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Champions of the Boston Marathon

A look back at winners since 1897.

2025	John Korir	Kenya	2:04:45
2024	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	2:06:17
2023	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:05:54
2022	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:06:51
2021	Benson Kipruto	Kenya	2:09:51
2019	Lawrence Cherono	Kenya	2:07:57
2018	Yuki Kawauchi	Japan	2:15:58
2017	Geoffrey Kirui	Kenya	2:09:37
2016	Lemi Berhanu	Ethiopia	2:12:45
2015	Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:09:17
2014	Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi	United States	2:08:37
2013	Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:10:22
2012	Wesley Korir	Kenya	2:12:40
2011	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:03:02*
2010	Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:05:52
2009	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	2:08:42
2008	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:46
2007	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:14:13
2006	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:14
2005	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:11:45
2004	Timothy Cherigat	Kenya	2:10:37
2003	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:10:11
2002	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:09:02
2001	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea	2:09:43
2000	Elijah Lagat	Kenya	2:09:47
1999	Joseph Chebet	Kenya	2:09:52
1998	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:07:34
1997	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:34
1996	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:15
1995	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:22
1994	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:07:15
1993	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:33
1992	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:14
1991	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:11:06
1990	Gelindo Bordin	Italy	2:08:19
1989	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:09:06
1988	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:43
1987	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:11:50
1986	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:07:51
1985	Geoff Smith	England	2:14:05
1984	Geoff Smith	England	2:10:34
1983	Greg A. Meyer	United States	2:09:00
1982	Alberto Salazar	United States	2:08:52
1981	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:09:26
1980	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:12:11
1979	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:09:27
1978	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:10:13
1977	Jerome Drayton	Canada	2:14:46
1976	Jack Fultz	United States	2:20:19
1975	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:09:55
1974	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:13:39
1973	Jon Anderson	United States	2:16:03
1972	Olavi Suomalainen	Finland	2:15:39
1971	Alvaro Mejia	Colombia	2:18:45
1970	Ron Hill	England	2:10:30
1969	Yoshiaki Unetani	Japan	2:13:49
1968	Amby Burfoot	United States	2:22:17
1967	David C. McKenzie	New Zealand	2:15:45
1966	Kenji Kimihara	Japan	2:17:11
1965	Morio Shigematsu	Japan	2:16:33
1964	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:19:59
1963	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:18:58
1962	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:48
1961	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:39
1960	Paavo Kotila	Finland	2:20:54
1959	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:22:42
1958	Franjo Mihalic	Yugoslavia	2:25:54
1957	John J. Kelley	United States	2:20:05
1956	Antti Viskari	Finland	2:14:14
1955	Hideo Hamamura	Japan	2:18:22
1954	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:20:39
1953	Keizo Yamada	Japan	2:18:51
1952	Doroteo Flores	Guatemala	2:31:53
1951	Shigeki Tanaka	Japan	2:27:45
1950	Ki-Yong Ham	Korea	2:32:39
1949	Karl Gosta Leandersson	Sweden	2:31:50
1948	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:02
1947	Yun Bok Suh	Korea	2:25:39
1946	Stylianos Kyriakides	Greece	2:29:27
1945	John A. Kelley	United States	2:30:40
1944	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:50
1943	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:25
1942	Bernard Joseph (Joe) Smith	United States	2:26:51
1941	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:30:38
1940	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:28
1939	Ellison M. Brown	United States	2:28:51
1938	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:35:34
1937	Walter Young	Canada	2:33:20
1936	Ellison M. Brown	United States	2:33:40
1935	John A. Kelley	United States	2:32:07
1934	Dave Komonen	Canada	2:32:53
1933	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:31:01
1932	Paul de Bruyn	Germany	2:33:36
1931	James P. Henigan	United States	2:46:45
1930	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:34:48
1929	John C. Miles	Canada	2:33:08
1928	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:37:07
1927	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:40:22
1926	John C. Miles	Canada	2:25:40
1925	Charles L. (Chuck) Mellor	United States	2:33:00
1924	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:29:40
1923	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:23:47
1922	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:18:10
1921	Frank T. Zuna	United States	2:18:57
1920	Peter Trivoulidas	Greece	2:29:31
1919	Carl W. A. Linder	United States	2:29:13
1918	Camp Devens Divisional Team	United States	2:24:53
1917	William J. (Bill) Kennedy	United States	2:28:37
1916	Arthur V. Roth	United States	2:27:16
1915	Edouard Fabre	Canada	2:31:41
1914	James Duffy	Canada	2:25:01
1913	Fritz Carlson	United States	2:25:14
1912	Michael J. Ryan	United States	2:21:18
1911	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:21:39
1910	Fred L. Cameron	Canada	2:28:52
1909	Henri Renaud	United States	2:53:36
1908	Thomas P. Morrissey	United States	2:25:43
1907	Thomas Longboat	Canada	2:24:24
1906	Timothy Ford	United States	2:45:45
1905	Frederick Lorz	United States	2:38:25
1904	Michael Spring	United States	2:38:04
1903	John C. Lorden	United States	2:41:29
1902	Sammy A. Mellor	United States	2:43:12
1901	John P. Caffery	Canada	2:29:23
1900	John P. Caffery	Canada	2:39:44
1899	Lawrence Brignolia	United States	2:54:38
1898	Ronald J. MacDonald	Canada	2:42:00
1897	John J. McDermott	United States	2:55:10

