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List of winners of the Boston Marathon
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This page lists the winners of the Boston Marathon, the oldest annual marathon in the world.
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† denotes a course-record performance. The 42.195km (26.2 mile) length of marathon was not fixed before the 1924 Paris Olympics, and the Boston course varied as well. See the Boston Marathon article for details on the course. Due to these changes, the marathon recognizes several course records which are slower than previous records due to being run on longer courses.[1]
(WR) denotes a world record.
(2nd), (3rd), etc. denotes Boston Marathon victory number for competitor.
| Year | Athlete | Country/State | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot |  Kenya |
2:07:14 (2nd) † |
| 2005 | Hailu Negussie |  Ethiopia |
2:11:44 |
| 2004 | Timothy Cherigat | Kenya |
2:10:37 |
| 2003 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya |
2:10:11 |
| 2002 | Rodgers Rop | Kenya |
2:09:02 |
| 2001 | Lee Bong-Ju |  Republic of Korea |
2:09:43 |
| 2000 | Elijah Lagat | Kenya |
2:09:47 |
| 1999 | Joseph Chebet | Kenya |
2:09:52 |
| 1998 | Moses Tanui | Kenya |
2:07:34 (2nd) |
| 1997 | Lameck Aguta | Kenya |
2:10:34 |
| 1996 | Moses Tanui | Kenya |
2:09:15 |
| 1995 | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya |
2:09:22 (3rd) |
| 1994 | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya |
2:07:15 (2nd) † |
| 1993 | Cosmas Ndeti | Kenya |
2:09:33 |
| 1992 | Ibrahim Hussein | Kenya |
2:08:14 (3rd) |
| 1991 | Ibrahim Hussein | Kenya |
2:11:06 (2nd) |
| 1990 | Gelindo Bordin |  Italy |
2:08:19 |
| 1989 | Abebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia |
2:09:06 |
| 1988 | Ibrahim Hussein | Kenya |
2:08:43 |
| 1987 | Toshihiko Seko |  Japan |
2:11:50 (2nd) |
| 1986 | Robert de Castella |  Australia |
2:07:51 † |
| 1985 | Geoff Smith |  United Kingdom |
2:14:05 (2nd) |
| 1984 | Geoff Smith | United Kingdom |
2:10:34 |
| 1983 | Greg Meyer |  (Massachusetts) |
2:09:00 |
| 1982 | Alberto Salazar | (Massachusetts) |
2:08:52 † |
| 1981 | Toshihiko Seko | Japan |
2:09:26 † |
| 1980 | Bill Rodgers | (Massachusetts) |
2:12:11 (4th) |
| 1979 | Bill Rodgers | (Massachusetts) |
2:09:27 (3rd) † |
| 1978 | Bill Rodgers | (Massachusetts) |
2:10:13 (2nd) |
| 1977 | Jerome Drayton |  Canada |
2:14:46 |
| 1976 | Jack Fultz | (Virginia) |
2:20:19 |
| 1975 | Bill Rodgers | (Massachusetts) |
2:09:55 † |
| 1974 | Neil Cusack |  Ireland |
2:13:39 |
| 1973 | Jon Anderson | (Oregon) |
2:16:03 |
| 1972 | Olavi Suomalainen |  Finland |
2:15:39 |
| 1971 | Alvaro Mejia |  Colombia |
2:18:45 |
| 1970 | Ron Hill | United Kingdom |
2:10:30 † |
| 1969 | Yoshiaki Unetani | Japan |
2:13:49 † |
| 1968 | Amby Burfoot | (Connecticut) |
2:22:17 |
| 1967 | David McKenzie |  New Zealand |
2:15:45 † |
| 1966 | Kenji Kimihara | Japan |
2:17:11 |
| 1965 | Morio Shigematsu | Japan |
2:16:33 † |
| 1964 | Aurele Vandendriessche |  Belgium |
2:19:59 (2nd) |
| 1963 | Aurele Vandendriessche | Belgium |
2:18:58 † |
| 1962 | Eino Oksanen | Finland |
2:23:48 (3rd) |
| 1961 | Eino Oksanen | Finland |
2:23:39 (2nd) |
| 1960 | Paavo Kotila | Finland |
2:20:54 |
| 1959 | Eino Oksanen | Finland |
2:22:42 |
| 1958 | Franjo Mihalić |  Yugoslavia |
2:25:54 |
