Boston Marathon All-Time List Of Winners

The Boston Marathon, which is being held since 1897, is one of the oldest marathon in the world. It is one of six World Marathon Majors, and the race covers 26.2-mile (42.2 km). The race has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897, on Patriots’ Day, or on the third Monday in April.

The first Boston Marathon included only 15 runners, all of whom were men, and was won by John McDermott. The race was cancelled twice, in 1918 because of World War I, where a ekiden-style relay was conducted of military teams, and in 2020, when Massachusetts authorities refused to allow the event to be conducted due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Americans have won Boston marathon the most. They have won it on 43 occasions. They are followed by the Kenyans who have won 26 times; and Canadians 16 times.

USA’s Clarence DeMar won the men’s open race seven times at Boston Marathon, more than any other runner, achieving his first victory in 1911 and his last in 1930.

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Boston Marathon All-Time List Of Winners

Year	Winner	Country	Timing
2025	John Korir	Kenya	2:04:45
2024	Sisay Lemma	Ethiopia	2:06:17
2023	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:05:54
2022	Evans Chebet	Kenya	2:06:51
2021	Benson Kipruto	Kenya	2:09:51
2019	Lawrence Cherono	Kenya	2:07:57
2018	Yuki Kawauchi	Japan	2:15:58
2017	Geoffrey Kirui	Kenya	2:09:37
2016	Lemi Berhanu	Ethiopia	2:12:45
2015	Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:09:17
2014	Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi	United States	2:08:37
2013	Lelisa Desisa	Ethiopia	2:10:22
2012	Wesley Korir	Kenya	2:12:40
2011	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:03:02*
2010	Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:05:52
2009	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia	2:08:42
2008	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:46
2007	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:14:13
2006	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:14
2005	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:11:45
2004	Timothy Cherigat	Kenya	2:10:37
2003	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:10:11
2002	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:09:02
2001	Lee Bong-Ju	South 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
1997	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:34
1996	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:15
1995	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:22
1994	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:07:15
1993	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:33
1992	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:14
1991	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:11:06
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
1986	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:07:51
1985	Geoff Smith	England	2:14:05
1984	Geoff Smith	England	2:10:34
1983	Greg A. Meyer	United States	2:09:00
1982	Alberto Salazar	United States	2:08:52
1981	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:09:26
1980	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:12:11
1979	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:09:27
1978	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:10:13
1977	Jerome Drayton	Canada	2:14:46
1976	Jack Fultz	United States	2:20:19
1975	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:09:55
1974	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:13:39
1973	Jon Anderson	United States	2:16:03
1972	Olavi Suomalainen	Finland	2:15:39
1971	Alvaro Mejia	Colombia	2:18:45
1970	Ron Hill	England	2:10:30
1969	Yoshiaki Unetani	Japan	2:13:49
1968	Amby Burfoot	United States	2:22:17
1967	David C. McKenzie	New Zealand	2:15:45
1966	Kenji Kimihara	Japan	2:17:11
1965	Morio Shigematsu	Japan	2:16:33
1964	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:19:59
1963	Aurele Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:18:58
1962	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:48
1961	Eino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:39
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	United States	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	Ki-Yong Ham	Korea	2:32:39
1949	Karl Gosta Leandersson	Sweden	2:31:50
1948	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:02
1947	Yun Bok Suh	Korea	2:25:39
1946	Stylianos Kyriakides	Greece	2:29:27
1945	John A. Kelley	United States	2:30:40
1944	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:31:50
1943	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:25
1942	Bernard Joseph (Joe) Smith	United States	2:26:51
1941	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:30:38
1940	Gerard Cote	Canada	2:28:28
1939	Ellison M. Brown	United States	2:28:51
1938	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:35:34
1937	Walter Young	Canada	2:33:20
1936	Ellison M. Brown	United States	2:33:40
1935	John A. Kelley	United States	2:32:07
1934	Dave Komonen	Canada	2:32:53
1933	Leslie S. Pawson	United States	2:31:01
1932	Paul de Bruyn	Germany	2:33:36
1931	James P. Henigan	United States	2:46:45
1930	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:34:48
1929	John C. Miles	Canada	2:33:08
1928	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:37:07
1927	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:40:22
1926	John C. Miles	Canada	2:25:40
1925	Charles L. (Chuck) Mellor	United States	2:33:00
1924	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:29:40
1923	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:23:47
1922	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:18:10
1921	Frank T. Zuna	United States	2:18:57
1920	Peter Trivoulidas	Greece	2:29:31
1919	Carl W. A. Linder	United States	2:29:13
1918	Camp Devens Divisional Team	United States	2:24:53
1917	William J. (Bill) Kennedy	United States	2:28:37
1916	Arthur V. Roth	United States	2:27:16
1915	Edouard Fabre	Canada	2:31:41
1914	James Duffy	Canada	2:25:01
1913	Fritz Carlson	United States	2:25:14
1912	Michael J. Ryan	United States	2:21:18
1911	Clarence H. DeMar	United States	2:21:39
1910	Fred L. Cameron	Canada	2:28:52
1909	Henri Renaud	United States	2:53:36
1908	Thomas P. Morrissey	United States	2:25:43
1907	Thomas Longboat	Canada	2:24:24
1906	Timothy Ford	United States	2:45:45
1905	Frederick Lorz	United States	2:38:25
1904	Michael Spring	United States	2:38:04
1903	John C. Lorden	United States	2:41:29
1902	Sammy A. Mellor	United States	2:43:12
1901	John P. Caffery	Canada	2:29:23
1900	John P. Caffery	Canada	2:39:44
1899	Lawrence Brignolia	United States	2:54:38
1898	Ronald J. MacDonald	Canada	2:42:00
1897	John J. McDermott	United States	2:55:10