ![]() | 1:36:04 | Course record |
1990 | Mustapha Badid | ![]() | 1:29:53 | Course record, second victory |
1991 | Jim Knaub | ![]() | 1:30:44 | Third victory |
1992 | Jim Knaub | ![]() | 1:26:28 | Course record, fourth victory |
1993 | Jim Knaub | ![]() | 1:22:17 | Course record, fifth victory |
1994 | Heinz Frei | ![]() | 1:21:23 | Course record |
1995 | Franz Nietlispach | ![]() | 1:25:59 | |
1996 | Heinz Frei | ![]() | 1:30:14 | Second victory |
1997 | Franz Nietlispach | ![]() | 1:28:14 | Second victory |
1998 | Franz Nietlispach | ![]() | 1:21:52 | Third victory |
1999 | Franz Nietlispach | ![]() | 1:21:36 | Fourth victory |
2000 | Franz Nietlispach | ![]() | 1:33:32 | Fifth victory |
2001 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:25:12 | |
2002 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:23:19 | Second victory |
2003 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:28:32 | Third victory |
2004 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:18:27 | Course record, fourth victory |
2005 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:24:11 | Fifth victory |
2006 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:25:29 | Sixth victory |
2007 | Masazumi Soejima | ![]() | 1:29:16 | |
2008 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:26:49 | Seventh victory |
2009 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:33:29 | Eighth victory |
2010 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:26:53 | Ninth victory |
2011 | Masazumi Soejima | ![]() | 1:18:50 | Second victory |
2012 | Joshua Cassidy | ![]() | 1:18:25 | Course record |
2013 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | ![]() | 1:25:33 | |
2014 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() | 1:20:36 | Tenth victory |
2015 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:29:53 | |
2016 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:24:01 | Second victory |
2017 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:18:03 | Course record, third victory |
2018 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:46:26 | Fourth victory |
2019 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() | 1:21:36 | |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:18:11 | Fifth victory[20] |
2022 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() | 1:26:58 | Second victory |
2023 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:17:06 | course record, sixth victory |
2024 | Marcel Hug | ![]() | 1:15:35 | Current course record, seventh victory |
Women's wheelchair division
[edit]![Louise Sauvage](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/61_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Track_Louise_Sauvage.jpg/170px-61_ACPS_Atlanta_1996_Track_Louise_Sauvage.jpg)
![Edith Hunkeler](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Edith_Wolf_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics.png/170px-Edith_Wolf_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics.png)
![Wakako Tsuchida](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/London_Marathon_2014_-_Wakako_Tsuchida_%26_Manuela_Schar.jpg/170px-London_Marathon_2014_-_Wakako_Tsuchida_%26_Manuela_Schar.jpg)
![Tatyana McFadden](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tatyana_Mcfadden2.jpg/170px-Tatyana_Mcfadden2.jpg)
![Manuela Schär](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Manuela_Sch%C3%A4r.jpg/170px-Manuela_Sch%C3%A4r.jpg)
Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | Sharon Rahn | ![]() | 3:48:51 | Course record |
1978 | Susan Shapiro | ![]() | 3:52:35 | |
1979 | Sheryl Bair | ![]() | 3:27:56 | Course record |
1980 | Sharon Limpert | ![]() | 2:49:04 | Not listed as a course record by BAA |
1981 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:38:41 | Not listed as a course record by BAA |
1982 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:12:43 | Course record, second victory |
1983 | Sherry Ramsey | ![]() | 2:27:07 | |
1984 | Sherry Ramsey | ![]() | 2:56:51 | Second victory |
1985 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:05:26 | Course record, third victory |
1986 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:09:28 | Fourth victory |
1987 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:19:55 | Fifth victory |
1988 | Candace Cable-Brookes | ![]() | 2:10:44 | Sixth victory |
1989 | Connie Hansen | ![]() | 1:50:06 | Course record |
1990 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:43:17 | Course record |
1991 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:42:42 | Course record, second victory |
1992 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:36:52 | Course record, third victory |
