Boston marathon

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athletics Boston marathon
venue Boston United States
United StatesUnited States 
First run 1897
Records
distance 42.195 kilometers
track record Men: 2:03:02 h, 2011 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai
KenyaKenya 
Women: 2:19:59 h, 2014 Bizunesh Deba
EthiopiaEthiopia 
Website Official website
Boston Marathon 2005
The "Heartbreak Hill" at km 32

The Boston Marathon is the longest-running marathon after the Olympic Games. It takes place annually on Patriots' Day , the third Monday in April, in the US state of Massachusetts , starting in Hopkinton and finishing in Boston .

The 2020 Boston Marathon planned for April 24th was postponed to September 14th of that year in mid-March as part of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and canceled on May 28th. For the first time in its 124-year history, the Boston Marathon has to be canceled.

history

The first run took place here on April 19, 1897, about a year after the marathon at the 1896 Olympic Games in Greece . In 1946 the Zyperer Stylianos Kyriakides, who raised funds for war-torn Greece, won, and New Balance donated a memorial to his memory in 2004.

In the first run in 1897, 15 athletes competed. Today the number of participants is limited. The Boston Marathon does not allow free registration without requirements and is therefore an exception among the major marathons. He has been using a qualification system since 1970. The qualification standards have since been changed several times. Currently (as of run 2020) men must show between 3:00 and 4:50 h (depending on the age group) and women between 3:30 and 5:20 h from a run that was a maximum of 18 months ago. A maximum of 24,000 runners are allowed. If the number of qualified registrations exceeds this limit, faster runners will be given preference. There are several thousand starting places that are allocated elsewhere. These go to sponsors and the surrounding communities as well as to charitable organizations that award starting places to runners who have collected significant financial contributions (often well over 5,000  US dollars ) for the respective purpose or who have paid them themselves. The qualification times were earlier. At the run in 2014 it was 3:05 h for men up to the age group up to 35 years, for women of the same age group it was 3:35:00 h. In 2007, the standards were a little wider with almost six minutes more for the youngest age group.

The run holds the record for most events as it has been held every year since 1897. However, in 1918, due to the First World War, it was only held as a relay race between the teams from different army bases.

The race was originally reserved for men, and it wasn't until 1966 that Roberta Gibb became the first woman to take part in the Boston Marathon - unofficially and without a start number. In 1967 Kathrine Switzer took part as the first woman with a starting number - she had registered as "KV Switzer" and gave no indication of her gender. During the race, race director Jock Semple tried in vain to force her off the track. It was not until 1972 that women were officially allowed to participate. All eight runners who started, including Switzer, reached the finish. It won Nina Kuscsik .

The best-known female athlete from a German perspective who took part in the Boston Marathon is Uta Pippig . She was the first woman to win the run three times in a row (1994, 1995, 1996). The German runners Liane Winter (1975) and Charlotte Teske (1982) had previously been victorious. The only German man who won the race was Paul de Bruyn in 1932. Herbert Steffny won the Masters ranking in 1996 (runners over 40 years of age).

Since 2006 the Boston Marathon with its 20,000 marathon runners has been one of the World Marathon Majors .

On the day before the 2008 Boston Marathon, the US Athletics Association's elimination race for the 2008 Olympic Games took place on a lap circuit within Boston . The tickets to Beijing were secured by Deena Kastor , Magdalena Lewy-Boulet and Blake Russell .

Two bomb attacks were carried out during the marathon on April 15, 2013. Three people were killed and over 260 people were injured, some seriously.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States , the 2020 Boston Marathon was canceled for the first time. Instead, the race should take place virtually.

statistics

Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot 2010
Jeļena Prokopčuka at the Boston Marathon, 2007

Course records

Mutai's time has not been recognized as a marathon world record because the route has a net gradient of 140 meters; According to the regulations, a height difference of 42 meters is tolerated. The women's track record has been held by Deba since 2014, as Jeptoo's victory and track record in this race were revoked due to doping .

