The 2002 Boston Marathon was the 106th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 15, 2002. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Rodgers Rop in a time of 2:09:02 hours and the women's race was won by another Kenyan Margaret Okayo in 2:20:43.

106th Boston Marathon
Men's winner Rodgers Rop
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 15
Champions
MenRodgers Rop (2:09:02)
WomenMargaret Okayo (2:20:43)
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A total of 14,400 people finished the race, 9149 men and 5251 women.

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Rodgers Rop   Kenya 2:09:02
  Christopher Cheboiboch   Kenya 2:09:05
  Fred Kiprop   Kenya 2:09:45
4 Mbarak Hussein   Kenya 2:09:45
5 Lee Bong-ju   South Korea 2:10:30
6 Elias Chebet   Kenya 2:10:40
7 Simon Bor   Kenya 2:11:39
8 Getachew Kebede   Ethiopia 2:11:43
9 Luis Fonseca   Venezuela 2:11:49
10 Silvio Guerra   Ecuador 2:12:28
11 Joshua Chelanga   Kenya 2:12:40
12 Joshua Kipkemboi   Kenya 2:12:48
13 David Busenei   Kenya 2:13:04
14 Fedor Ryzhov   Russia 2:13:04
15 Keith Dowling   United States 2:13:28
16 Elly Rono   Kenya 2:15:17
17 Clint Verran   United States 2:15:19
18 Noriaki Igarashi   Japan 2:15:55
19 Mark Coogan   United States 2:17:35
20 Kazuaki Wakamoto   Japan 2:17:58
21 Motsehi Moeketsana   South Africa 2:18:21
22 Christopher Wehrman   United States 2:19:03
23 Andrés Espinosa   Mexico 2:19:54
24 Osamu Nara   Japan 2:20:18
25 Gennadiy Temnikov   Russia 2:20:23

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Margaret Okayo   Kenya 2:20:43
  Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:21:12
  Elfenesh Alemu   Ethiopia 2:26:01
4 Sun Yingjie   China 2:27:26
5 Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova   Russia 2:27:58
6 Bruna Genovese   Italy 2:29:02
7 Nuța Olaru   Romania 2:30:26
8 Mai Tagami   Japan 2:32:00
9 Gitte Karlshøj   Denmark 2:35:01
10 Yukari Komatsu   Japan 2:35:34
11 Jackie Fairweather   Australia 2:35:46
12 Irina Timofeyeva   Russia 2:36:47
13 Jill Boaz   United States 2:38:55
14 Gordon Bakoulis   United States 2:42:47
15 Norimi Sakurai   Japan 2:43:09
16 Janelle Burgmann   Australia 2:43:46
17 Esther Wanjiru   Kenya 2:44:32
18 Ayumi Noshita   Japan 2:44:47
19 Kelly Keeler   United States 2:45:00
20 Cathleen Campbell   United States 2:46:17
21 Carol Legate   United States 2:47:57
22 Laura Hruby   United States 2:48:49
23 Kristen Till   United States 2:48:52
24 Heather Gardiner   Canada 2:49:39
25 Monique Maddy   Liberia 2:50:10

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