Running - The Boston Marathon

With the initial marathon held on Patriot's Day in 1897 the Boston Marathon is seeped in tradition. It is always held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April.through areas surrounding NBoston, Massachusettses. Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of six World Marathon Majors.

The Boston Marathon - History

The first Boston Marathon was run on Patriot's Day, April 19, 1897, a little more than a year after that first Olympic marathon in Athens. The course, from Metcalfe's Mill in Asthland, Massachusetts, to the Irvington Street Oval in Boston, measured 24.5 miles. After the International Olympic Committee adopted 26 miles, 385 yards as the official Olympic marathon distance, the Boston course was changed to this distance in 1924. The course has been modified over the years to accomadate sponsor changes and corrections in length.

From 1897-1968, the Boston Marathon was held on Patriots' Day, April 19, a holiday commemorating the start of the Revolutionary War and recognized only in Massachusetts and Maine. The lone exception was when the 19th fell on Sunday. In those years, the race was held the following day (Monday the 20th). In 1969, the holiday was officially moved to the third Monday in April and all races since then have been run on a Monday.

The Boston Athletic Association didn't formally allow women to enter the Boston Marathon until 1972, Prior to that some women had snuck into the race to participate.

The Boston Marathon - Male Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Time
1897	John J. McDermott	New York	2:55:10
1898	Ronald J. MacDonald	Canada	2:42:00
1899	Lawrence Brignolia	Massachusetts	2:54:38
1900	John Caffery	Canada	2:39:44
1901	John Caffery	Canada	2:29:23
1902	Sammy Mellor	New York	2:43:12
1903	John Lorden	Massachusetts	2:41:29
1904	Michael Spring	New York	2:38:04
1905	Frederick Lorz	New York	2:38:25
1906	Tim Ford	Massachusetts	2:45:45
1907	Thomas Longboat	Canada	2:24:24
1908	Thomas Morrissey	New York	2:25:43
1909	Henri Renaud	New Hampshire	2:53:36
1910	Fred Cameron	Canada	2:28:52
1911	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:21:39
1912	Michael Ryan	New York	2:21:18
1913	Fritz Carlson	Minnesota	2:25:14
1914	James Duffy	Canada	2:25:01
1915	Edouard Fabre	Canada	2:31:41
1916	Arthur Roth	Massachusetts	2:27:16
1917	Bill Kennedy	New York	2:28:37
1918	Military Relay	Camp Devens	2:29:53
1919	Carl Linder	Massachusetts	2:29:13
1920	Peter Trivoulides	New York	2:29:31
1921	Frank Zuna	New York	2:18:57
1922	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:18:10
1923	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:23:47
1924	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:29:40
1925	Charles Mellor	Illinois	2:33:00
1926	John C. Miles	Canada	2:25:40
1927	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:40:22
1928	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:37:07
1929	John C. Miles	Canada	2:33:08
1930	Clarence DeMar	Massachusetts	2:34:48
1931	James P. Henigan	Massachusetts	2:46:45
1932	Paul DeBruyn	Germany	2:33:36
1933	Leslie S. Pawson	Rhode Island	2:31:01
1934	Dave Komonen	Canada	2:32:53
1935	John A. Kelley	Massachusetts	2:32:07
1936	Ellison M. Brown	Rhode Island	2:33:40
1937	Walter Young	Canada	2:33:20
1938	Leslie S. Pawson	Rhode Island	2:35:34
1939	Ellison M. Brown	Rhode Island	2:28:51
1940	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:28
1941	Leslie S. Pawson	Rhode Island	2:30:38
1942	Joe Smith	Massachusetts	2:26:51
1943	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:25
1944	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:50
1945	John A. Kelley	Massachusetts	2:30:40
1946	Stylianos Kyriakides	Greece	2:29:27
1947	Yun Bok Suh	Korea	2:25:39
1948	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:02
1949	Karl Leandersson	Sweden	2:31:50
1950	Kee Yong Ham	Korea	2:32:39
1951	Shigeki Tanaka	Japan	2:27:45
1952	Doroteo Flores	Guatamela	2:31:53
1953	Keizo Yamada	Japan	2:18:51
1954	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:20:39
1955	Hideo Hamamura	Japan	2:18:22
1956	Antti Viskari	Finland	2:14:14
1957	John J. Kelley	Connecticut	2:20:05
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
1962	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:48
1963	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:18:58
1964	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:19:59
1965	Morio Shigematsu	Japan	2:16:33
1966	Kenji Kemihara	Japan	2:17:11
1967	David McKenzie	New Zealand	2:15:45
1968	Amby Burfoot	Connecticut	2:22:17
1969	Yoshiaki Unetani	Japan	2:13:49
1970	Ron Hill	Great Britain	2:10:30
1971	Alvaro Mejia	Colombia	2:18:45
1972	Olavi Suomalainen	Finland	2:15:39
1973	Jon Anderson	Oregon	2:16:03
1974	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:13:39
1975	Bill Rodgers	Massachusetts	2:09:55
1976	Jack Fultz	Virginia	2:20:19
1977	Jerome Drayton	Canada	2:14:46
1978	Bill Rodgers	Massachusetts	2:10:13
1979	Bill Rodgers	Massachusetts	2:09:27
1980	Bill Rodgers	Massachusetts	2:12:11
1981	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:09:26
1982	Alberto Salazar	Massachusetts	2:08:52
1983	Greg Meyer	Massachusetts	2:09:00
1984	Geoff Smith	Great Britain	2:10:34
1985	Geoff Smith	Great Britain	2:14:05
1986	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:07:51
1987	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:11:50
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
1992	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:14
1993	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:33
1994	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:07:15
1995	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:22
1996	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:15
1997	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:34
1998	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:07:34
1999	Joseph Chebet	Kenya	2:09:52
2000	Elijah Lagat	Kenya	2:09:47
2001	Lee Bong-Ju	Korea	2:09:43
2002	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:09:02
2003	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:10:11
2004	Timothy Cherigat	Kenya	2:10:37
2005	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:11:45
2006	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:14
2007	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:14:13
2008	Robert Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:46
2009	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	2:08:42
2010	Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:05:52
2011	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:03:02
2012	Wesley Korir	Kenya	2:12:40
2013	Lelisa Desisa Benti	Ethiopia	2:10:22
2014	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:08:37
2015	Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:09:17
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	Cancelled Pandemic
2021	Benson Kipruto	Kenya	2:09:51
2022	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:06:51
2023	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:05:54
2024	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	2:06:17

