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List of winners of the Boston Marathon

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.[1] Until 2020, it was the oldest annual marathon in the world, a distinction now held by the Osaka-Lake Biwa Marathon, an elite men's race which has been held annually since 1946, and since 2022 is part of the Osaka Marathon (only the elite men's race is designated as Lake Biwa, the other races are designated as the Osaka Marathon).[2] 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.[3][4] The first Boston Marathon included only 15 runners, all of whom were men, and was won by John McDermott.[3] 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.[1] 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.

Ernst van Dyk
Ernst van Dyk has won the Boston Marathon ten times, more than any other athlete.

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.[5] 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.[3] 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,[6] while Nina Kuscsik was the first official winner in 1972.[3] Catherine Ndereba's four victories between 2000 and 2005 are the most in the women's open division.[5] The Boston Marathon became the first major marathon to include a wheelchair division, in 1975, which was won by Robert Hall,[3] though the first person to complete the race in a wheelchair had been Eugene Roberts in 1970.[7] 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.[5] A handcyclist division was recognized for the first time in 2017, though handcyclists had been taking part prior to that.[8] 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.[10][9] 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.[11][12] 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,[13] 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.[10] 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.[14] 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.[15]

Winners edit

Key edit

  World record[b]
  Current course record
  Course record
  Unofficial course record
  Short course

Men's open division edit

 
John McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897.
 
Clarence DeMar has won the Boston Marathon seven times, more than any other runner in the Men's open division.
 
Suh Yun-bok set a world record at the 1947 Boston Marathon.
 
John J. Kelley won the 1957 Boston Marathon with a course record.
 
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964.
 
Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon.
 
Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980.
 
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records.
 
Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
Winners: Men's open division[4][5]
Year Winner Country Time Distance Notes
1897 John McDermott   United States 2:55:10 24.5 miles (39.4 km) Starting line in Ashland, Massachusetts
1898 Ronald MacDonald   Canada 2:42:00
1899 Lawrence Brignolia   United States 2:54:38
1900 Jack Caffery   Canada 2:39:44
1901 Jack Caffery   Canada 2:29:23 Second victory
1902 Sammy Mellor   United States 2:43:12
1903 John Lordan   United States 2:41:29
1904 Michael Spring   United States 2:38:04
1905 Frederick Lorz   United States 2:38:25
1906 Timothy Ford   United States 2:45:45
1907 Tom Longboat   Canada 2:24:24
1908 Thomas Morrissey   United States 2:25:43
1909 Henri Renaud   United States 2:53:36
1910 Fred S. Cameron   Canada 2:28:52
1911 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:21:39
1912 Michael J. Ryan   United States 2:21:18
1913 Fritz Carlson   United States 2:25:14
1914 Jimmy Duffy   Canada 2:25:14
1915 Édouard Fabre   Canada 2:31:41
1916 Arthur Roth   United States 2:27:16
1917 Bill Kennedy   United States 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   United States 2:29:13
1920 Panagiotis Trivoulidas   Greece 2:29:31
1921 Frank Zuna   United States 2:18:57
1922 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:18:10 Second victory; 24.5-mile course record
1923 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:23:47 Third victory
1924 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:29:40 26.1 miles (42.0 km) Starting line moved to Hopkinton, Massachusetts; fourth victory for DeMar
1925 Charles Mellor   United States 2:33:00
1926 Johnny Miles   Canada 2:25:40
1927 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:40:22 26.2 miles (42.2 km) Course record, fifth victory
1928 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:37:07 Course record, sixth victory
1929 Johnny Miles   Canada 2:33:08 Course record, second victory
1930 Clarence DeMar   United States 2:34:48 Seventh victory
1931 James Henigan   United States 2:46:45
1932 Paul de Bruyn   Germany 2:33:36
1933 Les Pawson   United States 2:31:01 Course record
1934 Dave Komonen   Canada 2:32:53
1935 Johnny Kelley   United States 2:32:07
1936 Ellison Brown   United States 2:33:40
1937 Walter Young   Canada 2:33:20
1938 Les Pawson   United States 2:35:34 Second victory
1939 Ellison Brown   United States 2:28:51 Course record, second victory
1940 Gérard Côté   Canada 2:28:28 Course record
1941 Les Pawson   United States 2:30:38 Third victory
1942 Joe Smith   United States 2:26:51 Course record
1943 Gérard Côté   Canada 2:28:25 Second victory
1944 Gérard Côté   Canada 2:31:50 Third victory
1945 Johnny Kelley   United States 2:30:40 Second victory
1946 Stylianos Kyriakides   Greece 2:29:27
1947 Suh Yun-bok   South Korea 2:25:39 World record
1948 Gérard Côté   Canada 2:31:02 Fourth victory
1949 Gösta Leandersson   Sweden 2:31:50
1950 Ham Kee-yong   South Korea 2:32:39
1951 Shigeki Tanaka   Japan 2:27:45 25.7 miles (41.4 km)
1952 Mateo Flores   Guatemala 2:31:53
1953 Keizo Yamada   Japan 2:18:51 Considered a world record until it was discovered that the course was short.[11]
1954 Veikko Karvonen   Finland 2:20:39
1955 Hideo Hamamura   Japan 2:18:22
1956 Antti Viskari   Finland 2:14:14 25.7-mile (41.4 km) course record; considered a world record until it was discovered that the course was short.[12]
1957 John J. Kelley   United States 2:20:05 26.2 miles (42.2 km) Course record
1958 Franjo Mihalic   Yugoslavia 2:25:54
1959 Eino Oksanen   Finland 2:22:42
1960 Paavo Kotila   Finland 2:20:54
1961 Eino Oksanen   Finland 2:23:39 Second victory
1962 Eino Oksanen   Finland 2:23:48 Third victory
1963 Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 2:18:58 Course record
1964 Aurèle Vandendriessche   Belgium 2:19:59 Second victory
1965 Morio Shigematsu   Japan 2:16:33 Course record
1966 Kenji Kimihara   Japan 2:17:11
1967 Dave McKenzie   New Zealand 2:15:45 Course record
1968 Amby Burfoot   United States 2:22:17
1969 Yoshiaki Unetani   Japan 2:13:49 Course record
1970 Ron Hill   United Kingdom 2:10:30 Course record
1971 Álvaro Mejía   Colombia 2:18:45
1972 Olavi Suomalainen   Finland 2:15:39
1973 Jon Anderson   United States 2:16:03
1974 Neil Cusack   Ireland 2:13:39
1975 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:09:55 Course record
1976 Jack Fultz   United States 2:20:19
1977 Jerome Drayton   Canada 2:14:46
1978 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:10:13 Second victory
1979 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:09:27 Course record, third victory
1980 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:12:11 Fourth victory
1981 Toshihiko Seko   Japan 2:09:26 Course record
1982 Alberto Salazar   United States 2:08:52 Course record
1983 Greg Meyer   United States 2:09:00
1984 Geoff Smith   United Kingdom 2:10:34
1985 Geoff Smith   United Kingdom 2:14:05 Second victory
1986 Robert de Castella   Australia 2:07:51 Course record
1987 Toshihiko Seko   Japan 2:11:50 Second victory
1988 Ibrahim Hussein   Kenya 2:08:43
1989 Abebe Mekonnen   Ethiopia 2:09:06
1990 Gelindo Bordin   Italy 2:08:19
1991 Ibrahim Hussein   Kenya 2:11:06 Second victory
1992 Ibrahim Hussein   Kenya 2:08:14 Third victory
1993 Cosmas Ndeti   Kenya 2:09:33
1994 Cosmas Ndeti   Kenya 2:07:15 Course record, second victory
1995 Cosmas Ndeti   Kenya 2:09:22 Third victory
1996 Moses Tanui   Kenya 2:09:15
1997 Lameck Aguta   Kenya 2:10:34
1998 Moses Tanui   Kenya 2:07:34 Second victory
1999 Joseph Chebet   Kenya 2:09:52
2000 Elijah Lagat   Kenya 2:09:47
2001 Lee Bong-ju   South Korea 2:09:43
2002 Rodgers Rop   Kenya 2:09:02
2003 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot   Kenya 2:10:11
2004 Timothy Cherigat   Kenya 2:10:37
2005 Hailu Negussie   Ethiopia 2:11:44
2006 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot   Kenya 2:07:14 Course record, second victory
2007 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot   Kenya 2:14:13 Third victory
2008 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot   Kenya 2:07:45 Fourth victory
2009 Deriba Merga   Ethiopia 2:08:42
2010 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot   Kenya 2:05:52 Course record
2011 Geoffrey Mutai   Kenya 2:03:02 Current men's course record; world's fastest time[c]
2012 Wesley Korir   Kenya 2:12:40
2013 Lelisa Desisa   Ethiopia 2:10:22
2014 Meb Keflezighi   United States 2:08:37
2015 Lelisa Desisa   Ethiopia 2:09:17 Second victory
2016 Lemi Berhanu Hayle   Ethiopia 2:12:45
2017 Geoffrey Kirui   Kenya 2:09:37
2018 Yuki Kawauchi   Japan 2:15:58
2019 Lawrence Cherono   Kenya 2:07:57
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; "virtual alternative" held in September
2021 Benson Kipruto   Kenya 2:09:51 26.2 miles (42.2 km) Held in October[17]
2022 Evans Chebet   Kenya 2:06:51
2023 Evans Chebet   Kenya 2:05:54
2024 Sisay Lemma   Ethiopia 2:06:17

Women's open division edit

 
Bobbi Gibb, pictured in 2016, won the first three, unofficial, women's marathons.
 
