Participation Through the Years

Inagural B.A.A. Road Race

Monday, April 19, 1897
18 Entrants
15 Starters
10 Finishers

Year by Year Entrants

Due to U.S. involvement in World War I, a military relay race was held in 1918.

Year	Entrants	Year	Entrants	Year	Entrants
1897	18	1935	212	1973	1,574
1898	24	1936	215	1974	1,951
1899	17	1937	195	1975	2,365
1900	36	1938	209	1976	2,188
1901	42	1939	215	1977	3,040
1902	50	1940	195	1978	4,764
1903	69	1941	156	1979	7,927
1904	94	1942	144	1980	5,471
1905	84	1943	113	1981	6,881
1906	105	1944	80	1982	7,647
1907	126	1945	90	1983	6,674
1908	147	1946	116	1984	6,924
1909	182	1947	184	1985	5,595
1910	169	1948	193	1986	4,904
1911	142	1949	187	1987	6,399
1912	131	1950	167	1988	6,758
1913	82	1951	191	1989	6,458
1914	83	1952	198	1990	9,412
1915	78	1953	198	1991	8,686
1916	70	1954	176	1992	9,629
1917	70	1955	210	1993	8,930
1918	Relay	1956	211	1994	9,059
1919	48	1957	180	1995	9,416
1920	76	1958	203	1996	38,708
1921	77	1959	198	1997	10,471
1922	78	1960	197	1998	11,499
1923	78	1961	231	1999	12,797
1924	147	1962	232	2000	17,813
1925	121	1963	285	2001	15,606
1926	112	1964	403	2002	16,936
1927	195	1965	447	2003	20,223
1928	285	1966	540	2004	20,344
1929	215	1967	741	2005	20,405
1930	218	1968	1,014	2006	22,473
1931	228	1969	1,342	2007	23,869
1932	261	1970	1,174	2008	25,283
1933	253	1971	1,067	2009	26,331
1934	239	1972	1,219	2010	26,790
				2011	26,964

Total: 496,942

Growth of the Field

Year	Entrants Total	Entrants Men	Entrants Women	Finishers Total	Finishers Men	Finishers Women
1972	1,219	1,210	9	.n/a	n/a	8
1973	1,574	1,562	12	.n/a	n/a	6
1974	1,951	1,905	46	.n/a	n/a	19
1975	2,365	2,313	52	1,848	1,820	28
1976	2,188	2,110	78	1,161	1,133	28
1977	3,040	2,899	141	2,329	2,227	102
1978	4,764	4,537	227	4,071	3,885	186
1979	7,927	7,400	527	5,958	5,662	296
1980	5,471	5,015	456	3,665	3,428	237
1981	6,881	6,203	678	5,590	5,074	516
1982	7,647	6,780	867	5,046	4,562	484
1983	6,674	5,949	725	5,388	4,833	555
1984	6,924	6,086	838	5,290	4,708	582
1985	5,595	4,894	701	3,931	3,472	459
1986	4,904	4,262	642	3,750	3,294	456
1987	6,399	5,406	993	5,369	4,576	793
1988	6,758	5,665	1,093	5,261	4,472	789
1989	6,458	5,320	1,138	5,104	4,239	865
1990	9,412	7,669	1,743	7,950	6,516	1,434
1991	8,686	7,124	1,562	7,642	6,291	1,351
1992	9,629	7,736	1,893	8,123	6,562	1,561
1993	8,930	7,069	1,861	7,517	6,013	1,504
1994	9,059	7,047	2,012	8,093	6,353	1,740
1995	9,416	7,241	2,175	8,258	6,409	1,849
1996	38,708	29,469	9,239	35,868	27,371	8,497
1997	10,471	7,473	2,998	8,891	6,414	2,477
1998	11,499	7,950	3,549	10,293	7,149	3,144
1999	12,797	8,507	4,290	11,274	7,511	3,763
2000	17,813	11,442	6,371	15,668	10,199	5,469
2001	15,606	9,895	5,711	13,408	8,594	4,814
2002	16,936	10,590	6,346	14,573	9,234	5,339
2003	20,223	12,626	7,597	17,030	10,728	6,302
2004	20,344	12,647	7,697	16,733	10,496	6,237
2005	20,405	12,504	7,901	17,528	10,884	6,644
2006	22,473	13,630	8,843	19,682	12,061	7,621
2007	23,869	14,344	9,525	20,339	12,365	7,974
2008	25,283	14,844	10,439	21,948	13,019	8,929
2009	26,331	15,397	10,934	22,843	13,545	9,298
2010	26,790	15,462	11,328	22,721	13,161	9,560
2011	26,907	15,445	11,462	23,913	13,839	10,074
Total	480,326	335,627	144,699	404,056	282,099	121,990

Bold = Boston Record

Entrant totals are since 1972, the first year of official participation by women.
Finisher totals (Total and Men) are since 1975.