List of winners of the Boston Marathon

This page lists the winners of the Boston Marathon, which has been running continuously since 1897 and is the oldest annual marathon in the world. The first race, run in 1897, included only 15 runners, all of whom were men. Women were only officially allowed to run the race beginning in 1972, though female runners had unofficially participated beginning in 1966 despite the opposition of the Boston Athletic Association, the race sponsor. The Boston Marathon became the first major marathon to include a wheelchair division in 1975 for men, and added a wheelchair division for women in 1977.

Many marathon champions have repeated their feats in following years. The record for most repeated championships stands at 9, held by Ernst van Dyk in the Men's Wheelchair division. In the Men's Open division, Clarence DeMar holds the distinction of most wins with 7, and Catherine Ndereba tops the Women's Open division with 4. The United States has had more winners than any other country, followed by Kenya and Canada. The United States and Canada dominated the early years of the race, and it wasn't until the 36th race, in 1932, that someone from outside North America, Paul de Bruyn of Germany, won the race. During the period from World War II through the 1980s, there was much more national diversity among Boston Marathon champions, but the last two decades have seen Kenya emerge as the dominant nationality, especially in the Men's Open division, which (as of 2011) has been won by Kenyans in 18 of the past 21 years.

The 42.195 kilometres (26.219 mi) length of the marathon was not fixed before the 1924 Paris Olympics, and the Boston course varied as well. Prior to 1924 the course distance was approximately 24.5 miles (39.4 km). Even after the standardization of marathon lengths, the Boston course was off by nearly 200 yards from the correct distance until the mistake was discovered and corrected in 1927. The course grew gradually shorter in the 1950s as road re-construction straightened curves. This time, upon remeasurement the course was found to lack nearly 1200 yards, and was corrected beginning with the 1957 race. Due to these changes, the marathon recognizes several course records that are slower than previous records due to being run on longer courses. 26 world records have been set on the Boston Marathon course, one in the Men's Open Division, two in the Women's Open, 13 in the Men's Wheelchair, and 10 in the Women's Wheelchair.

On April 18, 2011, Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya ran the fastest marathon ever run, in a time of 2:03:02.

Men's Open

Tom Longboat, winner of the 1907 Boston Marathon and a member of the Onondaga tribe of Native Americans/First Nations

Fred Cameron crossing the finish line at the 1910 Boston Marathon

Rodgers Rop, winner of the 2002 Boston Marathon, at the time the 12th Kenyan victory in 15 years

Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2006 Boston Marathon, where he set a new course record

Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot in the 2008 Boston Marathon, where he won for the fourth time

Deriba Merga in the 2009 Boston Marathon near halfway point in Wellesley

Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (not to be confused with previous winner Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot) in the 2010 Boston Marathon, near halfway point in Wellesley

Geoffrey Mutai in the Wellesley College "scream tunnel" (background), approaching the halfway point in the 2011 race

Wesley Korir in 2012 Boston Marathon approaching half way point in Wellesley College scream tunnel

