List of winners of the Boston Marathon


This page lists the winners of the Boston Marathon, which has been running continuously since 1897 and is the oldest annual marathon in the world. The first race, run in 1897, included only 15 runners, all of whom were men. Women were only officially allowed to run the race beginning in 1972, though female runners had unofficially participated beginning in 1966 despite the opposition of the Boston Athletic Association, the race sponsor. The Boston Marathon became the first major marathon to include a wheelchair division in 1975 for men, and added a wheelchair division for women in 1977.

Many marathon champions have repeated their feats in following years. The record for most repeated championships stands at 10, held by Ernst van Dyk in the Men's Wheelchair division. In the Men's Open division, Clarence DeMar holds the distinction of most wins with 7, and Catherine Ndereba tops the Women's Open division with 4. The United States has had more winners than any other country, followed by Kenya and Canada. The United States and Canada dominated the early years of the race, and it wasn't until the 36th race, in 1932, that someone from outside North America, Paul de Bruyn of Germany, won the race. During the period from World War II through the 1980s, there was much more national diversity among Boston Marathon champions, but the last two decades have seen Kenya emerge as the dominant nationality, especially in the Men's Open division, which (as of 2015) has been won by Kenyans in 19 of the past 25 years.

The 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) length of the marathon was not fixed before the 1924 Paris Olympics, and the Boston course varied as well. Prior to 1924 the course distance was approximately 24.5 miles (39.4 km). Even after the standardization of marathon lengths, the Boston course was off by nearly 200 yards from the correct distance until the mistake was discovered and corrected in 1927. The course grew gradually shorter in the 1950s as road re-construction straightened curves. This time, upon remeasurement the course was found to lack nearly 1200 yards, and was corrected beginning with the 1957 race. Due to these changes, the marathon recognizes several course records that are slower than previous records due to being run on longer courses. 26 world records have been set on the Boston Marathon course, one in the Men's Open Division, two in the Women's Open, 13 in the Men's Wheelchair, and 10 in the Women's Wheelchair.

On April 18, 2011, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya ran the fastest marathon ever run up to that point, in a time of 2:03:02.[1][2]