 

The Boston Marathon - Female Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Time
1972	Nina Kuscsik	New York	3:10:26
1973	Jacqueline Hansen	California	3:05:59
1974	Michiko Gorman	California	2:47:11
1975	Liane Winter	West Germany	2:42:24
1976	Kim Merritt	Wisconsin	2:47:10
1977	Michiko Gorman	California	2:48:33
1978	Gayle S. Barron	Georgia	2:44:52
1979	Joan Benoit	Maine	2:35:15
1980	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:34:28
1981	Allison Roe	New Zealand	2:26:46
1982	Charlotte Teske	West Germany	2:29:33
1983	Joan Benoit	Massachusetts	2:22:43
1984	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:29.28
1985	Lisa Larsen Weidenbach	Michigan	2:34.06
1986	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:55
1987	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:21
1988	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:24:30
1989	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:33
1990	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:24
1991	Wanda Panfil	Poland	2:24:18
1992	Olga Markova	CIS	2:23:43
1993	Olga Markova	CIS	2:25:27
1994	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:21:45
1995	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:25:11
1996	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:27:12
1997	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:23
1998	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:21
1999	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:25
2000	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:11
2001	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:23:53
2002	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:20:43
2003	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:25:20
2004	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:24:27
2005	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:25:13
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
2014	Buzunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:19:59
2015	Caroline Rotich	Kenya	2:24:55
2016	Atsede Baysa	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	Cancelled Pandemic
2021	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:25:09
2022	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	2:21:01
2023	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	2:21:38
2024	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	2:22:37