1993 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:34:50 | Course record, fourth victory |
1994 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:34:22 | Course record, fifth victory |
1995 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:40:42 | Sixth victory |
1996 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 1:52:56 | Seventh victory |
1997 | Louise Sauvage | ![]() | 1:54:28 | |
1998 | Louise Sauvage | ![]() | 1:41:19 | Second victory |
1999 | Louise Sauvage | ![]() | 1:42:23 | Third victory |
2000 | Jean Driscoll | ![]() | 2:00:52 | Eighth victory |
2001 | Louise Sauvage | ![]() | 1:53:54 | Fourth victory |
2002 | Edith Hunkeler | ![]() | 1:45:57 | |
2003 | Christina Ripp | ![]() | 1:54:47 | |
2004 | Cheri Blauwet | ![]() | 1:39:53 | |
2005 | Cheri Blauwet | ![]() | 1:47:45 | Second victory |
2006 | Edith Hunkeler | ![]() | 1:43:42 | Second victory |
2007 | Wakako Tsuchida | ![]() | 1:53:30 | |
2008 | Wakako Tsuchida | ![]() | 1:48:32 | Second victory |
2009 | Wakako Tsuchida | ![]() | 1:54:37 | Third victory |
2010 | Wakako Tsuchida | ![]() | 1:43:32 | Fourth victory |
2011 | Wakako Tsuchida | ![]() | 1:34:06 | Course record, fifth victory |
2012 | Shirley Reilly | ![]() | 1:37:36 | |
2013 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() | 1:45:25 | |
2014 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() | 1:35:06 | Second victory |
2015 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() | 1:52:54 | Third victory |
2016 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() | 1:42:16 | Fourth victory |
2017 | Manuela Schär | ![]() | 1:28:17 | Current course record[21] |
2018 | Tatyana McFadden | ![]() | 2:04:39 | Fifth victory |
2019 | Manuela Schär | ![]() | 1:34:19 | Second victory |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | Manuela Schär | ![]() | 1:35:21 | Third victory[20] |
2022 | Manuela Schär | ![]() | 1:41:08 | Fourth victory[22] |
2023 | Susannah Scaroni | ![]() | 1:41:45 | |
2024 | Eden Rainbow-Cooper | ![]() | 1:35:11 |
Men's handcycle division
[edit]Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Tom Davis | ![]() | 0:58:36 | Current course record | [23] |
2018 | Tom Davis | ![]() | 1:18:41 | Second victory | [24] |
2019 | Tom Davis | ![]() | 1:01:22 | Third victory | [25] |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Zachary Stinson | ![]() | 1:11:53 | [26] | |
2022 | Alfredo de Los Santos | ![]() | 1:08:40 (unofficial) | [27] | |
2023 | Zachary Stinson | ![]() | 1:11:51 | Second victory | [28] |
2024 | Zachary Stinson | ![]() | 1:04:46 | Third victory | [29] |
Women's handcycle division
[edit]Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Michelle Love | ![]() | 2:39:05 | Only female handcyclist finisher | [23] |
2018 | Alicia Dana | ![]() | 1:40:22 | Course record | [24] |
2019 | Devann Murphy | ![]() | 2:01:02 | [25] | |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2021 | Wendy Larsen | ![]() | 1:37:15 | Course record | [26] |
2022 | Wendy Larsen | ![]() | 1:35:10 | Course record, second victory | [27] |
2023 | Alicia Dana | ![]() | 1:18:15 | Course record, second victory | [28] |
2024 | Alicia Dana | ![]() | 1:15:20 | Current course record, third victory | [29] |
Victories by nationality
[edit]Country | Open division | Wheelchair division | Handcycle division | Total | |||
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Men's | Women's | Men's | Women's | Men's | Women's | ||
![]() | 43 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 117 |
![]() | 25 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 |
![]() | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
![]() | 9 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
![]() | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
![]() | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
![]() | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Notes and references
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ World records for road races set before 2004 were retrospectively recognised by the IAAF (now World Athletics), and were not officially recognised before that time.[8]
- ^ Since 1990, the Boston Marathon has been ineligible for world records, as the start and finish are too far away from each other, and the race is a net downhill.[13]
- ^ Geoffrey Mutai's winning time in 2011 of 2:03:02 beat the world record by 57 seconds, making it the fastest marathon time recorded at the time.[14] It remained the fastest time until Dennis Kimetto set an official world record of 2:02:57 at the 2014 Berlin Marathon.[15]
- ^ Wheelchair racers set off 15 minutes ahead of the other participants.