Legend

Men's open

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
1897 John J. McDermott United States United States (NY) 2:55:10
1898 Ronald J. MacDonald Canada Canada 2:42:00
1899 Lawrence Brignolia United States United States (MA) 2:54:38
1900 John "Jack" Caffery Canada Canada 2:39:44
1901 John "Jack" Caffery Canada Canada 2:29:23 2nd victory
1902 Sammy Mellor United States United States (NY) 2:43:12
1903 John Lorden United States United States (MA) 2:41:29
1904 Michael Spring United States United States (NY) 2:38:04
1905 Frederick Lorz United States United States (NY) 2:38:25
1906 Tim Ford United States United States (MA) 2:45:45
1907 Thomas Longboat Canada Canada 2:24:24
1908 Thomas Morrissey United States United States (NY) 2:25:43
1909 Henri Renaud United States United States (NH) 2:53:36
1910 Fred Cameron Canada Canada 2:28:52
1911 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:21:39
1912 Michael J. Ryan United States United States (NY) 2:21:18
1913 Fritz Carlson United States United States (MN) 2:25:14
1914 James Duffy Canada Canada 2:25:14
1915 Édouard Fabre Canada Canada 2:31:41
1916 Arthur Roth United States United States (MA) 2:27:16
1917 Bill Kennedy United States United States (NY) 2:28:37
1918 Camp Devens relay team[3] United States United States (MA) 2:29:53 1918 race was relay for 10-man military teams
1919 Carl Linder United States United States (MA) 2:29:13
1920 Peter Trivoulides United States United States (NY) 2:29:31
1921 Frank Zuna United States United States (NY) 2:18:57
1922 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:18:10 2nd victory
1923 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:23:47 3rd victory
1924 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:29:40 4th victory
1925 Charles Mellor United States United States (IL) 2:33:00
1926 Johnny Miles Canada Canada 2:25:40
1927 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:40:22 5th victory
1928 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:37:07 6th victory
1929 Johnny Miles Canada Canada 2:33:08 2nd victory
1930 Clarence DeMar United States United States (MA) 2:34:48 7th victory
1931 James Henigan United States United States (MA) 2:46:45
1932 Paul de Bruyn Germany Germany 2:33:36
1933 Leslie S. Pawson United States United States (RI) 2:31:01
1934 Dave Komonen Canada Canada 2:32:53
1935 John A. Kelley United States United States (MA) 2:32:07
1936 Ellison Brown United States United States (RI) 2:33:40
1937 Walter Young Canada Canada 2:33:20
1938 Leslie S. Pawson United States United States (RI) 2:35:34 2nd victory
1939 Ellison Brown United States United States (RI) 2:28:51 2nd victory
1940 Gérard Côté Canada Canada 2:28:28
1941 Leslie S. Pawson United States United States (RI) 2:30:38 3rd victory
1942 Joe Smith United States United States (MA) 2:26:51
1943 Gérard Côté Canada Canada 2:28:25 2nd victory
1944 Gérard Côté Canada Canada 2:31:50 3rd victory
1945 John A. Kelley United States United States (MA) 2:30:40 2nd victory
1946 Stylianos Kyriakides Greece Greece 2:29:27 Only Greek to ever win the marathon
1947 Suh Yun-bok  South Korea 2:25:39
1948 Gérard Côté Canada Canada 2:31:02 4th victory
1949 Gösta Leandersson  Sweden 2:31:50
1950 Ham Kee-Yong South Korea South Korea 2:32:39
1951 Shigeki Tanaka  Japan 2:27:45
1952 Doroteo Flores  Guatemala 2:31:53 Only Guatemalan to ever win the marathon
1953 Keizo Yamada Japan Japan 2:18:51
1954 Veikko Karvonen  Finland 2:20:39
1955 Hideo Hamamura Japan Japan 2:18:22
1956 Antti Viskari Finland Finland 2:14:14
1957 John J. Kelley United States United States (CT) 2:20:05
1958 Franjo Mihalić  Yugoslavia 2:25:54
1959 Eino Oksanen Finland Finland 2:22:42
1960 Paavo Kotila Finland Finland 2:20:54
1961 Eino Oksanen Finland Finland 2:23:39 2nd victory
1962 Eino Oksanen Finland Finland 2:23:48 3rd victory
1963 Aurèle Vandendriessche  Belgium 2:18:58
1964 Aurèle Vandendriessche Belgium Belgium 2:19:59 2nd victory
1965 Morio Shigematsu Japan Japan 2:16:33
1966 Kenji Kimihara Japan Japan 2:17:11
1967 Dave McKenzie  New Zealand 2:15:45
1968 Amby Burfoot United States United States (CT) 2:22:17
1969 Yoshiaki Unetani Japan Japan 2:13:49
1970 Ron Hill  United Kingdom 2:10:30
1971 Álvaro Mejía  Colombia 2:18:45
1972 Olavi Suomalainen Finland Finland 2:15:39
1973 Jon Anderson United States United States (OR) 2:16:03
1974 Neil Cusack  Ireland 2:13:39
1975 Bill Rodgers United States United States (MA) 2:09:55
1976 Jack Fultz United States United States (VA) 2:20:19
1977 Jerome Drayton  Canada 2:14:46
1978 Bill Rodgers United States United States (MA) 2:10:13 2nd victory
1979 Bill Rodgers United States United States (MA) 2:09:27 3rd victory
1980 Bill Rodgers United States United States (MA) 2:12:11 4th victory
1981 Toshihiko Seko Japan Japan 2:09:26
1982 Alberto Salazar United States United States (MA) 2:08:52
1983 Greg Meyer United States United States (MI) 2:09:00
1984 Geoff Smith United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:10:34
1985 Geoff Smith United Kingdom United Kingdom 2:14:05 2nd victory
1986 Robert de Castella  Australia 2:07:51
1987 Toshihiko Seko Japan Japan 2:11:50 2nd 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 Kenya 2:11:06 2nd victory
1992 Ibrahim Hussein Kenya Kenya 2:08:14 3rd victory
1993 Cosmas Ndeti Kenya Kenya 2:09:33
1994 Cosmas Ndeti Kenya Kenya 2:07:15 2nd victory,
1995 Cosmas Ndeti Kenya Kenya 2:09:22 3rd victory
1996 Moses Tanui Kenya Kenya 2:09:15
1997 Lameck Aguta Kenya Kenya 2:10:34
1998 Moses Tanui Kenya Kenya 2:07:34 2nd victory
1999 Joseph Chebet Kenya Kenya 2:09:52
2000 Elijah Lagat Kenya Kenya 2:09:47
2001 Lee Bong-Ju South Korea South Korea 2:09:43
2002 Rodgers Rop Kenya Kenya 2:09:02
2003 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya Kenya 2:10:11
2004 Timothy Cherigat Kenya Kenya 2:10:37
2005 Hailu Negussie Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:11:44
2006 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya Kenya 2:07:14 2nd victory
2007 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya Kenya 2:14:13 3rd victory
2008 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot Kenya Kenya 2:07:45 4th victory
2009 Deriba Merga Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:08:42
2010 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot Kenya Kenya 2:05:52
2011 Geoffrey Mutai Kenya Kenya 2:03:02
2012 Wesley Korir Kenya Kenya 2:12:40
2013 Lelisa Desisa Benti Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:10:22
2014 Meb Keflezighi  United States (CA) 2:08:37 First American win since 1983
2015 Lelisa Desisa Benti Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:09:17 2nd victory
2016 Lemi Berhanu Hayle Ethiopia Ethiopia 2:12:45