Year	Athlete	Country/State	Time	Notes
1897	McDermott, John J.John J. McDermott	United States United States (NY)	2:55:10	course record
1898	MacDonald, Ronald J.Ronald J. MacDonald	Canada Canada	2:42:00	course record
1899	Brignolia, LawrenceLawrence Brignolia	United States United States (MA)	2:54:38
1900	Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery	Canada Canada	2:39:44	course record
1901	Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery	Canada Canada	2:29:23	2nd victory, course record
1902	Mellor, SammySammy Mellor	United States United States (NY)	2:43:12
1903	Lorden, JohnJohn Lorden	United States United States (MA)	2:41:29
1904	Spring, MichaelMichael Spring	United States United States (NY)	2:38:04
1905	Lorz, FrederickFrederick Lorz	United States United States (NY)	2:38:25
1906	Ford, TimTim Ford	United States United States (MA)	2:45:45
1907	Longboat, ThomasThomas Longboat	Canada Canada	2:24:24	course record
1908	Morrissey, ThomasThomas Morrissey	United States United States (NY)	2:25:43
1909	Renaud, HenriHenri Renaud	United States United States (NH)	2:53:36
1910	Cameron, FredFred Cameron	Canada Canada	2:28:52
1911	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:21:39	course record
1912	Ryan, MichaelMichael J. Ryan	United States United States (NY)	2:21:18	course record
1913	Carlson, FritzFritz Carlson	United States United States (MN)	2:25:14
1914	Duffy, JamesJames Duffy	Canada Canada	2:25:14
1915	Fabre, ÉdouardÉdouard Fabre	Canada Canada	2:31:41
1916	Roth, ArthurArthur Roth	United States United States (MA)	2:27:16
1917	Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy	United States United States (NY)	2:28:37
1918	Military Relay	United States United States (MA)	2:29:53
1919	Linder, CarlCarl Linder	United States United States (MA)	2:29:13
1920	Trivoulides, PeterPeter Trivoulides	United States United States (NY)	2:29:31
1921	Zuna, FrankFrank Zuna	United States United States (NY)	2:18:57	course record
1922	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:18:10	2nd victory, course record
1923	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:23:47	3rd victory
1924	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:29:40	4th victory
1925	Mellor, CharlesCharles Mellor	United States United States (IL)	2:33:00
1926	Miles, JohnnyJohnny Miles	Canada Canada	2:25:40	course record
1927	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:40:22	5th victory, course record
1928	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:37:07	6th victory, course record
1929	Miles, JohnnyJohnny Miles	Canada Canada	2:33:08	2nd victory, course record
1930	DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:34:48	7th victory
1931	Henigan, James P.James P. Henigan	United States United States (MA)	2:46:45
1932	DeBruyn, PaulPaul de Bruyn	Germany Germany	2:33:36
1933	Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:31:01	course record
1934	Komonen, DaveDave Komonen	Canada Canada	2:32:53
1935	Kelley, John A.John A. Kelley	United States United States (MA)	2:32:07
1936	Brown, EllisonEllison Brown	United States United States (RI)	2:33:40
1937	Young, WalterWalter Young	Canada Canada	2:33:20
1938	Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:35:34	2nd victory
1939	Brown, EllisonEllison Brown	United States United States (RI)	2:28:51	2nd victory, course record
1940	Côté, GérardGérard Côté	Canada Canada	2:28:28	course record
1941	Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:30:38	3rd victory
1942	Smith, JoeJoe Smith	United States United States (MA)	2:26:51	course record
1943	Côté, GérardGérard Côté	Canada Canada	2:28:25	2nd victory
1944	Côté, GérardGérard Côté	Canada Canada	2:31:50	3rd victory
1945	Kelley, John A.John A. Kelley	United States United States (MA)	2:30:40	2nd victory
1946	Kyriakides, StylianosStylianos Kyriakides	Greece Greece	2:29:27
1947	Suh Yun-bok	South Korea	2:25:39	world record, course record
1948	Côté, GérardGérard Côté	Canada Canada	2:31:02	4th victory
1949	Leandersson, KarlKarl Leandersson	Sweden	2:31:50
1950	Ham Kee-Yong	South Korea	2:32:39
1951	Tanaka, ShigekiShigeki Tanaka	Japan	2:27:45
1952	Florea, DoroteoDoroteo Flores	Guatemala	2:31:53
1953	Yamada, KeizoKeizo Yamada	Japan	2:18:51	course record
1954	Karvonen, VeikkoVeikko Karvonen	Finland	2:20:39
