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Men's open champions
Here are the Boston Marathon men's open champions through the years.
Year
Name
Home
Time
1897
John J. McDermott
New York
2:55:10
1898
Ronald J. McDonald
Canada
2:42:00
1899
Lawrence Brignolia
Massachusetts
2:54:38
1900
John Caffrey
Canada
2:39:44
1901
John Caffrey
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 Morrisey
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
Special 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
2:23:29
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
Neal 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
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
2:11:45
2006
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:07:14