Women's open

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
1966 Bobbi Gibb United States United States (MA) 3:21:40 (unsanctioned) [4]
1967 Bobbi Gibb United States United States (CA) 3:27:17 (unsanctioned) 2nd victory [4]
1968 Bobbi Gibb United States United States (CA) 3:30:00 (unsanctioned) 3rd victory [4]
1969 Sara Mae Berman United States United States (MA) 3:22:46 (unsanctioned) [4]
1970 Sara Mae Berman United States United States (MA) 3:05:07 (unsanctioned) 2nd victory [4]
1971 Sara Mae Berman United States United States (MA) 3:08:30 (unsanctioned) 3rd victory [4]
1972 Nina Kuscsik United States United States (NY) 3:10:26 first year that women were officially sanctioned
1973 Jacqueline Hansen United States United States (CA) 3:05:59
1974 Miki Gorman United States United States (CA) 2:47:11
1975 Liane Winter  West Germany 2:42:24
1976 Kim Merritt United States United States (WI) 2:47:10
1977 Miki Gorman United States United States (CA) 2:48:33 2nd victory
1978 Gayle Barron United States United States (GA) 2:44:52
1979 Joan Benoit United States United States (ME) 2:35:15
1980 Jacqueline Gareau  Canada 2:34:28 [5]
1981 Allison Roe  New Zealand 2:26:46
1982 Charlotte Teske  West Germany 2:29:33
1983 Joan Benoit United States United States (ME) 2:22:43 2nd victory
1984 Lorraine Moller  New Zealand 2:29:28
1985 Lisa Larsen Weidenbach United States United States (MI) 2:34.06
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:24:55
1987 Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:21
1988 Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:24:30 2nd victory
1989 Ingrid Kristiansen  Norway 2:24:33 2nd victory
1990 Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:24 3rd victory
1991 Wanda Panfil  Poland 2:24:18
1992 Olga Markova  Russia 2:23:43
1993 Olga Markova  Russia 2:25:27 2nd victory
1994 Uta Pippig  Germany 2:21:45
1995 Uta Pippig  Germany 2:25:11 2nd victory
1996 Uta Pippig  Germany 2:27:12 3rd victory
1997 Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia 2:26:23
1998 Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia 2:23:21 2nd victory
1999 Fatuma Roba  Ethiopia 2:23:25 3rd victory
2000 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:26:11
2001 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:23:53 2nd victory
2002 Margaret Okayo  Kenya 2:20:43
2003 Svetlana Zakharova  Russia 2:25:19
2004 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:24:27 3rd victory
2005 Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:25:12 4th victory
2006 Rita Jeptoo  Kenya 2:23:38
2007 Lidiya Grigoryeva  Russia 2:29:18
2008 Dire Tune  Ethiopia 2:25:25 2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher
2009 Salina Kosgei  Kenya 2:32:16 1 second ahead of 2nd-place finisher
2010 Teyba Erkesso  Ethiopia 2:26:11 3 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher
2011 Caroline Kilel  Kenya 2:22:36 2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher
2012 Sharon Cherop  Kenya 2:31:50 2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher
2013 Rita Jeptoo  Kenya 2:26:25 2nd victory
2014 Rita Jeptoo  Kenya 2:18:57 DSQ
2015 Caroline Rotich  Kenya 2:24:55
2016 Atsede Baysa  Ethiopia 2:29:19