Winners list

Sources: Organizer website, ARRS and coolrunning.com

date Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
Apr 19, 1897 John J. McDermott ( USA ) 2:55:10 -
Apr 19, 1898 Ronald MacDonald ( CAN ) 2:42:00 -
Apr 19, 1899 Lawrence Brignolia ( USA ) 2:54:38 -
April 19, 1900 Jack Caffery ( CAN ) 2:39:44 -
Apr 19, 1901 Jack Caffery -2- 2:29:23 -
Apr 19, 1902 Sammy Mellor ( USA ) 2:43:12 -
Apr 20, 1903 John C. Lorden ( USA ) 2:41:29 -
Apr 19, 1904 Michael Spring ( USA ) 2:38:04 -
April 19, 1905 Frederick Lorz ( USA ) 2:38:25 -
Apr 19, 1906 Tim Ford ( USA ) 2:45:45 -
Apr 19, 1907 Thomas Longboat ( CAN ) 2:24:24 -
April 20, 1908 Thomas Morrissey ( USA ) 2:25:43 -
Apr 19, 1909 Henri Renaud ( USA ) 2:53:36 -
Apr 19, 1910 Fred Cameron ( CAN ) 2:28:52 -
Apr 19, 1911 Clarence DeMar ( USA ) 2:21:39 -
Apr 19, 1912 Michael J. Ryan ( USA ) 2:21:18 -
April 19, 1913 Fritz Carlson ( USA ) 2:25:14 -
April 20, 1914 James Duffy ( CAN ) 2:25:01 -
April 19, 1915 Edouard Fabre ( CAN ) 2:31:41 -
April 19, 1916 Arthur V. Roth ( USA ) 2:27:16 -
April 19, 1917 Bill Kennedy ( USA ) 2:28:37 -
April 19, 1918 (team rating only) - -
April 19, 1919 Carl Linder ( USA ) 2:29:13 -
Apr 19, 1920 Peter Trivoulidas ( GRE ) 2:29:31 -
April 19, 1921 Frank T. Zuna ( USA ) 2:18:57 -
Apr 19, 1922 Clarence DeMar -2- 2:18:10 -
Apr 19, 1923 Clarence DeMar -3- 2:23:47 -
April 19, 1924 Clarence DeMar -4- 2:29:40 -
April 20, 1925 Charles Mellor ( USA ) 2:33:00 -
Apr 19, 1926 Johnny Miles ( CAN ) 2:25:40 -
Apr 19, 1927 Clarence DeMar -5- 2:40:22 -
Apr 19, 1928 Clarence DeMar -6- 2:37:07 -
Apr 19, 1929 Johnny Miles -2- 2:33:08 -
Apr 19, 1930 Clarence DeMar -7- 2:34:48 -
Apr 20, 1931 James Henigan ( USA ) 2:46:45 -
Apr 19, 1932 Paul de Bruyn ( GER ) 2:33:36 -
April 19, 1933 Leslie S. Pawson ( USA ) 2:31:01 -
Apr 19, 1934 Dave Komonen ( CAN ) 2:32:53 -
April 19, 1935 Johnny Kelley ( USA ) 2:32:07 -
April 20, 1936 Ellison Brown ( USA ) 2:33:40 -
April 19, 1937 Walter Young ( CAN ) 2:33:20 -
April 19, 1938 Leslie S. Pawson -2- 2:35:34 -
April 19, 1939 Ellison Brown -2- 2:28:51 -
Apr 19, 1940 Gérard Côté ( CAN ) 2:28:28 -
Apr 19, 1941 Leslie S. Pawson -3- 2:30:38 -
Apr 19, 1942 Joe Smith ( USA ) 2:26:51 -
Apr 18, 1943 Gérard Côté -2- 2:28:26 -
April 19, 1944 Gérard Côté -3- 2:31:51 -
Apr 19, 1945 Johnny Kelley -2- 2:30:40 -
Apr 20, 1946 Stylianos Kyriakidis ( GRE ) 2:29:27 -
Apr 19, 1947 Suh Yun-bok ( KOR ) 2:25:39 -
Apr 19, 1948 Gérard Côté -4- 2:31:02 -