Joan Benoit set a world record at the 1983 Boston Marathon.
 
Uta Pippig, pictured in 2019, won three consecutive Boston Marathons from 1994 to 1996.
 
Catherine Ndereba won the Boston Marathon four times between 2000 and 2005.
Winners: Women's open division[5][4]
Year Winner Country Time Notes
1966 Bobbi Gibb   United States 3:21:40 Unofficial era, course record
1967 Bobbi Gibb   United States 3:27:17 Unofficial era, second victory
1968 Bobbi Gibb   United States 3:30:00 Unofficial era, third victory
1969 Sara Mae Berman   United States 3:22:46 Unofficial era
1970 Sara Mae Berman   United States 3:05:07 Unofficial era, course record, second victory
1971 Sara Mae Berman   United States 3:08:30 Unofficial era, third victory
1972 Nina Kuscsik   United States 3:10:26 First year that women were officially sanctioned, official course record
1973 Jacqueline Hansen   United States 3:05:59 Official course record
1974 Miki Gorman   United States 2:47:11 Course record
1975 Liane Winter   Germany 2:42:24 World record. Represented the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly known as West Germany before 1990).
1976 Kim Merritt   United States 2:47:10
1977 Miki Gorman   United States 2:48:33 Second victory
1978 Gayle Barron   United States 2:44:52
1979 Joan Benoit   United States 2:35:15 Course record
1980 Jacqueline Gareau   Canada 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.[18]
1981 Allison Roe   New Zealand 2:26:46 Course record
1982 Charlotte Teske   Germany 2:29:33 Represented the Federal Republic of Germany (commonly known as West Germany before 1990).
1983 Joan Benoit   United States 2:22:43 World record, second victory
1984 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 2:29:28
1985 Lisa Larsen Weidenbach   United States 2:34:06
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 2:24:55
1987 Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:25:21
1988 Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:24:30 Second victory
1989 Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 2:24:33 Second victory
1990 Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:25:24 Third victory
1991 Wanda Panfil   Poland 2:24:18
1992 Olga Markova   Russia 2:23:43
1993 Olga Markova   Russia 2:25:27 Second victory
1994 Uta Pippig   Germany 2:21:45 Course record
1995 Uta Pippig   Germany 2:25:11 Second victory
1996 Uta Pippig   Germany 2:27:12 Third victory
1997 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:26:23
1998 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:23:21 Second victory
1999 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:23:25 Third victory
2000 Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:26:11
2001 Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:23:53 Second victory
2002 Margaret Okayo   Kenya 2:20:43 Course record
2003 Svetlana Zakharova   Russia 2:25:19
2004 Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:24:27 Third victory
2005 Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:25:12 Fourth victory
2006 Rita Jeptoo   Kenya 2:23:38
2007 Lidiya Grigoryeva   Russia 2:29:18
2008 Dire Tune   Ethiopia 2:25:25
2009 Salina Kosgei   Kenya 2:32:16
2010 Teyba Erkesso   Ethiopia 2:26:11
2011 Caroline Kilel   Kenya 2:22:36
2012 Sharon Cherop   Kenya 2:31:50
2013 Rita Jeptoo   Kenya 2:26:25 Second victory
2014 Buzunesh Deba   Ethiopia 2:19:59 Current course record;[19] Rita Jeptoo originally won the 2014 race, but was subsequently disqualified for taking performance-enhancing drugs.[20] In a recent WSJ interview it was confirmed she was never paid the winner's prize money for her first place finish [1]
2015 Caroline Rotich   Kenya 2:24:55
2016 Atsede Bayisa   Ethiopia 2:29:19
2017 Edna Kiplagat   Kenya 2:21:52
2018 Desiree Linden   United States 2:39:54
2019 Worknesh Degefa   Ethiopia 2:23:31
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic; "virtual alternative" held in September
2021 Edna Kiplagat   Kenya 2:25:09 Held in October; on-course winner Diana Kipyokei later disqualified for doping[17]
2022 Peres Jepchirchir   Kenya 2:21:01
2023 Hellen Obiri   Kenya 2:21:38
2024 Hellen Obiri   Kenya 2:22:37 Second Victory

Men's wheelchair division edit

 
André Viger won the men's wheelchair division three times between 1984 and 1987.
 