Men's wheelchair

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
1975 Robert Hall United States United States (MA) 2:58:00
1976 none
1977 Robert Hall United States United States (MA) 2:40:10 2nd victory
1978 George Murray United States United States (FL) 2:26:57
1979 Ken Archer United States United States (OH) 2:38:59
1980 Curt Brinkman United States United States (UT) 1:55:00
1981 Jim Martinson United States United States (WA) 2:00:41
1982 Jim Knaub United States United States (CA) 1:51:31
1983 Jim Knaub United States United States (CA) 1:47:10 2nd victory
1984 Viger, AndréAndré Viger  Canada 2:05:20
1985 George Murray United States United States (FL) 1:45:34 2nd victory
1986 Viger, AndréAndré Viger  Canada 1:43:25 2nd victory
1987 Viger, AndréAndré Viger  Canada 1:55:42 3rd victory
1988 Badid, MustaphaMustapha Badid  France 1:43:19
1989 Couprie, PhilippePhilippe Couprie  France 1:36:04
1990 Badid, MustaphaMustapha Badid  France 1:29:53 2nd victory
1991 Jim Knaub United States United States (CA) 1:30:44 3rd victory
1992 Jim Knaub United States United States (CA) 1:26:28 4th victory
1993 Jim Knaub United States United States (CA) 1:22:17 5th victory
1994 Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei   Switzerland 1:21:23
1995 Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach   Switzerland 1:25:59
1996 Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei   Switzerland 1:30:14 2nd victory
1997 Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach   Switzerland 1:28:14 2nd victory
1998 Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach   Switzerland 1:21:52 3rd victory
1999 Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach   Switzerland 1:21:36 4th victory
2000 Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach   Switzerland 1:33:32 5th victory
2001 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:25:12
2002 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:23:19 2nd victory
2003 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:28:32 3rd victory
2004 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:18:27 4th victory
2005 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:24:11 5th victory
2006 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:25:29 6th victory
2007 Soejima, MasazumiMasazumi Soejima  Japan 1:29:16
2008 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:26:49 7th victory
2009 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:33:29 8th victory
2010 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:26:53 9th victory
2011 Soejima, MasazumiMasazumi Soejima  Japan 1:18:50 2nd victory
2012 Cassidy, JoshuaJoshua Cassidy  Canada 1:18:25
2013 Yamamoto, HiroyukiHiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan 1:25:33
2014 van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk  South Africa 1:20:36 10th victory
2015 Hug, MarcelMarcel Hug   Switzerland 1:29:53
2016 Hug, MarcelMarcel Hug   Switzerland 1:24:01 2nd victory

