Progression of Course Records
MEN’S OPEN DIVISION, 1927–2014
| Time |
Name |
Home |
Date |
| 2:40:22 |
Clarence H. DeMar |
Melrose, MA |
19 APR 1927 |
| 2:37:07 |
Clarence H. DeMar |
Melrose, MA |
19 APR 1928 |
| 2:33:08 |
Johnny Miles |
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
19 APR 1929 |
| 2:31:01 |
Leslie S. Pawson |
Pawtucket, RI |
19 APR 1933 |
| 2:28:51 |
Ellison M. Brown |
Alton, RI |
19 APR 1939 |
| 2:28:28 |
Gerard Cote |
St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada |
19 APR 1940 |
| 2:26:51 |
Bernard Joseph Smith |
Medford, MA |
19 APR 1942 |
| 2:25:39 |
# Yun Bok Suh |
Korea |
19 APR 1947 |
| 2:20:05 |
John J. Kelley |
Groton, CT |
19 APR 1957 |
| 2:18:58 |
Aurele Vandendriessche |
Belgium |
19 APR 1963 |
| 2:16:33 |
Morio Shigematsu |
Japan |
19 APR 1965 |
| 2:15:45 |
David C. McKenzie |
New Zealand |
19 APR 1967 |
| 2:13:49 |
Yoshiaki Unetani |
Japan |
21 APR 1969 |
| 2:10:30 |
Ron Hill |
England |
20 APR 1970 |
| 2:09:55 |
* Bill Rodgers |
Jamaica Plain, MA |
21 APR 1975 |
| 2:09:27 |
* Bill Rodgers |
Melrose, MA |
16 APR 1979 |
| 2:09:26 |
Toshihiko Seko |
Japan |
20 APR 1981 |
| 2:08:52 |
* Alberto Salazar |
Wayland, MA |
19 APR 1982 |
| 2:07:51 |
Robert de Castella |
Canberra, Australia |
21 APR 1986 |
| 2:07:15 |
Cosmas Ndeti |
Machakos, Kenya |
18 APR 1994 |
| 2:07:14 |
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot |
Nandi District, Kenya |
17 APR 2006 |
| 2:03:02 |
Geoffrey Mutai |
Eldoret, Kenya |
18 APR 2011 |
NOTE: The course was found to be only 25 miles, 1,232 yards during the years 1951–1956.
Please refer to Past Champions, to see the winning times during this period.
MEN’S MASTERS DIVISION 1975–2014
| Time |
Name |
Age |
Date |
| 2:30:00 |
Robert Frankum (NY) |
41 |
21 APR 1975 |
| 2:22:30 |
Jack Foster (New Zealand) |
43 |
19 APR 1976 |
| 2:20:47 |
Fritz Mueller (NY) |
41 |
17 APR 1978 |
| 2:20:15 |
Roger Robinson (New Zealand) |
45 |
16 APR 1984 |
| 2:19:04 |
Michael Hurd (Great Britain) |
40 |
21 APR 1986 |
| 2:17:53 |
Ryszard Marczak (Poland) |
43 |
18 APR 1988 |
| 2:14:19 |
John Campbell (New Zealand) |
40 |
17 APR 1989 |
| 2:11:04 |
# John Campbell (New Zealand) |
41 |
16 APR 1990 |
WOMEN’S OPEN DIVISION, 1966–2014
| Time |
Name |
Home |
Date |
| 3:21:40 |
√ Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb |
Winchester, MA |
19 APR 1966 |
| 3:05:07 |
√ Sara Mae Berman |
Cambridge, MA |
20 APR 1970 |
| 3:10:26 |
Nina Kuscsik |
South Huntington, NY |
17 APR 1972 |
| 3:05:59 |
Jacqueline A. Hansen |
Granada Hills, CA |
16 APR 1973 |
| 2:47:11 |
Michiko (Miki) Gorman |
Los Angeles, CA |
15 APR 1974 |
| 2:42:24 |
# Liane Winter |
Wolfsburg, West Germany |
21 APR 1975 |
| 2:35:15 |
* Joan Benoit |
Cape Elizabeth, ME |
16 APR 1979 |
| 2:34:28 |
Jacqueline Gareau |
Quebec, Canada |
21 APR 1980 |
| 2:26:46 |
Allison Roe |
New Zealand |
20 APR 1981 |
| 2:22:43 |
# Joan Benoit |
Watertown, MA |
18 APR 1983 |
| 2:21:45 |
Uta Pippig |
Berlin, Germany |
18 APR 1994 |
| 2:20:43 |
Margaret Okayo |
Kisii, Kenya |
15 APR 2002 |
NOTE: The women’s division was not officially established until 1972. Records set before 1972
are therefore part of the unofficial era.
WOMAN’S MASTERS DIVISION 1975–2014
| Time |
Name |
Age |
Date |
| 3:21:38 |
Sylvia Weiner (Canada) |
44 |
21 APR 1975 |
| 2:52:27 |
Michiko (Miki) Gorman (CA) |
40 |
19 APR 1976 |
| 2:48:33 |
Michiko (Miki) Gorman (CA) |
41 |
18 APR 1977 |
| 2:32:47 |
Evy Palm (Sweden) |
44 |
21 APR 1986 |
| 2:30:48 |
Priscilla Welch (Great Britain) |
43 |
18 APR 1988 |
| 2:27:58 |
Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova (Russia) |
40 |
15 APR 2002 |
* American Record
# World Record
√ Unofficial era