Apr 19, 1949 Gösta Leandersson ( SWE ) 2:31:50 -
Apr 19, 1950 Ham Kee-yong ( KOR ) 2:32:39 -
Apr 19, 1951 Shigeki Tanaka ( JPN ) 2:27:45 -
Apr 19, 1952 Doroteo Flores ( GUA ) 2:31:53 -
Apr 20, 1953 Keizo Yamada ( JPN ) 2:18:51 -
Apr 19, 1954 Veikko Karvonen ( FIN ) 2:20:39 -
Apr 19, 1955 Hideo Hamamura ( JPN ) 2:18:22 -
Apr 19, 1956 Antti Viskari ( FIN ) 2:14:14 -
Apr 20, 1957 John J. Kelley ( USA ) 2:20:05 -
Apr 19, 1958 Franjo Mihalić ( YUG ) 2:25:54 -
Apr 20, 1959 Eino Oksanen ( FIN ) 2:22:42 -
Apr 19, 1960 Paavo Kotila ( FIN ) 2:20:54 -
Apr 19, 1961 Eino Oksanen -2- 2:23:29 -
Apr 19, 1962 Eino Oksanen -3- 2:23:48 -
Apr 19, 1963 Aurèle Vandendriessche ( BEL ) 2:18:58 -
Apr 20, 1964 Aurèle Vandendriessche -2- 2:19:59 -
Apr 19, 1965 Morio Shigematsu ( JPN ) 2:16:33 -
Apr 19, 1966 Kenji Kimihara ( JPN ) 2:17:11 Roberta Louise Gibb ( USA ) 3:21:40
Apr 19, 1967 Dave McKenzie ( NZL ) 2:15:45 Roberta Louise Gibb -2- 3:27:17
Apr 19, 1968 Amby Burfoot ( USA ) 2:22:17 Roberta Louise Gibb -3- 3:30:00
Apr 21, 1969 Yoshiaki Unetani ( JPN ) 2:13:49 Sara Mae Berman ( USA ) 3:22:46
Apr 20, 1970 Ron Hill ( GBR ) 2:10:30 Sara Mae Berman -2- 3:05:07
Apr 19, 1971 Alvaro Mejia Flores ( COL ) 2:18:45 Sara Mae Berman -3- 3:08:30
Apr 17, 1972 Olavi Suomalainen ( FIN ) 2:15:39 Nina Kuscsik ( USA ) 3:10:26
Apr 16, 1973 Jon Anderson ( USA ) 2:16:03 Jacqueline Hansen ( USA ) 3:05:59
Apr 15, 1974 Neil Cusack ( IRL ) 2:13:39 Miki Gorman ( USA ) 2:47:11
Apr 21, 1975 Bill Rodgers ( USA ) 2:09:55 Liane Winter ( FRG ) 2:42:24
Apr 19, 1976 Jack Fultz ( USA ) 2:20:19 Kim Merritt ( USA ) 2:47:10
Apr 18, 1977 Jerome Drayton ( CAN ) 2:14:46 Miki Gorman -2- 2:48:33
Apr 17, 1978 Bill Rodgers -2- 2:10:13 Gayle Barron ( USA ) 2:44:52
Apr 16, 1979 Bill Rodgers -3- 2:09:27 Joan Benoit ( USA ) 2:35:15
Apr 21, 1980 Bill Rodgers -4- 2:12:11 Jacqueline Gareau ( CAN ) 2:34:28
Apr 20, 1981 Toshihiko Seko ( JPN ) 2:09:26 Allison Roe ( NZL ) 2:26:46
Apr 19, 1982 Alberto Salazar ( USA ) 2:08:52 Charlotte Teske ( GER ) 2:29:33
Apr 18, 1983 Greg Meyer ( USA ) 2:09:00 Joan Benoit -2- 2:22:43
Apr 16, 1984 Geoff Smith ( GBR ) 2:10:34 Lorraine Moller ( NZL ) 2:29:28
Apr 15, 1985 Geoff Smith -2- 2:14:05 Lisa Weidenbach ( USA ) 2:34:06
Apr 21, 1986 Robert de Castella ( AUS ) 2:07:51 Ingrid Kristiansen ( NOR ) 2:24:55
Apr 20, 1987 Toshihiko Seko -2- 2:11:50 Rosa Mota ( POR ) 2:25:21
Apr 18, 1988 Ibrahim Hussein ( KEN ) 2:08:43 Pink mota -2- 2:24:30
Apr 17, 1989 Abebe Mekonnen ( ETH ) 2:09:06 Ingrid Kristiansen -2- 2:24:33
