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RevolutionBoston Marathon History
winners and records
key events in history, modern year-by-year results
- 1897:The first marathon
- 1900: The first international presence
- 1901: Scandal, legalized betting and first-ever marathon photos
- 1907: Course changes & Heartbreak Hill
- 1916: First Bostonian wins
- 1918: Marathon cancelled; relay race instead
- 1920: Boston Classic Chosen as Olympic Marathon Trials
- 1921: Zuna sets course record of 2:18:57
- 1924: DeMar sets new world's record
- 1935: Johnny Kelley wins first victory
- 1953: A year of world-record-breaking times
- 1957: John J. Kelley finally wins Boston Marathon
- 1972: Women officially acknowledged in BAA race
- 1975: Rodgers, Winter obliterate record books
- 1979: Rodgers breaks own course record for third win; Benoit takes women's division
- 1980: Rosie Ruiz pulls the ultimate prank
- 1983: Joan Benoit carves out a new world
- 1986: De Castella and Kristiansen win first cash prize
- 1990: Gelindo Bordin is the first Olympic gold medalist to win Boston
- 1993: Cosmas Ndeti wins his first
- 1996: A stunning push near finish makes Pippig three-time champ
- 1997: A new order: Kenya's Lameck Aguta, Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba win 101st running
- 1998: Tanui regains Boston crown, Roba makes it two in a row
- 1999: Fatuma Roba repeats; Kenya's Joseph Chebet finally wins
- 2000: Elijah Lagat wins closest race to date; Catherine Ndereba breaks through
- 2001: Lee Bong Ju of Korea breaks Kenyan stranglehold; Ndereba wins again
- 2002: Rop leads comeback by Kenyan men; Okayo KOs course record
- 2003: Cheruiyot leads sweep by Kenyan men; Russian women take 1-2
- 2004: Kenyans take the titles: Timothy Cherigat wins the men's race, and Catherine Ndereba wins the women's.
- 2005: Catherine Ndereba makes history with a fourth Boston title; Hailu Negussie wins men's race.
- 2006: Experience guided Robert Cheruiyot to a record run (by just one second) and second win in the Boston Marathon.
- 2007: The 111th Boston Marathon went off without a hitch in its stride amid the worst conditions since 1970.
- 2008: Four-time champ Robert Cheruiyot made it look easy on Marathon Monday.
- 2009: Kenya's Salina Kosgei won the closest women's race in the 113-year history of the event.
- 2010: Robert “The Younger’’ Cheruiyot shattered the course record in the 114th Boston Marathon.
- 2011: Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya ran the fastest marathon ever, finishing in 2:03:52, but it was not registered as a world record because of the design of the Boston course. Mutai shaved more than two minutes off the previous Boston record.
- 2012: Wesley Korir weathered temperatures in the mid-80s to win the men's elite race in the 116th Boston Marathon, while Carlonie Cherop won the women's elite race.
- 1900: The first international presence