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1997 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switzerland 2:28:43
1997 28th New York City Marathon won by John Kagwe of Kenya in 2:08:12 1997 101st Boston Marathon won by Lameck Aguta of Kenya in 2:10:34 1997 26th Boston Women's Marathon won by Fatuma Roba of Ethopia in 2:26:23 1996 26th New York City Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18 1996 27th New York City Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54 1996 100th Boston Marathon won by Moses Tanui of Kenya in 2:09:15.9 1996 25th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:27:12.6 1995 25th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06 1995 26th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:10:00 1995 24th Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:25:11 1995 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22 1994 24th New York City Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37 1994 25th New York City Marathon won by German Silva in 2:11:21 1994 Fred Lebow, U.S. founder of New York Marathon, dies of cancer 1994 23rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig of Germany in 2:21:45 1994 98th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:07:15 1993 23rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24 1993 24th New York City Marathon won by Andres Espinosa in 2:10:04 1993 22nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:25:27 1993 97th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas N'deti of Kenya in 2:09:33 1992 22nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Lisa Ondieki in 2:24:40 1992 23rd New York City Marathon won by Willie Mtolo in 2:09:29 1992 21st Boston Women's Marathon won by Olga Markova of Russia in 2:23:43 1992 96th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:14 1991 21st New York City Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27 1991 22nd New York City Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28 1991 Hiromi Taniguchi wins 3rd world championship marathon (2:14:57) 1991 Wanda Panfil wins 3rd female world champion marathon (2:29:53) 1991 Jakov Tolstikov wins 4th World Cup marathon (2:09:17) 1991 Rosa Mota wins 4th World Cup female marathon (2:26:14) 1991 20th Boston Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil of Poland in 2:24:18 1991 95th Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:11:06 1990 20th New York City Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45 1990 21st New York City Marathon won by Douglas Wakiihuri in 2:12:39 1990 Gelindo Bordin sets European marathon record (2:14:02) 1990 Rosa Mota wins female marathon (2:31:27) 1990 19th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:23 1990 94th Boston Marathon won by Gelindo Bordin of Italy in 2:08:19 1989 19th New York City Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30 1989 20th New York City Marathon won by Juma Ikangaa in 2:08:01 1989 93rd Boston Marathon won by Abebe Mekonen of Ethiopia in 2:09:06 1989 Zeleka Metaferia wins 3rd World Cup marathon (2:10:28) 1989 Sue Marchiano wins 3rd World Cup female marathon (2:30:48) 1988 18th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:07 1988 19th New York City Marathon won by Steve Jones in 2:08:20 1988 Steve Jones wins New York men's marathon; Grete Waitz 9th women's title 1988 Gelindo Bordin wins 21st Olympics marathon (2:10:32) 1988 Rosa Mota wins 2nd female olympic marathon (2:25:39) 1988 17th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:24:30 1988 92nd Boston Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya in 2:08:43 1988 Ethiopian Belayneh Densimo runs world record marathon (2:06:50) 1987 Carla Beurskens runs Dutch female record marathon (2:26:34) 1987 17th New York City Women's Marathon won by Priscilla Welch in 2:30:17 1987 18th New York City Marathon won by Ibrahim Hussein in 2:11:01 1987 22,000 run in New York City Marathon (won by Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya 2:11:01) 1987 Douglas Wakiihuri wins marathon (2:11:48) 1987 Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1987 Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17) 1987 16th Boston Women's Marathon won by Rosa Mota of Portugal in 2:25:21 1987 91st Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:11:50 1987 Ahmed Salah wins 2nd World Cup marathon (2:10:55) 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) 1986 16th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:06 1986 17th New York City Marathon won by Gianni Poli in 2:11:06 1986 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City) 1986 Gelindo Bordin wins Stuttgart marathon (2:10:54) 1986 Rosa Mota wins Stuttgart female marathon (2:28:38) 1986 15th Boston Women's Marathon won by I Kristiansen of Norway in 2:24:55 1986 90th Boston Marathon won by Rob de Castella of Australia in 2:07:51 1985 15th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34 1985 16th New York City Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:11:34 1985 Ingrid Kristiansen wins London Marathon in a record 2:21:06 1985 Carlos Lopes runs world record marathon (2:07:12) 1985 14th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lisa Larsen Weidenbach in 2:34:06 1985 89th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:14:05 1985 Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09) 1985 Katrin Dorre wins 1st female World Cup marathon (2:33:30) 1984 Orlando Pizzolato (2:14:53) and Greta Weitz (2:29:30) win New York Marathon 1984 14th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30 1984 15th New York