Apr 16, 1990 Gelindo Bordin ( ITA ) 2:08:19 Pink mota -3- 2:25:24
Apr 15, 1991 Ibrahim Hussein -2- 2:11:06 Wanda Panfil ( POL ) 2:24:18
Apr 20, 1992 Ibrahim Hussein -3- 2:08:14 Olga Markowa ( RUS ) 2:23:43
Apr 19, 1993 Cosmas Ndeti ( KEN ) 2:09:33 Olga Markowa -2- 2:25:27
Apr 18, 1994 Cosmas Ndeti -2- 2:07:15 Uta Pippig ( GER ) 2:21:45
Apr 17, 1995 Cosmas Ndeti -3- 2:09:22 Uta Pippig -2- 2:25:11
Apr 15, 1996 Moses Tanui ( KEN ) 2:09:15 Uta Pippig -3- 2:27:12
Apr 21, 1997 Lameck Aguta ( KEN ) 2:10:34 Fatuma Roba ( ETH ) 2:26:23
Apr 20, 1998 Moses Tanui -2- 2:07:34 Fatuma Roba -2- 2:23:21
Apr 19, 1999 Joseph Chebet ( KEN ) 2:09:52 Fatuma Roba -3- 2:23:25
Apr 17, 2000 Elijah Lagat ( KEN ) 2:09:47 Catherine Ndereba ( KEN ) 2:26:11
Apr 16, 2001 Lee Bong-ju ( KOR ) 2:09:43 Catherine Ndereba -2- 2:23:53
Apr 15, 2002 Rodgers Rop ( KEN ) 2:09:02 Margaret Okayo ( KEN ) 2:20:43
Apr 21, 2003 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 2:10:11 Svetlana Sakharova ( RUS ) 2:25:20
Apr 19, 2004 Timothy Cherigat ( KEN ) 2:10:37 Catherine Ndereba -3- 2:24:27
Apr 18, 2005 Hailu Negussie ( ETH ) 2:11:45 Catherine Ndereba -4- 2:25:13
Apr 17, 2006 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot -2- 2:07:14 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei ( KEN ) 2:23:38
Apr 16, 2007 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot -3- 2:14:13 Lidija Grigoryeva ( RUS ) 2:29:18
Apr 21, 2008 Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot -4- 2:07:46 Dire Tune ( ETH ) 2:25:25
Apr 20, 2009 Deriba Merga ( ETH ) 2:08:42 Salina Jebet Kosgei ( KEN ) 2:32:16
Apr 19, 2010 Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot ( KEN ) 2:05:52 Teyba Erkesso ( ETH ) 2:26:11
Apr 18, 2011 Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai ( KEN ) 2:03:02 Caroline Cheptanui Kilel ( KEN ) 2:22:36
April 16, 2012 Wesley Korir ( KEN ) 2:12:40 Sharon Jemutai Cherop ( KEN ) 2:31:50
Apr 15, 2013 Lelisa Desisa ( ETH ) 2:10:22 Rita Jeptoo Sitienei -2- 2:26:25
Apr 21, 2014 Meb Keflezighi ( USA ) 2:08:37 Bizunesh Deba ( ETH ) 2:19:59
April 20, 2015 Lelisa Desisa -2- 2:09:17 Caroline Rotich ( KEN ) 2:24:55
Apr 18, 2016 Lemi Berhanu ( ETH ) 2:12:45 Atsede Baysa ( ETH ) 2:29:19
17th Apr 2017 Geoffrey Kirui ( KEN ) 2:09:37 Edna Kiplagat ( KEN ) 2:21:52
April 16, 2018 Yūki Kawauchi ( JPN ) 2:15:58 Desiree Linden ( USA ) 2:39:54
April 15, 2019 Lawrence Cherono ( KEN ) 2:07:57 Worknesh Degefa ( ETH ) 2:23:31
Sep 14 2020

