List of winners of the Boston Marathon

† denotes record performance. (2nd), (3rd), etc. denotes Boston Marathon victory number for competitor.

Men's Open

• 2003: Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot, Kenya, 2:10:11
• 2002: Rodgers Rop, Kenya, 2:09:02
• 2001: Lee Bong-Ju, Korea, 2:09:43
• 2000: Elijah Lagat, Kenya, 2:09:47
• 1999: Joseph Chebet, Kenya, 2:09:52
• 1998: Moses Tanui, Kenya, 2:07:34 (2nd)
• 1997: Lameck Aguta, Kenya, 2:10:34
• 1996: Moses Tanui, Kenya, 2:09:15
• 1995: Cosmas Ndeti, Kenya, 2:09:22 (3rd)
• 1994: Cosmas Ndeti, Kenya, 2:07:15 (2nd) †
• 1993: Cosmas Ndeti, Kenya, 2:09:33
• 1992: Ibrahim Hussein, Kenya, 2:08:14 (3rd)
• 1991: Ibrahim Hussein, Kenya, 2:11:06 (2nd)
• 1990: Gelindo Bordin, Italy, 2:08:19
• 1989: Abebe Mekonnen, Ethiopia, 2:09:06
• 1988: Ibrahim Hussein, Kenya, 2:08:43
• 1987: Toshihiko Seko, Japan, 2:11:50 (2nd)
• 1986: Robert de Castella, Australia, 2:07:51 †
• 1985: Geoff Smith, Great Britain, 2:14:05 (2nd)
• 1984: Geoff Smith, Great Britain, 2:10:34
• 1983: Greg Meyer, Massachusetts, 2:09:00
• 1982: Alberto Salazar, Massachusetts, 2:08:52 †
• 1981: Toshihiko Seko, Japan, 2:09:26 †
• 1980: Bill Rodgers, Massachusetts, 2:12:11 (4th)
• 1979: Bill Rodgers, Massachusetts, 2:09:27 (3rd) †
• 1978: Bill Rodgers, Massachusetts, 2:10:13 (2nd)
• 1977: Jerome Drayton, Canada, 2:14:46
• 1976: Jack Fultz, Virginia, 2:20:19
• 1975: Bill Rodgers, Massachusetts, 2:09:55 †
• 1974: Neil Cusack, Ireland, 2:13:39
• 1973: Jon Anderson, Oregon, 2:16:03
• 1972: Olavi Suomalainen, Finland, 2:15:39
• 1971: Alvaro Mejia, Colombia, 2:18:45
• 1970: Ron Hill Great, Britain, 2:10:30 †
• 1969: Yoshiaki Unetani, Japan, 2:13:49 †
• 1968: Amby Burfoot, Connecticut, 2:22:17
• 1967: David McKenzie, New Zealand, 2:15:45
• 1966: Kenji Kemihara, Japan, 2:17:11
• 1965: Morio Shigematsu, Japan, 2:16:33
• 1964: Aurele Vandendriessche, Belgium, 2:19:59 (2nd)
• 1963: Aurele Vandendriessche, Belgium, 2:18:58
• 1962: Eino Oksanen, Finland, 2:23:48 (3rd)
• 1961: Eino Oksanen, Finland, 2:23:39 (2nd)
• 1960: Paavo Kotila, Finland, 2:20:54
• 1959: Eino Oksanen, Finland, 2:22:42
• 1958: Franjo Mihalic, Yugoslavia, 2:25:54
• 1957: John J. Kelley, Connecticut , 2:20:05
• 1956: Antti Viskari, Finland, 2:14:14 †
• 1955: Hideo Hamamura, Japan, 2:18:22
• 1954: Veikko Karvonen, Finland, 2:20:39
• 1953: Keizo Yamada, Japan, 2:18:51
• 1952: Doroteo Flores, Guatemala, 2:31:53
• 1951: Shigeki Tanaka, Japan, 2:27:45
• 1950: Kee Yong Ham, Korea, 2:32:39
• 1949: Karl Leandersson, Sweden, 2:31:50
• 1948: Gerard Cote, Canada, 2:31:02 (4th)
• 1947: Yun Bok Suh, Korea, 2:25:39
• 1946: Stylianos Kyriakides, Greece, 2:29:27
• 1945: John A. Kelley, Massachusetts, 2:30:40 (2nd)
• 1944: Gerard Cote, Canada, 2:31:50 (3rd)
• 1943: Gerard Cote, Canada, 2:28:25 (2nd)
• 1942: Joe Smith, Massachusetts, 2:26:51
• 1941: Leslie S. Pawson, Rhode Island, 2:30:38 (3rd)
• 1940: Gerard Cote, Canada, 2:28:28
• 1939: Ellison M. Brown, Rhode Island, 2:28:51 (2nd)
• 1938: Leslie S. Pawson, Rhode Island, 2:35:34 (2nd)
• 1937: Walter Young, Canada, 2:33:20
• 1936: Ellison M. Brown, Rhode Island, 2:33:40
• 1935: John A. Kelley, Massachusetts, 2:32:07
• 1934: Dave Komonen, Canada, 2:32:53
• 1933: Leslie S. Pawson, Rhode Island, 2:31:01
• 1932: Paul DeBruyn, Germany, 2:33:36
• 1931: James P. Henigan, Massachusetts, 2:46:45
• 1930: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:34:48 (6th)
• 1929: John C. Miles, Canada, 2:33:08 (2nd)
• 1928: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:37:07 (5th)
• 1927: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:40:22 (4th)
• 1926: John C. Miles, Canada, 2:25:40
• 1925: Charles Mellor, Illinois, 2:33:00
• 1924: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:29:40 (3rd)
• 1923: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:23:47 (2nd)
• 1922: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:18:10 †
• 1921: Frank Zuna, New York, 2:18:57 †
• 1920: Peter Trivoulides, New York, 2:29:31
• 1919: Carl Linder, Massachusetts, 2:29:13
• 1918: Military Relay , Camp Devens, 2:29:53
• 1917: Bill Kennedy, New York, 2:28:37
• 1916: Arthur Roth, Massachusetts, 2:27:16
• 1915: Edouard Fabre, Canada, 2:31:41
• 1914: James Duffy, Canada, 2:25:14
• 1913: Fritz Carlson, Minnesota, 2:25:14
• 1912: Michael Ryan, New York, 2:21:18 †
• 1911: Clarence DeMar, Massachusetts, 2:21:39 †
• 1910: Fred Cameron, Canada, 2:28:52
• 1909: Henri Renaud, New Hampshire, 2:53:36
• 1908: Thomas Morrissey, New York, 2:25:43
• 1907: Thomas Longboat, Canada, 2:24:24 †
• 1906: Tim Ford, Massachusetts, 2:45:45
• 1905: Frederick Lorz, New York, 2:38:25
• 1904: Michael Spring, New York, 2:38:04
• 1903: John Lorden, Massachusetts, 2:41:29
• 1902: Sammy Mellor, New York, 2:43:12
• 1901: John Caffery, Canada, 2:29:23 (2nd) †
• 1900: John Caffery, Canada, 2:39:44 †
• 1899: Lawrence Brignolia, Massachusetts, 2:54:38
• 1898: Ronald J. MacDonald, Canada, 2:42:00 †
• 1897: John J. McDermott, New York, 2:55:10 †