| 1957 | John J. Kelley | (Connecticut) |
2:20:05 † |
| 1956 | Antti Viskari | Finland |
2:14:14 † |
| 1955 | Hideo Hamamura | Japan |
2:18:22 |
| 1954 | Veikko Karvonen | Finland |
2:20:39 |
| 1953 | Keizo Yamada | Japan |
2:18:51 |
| 1952 | Doroteo Flores |  Guatemala |
2:31:53 |
| 1951 | Shigeki Tanaka | Japan |
2:27:45 |
| 1950 | Ham Kee-Yong | Republic of Korea |
2:32:39 |
| 1949 | Karl Leandersson |  Sweden |
2:31:50 |
| 1948 | Gérard Côté | Canada |
2:31:02 (4th) |
| 1947 | Suh Yun-Bok | Republic of Korea |
2:25:39 † (WR) |
| 1946 | Stylianos Kyriakides |  Greece |
2:29:27 |
| 1945 | John A. Kelley | (Massachusetts) |
2:30:40 (2nd) |
| 1944 | Gérard Côté | Canada |
2:31:50 (3rd) |
| 1943 | Gérard Côté | Canada |
2:28:25 (2nd) |
| 1942 | Joe Smith | (Massachusetts) |
2:26:51 † |
| 1941 | Leslie S. Pawson | (Rhode Island) |
2:30:38 (3rd) |
| 1940 | Gérard Côté | Canada |
2:28:28 † |
| 1939 | Ellison Brown | (Rhode Island) |
2:28:51 (2nd) † |
| 1938 | Leslie S. Pawson | (Rhode Island) |
2:35:34 (2nd) |
| 1937 | Walter Young | Canada |
2:33:20 |
| 1936 | Ellison Brown | (Rhode Island) |
2:33:40 |
| 1935 | John A. Kelley | (Massachusetts) |
2:32:07 |
| 1934 | Dave Komonen | Canada |
2:32:53 |
| 1933 | Leslie S. Pawson | (Rhode Island) |
2:31:01 † |
| 1932 | Paul DeBruyn |  Germany |
2:33:36 |
| 1931 | James P. Henigan | (Massachusetts) |
2:46:45 |
| 1930 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:34:48 (7th) |
| 1929 | Johnny Miles | Canada |
2:33:08 (2nd) † |
| 1928 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:37:07 (6th) † |
| 1927 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:40:22 (5th) † |
| 1926 | Johnny Miles | Canada |
2:25:40 † |
| 1925 | Charles Mellor | (Illinois) |
2:33:00 |
| 1924 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:29:40 (4th) |
| 1923 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:23:47 (3rd) |
| 1922 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:18:10 (2nd) † |
| 1921 | Frank Zuna | (New York) |
2:18:57 † |
| 1920 | Peter Trivoulides | (New York) |
2:29:31 |
| 1919 | Carl Linder | (Massachusetts) |
2:29:13 |
| 1918 | Military Relay | (Camp Devens) |
2:29:53 |
| 1917 | Bill Kennedy | (New York) |
2:28:37 |
| 1916 | Arthur Roth | (Massachusetts) |
2:27:16 |
| 1915 | Édouard Fabre | Canada |
2:31:41 |
| 1914 | James Duffy | Canada |
2:25:14 |
| 1913 | Fritz Carlson | (Minnesota) |
2:25:14 |
| 1912 | Michael Ryan | (New York) |
2:21:18 † |
| 1911 | Clarence DeMar | (Massachusetts) |
2:21:39 † |
| 1910 | Fred Cameron | Canada |
2:28:52 |
| 1909 | Henri Renaud | (New Hampshire) |
2:53:36 |
| 1908 | Thomas Morrissey | (New York) |
2:25:43 |
| 1907 | Thomas Longboat | Canada |
2:24:24 † |
| 1906 | Tim Ford | (Massachusetts) |
2:45:45 |
| 1905 | Frederick Lorz | (New York) |
2:38:25 |
| 1904 | Michael Spring | (New York) |
2:38:04 |
| 1903 | John Lorden | (Massachusetts) |
2:41:29 |
| 1902 | Sammy Mellor | (New York) |
2:43:12 |
| 1901 | John Caffery | Canada |
2:29:23 (2nd) † |
| 1900 | John Caffery | Canada |
2:39:44 † |
| 1899 | Lawrence Brignolia | (Massachusetts) |
2:54:38 |
| 1898 | Ronald J. MacDonald | Canada |
2:42:00 † |
| 1897 | John J. McDermott | (New York) |
2:55:10 † |
| Year | Athlete | Country/State | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Rita Jeptoo | Kenya |
2:23:38 |
| 2005 | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya |
2:25:12 (4th) |
| 2004 | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya |
2:24:27 (3rd) |
| 2003 | Svetlana Zakharova |  Russia |
2:25:19 |
| 2002 | Margaret Okayo | Kenya |
2:20:43 † |
| 2001 | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya |
2:23:53 (2nd) |
| 2000 | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya |
2:26:11 |
| 1999 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia |
2:23:25 (3rd) |
| 1998 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia |
2:23:21 (2nd) |
| 1997 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia |
2:26:23 |
| 1996 | Uta Pippig | Germany |
2:27:12 (3rd) |
| 1995 | Uta Pippig | Germany |
2:25:11 (2nd) |
| 1994 | Uta Pippig | Germany |
2:21:45 † |
| 1993 | Olga Markova | Russia |
2:25:27 (2nd) |
| 1992 | Olga Markova | Russia |
2:23:43 |
| 1991 | Wanda Panfil |  Poland |
2:24:18 |
| 1990 | Rosa Mota |  Portugal |
2:25:24 (3rd) |
| 1989 | Ingrid Kristiansen |  Norway |
2:24:33 (2nd) |
| 1988 | Rosa Mota | Portugal |
2:24:30 (2nd) |
| 1987 | Rosa Mota | Portugal |
2:25:21 |
| 1986 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway |
2:24:55 |
| 1985 | Lisa Larsen Weidenbach | (Michigan) |
2:34.06 |
| 1984 | Lorraine Moller | New Zealand |
2:29.28 |
| 1983 | Joan Benoit | (Massachusetts) |
2:22:43 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1982 | Charlotte Teske | West Germany |
2:29:33 |
| 1981 | Allison Roe | New Zealand |
2:26:46 † |
| 1980 | Jacqueline Gareau | Canada |
2:34:28 † |
| 1979 | Joan Benoit | (Maine) |
2:35:15 † |
| 1978 | Gayle S. Barron | (Georgia) |
2:44:52 |
| 1977 | Miki Gorman | (California) |
2:48:33 (2nd) |
| 1976 | Kim Merritt | (Wisconsin) |
2:47:10 |
| 1975 | Liane Winter | West Germany |
2:42:24 † (WR) |
| 1974 | Miki Gorman | (California) |
2:47:11 † |
| 1973 | Jacqueline Hansen | (California) |
3:05:59 |
| 1972 | Nina Kuscsik | (New York) |
3:10:26 |
| 1971 | Sara Mae Berman (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (Massachusetts) |
3:08:30 (3rd) |
| 1970 | Sara Mae Berman (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (Massachusetts) |
3:05:07 (2nd) † |
| 1969 | Sara Mae Berman (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (Massachusetts) |
3:22:46 |
| 1968 | Roberta Gibb (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (California) |
3:30:00 (3rd) |
| 1967 | Roberta Gibb (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (California) |
3:27:17 (2nd) |
| 1966 | Roberta Gibb (unofficial, recognized in 1996) | (Massachusetts) |
3:21:40 † |
| Year | Athlete | Country/State | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Ernst Van Dyk |  South Africa |
1:25:29 (6th) |
| 2005 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa |
1:24:11 (5th) |
| 2004 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa |
1:18:27 (4th) † (WR) |
| 2003 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa |
1:28:32 (3rd) |
| 2002 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa |
1:23:19 (2nd) |
| 2001 | Ernst Van Dyk | South Africa |
1:25:12 |
| 2000 | Franz Nietlispach |  Switzerland |
1:33:32 (5th) |
| 1999 | Franz Nietlispach | Switzerland |
1:21:36 (4th) |
| 1998 | Franz Nietlispach | Switzerland |
1:21:52 (3rd) |
| 1997 | Franz Nietlispach | Switzerland |
1:28:14 (2nd) |
| 1996 | Heinz Frei | Switzerland |
1:30:14 (2nd) |