Route lengths:

  • 1897–1923 approx. 37 km
  • 1924–1926 approx. 40 km
  • Measured exactly to 42.2 km in 1927, reduced to 41.1 km by straightening the road in the years before 1957
  • Measured again in 1957, since then 42.195 km

List of winners (wheelchair users)

year Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
1975 Robert Hall (USA) 2:58:00 -
1976 - -
1977 Robert Hall -2- 2:40:10 Sharon Rahn (USA) 3:48:51
1978 George Murray (USA) 2:26:57 Susan Shapiro (USA) 3:52:35
1979 Ken Archer (USA) 2:38:59 Sheryl Bair (USA) 3:27:56
1980 Curt Brinkman (USA) 1:55:00 Sharon Limpert (USA) 2:49:04
1981 Jim Martinson (USA) 2:00:41 Candace Cable-Brookes (USA) 2:38:41
1982 Jim Knaub (USA) 1:51:31 Candace Cable-Brookes -2- 2:12:43
1983 Jim Knaub -2- 1:47:10 Sherry Ramsey 2:27:07
1984 André Viger (CAN) 2:05:20 Sherry Ramsey -2- 2:56:51
1985 George Murray -2- 1:45:34 Candace Cable-Brookes -3- 2:05:26
1986 André Viger -2- 1:43:25 Candace Cable-Brookes -4- 2:09:28
1987 André Viger -3- 1:55:42 Candace Cable-Brookes -5- 2:19:55
1988 Mustapha Badid (FRA) 1:43:19 Candace Cable-Brookes -6- 2:10:44
1989 Philippe Couprie (FRA) 1:36:04 Connie Hansen (DEN) 1:50:06
1990 Mustapha Badid -2- 1:29:53 Jean Driscoll (USA) 1:43:17
1991 Jim Knaub -3- 1:30:44 Jean Driscoll -2- 1:42:42
1992 Jim Knaub -4- 1:26:28 Jean Driscoll -3- 1:36:52
1993 Jim Knaub -5- 1:22:17 Jean Driscoll -4- 1:34:50
1994 Heinz Frei (SUI) 1:21:23 Jean Driscoll -5- 1:34:22
1995 Franz Nietlispach (SUI) 1:25:59 Jean Driscoll -6- 1:40:42
1996 Heinz Frei -2- 1:30:14 Jean Driscoll -7- 1:52:56
1997 Franz Nietlispach -2- 1:28:14 Louise Sauvage (AUS) 1:54:28
1998 Franz Nietlispach -3- 1:21:52 Louise Sauvage -2- 1:41:19
1999 Franz Nietlispach -4- 1:21:36 Louise Sauvage -3- 1:42:23
2000 Franz Nietlispach -5- 1:33:32 Jean Driscoll -8- 2:00:52
2001 Ernst Van Dyk (RSA) 1:25:12 Louise Sauvage -4- 1:53:54
2002 Ernst Van Dyk -2- 1:23:19 Edith Hunkeler (SUI) 1:45:57
2003 Ernst Van Dyk -3- 1:28:32 Christina Ripp (USA) 1:54:47
2004 Ernst Van Dyk -4- 1:18:27 Cheri Blauwet (USA) 1:39:53
2005 Ernst Van Dyk -5- 1:24:11 Cheri Blauwet -2- 1:47:45
2006 Ernst Van Dyk -6- 1:25:29 Edith Hunkeler -2- 1:43:42
2007 Masazumi Soejima (JPN) 1:29:16 Wakako Tsuchida (JPN) 1:53:30
2008 Ernst Van Dyk -7- 1:26:49 Wakako Tsuchida -2- 1:48:32
2009 Ernst Van Dyk -8- 1:33:29 Wakako Tsuchida -3- 1:54:37
2010 Ernst Van Dyk -9- 1:26:53 Wakako Tsuchida -4- 1:43:32
2011 Masazumi Soejima -2- 1:18:50 Wakako Tsuchida -5- 1:34:06
2012 Joshua Cassidy (CAN) 1:18:25 Shirley Reilly (USA) 1:37:36
2013 Hiroyuki Yamamoto (JPN) 1:25:33 Tatyana McFadden (USA) 1:45:25
2014 Ernst Van Dyk -10- 1:20:36 Tatyana McFadden -2- 1:35:06
2015 Marcel Hug (SUI) 1:29:53 Tatyana McFadden -3- 1:52:54
2016 Marcel Hug -2- 1:24:01 Tatyana McFadden -4- 1:42:16
2017 Marcel Hug -3- 1:18:04 Manuela Schär (SUI) 1:28:17
2018 Marcel Hug -4- 1:46:26 Tatyana McFadden -5- 2:04:39
2019 Daniel Romanchuk (USA) 1:21:36 Manuela Schär -2- 1:34:19