1955	Hamamura, HideoHideo Hamamura	Japan	2:18:22	course record
1956	Viskari, AnttiAntti Viskari	Finland	2:14:14	course record
1957	Kelley, John J.John J. Kelley	United States United States (CT)	2:20:05	course record (new course)
1958	Mihalić, FranjoFranjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	2:25:54
1959	Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen	Finland	2:22:42
1960	Kotila, PaavoPaavo Kotila	Finland	2:20:54
1961	Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:39	2nd victory
1962	Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen	Finland	2:23:48	3rd victory
1963	Vandendriessche, AurèleAurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:18:58	course record
1964	Vandendriessche, AurèleAurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:19:59	2nd victory
1965	Shigematsu, MorioMorio Shigematsu	Japan	2:16:33	course record
1966	Kimihara, KenjiKenji Kimihara	Japan	2:17:11
1967	McKenzie, DaveDave McKenzie	New Zealand	2:15:45	course record
1968	Burfoot, AmbyAmby Burfoot	United States United States (CT)	2:22:17
1969	Unetani, YoshiakiYoshiaki Unetani	Japan	2:13:49	course record
1970	Hill, Ron !Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:10:30	course record
1971	Mejia, AlvaroÁlvaro Mejía	Colombia	2:18:45
1972	Suomalainen, OlaviOlavi Suomalainen	Finland	2:15:39
1973	Anderson, JonJon Anderson	United States United States (OR)	2:16:03
1974	Cusack, NeilNeil Cusack	Ireland	2:13:39
1975	Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:09:55	course record
1976	Fultz, JackJack Fultz	United States United States (VA)	2:20:19
1977	Drayton, JeromeJerome Drayton	Canada	2:14:46
1978	Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:10:13	2nd victory
1979	Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:09:27	3rd victory, course record
1980	Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:12:11	4th victory
1981	Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko	Japan	2:09:26	course record
1982	Salazar, AlbertoAlberto Salazar	United States United States (MA)	2:08:52	course record
1983	Meyer, GregGreg Meyer	United States United States (MI)	2:09:00
1984	Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith	United Kingdom	2:10:34
1985	Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith	United Kingdom	2:14:05	2nd victory
1986	de Castella, RobertRobert de Castella	Australia	2:07:51	course record
1987	Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko	Japan	2:11:50	2nd victory
1988	Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:43
1989	Mekonnen, AbebeAbebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:09:06
1990	Bordin, GelindoGelindo Bordin	Italy	2:08:19
1991	Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:11:06	2nd victory
1992	Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:14	3rd victory
1993	Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:33
1994	Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:07:15	2nd victory, course record
1995	Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:22	3rd victory
1996	Tanui, MosesMoses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:15
1997	Aguta, LameckLameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:34
1998	Tanui, MosesMoses Tanui	Kenya	2:07:34	2nd victory
1999	Chebet, JosephJoseph Chebet	Kenya	2:09:52
2000	Lagat, ElijahElijah Lagat	Kenya	2:09:47
2001	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea	2:09:43
2002	Rop, RodgersRodgers Rop	Kenya	2:09:02
2003	Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:10:11
2004	Cherigat, TimothyTimothy Cherigat	Kenya	2:10:37
2005	Negussie, HailuHailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:11:44
2006	Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:14	2nd victory, course record
2007	Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:14:13	3rd victory
2008	Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:07:45	4th victory
2009	Merga, DeribaDeriba Merga	Ethiopia	2:08:42
2010	Cheruiyot, Robert KipronoRobert Kiprono Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:05:52	course record
2011	Mutai, GeoffreyGeoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:03:02	course record, fastest marathon ever
2012	Korir, WesleyWesley Korir	Kenya	2:12:40