Heinz Frei's 1994 course record stood for ten years.
 
Franz Nietlispach won the race five times in six years.
 
Joshua Cassidy set a course record at the 2012 Boston Marathon.
 
Marcel Hug has won the race four times, and holds the current course record.
Winners: Men's wheelchair division[5][4]
Year Winner Country Time Notes
1975 Robert Hall   United States 2:58:00 Course record
1976 No competitors
1977 Robert Hall   United States 2:40:10 Course record, second victory
1978 George Murray   United States 2:26:57 Not listed as a course record by BAA[d]
1979 Ken Archer   United States 2:38:59 Not listed as a course record by BAA
1980 Curt Brinkman   United States 1:55:00 Course record
1981 Jim Martinson   United States 2:00:41
1982 Jim Knaub   United States 1:51:31
1983 Jim Knaub   United States 1:47:10 Course record, second victory
1984 André Viger   Canada 2:05:20
1985 George Murray   United States 1:45:34 Course record, second victory
1986 André Viger   Canada 1:43:25 Course record, second victory
1987 André Viger   Canada 1:55:42 Third victory
1988 Mustangs Badid   France 1:43:19 Course record
1989 Philippe Couprie   France 1:36:04 Course record
1990 Mustapha Badid   France 1:29:53 Course record, second victory
1991 Jim Knaub   United States 1:30:44 Third victory
1992 Jim Knaub   United States 1:26:28 Course record, fourth victory
1993 Jim Knaub   United States 1:22:17 Course record, fifth victory
1994 Heinz Frei    Switzerland 1:21:23 Course record
1995 Franz Nietlispach    Switzerland 1:25:59
1996 Heinz Frei    Switzerland 1:30:14 Second victory
1997 Franz Nietlispach    Switzerland 1:28:14 Second victory
1998 Franz Nietlispach    Switzerland 1:21:52 Third victory
1999 Franz Nietlispach    Switzerland 1:21:36 Fourth victory
2000 Franz Nietlispach    Switzerland 1:33:32 Fifth victory
2001 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:25:12
2002 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:23:19 Second victory
2003 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:28:32 Third victory
2004 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:18:27 Course record, fourth victory
2005 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:24:11 Fifth victory
2006 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:25:29 Sixth victory
2007 Masazumi Soejima   Japan 1:29:16
2008 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:26:49 Seventh victory
2009 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:33:29 Eighth victory
2010 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:26:53 Ninth victory
2011 Masazumi Soejima   Japan 1:18:50 Second victory
2012 Joshua Cassidy   Canada 1:18:25 Course record
2013 Hiroyuki Yamamoto   Japan 1:25:33
2014 Ernst van Dyk   South Africa 1:20:36 Tenth victory
2015 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:29:53
2016 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:24:01 Second victory
2017 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:18:03 Course record, third victory
2018 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:46:26 Fourth victory
2019 Daniel Romanchuk   United States 1:21:36
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:18:11 Fifth victory[21]
2022 Daniel Romanchuk   United States 1:26:58 Second victory
2023 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:17:06 course record, sixth victory
2024 Marcel Hug    Switzerland 1:15:35 Current course record, seventh victory

Women's wheelchair division edit

 
Louise Sauvage won the women's wheelchair division in three consecutive Boston Marathons, between 1997 and 1999.
 
Edith Hunkeler won the race twice, in 2002 and 2006.
 
Wakako Tsuchida won the race in five consecutive years from 2007 to 2011.
 
Tatyana McFadden won the race five times between 2013 and 2018.
 
