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  • Welcome Letter
  • 116th Boston Marathon
  • Media Information
  • Schedule of Events
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    Celebrate 27th Year of Partnership
  • 116th Boston Marathon Corporate Sponsors
  • 116th Boston Marathon Charity Program
  • 2012 Non-Profit Program Organizations
  • 2012 Prize Structure
  • 2012 Bonus Prize Structure
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  • Course Elevations: Mile-by-Mile
  • Course Elevation Profile
  • Mile/Kilometer Course Location Marks
  • Kilometer Pace Chart
  • Mile Pace Chart
  • Course Map
  • Weather Conditions in Recent Years
  • Participation Through the Years
  • Marathon Milestones
  • B.A.A. Presidents and Race Directors
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  • 2011 Prize Money Awards
  • Results
  • Athletes with Disabilities
  • Split Times
  • Demographics
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  • Men’s Open Division
  • Women’s Open Division
  • Open Champions by Country
  • Masters Division (40–49)
  • Veterans Division (50–59)
  • Seniors Division (60–69)
  • 70+ Division
  • Visually-Impaired Division
  • Team Competition
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  • Boston Marathon Yearly Synopsis, 1897–2011
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  • Permanent Course Records
  • Progression of Course Records
  • Checkpoint Course Records
  • Complete Splits of Geoffrey Mutai's 2011 Record Run
  • Margaret Okayo’s 2002 Record Run
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  • Men’s All-Time Top 100 Performances
  • Women’s All-Time Top 100 Performances
  • All-Time Top 10 Masters (40–49) Performances
  • All-Time Top 10 Veterans (50–59) Performances
  • All-Time Top 10 Seniors (60–69) Performances
  • All-Time Top 10 70+ Performances
  • All-Time Top 10 American Men at Boston
  • Top Finishes by American Men at Boston
  • All-Time Top 10 American Women at Boston
  • Top Finishes by American Women at Boston
  • All-Time Top 10 Men at Boston
  • All-Time Top 10 Women at Boston
  • Women’s Champions’ Overall Finish Place
  • All-Time Top 10 Times by Place
  • Margin of Victory
  • Closest Finishes
  • World Records Established at the BM
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  • Career Winnings
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  • World Marathon Majors Schedule
  • World Marathon Majors Series Scoring System
  • World Marathon Majors Event Histories
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  • 2011–2012 WMM Series Leaderboards
  • 2011 Results
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  • Push Rim Wheelchair Division History
  • 2012 Push Rim Wheelchair Division Information
  • 2011 Push Rim Wheelchair Division Results
  • 2011 Split Times
  • Yearly Synopsis (1975–2011)
  • Past Champions
  • Champions By Country
  • Push Rim Wheelchair Division Records
  • World Records Established at the Boston Marathon
  • Career Winnings
  • Men’s All-Time Top 50 Performances
  • Women’s All-Time Top 50 Performances
  • Checkpoint Course Records
  • All-Time Top 10 Times by Place
  • Margin of Victory
  • Closest Finishes
  • Participation Through the Years
  • Push Rim Wheelchair Road Racing Classifications
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  • 2011 Boston Marathon in Review
  • Team Hoyt to Celebrate 30th Boston Marathon
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  • John Hancock Elite Team Uniform Guide

Mile Pace Chart

The following table is based on minutes/mile, and converts an athlete’s pace to the time needed to cover a particular distance. To find the average race pace, look at the finish time and read the pace from the left-hand columns. The average pace of the Boston Marathon course records of Geoffrey Mutai (2:03:02)and Margaret Okayo (2:20:43) are in bold.

