Men's veterans champions
Here are the Boston Marathon men's veterans champions through the years. The veterans division is for runners aged 50-59, and has been officially recognized for men since 1978.
| Year | Name | Age | Home | Time |
| 1978 | Dr. Alex Ratelle | 53 | Minnesota | 2:36:15 |
| 1979 | Don Dixon | 51 | New York | 2:39:38 |
| 1980 | Edward P. Stabler | 50 | New York | 2:36:37 |
| 1981 | Edward P. Stabler | 51 | New York | 2:33:01 |
| 1982 | Herbert Chisholm | 55 | Virginia | 2:42:17 |
| 1983 | Norman Green, Jr. | 50 | Pennsylvania | 2:31:34 |
| 1984 | Hector Vargas | 52 | New Jersey | 2:32:24 |
| 1985 | William Foulk | 51 | New Hampshire | 2:36:26 |
| 1986 | Gaylon Jorgensen | 56 | Utah | 2:38:45 |
| 1987 | Brendan J. Spratt | 53 | Florida | 2:47:25 |
| 1988 | Brendan J. Spratt | 54 | Florida | 2:46:06 |
| 1989 | Mel Williams | 51 | Virginia | 2:39:40 |
| 1990 | Raymond Swan | 51 | Bermuda | 2:40:12 |
| 1991 | Fay Bradley | 53 | Washington, D.C. | 2:40:24 |
| 1992 | Vladimir Nadbakh | 53 | CIS | 2:40:15 |
| 1993 | Oddvar Hausken | 51 | Norway | 2:38:57 |
| 1994 | Richard Crampon | 51 | Canada | 2:36:45 |
| 1995 | Richard Crampon | 52 | Canada | 2:35:43 |
| 1996 | Ryszard Marczak | 50 | Poland | 2:27:17 |
| 1997 | Richard Weeks | 50 | Tennessee | 2:41:41 |
| 1998 | Hal Goforth | 53 | California | 2:43:05 |
| 1999 | Yuri Laptev | 50 | Kazakhstan | 2:42:11 |
| 2000 | Alan Oman | 50 | New York | 2:43:25 |
| 2001 | Vladimir Krivoy | 50 | Ukraine | 2:39:30 |
| 2002 | Vladimir Krivoy | 51 | Ukraine | 2:35:11 |
| 2003 | Stephen Jayson | 50 | Texas | 2:50:21 |
| 2004 | Rob Higley | 50 | Massachusetts | 2:51:33 |
| 2005 | Ian G. Bloomfield | 52 | United Kingdom | 2:45:23 |
| 2006 | S. Mark Courtney | 50 | Pennsylvania | 2:46:44 |
| 2007 | Ayele Setegne | 52 | Israel | 2:35:58 |
| 2008 | Norm Larson | 52 | Vermont | 2:39:13 |