City Marathon won by Orlando Pizzolato in 2:14:53 1984 Steve Jones runs Chicago Marathon in world record 2:08:05 1984 Joan Benoit (U.S.) wins 1st Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) 1984 Joan Benoit runs world record female marathon (2:22:43) 1984 13th Boston Women's Marathon won by Lorraine Moller of New Zealand in 2:29:28 1984 88th Boston Marathon won by Geoff Smith of Great Britain in 2:10:34 1983 13th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00 1983 14th New York City Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59 1983 Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon 2:10:03 1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin) 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43 1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Mass in 2:09:00 1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29) 1982 12th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14 1982 13th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29 1982 Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours 1982 Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) and Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon 1982 11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Germany in 2:29:33 1982 86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51 1982 Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery 1981 Rob de Castella of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:18 1981 11th New York City Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe in 2:25:29 1981 12th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:08:13 1981 Allison Roe (2:25:29) and Alberto Salazar (2:08:13) win New York City marathon 1981 10th Boston Women's Marathon won by Allison Roe of New Zealand in 2:26:46 1981 85th Boston Marathon won by Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 2:09:26 1980 10th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:25:41.3 1980 11th New York City Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:41 1980 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 19th olympics marathon 2:11:03 1980 Gerard Nijboer runs Dutch record marathon (2:09:01) 1980 84th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:12:11 1980 9th Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Gareau of Canada in 2:34:28, Rosie Ruiz disqualified as women's champ she hadn't run entire course 1979 10th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:42 1979 9th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:33 1979 Greta Weitz wins woman participation in New York City marathon (02:27:33) 1979 83rd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:27 1979 8th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:35:15 1978 8th New York City Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:32:30 1978 9th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:12:12 1978 Grete Weitz runs female world record marathon (2:32:29.8) 1978 Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5) 1978 7th Boston Women's Marathon won by Gayle Barron of Georgia in 2:44:52 1978 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13 1977 7th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:43:10 1977 8th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:11:38 1977 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:34:47.5) 1977 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:35:15.4) 1977 6th Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:48:33 1977 81st Boston Marathon won by Jerome Drayton of Canada in 2:14:46 1976 6th New York City Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman in 2:39:11 1976 7th New York City Marathon won by Bill Rodgers in 2:10:10 1976 Greece's 98 year-old Dimitrion Yordanidis, is oldest man to compete in a marathon; he finishes in 7:33 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski wins 18th Olympics Marathon (2:09:55.0) 1976 Waldemar Cierpinski runs Olympic marathon (2:09:55.0) 1976 5th Boston Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt of Wis in 2:47:10 1976 80th Boston Marathon won by Jack Fultz of Wash, DC in 2:20:19 1975 Jacqueline Hansen runs women's world record marathon (2:38:19) 1975 5th New York City Women's Marathon won by Kim Merritt in 2:46:14 1975 6th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:19:27 1975 Christa Vahlensieck runs female world record marathon (2:40:15.8) 1975 4th Boston Women's Marathon won by Liane Winter of W Germ in 2:42:24 1975 79th Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:09:55 1975 Liane Winter wins world record female Boston marathon (2:42:24) 1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5) 1974 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24) 1974 4th New York City Women's Marathon won by Katherine Switzer in 3:07:29 1974 5th New York City Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30 1974 Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8) 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) 1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11 1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39 1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st U.S. women's marathon (2:55:17) 1973 3rd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07 1973 4th New York City Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54 1973 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59 1973 77th Boston Marathon won by Jon Anderson of Oreg in 2:16:03 1972 2nd New York City Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41 1972 3rd New York City Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52 1972 Frank Shorter wins 17th Olympic marathon (2:12:19.8) 1972 1st Boston Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik of New York in 3:10:26 1972 76th Boston Marathon won by Olavi Suomalainen of Finland in 2:15:39 1971 1st New York City Women's Marathon won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22 1971 2nd New York City Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54 1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30) 1971 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0) 1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42) 1971 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45 1970 Gary Muhrcke wins 1st New York Marathon 1970 1st New York City Marathon won by Gary Muhrcke in 2:31:38 1970 74th Boston Marathon won by Ron Hill of Great Britain in 2:10:30 1970 Ron Hill's 2:10:30 at Boston, sets new U.S. marathon record 1970 Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53) 1969 Ron Hill wins European marathon (2:16:47.8) 1969 Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34 1969 Longest tennis match in Wimbledon history, Pancho Gonzalez beats Charles Pasarell in 112 game (5hr12m) marathon 1969 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:08:33.6) at Antwerp 1969 73rd Boston Marathon won by Yoshiaki Unetani of Japan in 2:13:49 1968 Mamo Wolde wins 16th Olympic marathon (2:20:26.4) 1968 72nd Boston Marathon won by Amby Burfoot of Connecticut in 2:22:17 1967 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4) 1967 Anni Pede runs female world record marathon (3:07:26) 1967 Maureen Wilton runs female world record marathon (3:15:22) 1967 71st Boston Marathon won by Dave McKenzie of New Zealand in 2:15:45 1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6) 1966 70th Boston Marathon won by Kenji Kimihara of Japan in 2:17:11 1966 Roberta Bignay becomes 1st woman to run in the Boston Marathon 1965 Morio Shigematsu runs world record marathon (2:12:00) 1965 69th Boston Marathon won by Morio Shigematsu of Japan in 2:16:33 1964 Abebe Bikila runs world/olympic record marathon (2:12:11.2) 1964 Mildred Simpson runs female world record marathon (3:19:33) 1964 Basil Heatley runs world record marathon (2:13:55) 1964 Dale Greig runs female marathon world record (3:27:45) 1964 68th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:19:59 1963 Douglas Wakiihuri, Kenyan marathon runner 1988 Olympics silver 1963 Buddy Nobles runs world record marathon (2:14:28) 1963 67th Boston Marathon won by Aurele Vandendriessche of Belgium in 2:18:58 1963 Toru Terasawa runs world record marathon 2:15:15.8 1962 Brian Kilby wins marathon: (2:23:18.8) 1962 66th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:48 1962 Mike O'Hara completes record 97th marathon 1961 65th Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:23:39 1960 Abebe Bikila runs Olympic/World record marathon (2:15:16.2) 1960 64th Boston Marathon won by Paavo Kotila of Finland in 2:20:54 1959 63rd Boston Marathon won by Eino Oksanen of Finland in 2:22:42 1959 Gelindo Bordin, Italian marathon runner, Gold Medal 1988 Olympics 1958 Sergei Popov wins Stockholm marathon (2:15:17.0) (WR) 1958 Alberto Salazar, marathoner, New York City Marathon Winner 1958 Terry Fox, Canadain one-legged marathoner, 1980 Marathon of Hope 1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 1957 61st Boston Marathon won by John J Kelley of Connecticut in 2:20:05 1956 Alain Mimoun wins 13th Olympics marathon (2:25:00.0) 1956 60th Boston Marathon won by Antti Viskari of Finland in 2:14:14 1955 59th Boston Marathon won by Hideo Hamamura of Japan in 2:18:22 1954 Ivan Filin wins Berne marathon (2:25:26.6) (260m) 1954 Jim Peters runs marathon in 2:17:39.4 1954 58th Boston Marathon won by Veikko Karvonen of Finland in 2:20:39 1954 7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th 1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4) 1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2) 1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51 1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston 1952 Emil Zatopek wins 12th olympics marathon (2:23:03.2) 1952 Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2) 1952 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:20:42.2) 1952 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53 1951 55th Boston Marathon won by Shigeki Tanaka of Japan in 2:27:45 1950 Jack Holden wins marathon (2:32:12) 1950 54th Boston Marathon won by Kee Yong Ham of Korea in 2:32:39 1949 53rd Boston Marathon won by Gosta Leandersson of Sweden in 2:31:50.8 1949 Charles Lismont, Belgian marathon runner, 1972 Olympic-silver 1948 Delfo Cabrera wins 11th Olympic marathon (2:34:51.6) 1948 52nd Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:02 1947 Bill Rodgers, marathon runner, Boston, New York 1947 51st Boston Marathon won by Yun Bok Soh of Korea in 2:25:39 1947 Suh Yun Buck wins world record marathon (2:25:39) 1947 Carlos A. Lopes, Portugal, marathon runner 1984 Olympics gold 1946 Mikko Hietanen wins Oslo marathon (2:24:55) 1946 50th Boston Marathon won by Stylianos Kyriakides of Greece in 2:29:27 1945 49th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:30:40.2 1944 48th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:31:50.4 1943 47th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:25.8 1943 Oskar Haks, Czechoslovakian marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz 1942 Czechoslovakian marathon runner Oskar Haks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau 1942 46th Boston Marathon won by Joe