1 KM	1MI	5KM	10KM	10 MI	HALF	15MI	20MI	25MI	26.2MI
0:02:48	0:04:30	0:22:30	0:27:58	0:45:00	0:59:00	1:07:30	1:30:00	1:52:30	1:58:00
0:02:54	0:04:40	0:23:20	0:29:00	0:46:40	1:01:11	1:10:00	1:33:20	1:56:40	2:02:22
0:02:55	0:04:42	0:23:27	0:29:09	0:46:55	1:01:31	1:10:23	1:33:51	1:57:19	2:03:02
0:02:59	0:04:48	0:24:00	0:29:50	0:48:00	1:02:56	1:12:00	1:36:00	2:00:00	2:05:52
0:03:00	0:04:51	0:24:00	0:30:00	0:48:30	1:03:15	1:12:45	1:37:00	2:01:15	2:06:29
0:03:06	0:05:00	0:25:00	0:31:04	0:50:00	1:05:33	1:15:00	1:40:00	2:05:00	2:11:06
0:03:10	0:05:05	0:25:25	0:31:35	0:50:50	1:06:39	1:16:15	1:41:40	2:07:05	2:13:17
0:03:13	0:05:10	0:25:50	0:32:06	0:51:40	1:07:44	1:17:30	1:43:20	2:09:10	2:15:28
0:03:16	0:05:15	0:26:15	0:32:37	0:52:30	1:08:50	1:18:45	1:45:00	2:11:15	2:17:39
0:03:20	0:05:22	0:26:50	0:33:20	0:53:40	1:10:21	1:20:30	1:47:20	2:14:10	2:20:43
0:03:22	0:05:25	0:27:05	0:33:40	0:54:10	1:11:01	1:21:15	1:48:20	2:15:25	2:22:02
0:03:25	0:05:30	0:27:30	0:34:11	0:55:00	1:12:06	1:22:30	1:50:00	2:17:30	2:24:13
0:03:28	0:05:35	0:27:55	0:34:42	0:55:50	1:13:12	1:23:45	1:51:40	2:19:35	2:26:24
0:03:31	0:05:40	0:28:20	0:35:13	0:56:40	1:14:17	1:25:00	1:53:20	2:21:40	2:28:35
0:03:34	0:05:45	0:28:45	0:35:44	0:57:30	1:15:23	1:26:15	1:55:00	2:23:45	2:30:46
0:03:37	0:05:50	0:29:10	0:36:15	0:58:20	1:16:29	1:27:30	1:56:40	2:25:50	2:32:57
0:03:41	0:05:55	0:29:35	0:36:46	0:59:10	1:17:34	1:28:45	1:58:20	2:27:55	2:35:08
0:03:44	0:06:00	0:30:00	0:37:17	1:00:00	1:18:40	1:30:00	2:00:00	2:30:00	2:37:19
0:03:47	0:06:05	0:30:25	0:37:48	1:00:50	1:19:45	1:31:15	2:01:40	2:32:05	2:39:30
0:03:50	0:06:10	0:30:50	0:38:19	1:01:40	1:20:51	1:32:30	2:03:20	2:34:10	2:41:42
0:03:53	0:06:15	0:31:15	0:38:50	1:02:30	1:21:56	1:33:45	2:05:00	2:36:15	2:43:53
0:03:56	0:06:20	0:31:40	0:39:21	1:03:20	1:23:02	1:35:00	2:06:40	2:38:20	2:46:04
0:03:59	0:06:25	0:32:05	0:39:52	1:04:10	1:24:07	1:36:15	2:08:20	2:40:25	2:48:15
0:04:02	0:06:30	0:32:30	0:40:23	1:05:00	1:25:13	1:37:30	2:10:00	2:42:30	2:50:26
0:04:05	0:06:35	0:32:55	0:40:55	1:05:50	1:26:19	1:38:45	2:11:40	2:44:35	2:52:37
0:04:09	0:06:40	0:33:20	0:41:26	1:06:40	1:27:24	1:40:00	2:13:20	2:46:40	2:54:48
0:04:12	0:06:45	0:33:45	0:41:57	1:07:30	1:28:30	1:41:15	2:15:00	2:48:45	2:56:59