List of winners (handbikes)

year Men Time (h) Women Time (h)
2011 Christopher Ayres (USA) 1:18:56 Kelly S. Brush (USA) 1:55:01
2012 Bill Longwell (USA) 1:24:11 Helene A. Hines (USA) 1:47:44

See also

Web links

Commons : Boston Marathon  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boston Marathon canceled due to Corona. In: focus.de . SID , May 28, 2020, accessed May 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Boston Marathon. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
  3. ↑ a b Boston 2000. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
  4. ↑ https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a19831664/boston-marathon-registration-faq/
  5. ↑ QUALIFYING. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .
  6. ↑ In Germany, Ernst van Aaken organized the first official marathon for women back in 1967, cf. Arnd Krüger : Ernst van Aaken, MD, and the beginning of women's marathon racing in Germany, in: Bandy, S., Hofmann, A. & Krüger, A. (Eds.): Gender, Body and Sport in Historical and Transnational Perspectives . Festschrift for Gigliola Gori. Hamburg: Dr. Kovac 2007, pp. 157-174. ISBN 9783830030386
  7. ^ Boston Marathon History: 1966-1970. Retrieved August 8, 2015 .
  8. ^ Boston Herald : Two huge blasts rock Boston Marathon finish line, April 15, 2013
  9. ^ 'Boston will overcome,' mayor vows amid bombing investigation. CNN, accessed April 16, 2013 .
  10. ↑ David Abel and Travis Andersen, 2020 Boston Marathon canceled, will be held virtually , Boston Globe, May 28, 2020.
  11. ^ Boston Marathon: Doping sinner loses title sport.de December 12, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Past Champions
  13. ↑ Results 1897–1993 ( Memento of December 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ a b c d e f Unofficial, was subsequently recognized in 1996
  15. ↑ Postponed from his planned date of April 20 to September 14. For the first time in the history of the race, a COVID-19 pandemic had to move away from the traditional Monday date in April.