Smith of Mass in 2:26:51.2 1941 Ricardo Hoffmann, marathon swimmer, 299 miles 1941 45th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:30:38 1940 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6 1939 43rd Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:28:51.8 1938 42nd Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:35:34.8 1937 German immigration officials with no explanation bar Juan Carlos Zabala (Arg), 1932 Olympic marathon champion, from entering Germany 1937 41st Boston Marathon won by Walter Young of Canada in 2:33:20 1936 Anita Gillette, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actress, Quincy ME, Marathon, Moonstruck 1936 40th Boston Marathon won by Ellison Brown of RI in 2:33:40.8 1935 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42) 1935 39th Boston Marathon won by John A Kelley of Mass in 2:32:07.4 1935 Yasuo Ikenada runs world record marathon (2:26:44) 1935 Fusahige Suzuki runs world record marathon (2:27:49) 1934 38th Boston Marathon won by Dave Komonen of Canada in 2:32:53.8 1933 37th Boston Marathon won by Leslie Pawson of RI in 2:31:01.6 1932 36th Boston Marathon won by Paul de Bruyn of Germany in 2:33:36.4 1931 35th Boston Marathon won by Jim Henigan of Mass in 2:46:45.8 1930 34th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:34:48.2 1929 Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days) 1929 33rd Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:33:08.6 1928 Abebe Bikila, Ethiopian marathon runner, Gold Medal 1960, 1964 Olympics 1928 32nd Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:37:07.8 1927 31st Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:40:22.2 1926 Violet Percy runs female record marathon (3:40:22) 1926 30th Boston Marathon won by Johnny Miles of Canada in 2:25:40.4 1925 Albert Michelsen runs world record marathon (2:19:01.8) 1925 29th Boston Marathon won by Charles Mellor of Illinois in 2:33:00.6 1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6) 1924 28th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:29:40.2 1923 27th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:23:37.4 1922 Emil Zatopek, born in Czechoslovakia, 5K/10K/marathon 1952 Olympics gold 1922 26th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:18:10 1921 25th Boston Marathon won by Frank Zuna of New Jersey in 2:18:57.6 1920 24th Boston Marathon won by Peter Trivoulidas of Greece in 2:29:31 1919 23rd Boston Marathon won by Carl Linder of Mass in 2:29:13.4 1917 21st Boston Marathon won by Bill Kennedy of New York in 2:28:37.2 1916 20th Boston Marathon won by Arthur Roth of Mass in 2:27:16.4 1915 19th Boston Marathon won by Edouard Fabre of Canada in 2:31:41.2 1914 Kitei Sohn, Korean marathon runner/coach 1936 Olympics gold 1914 18th Boston Marathon won by James Duffy of Canada in 2:25:01.2 1913 Harry Green runs world record marathon (2:38:16.2) 1913 17th Boston Marathon won by Fritz Carlson of Minnesota in 2:25:14.8 1912 Hannes Kolehmainen runs world record marathon (2:29:39.2) 1912 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21 1912 Kenneth McArthur runs Olympic record marathon (2:36:54.8) 1912 16th Boston Marathon won by Mike Ryan of New York in 2:21:18.2 1911 15th Boston Marathon won by Clarence DeMar of Mass in 2:21:39.6 1910 14th Boston Marathon won by Fred Cameron of Canada in 2:28:52.4 1909 Thure Johnstown wins Stockholm marathon (2:40:34.2) 1909 Albert Raines runs world record marathon (2:46:04.6) 1909 Frederick Barrett runs world record marathon (2:42:31) 1909 13th Boston Marathon won by Henri Renaud of New Hampshire in 2:53:36.8 1909 Robert Fowler runs world record marathon (2:46:52.6) 1909 Robert Fowler runs then world record marathon (2:52:45.4) 1908 Dorando Pietri (It) beats Johnny Hayes (U.S.) in MSG marathon by 60 yards 1908 John Hayes wins 4th olympics marathon (2:55:18.4 world record) 1908 12th Boston Marathon won by Tom Morrissey of New York in 2:25:43.2 1907 John A Kelly, U.S. marathon runner, Berlin 1936, Boston 1935..1991 1907 11th Boston Marathon won by Tom Longboat of Canada in 2:24:24 1906 Kaarlo Nieminen wins 1st Finnish marathon 1906 10th Boston Marathon won by Tim Ford of Mass in 2:45:45 1905 9th Boston Marathon won by Fred Lorz of New York in 2:38:25.4 1904 Thomas Hicks wins 3rd Olympics marathon (3:28:53.0) (40 km) 1904 8th Boston Marathon won by Michael Spring of New York in 2:38:04.4 1903 7th Boston Marathon won by John Lorden of Mass in 2:41:29.8 1902 6th Boston Marathon won by Sam Mellor of New York in 2:43:12 1901 5th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:29:23.6 1901 James J Caffrey wins Boston marathon (2:29:23.6) 1900 Michel Theato wins 2nd olympics marathon (2:59:45.0-40,260k) 1900 4th Boston Marathon won by Jim Caffrey of Canada in 2:39:44.4 1899 3rd Boston Marathon won by Lawrence Brignolia of Mass in 2:54:38 1898 2nd Boston Marathon won by Ron McDonald of Mass in 2:42:00 1897 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) 1897 1st Boston Marathon won by John McDermott of New York in 2:55:10 1896 John Mcdermott wins 1st U.S. marathon (New York City) 1896 Stamasia Portrisi is 1st woman to win a marathon (5:30 in Athens) 1896 Spiridon Louis wins 1st Olympic marathon (2:58:50) 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18) 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 1891 Yuri Losmann, Estonia, marathon runner, Olympic-silver 1920 1875 Thomas Hicks, English/U.S. marathon runner:, Olympics gold 1904 1846 Desiderio FA Pietri, Italian baker and marathon runner Dorando's father |
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