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  • Boston Marathon Yearly Synopsis, 1897–2011
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  • Permanent Course Records
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  • Complete Splits of Geoffrey Mutai's 2011 Record Run
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  • Men’s All-Time Top 100 Performances
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  • All-Time Top 10 Masters (40–49) Performances
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  • World Marathon Majors Schedule
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  • Push Rim Wheelchair Division History
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  • Push Rim Wheelchair Division Records
  • World Records Established at the Boston Marathon
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  • Men’s All-Time Top 50 Performances
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  • 2011 Boston Marathon in Review
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  • John Hancock Elite Team Uniform Guide

Men’s Open Champions by Country

Australia (1)

Name	Date	Time
Robert de Castella (Canberra)	21 APR 1986	2:07:51

Belgium (2)

Name	Date	Time
Aurele Vandendriessche (Waregem)	19 APR 1963	2:18:58
Aurele Vandendriessche (Waregem)	20 APR 1964	2:19:59

Canada (16)

Name	Date	Time
Ronald J. MacDonald (Antigonish, NS)	19 APR 1898	2:42:00
John P. Caffery (Hamilton, ONT)	19 APR 1900	2:39:44
John P. Caffery (Hamilton, ONT)	19 APR 1901	2:29:23
Thomas Longboat (Hamilton, ONT)	19 APR 1907	2:24:24
Fred L. Cameron (Amherst, NS)	19 APR 1910	2:28:52
James Duffy (Hamilton, ONT)	20 APR 1914	2:25:01
Edouard Fabre (Montreal, QUE)	19 APR 1915	2:31:41
John C. Miles (Sydney Mines, NS)	19 APR 1926	2:25:40
John C. Miles (Sydney Mines, NS)	19 APR 1929	2:33:08
Dave Komonen (Sudbury, ONT)	19 APR 1934	2:32:53
Walter Young (Verdun, QUE)	19 APR 1937	2:33:20
Gerard Cote (Saint-Hyacinthe, QUE)	19 APR 1940	2:28:28
Gerard Cote (Saint-Hyacinthe, QUE)	19 APR 1943	2:28:25
Gerard Cote (Saint-Hyacinthe, QUE)	19 APR 1944	2:31:50
Gerard Cote (Saint-Hyacinthe, QUE)	19 APR 1948	2:31:02
Jerome Drayton (Toronto, ONT)	18 APR 1977	2:14:46

Columbia (1)

Name	Date	Time
Alvaro Mejia (Bogota)	19 APR 1971	2:18:45

Ethiopia (3)

Name	Date	Time
Abebe Mekonnen (Addis Ababa)	17 APR 1989	2:09:06
Hailu Negussie (Showa)	18 APR 2005	2:11:45
Deriba Merga (Addis Ababa)	20 APR 2009	2:08:42

Finland (7)

Name	Date	Time
Veikko Karvonen (Saukkola)	19 APR 1954	2:20:39
Antti Viskari (Lappeenranta)	19 APR 1956	2:14:14
Eino Oksanen (Helsinki)	20 APR 1959	2:22:42
Paavo Kotila (Veteli)	19 APR 1960	2:20:54
Eino Oksanen (Helsinki)	19 APR 1961	2:23:39
Eino Oksanen (Helsinki)	19 APR 1962	2:23:48
Olavi Suomalainen (Ontaniemi)	17 APR 1972	2:15:39

Germany (1)

Name	Date	Time
Paul De Bruyn (Oldenberg)	19 APR 1932	2:33:36

Great Britain (3)

Name	Date	Time
Ron Hill (Cheshire, ENG)	20 APR 1970	2:10:30
Geoff Smith (Liverpool, ENG)	16 APR 1984	2:10:34
Geoff Smith (Liverpool, ENG)	15 APR 1985	2:14:05

Greece (2)

Name	Date	Time
Peter Trivoulidas (Vateca)	19 APR 1920	2:29:31
Stylianos Kyriakides (Athens)	20 APR 1946	2:29:27

Guatemala (1)

Name	Date	Time
Doroteo Flores (Guatemala City)	19 APR 1952	2:31:53

Ireland (1)

Name	Date	Time
Neil Cusack (Limerick)	15 APR 1974	2:13:39

Italy (1)

Name	Date	Time
Gelindo Bordin (Milan)	16 APR 1990	2:08:19

Japan (8)