Women's Open

• 2003: Svetlana Zakharova, Russia, 2:25:19
• 2002: Margaret Okayo, Kenya, 2:20:43 †
• 2001: Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:23:53 (2nd)
• 2000: Catherine Ndereba, Kenya, 2:26:11
• 1999: Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:23:25 (3rd)
• 1998: Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:23:21 (2nd)
• 1997: Fatuma Roba, Ethiopia, 2:26:23
• 1996: Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:27:12 (3rd)
• 1995: Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:25:11 (2nd)
• 1994: Uta Pippig, Germany, 2:21:45 †
• 1993: Olga Markova, Russia, 2:25:27 (2nd)
• 1992: Olga Markova, Russia, 2:23:43
• 1991: Wanda Panfil, Poland, 2:24:18
• 1990: Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:25:24 (3rd)
• 1989: Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 2:24:33 (2nd)
• 1988: Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:24:30 (2nd)
• 1987: Rosa Mota, Portugal, 2:25:21
• 1986: Ingrid Kristiansen, Norway, 2:24:55
• 1985: Lisa Larsen Weidenbach, Michigan, 2:34.06
• 1984: Lorraine Moller, New Zealand, 2:29.28
• 1983: Joan Benoit, Massachusetts, 2:22:43 (2nd) †
• 1982: Charlotte Teske, West Germany, 2:29:33
• 1981: Allison Roe, New Zealand, 2:26:46 †
• 1980: Jacqueline Gareau, Canada, 2:34:28 †
• 1979: Joan Benoit, Maine, 2:35:15 †
• 1978: Gayle S. Barron, Georgia, 2:44:52
• 1977: Michiko Gorman, California, 2:48:33 (2nd)
• 1976: Kim Merritt, Wisconsin, 2:47:10
• 1975: Liane Winter, West Germany, 2:42:24 †
• 1974: Michiko Gorman, California, 2:47:11 †
• 1973: Jacqueline Hansen, California, 3:05:59
• 1972: Nina Kuscsik, New York, 3:10:26
• 1971: Sara Mae Berman (unofficial), Massachusetts, 3:08:30 (3rd)
• 1970: Sara Mae Berman (unofficial), Massachusetts, 3:05:07 (2nd) †
• 1969: Sara Mae Berman (unofficial), Massachusetts, 3:22:46
• 1968: Roberta Gibb (unofficial), California, 3:30:00 (3rd)
• 1967: Roberta Gibb (unofficial), California, 3:27:17 (2nd)
• 1966: Roberta Gibb (unofficial), Massachusetts, 3:21:40 †