0:04:15	0:06:50	0:34:10	0:42:28	1:08:20	1:29:35	1:42:30	2:16:40	2:50:50	2:59:10
0:04:18	0:06:55	0:34:35	0:42:59	1:09:10	1:30:41	1:43:45	2:18:20	2:52:55	3:01:21
0:04:21	0:07:00	0:35:00	0:43:30	1:10:00	1:31:46	1:45:00	2:20:00	2:55:00	3:03:33
0:04:24	0:07:05	0:35:25	0:44:01	1:10:50	1:32:52	1:46:15	2:21:40	2:57:05	3:05:44
0:04:27	0:07:10	0:35:50	0:44:32	1:11:40	1:33:57	1:47:30	2:23:20	2:59:10	3:07:55
0:04:30	0:07:15	0:36:15	0:45:03	1:12:30	1:35:03	1:48:45	2:25:00	3:01:15	3:10:06
0:04:33	0:07:20	0:36:40	0:45:34	1:13:20	1:36:08	1:50:00	2:26:40	3:03:20	3:12:17
0:04:37	0:07:25	0:37:05	0:46:05	1:14:10	1:37:14	1:51:15	2:28:20	3:05:25	3:14:28
0:04:40	0:07:30	0:37:30	0:46:36	1:15:00	1:38:20	1:52:30	2:30:00	3:07:30	3:16:39
0:04:43	0:07:35	0:37:55	0:47:07	1:15:50	1:39:25	1:53:45	2:31:40	3:09:35	3:18:50
0:04:46	0:07:40	0:38:20	0:47:38	1:16:40	1:40:31	1:55:00	2:33:20	3:11:40	3:21:01
0:04:49	0:07:45	0:38:45	0:48:10	1:17:30	1:41:36	1:56:15	2:35:00	3:13:45	3:23:12
0:04:52	0:07:50	0:39:10	0:48:41	1:18:20	1:42:42	1:57:30	2:36:40	3:15:50	3:25:24
0:04:55	0:07:55	0:39:35	0:49:12	1:19:10	1:43:47	1:58:45	2:38:20	3:17:55	3:27:35
0:04:58	0:08:00	0:40:00	0:49:43	1:20:00	1:44:53	2:00:00	2:40:00	3:20:00	3:29:46
0:05:04	0:08:10	0:40:50	0:50:45	1:21:40	1:47:04	2:02:30	2:43:20	3:24:10	3:34:08
0:05:08	0:08:15	0:41:15	0:51:16	1:22:30	1:48:10	2:03:45	2:45:00	3:26:15	3:36:19
0:05:11	0:08:20	0:41:40	0:51:47	1:23:20	1:49:15	2:05:00	2:46:40	3:28:20	3:38:30
0:05:17	0:08:30	0:42:30	0:52:49	1:25:00	1:51:26	2:07:30	2:50:00	3:32:30	3:42:52
0:05:23	0:08:40	0:43:20	0:53:51	1:26:40	1:53:37	2:10:00	2:53:20	3:36:40	3:47:15
0:05:26	0:08:45	0:43:20	0:54:22	1:27:30	1:54:43	2:11:15	2:55:00	3:38:45	3:49:26
0:05:29	0:08:50	0:44:10	0:54:53	1:28:20	1:55:48	2:12:30	2:56:40	3:40:50	3:51:37
0:05:36	0:09:00	0:45:00	0:55:56	1:30:00	1:58:00	2:15:00	3:00:00	3:45:00	3:55:59
0:05:42	0:09:10	0:45:50	0:56:58	1:31:40	2:00:11	2:17:30	3:03:20	3:49:10	4:00:21
0:05:45	0:09:15	0:46:15	0:57:29	1:32:30	2:01:16	2:18:45	3:05:00	3:51:15	4:02:32
0:05:48	0:09:20	0:46:40	0:58:00	1:33:20	2:02:22	2:20:00	3:06:40	3:53:20	4:04:43
0:05:54	0:09:30	0:47:30	0:59:02	1:35:00	2:04:33	2:22:30	3:10:00	3:57:30	4:09:06