Name	Date	Time
Shigeki Tanaka (Hiroshima)	19 APR 1951	2:27:45
Keizo Yamada (Kanagawa-ken)	20 APR 1953	2:18:51
Hideo Hamamura (Yamaguchi)	19 APR 1955	2:18:22
Morio Shigematsu (Hiraoka)	19 APR 1965	2:16:33
Kenji Kimihara (Kitakyushu)	19 APR 1966	2:17:11
Yoshiaki Unetani (Hiroshima)	21 APR 1969	2:13:49
Toshihiko Seko (Nagoya)	20 APR 1981	2:09:26
Toshihiko Seko (Nagoya)	20 APR 1987	2:11:50

Kenya (19)

Name	Date	Time
Ibrahim Hussein (Tilawa)	18 APR 1988	2:08:43
Ibrahim Hussein (Tilawa)	15 APR 1991	2:11:06
Ibrahim Hussein (Tilawa)	20 APR 1992	2:08:14
Cosmas Ndeti (Machakos)	19 APR 1993	2:09:33
Cosmas Ndeti (Machakos)	18 APR 1994	2:07:15
Cosmas Ndeti (Machakos)	17 APR 1995	2:09:22
Moses Tanui (Eldoret)	15 APR 1996	2:09:15
Lameck Aguta (Nairobi)	21 APR 1997	2:10:34
Moses Tanui (Eldoret)	20 APR 1998	2:07:34
Joseph Chebet (Elmarakwet)	19 APR 1999	2:09:52
Elijah Lagat (Nandi District)	17 APR 2000	2:09:47
Rodgers Rop (Nandi District)	15 APR 2002	2:09:02
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Nandi District)	21 APR 2003	2:10:11
Timothy Cherigat (Chepkorio)	19 APR 2004	2:10:37
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Nandi District)	17 APR 2006	2:07:14
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Nandi District)	16 APR 2007	2:14:13
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (Nandi District)	21 APR 2008	2:07:46
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (Bomet District)	19 APR 2010	2:05:52
Geoffrey Mutai	18 APR 2011	2:03:02

Korea (3)

Name	Date	Time
Yun Bok Suh (Seoul)	19 APR 1947	2:25:39
Ki-Yong Ham (Seoul)	19 APR 1950	2:32:39
Lee Bong-Ju (Seoul)	16 APR 2001	2:09:43

New Zealand (1)

Name	Date	Time
David C. McKenzie (Greymouth)	19 APR 1967	2:15:45

Sweden (1)

Name	Date	Time
Karl Gosta Leandersson (Valadalen)	19 APR 1949	2:31:50

United States (43)

Name	Date	Time
John J. McDermott (New York, NY)	19 APR 1897	2:55:10
Lawrence Brignolia (Cambridge, MA)	19 APR 1899	2:54:38
Sammy A. Mellor (Yonkers, NY)	19 APR 1902	2:43:12
John C. Lorden (Cambridge, MA)	20 APR 1903	2:41:29
Michael Spring (New York, NY)	19 APR 1904	2:38:04
Frederick Lorz (New York, NY)	19 APR 1905	2:38:25
Timothy Ford (Cambridge, MA)	19 APR 1906	2:45:45
Thomas P. Morrissey (New York, NY)	20 APR 1908	2:25:43
Henri Renaud (Nashua, NH)	19 APR 1909	2:53:36
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1911	2:21:39
Michael J. Ryan (New York, NY)	19 APR 1912	2:21:18
Fritz Carlson (Minneapolis, MN)	19 APR 1913	2:25:14
Arthur V. Roth (Roxbury, MA)	19 APR 1916	2:27:16
William J. (Bill) Kennedy (Port Chester, NY)	19 APR 1917	2:28:37
Camp Devens Divisional Team (Ayer, MA)	19 APR 1918	2:24:53
Carl W. A. Linder (Quincy, MA)	19 APR 1919	2:29:13
Frank T. Zuna (Newark, NJ)	19 APR 1921	2:18:57
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1922	2:18:10
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1923	2:23:47
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1924	2:29:40
Charles L. (Chuck) Mellor (Chicago, IL)	20 APR 1925	2:33:00
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1927	2:40:22
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1928	2:37:07
Clarence H. DeMar (Melrose, MA)	19 APR 1930	2:34:48
James P. Henigan (Medford, MA)	20 APR 1931	2:46:45
Leslie S. Pawson (Pawtucket, RI)	19 APR 1933	2:31:01
John A. Kelley (Arlington, MA)	19 APR 1935	2:32:07
Ellison M. Brown (Alton, RI)	20 APR 1936	2:33:40
Leslie S. Pawson (Pawtucket, RI)	19 APR 1938	2:35:34
Ellison M. Brown (Alton, RI)	19 APR 1939	2:28:51
Leslie S. Pawson (Pawtucket, RI)	19 APR 1941	2:30:38
Bernard Joseph (Joe) Smith (Medford, MA)	19 APR 1942	2:26:51
John A. Kelley (West Acton, MA)	19 APR 1945	2:30:40
John J. Kelley (Groton, CT)	20 APR 1957	2:20:05
Amby Burfoot (Groton, CT)	19 APR 1968	2:22:17
Jon Anderson (Eugene, OR)	16 APR 1973	2:16:03
Bill Rodgers (Jamaica Plain, MA)	21 APR 1975	2:09:55
Jack Fultz (Arlington, VA)	19 APR 1976	2:20:19
Bill Rodgers (Melrose, MA)	17 APR 1978	2:10:13
Bill Rodgers (Melrose, MA)	16 APR 1979	2:09:27
Bill Rodgers (Melrose, MA)	21 APR 1980	2:12:11
Alberto Salazar (Wayland, MA)	19 APR 1982	2:08:52
Greg A. Meyer (Wellesley, MA)	18 APR 1983	2:09:00