2025	Sharon Lokedi	Kenya	2:17:22*
2024	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	2:22:37
2023	Hellen Obiri	Kenya	2:21:38
2022	Peres Jepchirchir	Kenya	2:21:01
2021	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:25:09
2019	Worknesh Degefa	Ethiopia	2:23:31
2018	Desiree Linden	United States	2:39:54
2017	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:52
2016	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:29:19
2015	Caroline Rotich	Kenya	2:24:55
2014	Buzunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:19:59
2013	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:26:25
2012	Sharon Cherop	Kenya	2:31:50
2011	Caroline Kilel	Kenya	2:22:36
2010	Teyba Erkesso	Ethiopia	2:26:11
2009	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:32:16
2008	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	2:25:25
2007	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:29:18
2006	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:23:38
2005	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:25:13
2004	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:24:27
2003	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:25:20
2002	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:20:43
2001	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:23:53
2000	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:11
1999	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:25
1998	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:21
1997	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:23
1996	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:27:12
1995	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:25:11
1994	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:21:45
1993	Olga Markova	Russia	2:25:27
1992	Olga Markova	Comm. Ind. States	2:23:43
1991	Wanda Panfil	Poland	2:24:18
1990	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:24
1989	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:33
1988	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:24:30
1987	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:21
1986	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:55
1985	Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach	United States	2:34:06
1984	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:29:28
1983	Joan Benoit	United States	2:22:43
1982	Charlotte Teske	Germany	2:29:33
1981	Allison Roe	New Zealand	2:26:46
1980	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:34:28
1979	Joan Benoit	United States	2:35:15
1978	Gayle S. Barron	United States	2:44:52
1977	Michiko (Miki) Gorman	United States	2:48:33
1976	Kim Merritt	United States	2:47:10
1975	Liane Winter	Germany	2:42:24
1974	Michiko (Miki) Gorman	United States	2:47:11
1973	Jacqueline A. Hansen	United States	3:05:59
1972	Nina Kuscsik	United States	3:10:26

1971	Sara Mae Berman	United States	3:08:30
1970	Sara Mae Berman	United States	3:05:07
1969	Sara Mae Berman	United States	3:22:46
1968	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	United States	3:30:00
1967	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	United States	3:27:17
1966	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	United States	3:21:40

Champions of the Boston Marathon

A look back at winners since 1975.

2025	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:21:34
2024	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:15:33*
2023	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:17:06
2022	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:26:58
2021	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:18:11
2019	Daniel Romanchuk	United States	1:21:36
2018	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:46:26
2017	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:18:04
2016	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:24:06
2015	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:29:53
2014	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:20:36
2013	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Japan	1:24:25
2012	Joshua Cassidy	Canada	1:18:25
2011	Masazumi Soejima	Japan	1:18:50
2010	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:26:53
2009	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:33:29
2008	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:26:49
2007	Masazumi Soejima	Japan	1:29:16
2006	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:25:29
2005	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:24:11
2004	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:18:27
2003	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:28:32
2002	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:23:19
2001	Ernst Van Dyk	South Africa	1:25:12
2000	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:33:32
1999	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:21:36
1998	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:21:52
1997	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:28:14
1996	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:30:14
1995	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:25:59
1994	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:21:23
1993	Jim Knaub	United States	1:22:17
1992	Jim Knaub	United States	1:26:28
1991	Jim Knaub	United States	1:30:44
1990	Mustapha Badid	France	1:29:53
1989	Philippe Couprie	France	1:36:04
1988	Mustapha Badid	France	1:43:19
1987	Andre Viger	Canada	1:55:42
1986	Andre Viger	Canada	1:43:25
1985	George Murray	United States	1:45:34
1984	Andre Viger	Canada	2:05:20
1983	Jim Knaub	United States	1:47:10
1982	Jim Knaub	United States	1:51:31
1981	Jim Martinson	United States	2:00:41
1980	Curt Brinkman	United States	1:55:00
1979	Kenneth Archer	United States	2:38:59
1978	George Murray	United States	2:26:57
1977	Robert Hall	United States	2:40:18
1976	No Contestants
1975	Robert Hall	United States	2:58:00