Manuela Schär holds the current course record, 1:28:17, set in 2017.
Winners: Women's wheelchair division[5][4]
Year Winner Country Time Notes
1977 Sharon Rahn   United States 3:48:51 Course record
1978 Susan Shapiro   United States 3:52:35
1979 Sheryl Bair   United States 3:27:56 Course record
1980 Sharon Limpert   United States 2:49:04 Not listed as a course record by BAA
1981 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:38:41 Not listed as a course record by BAA
1982 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:12:43 Course record, second victory
1983 Sherry Ramsey   United States 2:27:07
1984 Sherry Ramsey   United States 2:56:51 Second victory
1985 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:05:26 Course record, third victory
1986 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:09:28 Fourth victory
1987 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:19:55 Fifth victory
1988 Candace Cable-Brookes   United States 2:10:44 Sixth victory
1989 Connie Hansen   Denmark 1:50:06 Course record
1990 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:43:17 Course record
1991 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:42:42 Course record, second victory
1992 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:36:52 Course record, third victory
1993 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:34:50 Course record, fourth victory
1994 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:34:22 Course record, fifth victory
1995 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:40:42 Sixth victory
1996 Jean Driscoll   United States 1:52:56 Seventh victory
1997 Louise Sauvage   Australia 1:54:28
1998 Louise Sauvage   Australia 1:41:19 Second victory
1999 Louise Sauvage   Australia 1:42:23 Third victory
2000 Jean Driscoll   United States 2:00:52 Eighth victory
2001 Louise Sauvage   Australia 1:53:54 Fourth victory
2002 Edith Hunkeler    Switzerland 1:45:57
2003 Christina Ripp   United States 1:54:47
2004 Cheri Blauwet   United States 1:39:53
2005 Cheri Blauwet   United States 1:47:45 Second victory
2006 Edith Hunkeler    Switzerland 1:43:42 Second victory
2007 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:53:30
2008 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:48:32 Second victory
2009 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:54:37 Third victory
2010 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:43:32 Fourth victory
2011 Wakako Tsuchida   Japan 1:34:06 Course record, fifth victory
2012 Shirley Reilly   United States 1:37:36
2013 Tatyana McFadden   United States 1:45:25
2014 Tatyana McFadden   United States 1:35:06 Second victory
2015 Tatyana McFadden   United States 1:52:54 Third victory
2016 Tatyana McFadden   United States 1:42:16 Fourth victory
2017 Manuela Schär    Switzerland 1:28:17 Current course record[22]
2018 Tatyana McFadden   United States 2:04:39 Fifth victory
2019 Manuela Schär    Switzerland 1:34:19 Second victory
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Manuela Schär    Switzerland 1:35:21 Third victory[21]
2022 Manuela Schär    Switzerland 1:41:08 Fourth victory[23]
2023 Susannah Scaroni   United States 1:41:45
2024 Eden Rainbow-Cooper   United Kingdom 1:35:11

Men's handcycle division edit

Winners: Men's handcycle division
Year Winner Country Time Notes Refs
2017 Tom Davis   United States 0:58:36 Current course record [24]
2018 Tom Davis   United States 1:18:41 Second victory [25]
2019 Tom Davis   United States 1:01:22 Third victory [26]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Zachary Stinson   United States 1:11:53 [27]
2022 Alfredo de Los Santos   United States 1:08:40 (unofficial) [28]
2023 Zachary Stinson   United States 1:11:51 Second victory [29]
2024 Zachary Stinson   United States 1:04:46 Third victory [30]

Women's handcycle division edit

Winners: Women's handcycle division
Year Winner Country Time Notes Refs
2017 Michelle Love   United States 2:39:05 Only female handcyclist finisher [24]
2018 Alicia Dana   United States 1:40:22 Course record [25]
2019 Devann Murphy   United States 2:01:02 [26]
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Wendy Larsen   United States 1:37:15 Course record [27]
2022 Wendy Larsen   United States 1:35:10 Course record, second victory [28]
2023 Alicia Dana   United States 1:18:15 Course record, second victory [29]
2024 Alicia Dana   United States 1:15:20 Current course record, third victory [30]

Victories by nationality edit

Victories by nationality
Country Open division Wheelchair division Handcycle division Total
Men's Women's Men's Women's Men's Women's
  United States 43 16 14 30 7 7 117
  Kenya 25 14 0 0 0 0 39
  Canada 16 1 4 0 0 0 21
  Switzerland 0 0 14 6 0 0 20
  Japan 9 0 3 5 0 0 17
  Ethiopia 7 8 0 0 0 0 15
  South Africa 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
  Finland 7 0 0 0 0 0 7
  Germany[e] 1 5 0 0 0 0 6
  Australia 1 0 0 4 0 0 5
  Russia 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
  United Kingdom 3 0 0 1 0 0 4
  France 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
  New Zealand 1 2 0 0 0 0 3
  Portugal 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
  South Korea 3 0 0 0 0 0 3
  Belgium 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Greece 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
  Norway 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
  Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Denmark 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
  Guatemala 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Ireland 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Italy 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Poland 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
  Sweden 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
  Yugoslavia [f] 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ 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.[9]
  2. ^ 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.[14]
  3. ^ 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.[15] It remained the fastest time until Dennis Kimetto set an official world record of 2:02:57 at the 2014 Berlin Marathon.[16]
  4. ^ Wheelchair racers set off 15 minutes ahead of the other participants.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Athlete represented the former Yugoslavia, which is recognised as Serbia today.

Citations edit

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