Yugoslavia (1)

Name	Date	Time
Franjo Mihalic (Belgrade)	18 APR 1958	2:25:54

Women's Open Champions by Country

[Does not include unofficial era (1966–71)]

Canada (1)

Name	Date	Time
Jacqueline Gareau (Montreal, QUE)	21 APR 1980	2:34:28

Ethiopia (5)

Name	Date	Time
Fatuma Roba (Addis Ababa)	21 APR 1997	2:26:23
Fatuma Roba (Addis Ababa)	20 APR 1998	2:23:21
Fatuma Roba (Addis Ababa)	19 APR 1999	2:23:25
Dire Tune (Addis Ababa)	21 APR 2008	2:25:25
Teyba Erkesso (Arsi Provence)	19 APR 2010	2:26:11

Germany (5)

Name	Date	Time
Liane Winter (Wolfsburg)	21 APR 1975	2:42:24
Charlotte Teske (Darmstadt)	19 APR 1982	2:29:33
Uta Pippig (Berlin)	18 APR 1994	2:21:45
Uta Pippig (Berlin)	17 APR 1995	2:25:11
Uta Pippig (Berlin)	15 APR 1996	2:27:12

Kenya (8)

Name	Date	Time
Catherine Ndereba (Nyeri)	17 APR 2000	2:26:11
Catherine Ndereba (Nyeri)	16 APR 2001	2:23:53
Margaret Okayo (Kisii)	15 APR 2002	2:20:43
Catherine Ndereba (Nyeri)	19 APR 2004	2:24:27
Catherine Ndereba (Nyeri)	18 APR 2005	2:25:13
Rita Jeptoo (Kapsabet)	17 APR 2006	2:23:38
Salina Kosgei (El Marakwet)	20 APR 2009	2:32:16
Caroline Kilel (Bomet)	18 APR 2011	2:22:36

New Zealand (2)

Name	Date	Time
Allison Roe (Takatuna)	20 APR 1981	2:26:46
Lorraine Moller (Putaruru)	16 APR 1984	2:29:28

Norway (2)

Name	Date	Time
Ingrid Kristiansen (Oslo)	21 APR 1986	2:24:55
Ingrid Kristiansen (Oslo)	17 APR 1989	2:24:33

Poland (1)

Name	Date	Time
Wanda Panfil (Tomaszów Mazowiecki)	15 APR 1991	2:24:18

Portugal (3)

Name	Date	Time
Rosa Mota (Porto)	20 APR 1987	2:25:21
Rosa Mota (Porto)	18 APR 1988	2:24:30
Rosa Mota (Porto)	16 APR 1990	2:25:24

Commonwealth of Independant States (1)

Name	Date	Time
Olga Markova (St. Petersburg, Russia)	20 APR 1992	2:23:43

Russia (3)

Name	Date	Time
Olga Markova (St. Petersburg)	19 APR 1993	2:25:27
Svetlana Zakharova (Cheboksary)	21 APR 2003	2:25:20
Lidiya Grigoryeva (Cheboksary)	16 APR 2007	2:29:18

United States (9)

Name	Date	Time
Nina Kuscsik (New York)	17 APR 1972	3:10:26
Jacqueline A. Hansen (California)	16 APR 1973	3:05:59
Michiko (Miki) Gorman (California)	15 APR 1974	2:47:11
Kim Merritt (Wisconsin)	19 APR 1976	2:47:10
Michiko (Miki) Gorman (California)	18 APR 1977	2:48:33
Gayle S. Barron (Georgia)	17 APR 1978	2:44:52
Joan Benoit (Maine)	16 APR 1979	2:35:15
Joan Benoit (Massachusetts)	18 APR 1983	2:22:43
Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach (Michigan)	15 APR 1985	2:34:06