| 1995 | Franz Nietlispach | Switzerland |
1:25:59 |
| 1994 | Heinz Frei | Switzerland |
1:21:23 † (WR) |
| 1993 | Jim Knaub | (California) |
1:22:17 (5th) † (WR) |
| 1992 | Jim Knaub | (California) |
1:26:28 (4th) † (WR) |
| 1991 | Jim Knaub | (California) |
1:30:44 (3rd) |
| 1990 | Mustapha Badid |  France |
1:29:53 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1989 | Philippe Couprie | France |
1:36:04 † (WR) |
| 1988 | Mustapha Badid | France |
1:43:19 † (WR) |
| 1987 | Andre Viger | Canada |
1:55:42 (3rd) |
| 1986 | Andre Viger | Canada |
1:43:25 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1985 | George Murray | (Florida) |
1:45:34 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1984 | Andre Viger | Canada |
2:05:20 |
| 1983 | Jim Knaub | (California) |
1:47:10 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1982 | Jim Knaub | (California) |
1:51:31 † (WR) |
| 1981 | Jim Martinson | (Washington)) |
2:00:41 |
| 1980 | Curt Brinkman | (Utah) |
1:55:00 † (WR) |
| 1979 | Ken Archer | (Ohio) |
2:38:59 |
| 1978 | George Murray | (Florida) |
2:26:57 † |
| 1977 | Robert Hall | (Massachusetts) |
2:40:10 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1976 | none | ||
| 1975 | Robert Hall | (Massachusetts) |
2:58:00 † |
| Year | Athlete | Country/State | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland |
1:43:42 (2nd) |
| 2005 | Cheri Blauwet | (California) |
1:47:45 (2nd) |
| 2004 | Cheri Blauwet | (California) |
1:39:53 |
| 2003 | Christina Ripp | (Illinois) |
1:54:47 |
| 2002 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland |
1:45:57 |
| 2001 | Louise Sauvage | Australia |
1:53:54 (4th) |
| 2000 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
2:00:52 (8th) |
| 1999 | Louise Sauvage | Australia |
1:42:23 (3rd) |
| 1998 | Louise Sauvage | Australia |
1:41:19 (2nd) |
| 1997 | Louise Sauvage | Australia |
1:54:28 |
| 1996 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:52:56 (7th) |
| 1995 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:40:42 (6th) |
| 1994 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:34:22 (5th) † (WR) |
| 1993 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:34:50 (4th) † (WR) |
| 1992 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:36:52 (3rd) † (WR) |
| 1991 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:42:42 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1990 | Jean Driscoll | (Illinois) |
1:43:17 † (WR) |
| 1989 | Connie Hansen |  Denmark |
1:50:06 † (WR) |
| 1988 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (California) |
2:10:44 (6th) |
| 1987 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (California) |
2:19:55 (5th) |
| 1986 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (California) |
2:09:28 (4th) |
| 1985 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (California) |
2:05:26 (3rd) † (WR) |
| 1984 | Sherry Ramsey | (Colorado) |
2:56:51 (2nd) |
| 1983 | Sherry Ramsey | (Colorado) |
2:27:07 |
| 1982 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (Nevada) |
2:12:43 (2nd) † (WR) |
| 1981 | Candace Cable-Brookes | (Nevada) |
2:38:41 † |
| 1980 | Sharon Limpert | (Minnesota) |
2:49:04 † (WR) |
| 1979 | Sheryl Bair | (California) |
3:27:56 † (WR) |
| 1978 | Susan Shapiro | (California) |
3:52:35 |
| 1977 | Sharon Rahn | (Illinois) |
3:48:51 † |
- ^ 2006 Boston Marathon Media Guide