Progression of Course Records

MEN’S OPEN DIVISION, 1927–2012

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 1975–2012

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

* American Record
# World Record

WOMEN’S OPEN DIVISION, 1966–2012

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 1975–2012

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

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