2025	Susannah Scaroni	United States	1:35:20
2024	Eden Rainbow-Cooper	Great Britain	1:35:11
2023	Susannah Scaroni	United States	1:41:45
2022	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:41:08
2021	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:35:21
2019	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:34:19
2018	Tatyana McFadden	United States	2:04:39
2017	Manuela Schar	Switzerland	1:28:17*
2016	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:42:16
2015	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:52:54
2014	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:35:06
2013	Tatyana McFadden	United States	1:45:24
2012	Shirley Reilly	United States	1:37:36
2011	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:34:06
2010	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:43:32
2009	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:54:37
2008	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:48:32
2007	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:53:30
2006	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:43:42
2005	Cheri Blauwet	United States	1:47:45
2004	Cheri Blauwet	United States	1:39:53
2003	Christina Ripp	United States	1:54:47
2002	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:45:57
2001	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:53:54
2000	Jean Driscoll	United States	2:00:52
1999	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:42:23
1998	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:41:19
1997	Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:54:28
1996	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:52:56
1995	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:40:42
1994	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:34:22
1993	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:34:50
1992	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:36:52
1991	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:42:42
1990	Jean Driscoll	United States	1:43:17
1989	Connie Hansen	Denmark	1:50:06
1988	Candace Cable-Brookes	United States	2:10:44
1987	Candace Cable-Brookes	United States	2:19:55
1986	Candace Cable-Brookes	United States	2:09:28
1985	Candace Cable-Brookes	United States	2:05:26
1984	Sherry Ramsey	United States	2:56:51
1983	Sherry Ramsey	United States	2:27:07
1982	Candace Cable-Brookes	United States	2:12:43
1981	Candace Cable	United States	2:38:41
1980	Sharon Limpert	United States	2:49:04
1979	Sheryl Bair	United States	3:27:56
1978	Susan Shapiro	United States	3:52:35
1977	Sharon Rahn	United States	3:48:51

T42/44/62/64 and T43/61/63 Divisions

Lower-limb Impairment

2025	Richard Whitehead	Great Britain	2:56:09*	T61/T63/T43
2025	Marko Cheseto Lemtukei	United States	2:46:24*	T62/T64; T42/T44
2024	Adam Popp	United States	3:11:56	T61/T63/T43
2024	Marko Cheseto Lemtukei	United States	2:46:45	T62/T64; T42/T44
2023	Rajesh Durbal	United States	4:37:26	T61
2023	Marko Cheseto Lemtukei	United States	2:50:02	T62
2022	Adam Popp	United States	3:19:51	T63
2022	Marko Cheseto Lemtukei	United States	2:37:01^	T62
2021	Marko Cheseto Lemtuei	United States	2:53:09	T62

2025	Meghan Bradshaw	United States	3:58:15*	T61/T63/T43
2025	Kelly Bruno	United States	3:17:56*	T62/T64; T42/T44
2024	Tatsiana Khvitso-Trimborn	United States	4:00:04	T61/T63/T43
2024	Kelly Bruno	United States	3:31:30	T62/T64; T42/T44
2023	Liz Willis	United States	4:05:25	T64
2022	Liz Willis	United States	3:56:31^	T64
2021	Liz Willis	United States	4:05:25	T64

T11/T12 and T13 Divisions

Vision Impairment

2025	Wajdi Boukhili	Tunisia	2:25:12*	T11/T12
2025	Andrew Thorsen	United States	2:47:57	T13
2024	Irwin Ramirez	United States	3:24:21	T11/T12
2024	Andrew Thorsen	United States	3:02:23	T13
2023	El Amin Chentouf	Morocco	2:31:35	T12
2023	Andrew Thorsen	United States	2:45:39*	T13
2022	Chaz Davis	United States	2:45:45	T12
2022	Ary Carlos Santos	Brazil	2:46:37	T13
2021	Chaz Davis	United States	2:46:52	T12
2021	Christopher Lancaster	United States	3:38:15	T13

2025	Joyce Cron	United States	4:09:08	T11/T12
2025	Lisa Thompson	United States	3:42:01	T13
2024	Joyce Cron	United States	4:27:46	T11/T12
2024	Lisa Thompson	United States	4:00:58	T13
2023	Jessica Loomer	United States	4:21:04	T12
2023	Jennifer Herring	United States	3:38:55	T13
2022	Joyce Cron	United States	4:31:36	T12
2022	Lisa Thompson	United States	3:47:25	T13
2021	Misato Michishita	Japan	3:08:14*	T12
2021	Tayana Passos	Brazil	3:25:45*	T13

T45-T47 Division

Upper-Limb Impairment

2025	Atsbha Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	2:57:11	T46
2024	Atsbha Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	2:54:14	T46
2023	Atsbha Gebremeskel	Ethiopia	2:43:57	T46
2022	Michael Roeger	Australia	2:25:42*	T46

2025	Lisa Maciel	United States	4:06:19*	T45-T46
2024	Adrienne Keane	United States	4:44:26	T46
2022	Andrea Cilliers	United States	5:49:25	T46

T35-T38 Division

Coordination Impairment

2025	Joseph Drake	United States	4:11:17*	T35-T38
2024	Joseph Drake	United States	4:32:44	T35-T38

2025	Cristina Burbach	United States	3:46:05	T35-T38
2024	Cristina Burbach	United States	3:41:17*	T35-T38

T20 Division

Intellectual Impairment

2025	Thomas Cantara	United States	2:37:35	T20
2024	Thomas Cantara	United States	2:35:23*	T20

2025

Montana Whiteley

Australia

3:51:43*

T20

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