- ^ Since 1949, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Federal Republic of Germany). All German athletes that won Boston during the era from 1945 to 1990 represented Bundesrepublik Deutschland, known colloquially as West Germany in English. The unified Germany remains officially Bundesrepublik Deutschland.
- ^ Athlete represented the former Yugoslavia, which is recognised as Serbia today.
Citations
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "History of the Boston Marathon". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e "Boston Marathon History: Course Records". Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ Ashlock, Alex (May 29, 2020). "4 Things To Know About The Cancellation Of The Boston Marathon". WBUR-FM. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Champions of the Boston Marathon". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Huebsch, Tim (April 18, 2016). "Boston Marathon celebrates 50 years of female participation". Canadian Running Magazine. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ Connelly, Michael (2014). 26.2 Miles to Boston: A Journey into the Heart of the Boston Marathon. Guilford, Connecticut: Lyons Press. p. 100. ISBN 978-0-7627-9635-9.
- ^ "B.A.A. to Implement Changes to Boston Marathon Handcycle Program". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ a b Butler, Mark, ed. (2011). 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics – IAAF Statistics Handbook – Daegu 2011 (PDF). IAAF Media & Public Relations Department. pp. 612, 614, 707. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Powers, John (April 13, 2012). "Famous record-setting marathon runs". Boston Globe. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ a b Broadbent, Rick (2016). Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zátopek. London: Bloomsbury. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-4729-2022-5.
- ^ a b Benyo, Richard; Henderson, Joe (2002). Running Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Human Kinetics. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-7360-3734-1.
- ^ Peters, Gil (April 22, 1975). "New Marathon mark". The Bryan Times. United Press International. p. 12. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ a b Bird, Hayden (March 18, 2019). "Why a world record set in the Boston Marathon wouldn't officially count". Boston Globe. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ a b May, Peter (April 18, 2011). "Kenyan Runs Fastest Marathon in Boston". The New York Times. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ Fahey, Ciaran (September 28, 2014). "Dennis Kimetto sets new world record at Berlin Marathon beating Wilson Kipsang by 16 seconds". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- ^ a b "Leaderboard". Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on October 11, 2021.
- ^ Golen, Jimmy; Shafner, Rhonda (August 9, 2019). "Rosie Ruiz, The Woman Who Rode The Green Line To Boston Marathon Infamy". wgbh.org. Associated Press. Retrieved February 7, 2023.
- ^ Yang, Nicole (April 13, 2017). "These Boston Marathon course records are waiting to be broken". Boston Globe Media Partners. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
- ^ "IAAF Appeal Upheld – Rita Jeptoo Suspended for Four Years by The Court of Arbitration For Sport" (PDF). tas-cas.org. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ a b "Leaderboard (2021 WC)". Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ Tenorio, Rich (April 12, 2018). "Manuela Schar Is Ready To Defend Her Boston Title And World Record". Women's Running. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ^ "Manuela Schar Wins Fourth Boston Marathon Women's Wheelchair Race". CBS Boston. April 18, 2022. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b "2017 Boston Marathon Top Finishers". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "2018 Boston Marathon Top Finishers". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "2019 Boston Marathon Top Finishers". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "The Boston Marathon, Leaderboard - Handcycle". The Boston Marathon. October 11, 2021. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-11.
- ^ a b Gavin, Christopher (April 18, 2022). "These are the winners of the 2022 Boston Marathon". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
- ^ a b Doyle, Peyton (April 17, 2023). "Zachary Stinson and Alicia Dana take Boston Marathon handcycle titles: Dana set a course record for women's handcycling". Boston.com. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ a b "2024 Boston Marathon winners: Who won the men's and women's races". Draft Kings Network. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-14.