Men's Wheelchair

• 2003: Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa, 1:28:32 (3rd)
• 2002: Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa, 1:23:19 (2nd)
• 2001: Ernst Van Dyk, South Africa, 1:25:12
• 2000: Franz Nietlispach, Switzerland, 1:33:32 (5th)
• 1999: Franz Nietlispach, Switzerland, 1:21:36 (4th)
• 1998: Franz Nietlispach, Switzerland, 1:21:52 (3rd)
• 1997: Franz Nietlispach, Switzerland, 1:28:14 (2nd)
• 1996: Heinz Frei, Switzerland, 1:30:14 (2nd)
• 1995: Franz Nietlispach, Switzerland, 1:25:59
• 1994: Heinz Frei, Switzerland, 1:21:23 †
• 1993: Jim Knaub, California, 1:22:17 (5th) †
• 1992: Jim Knaub, California, 1:26:28 (4th) †
• 1991: Jim Knaub, California, 1:30:44 (3rd)
• 1990: Mustapha Badid, France, 1:29:53 (2nd) †
• 1989: Philippe Couprie, France, 1:36:04 †
• 1988: Mustapha Badid, France, 1:43:19 †
• 1987: Andre Viger, Canada, 1:55:42 (3rd)
• 1986: Andre Viger, Canada, 1:43:25 (2nd) †
• 1985: George Murray, Florida, 1:45:34 (2nd) †
• 1984: Andre Viger, Canada, 2:05:20
• 1983: Jim Knaub, California, 1:47:10 (2nd) †
• 1982: Jim Knaub, California, 1:51:31 †
• 1981: Jim Martinson, Washington, 2:00:41
• 1980: Curt Brinkman, Utah, 1:55:00 †
• 1979: Ken Archer, Ohio, 2:38:59
• 1978: George Murray, Florida, 2:26:57 †
• 1977: Robert Hall, Massachusetts, 2:40:10 (2nd) †
• 1976: none
• 1975: Robert Hall, Massachusetts, 2:58:00 †

Women's Wheelchair

• 2003: Christina Ripp, Illinois, 1:54:47
• 2002: Edith Hunkeler, Switzerland, 1:45:57
• 2001: Louise Sauvage, Australia, 1:53:54 (4th)
• 2000: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 2:00:52
• 1999: Louise Sauvage, Australia, 1:42:23 (3rd)
• 1998: Louise Sauvage, Australia, 1:41:19 (2nd)
• 1997: Louise Sauvage, Australia, 1:54:28
• 1996: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:52:56 (7th)
• 1995: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:40:42 (6th)
• 1994: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:34:22 (5th) †
• 1993: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:34:50 (4th) †
• 1992: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:36:52 (3rd) †
• 1991: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:42:42 (2nd) †
• 1990: Jean Driscoll, Illinois, 1:43:17 †
• 1989: Connie Hansen, Denmark, 1:50:06 †
• 1988: Candace Cable-Brookes, California, 2:10:44 (4th)
• 1987: Candace Cable-Brookes, California, 2:19:55 (3rd)
• 1986: Candace Cable-Brookes, California, 2:09:28 (2nd)
• 1985: Candace Cable-Brookes, California, 2:05:26 †
• 1984: Sherry Ramsey, Colorado, 2:56:51 (2nd)
• 1983: Sherry Ramsey, Colorado, 2:27:07
• 1982: Candace Cable-Brookes, Nevada, 2:12:43 (2nd) †
• 1981: Candace Cable-Brookes, Nevada, 2:38:41 †
• 1980: Sharon Limpert, Minnesota, 2:49:04 †
• 1979: Sheryl Bair, California, 3:27:56 †
• 1978: Susan Shapiro, California, 3:52:35
• 1977: Sharon Rahn, Illinois, 3:48:51 †