Women’s Open Division

Year	Champion	Age	Home	Time
1972	Nina Kuscsik	33	New York	3:10:26
1973	Jacqueline A. Hansen	24	California	3:05:59
1974	Michiko (Miki) Gorman	22	California	2:47:11
1975	Liane Winter	31	Germany	2:42:24
1976	Kim Merritt	20	Wisconsin	2:47:10
1977	Michiko (Miki) Gorman	42	California	2:48:33
1978	Gayle S. Barron	30	Georgia	2:44:52
1979	Joan Benoit	21	Maine	2:35:15
1980	Jacqueline Gareau	27	Canada	2:34:28
1981	Allison Roe	24	New Zealand	2:26:46
1982	Charlotte Teske	32	Germany	2:29:33
1983	Joan Benoit	25	Massachusetts	2:22:43
1984	Lorraine Moller	25	New Zealand	2:29:28
1985	Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach	23	Michigan	2:34:06
1986	Ingrid Kristiansen	30	Norway	2:24:55
1987	Rosa Mota	28	Portugal	2:25:21
1988	Rosa Mota	29	Portugal	2:24:30
1989	Ingrid Kristiansen	33	Norway	2:24:33
1990	Rosa Mota	31	Portugal	2:25:24
1991	Wanda Panfil	32	Poland	2:24:18
1992	Olga Markova	23	Comm. Ind. States	2:23:43
1993	Olga Markova	24	Russia	2:25:27
1994	Uta Pippig	28	Germany	2:21:45
1995	Uta Pippig	29	Germany	2:25:11
1996	Uta Pippig	30	Germany	2:27:12
1997	Fatuma Roba	23	Ethiopia	2:26:23
1998	Fatuma Roba	24	Ethiopia	2:23:21
1999	Fatuma Roba	25	Ethiopia	2:23:25
2000	Catherine Ndereba	27	Kenya	2:26:11
2001	Catherine Ndereba	28	Kenya	2:23:53
2002	Margaret Okayo	25	Kenya	2:20:43 †
2003	Svetlana Zakharova	32	Russia	2:25:20
2004	Catherine Ndereba	31	Kenya	2:24:27
2005	Catherine Ndereba	32	Kenya	2:25:13
2006	Rita Jeptoo	25	Kenya	2:23:38
2007	Lidiya Grigoryeva	33	Russia	2:29:18
2008	Dire Tune	22	Ethiopia	2:25:25
2009	Salina Kosgei	32	Kenya	2:32:16
2010	Teyba Erkesso	27	Ethiopia	2:26:11
2011	Caroline Kilel	30	Kenya	2:22:36

Unofficial Era

Year	Champion	Age	Home	Time
1966	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	23	Massachusetts	3:21:40
1967	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	24	California	3:27:17
1968	Roberta (Bobbi) Gibb	25	California	3:30:00
1969	Sara Mae Berman	33	Massachusetts	3:22:46
1970	Sara Mae Berman	34	Massachusetts	3:05:07
1971	Sara Mae Berman	35	Massachusetts	3:08:30

† Course Record