Women's wheelchair

Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
1977 Sharon Rahn United States United States (IL) 3:48:51
1978 Susan Shapiro United States United States (CA) 3:52:35
1979 Sheryl Bair United States United States (CA) 3:27:56
1980 Sharon Limpert United States United States (MN) 2:49:04
1981 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (NV) 2:38:41
1982 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (NV) 2:12:43 2nd victory
1983 Sherry Ramsey United States United States (CO) 2:27:07
1984 Sherry Ramsey United States United States (CO) 2:56:51 2nd victory
1985 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (CA) 2:05:26 3rd victory
1986 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (CA) 2:09:28 4th victory
1987 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (CA) 2:19:55 5th victory
1988 Candace Cable-Brookes United States United States (CA) 2:10:44 6th victory
1989 Connie Hansen  Denmark 1:50:06
1990 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:43:17
1991 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:42:42 2nd victory
1992 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:36:52 3rd victory
1993 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:34:50 4th victory
1994 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:34:22 5th victory
1995 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:40:42 6th victory
1996 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 1:52:56 7th victory
1997 Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:54:28
1998 Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:41:19 2nd victory
1999 Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:42:23 3rd victory
2000 Jean Driscoll United States United States (IL) 2:00:52 8th victory
2001 Louise Sauvage  Australia 1:53:54 4th victory
2002 Edith Hunkeler   Switzerland 1:45:57
2003 Christina Ripp United States United States (IL) 1:54:47
2004 Cheri Blauwet United States United States (CA) 1:39:53
2005 Cheri Blauwet United States United States (CA) 1:47:45 2nd victory
2006 Edith Hunkeler   Switzerland 1:43:42 2nd victory
2007 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:53:30
2008 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:48:32 2nd victory
2009 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:54:37 3rd victory
2010 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:43:32 4th victory
2011 Wakako Tsuchida  Japan 1:34:06 5th victory
2012 Shirley Reilly  United States (AZ) 1:37:36
2013 Tatyana McFadden  United States (MD) 1:45:25
2014 Tatyana McFadden  United States (MD) 1:35:06 2nd victory
2015 Tatyana McFadden  United States (MD) 1:52:54 3rd victory
2016 Tatyana McFadden  United States (MD) 1:42:16 4th victory

Victories by nationality

Country Men's
Open 		Women's
Open 		Men's
Wheelchair 		Women's
Wheelchair 		Total
 United States 45 15 12 28 100
 Kenya 20 12 0 0 32
 Canada 16 1 4 0 21
 Japan 8 0 3 5 16
  Switzerland 0 0 9 2 11
 Ethiopia 6 5 0 0 11
 South Africa 0 0 10 0 10
 Finland 7 0 0 0 7
 Germany 1 5[6] 0 0 6
 Australia 1 0 0 4 5
 Russia 0 4 0 0 4
 France 0 0 3 0 3
 New Zealand 1 2 0 0 3
 Portugal 0 3 0 0 3
 South Korea 3 0 0 0 3
 United Kingdom 3 0 0 0 3
 Belgium 2 0 0 0 2
 Norway 0 2 0 0 2
 Colombia 1 0 0 0 1
 Denmark 0 0 0 1 1
 Greece 1 0 0 0 1
 Guatemala 1 0 0 0 1
 Ireland 1 0 0 0 1
 Italy 1 0 0 0 1
 Poland 0 1 0 0 1
 Sweden 1 0 0 0 1
 Yugoslavia 1 0 0 0 1


Notes

  1. ↑ "Mutai wins Boston in world-record time: Kilel edges American in women's race". Boston Herald. Associated Press. April 18, 2011. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ May, Peter (April 18, 2011). "Kenya's Mutai Wins Boston in 2:03:02". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
  3. ↑ Due to American involvement in World War I, the 1918 race was run as a 10-man relay for teams from military bases across the United States. The winner was the team from Camp Devens, Massachusetts.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The first 6 victories in the women's open division were unofficial until officially recognized in 1996.
  5. ↑ Another runner, Rosie Ruiz, was originally declared the winner of the 1980 marathon. When it was determined that Ruiz cheated, Gareau was named the winner.
  6. ↑ This includes two victories by West German athletes during the Cold War.

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