Women's Open

Dire Tune on the way to winning the 2008 Boston Marathon

Salina Kosgei on the way to winning the 2009 Boston Marathon, near halfway point in Wellesley

Teyba Erkesso on the way to winning the 2010 Boston Marathon, near halfway point in Wellesley

Caroline Kilel on the way to winning the 2011 Boston Marathon, near halfway point in Wellesley

Sharon Cherop on way to winning 2012 Boston Marathon near halfway point in Wellesley College scream tunnel

Year	Athlete	Country/State	Time	Notes
1966	Gibb, RobertaBobbi Gibb	United States United States (MA)	3:21:40	course record
1967	Gibb, RobertaBobbi Gibb	United States United States (CA)	3:27:17	2nd victory
1968	Gibb, RobertaBobbi Gibb	United States United States (CA)	3:30:00	3rd victory
1969	Berman, Sara MaeSara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:22:46
1970	Berman, Sara MaeSara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:05:07	2nd victory, course record
1971	Berman, Sara MaeSara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:08:30	3rd victory
1972	Kuscsik, NinaNina Kuscsik	United States United States (NY)	3:10:26
1973	Hansen, JacquelineJacqueline Hansen	United States United States (CA)	3:05:59
1974	Gorman, MikiMiki Gorman	United States United States (CA)	2:47:11	course record
1975	Winter, LianeLiane Winter	West Germany	2:42:24	world record, course record
1976	Merritt, KimKim Merritt	United States United States (WI)	2:47:10
1977	Gorman, MikiMiki Gorman	United States United States (CA)	2:48:33	2nd victory
1978	Barron, Gayle S.Gayle Barron	United States United States (GA)	2:44:52
1979	Benoit, JoanJoan Benoit	United States United States (ME)	2:35:15	course record
1980	Gareau, JacquelineJacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:34:28	course record
1981	Roe, AllisonAllison Roe	New Zealand	2:26:46	course record
1982	Teske, CharlotteCharlotte Teske	West Germany	2:29:33
1983	Benoit, JoanJoan Benoit	United States United States (ME)	2:22:43	2nd victory, world record, course record
1984	Moller, LorraineLorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:29.28
1985	Weidenbach, Lisa LarsenLisa Larsen Weidenbach	United States United States (MI)	2:34.06
1986	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:55
1987	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:21
1988	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:24:30	2nd victory
1989	Kristiansen, IngridIngrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:33	2nd victory
1990	Mota, RosaRosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:24	3rd victory
1991	Panfil, WandaWanda Panfil	Poland	2:24:18
1992	Markova, OlgaOlga Markova	Russia	2:23:43
1993	Markova, OlgaOlga Markova	Russia	2:25:27	2nd victory
1994	Pippig, UtaUta Pippig	Germany	2:21:45	course record
1995	Pippig, UtaUta Pippig	Germany	2:25:11	2nd victory
1996	Pippig, UtaUta Pippig	Germany	2:27:12	3rd victory
1997	Roba, FatumaFatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:23
1998	Roba, FatumaFatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:21	2nd victory
1999	Roba, FatumaFatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:25	3rd victory
2000	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:11
2001	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:23:53	2nd victory
2002	Okayo, MargaretMargaret Okayo	Kenya	2:20:43	course record
2003	Zakharova, SvetlanaSvetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:25:19
2004	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:24:27	3rd victory
2005	Ndereba, CatherineCatherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:25:12	4th victory
2006	Jeptoo, RitaRita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:23:38
2007	Grigoryeva, LidiyaLidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:29:18
2008	Tune, DireDire Tune	Ethiopia	2:25:25	2 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher
2009	Kosgei, SalinaSalina Kosgei	Kenya	2:32:16	1 second ahead of 2nd place finisher
2010	Erkesso, TeybaTeyba Erkesso	Ethiopia	2:26:11	3 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher
2011	Kilel, CarolineCaroline Kilel	Kenya	2:22:36	2 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher
2012	Cherop, SharonSharon Cherop	Kenya	2:31:50	2 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher

Men's Wheelchair

Franz Nietlispach, five-time winner of the men's wheelchair division

Masazumi Soejima, winner of the 2007 race

Masazumi Soejima, winner of the 2011 Boston Marathon, near halfway point in Wellesley Square

Year	Athlete	Country/State	Time	Notes
1975	Hall, RobertRobert Hall	United States United States (MA)	2:58:00	course record
1976	zzznone
1977	Hall, RobertRobert Hall	United States United States (MA)	2:40:10	2nd victory, world record, course record
1978	Murray, GeorgeGeorge Murray	United States United States (FL)	2:26:57	course record
1979	Archer, KenKen Archer	United States United States (OH)	2:38:59
1980	Brinkman, CurtCurt Brinkman	United States United States (UT)	1:55:00	world record, course record
1981	Martinson, JimJim Martinson	United States United States (WA)	2:00:41
1982	Knaub, JimJim Knaub	United States United States (CA)	1:51:31	world record, course record
1983	Knaub, JimJim Knaub	United States United States (CA)	1:47:10	2nd victory, world record, course record
1984	Viger, AndréAndré Viger	Canada	2:05:20
1985	Murray, GeorgeGeorge Murray	United States United States (FL)	1:45:34	2nd victory, world record, course record
1986	Viger, AndréAndré Viger	Canada	1:43:25	2nd victory, world record, course record
1987	Viger, AndréAndré Viger	Canada	1:55:42	3rd victory
1988	Badid, MustaphaMustapha Badid	France	1:43:19	world record, course record
1989	Couprie, PhilippePhilippe Couprie	France	1:36:04	world record, course record
1990	Badid, MustaphaMustapha Badid	France	1:29:53	2nd victory, world record, course record
1991	Knaub, JimJim Knaub	United States United States (CA)	1:30:44	3rd victory
1992	Knaub, JimJim Knaub	United States United States (CA)	1:26:28	4th victory, world record, course record
1993	Knaub, JimJim Knaub	United States United States (CA)	1:22:17	5th victory, world record, course record
1994	Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei	Switzerland	1:21:23	world record, course record
1995	Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:25:59
1996	Frei, HeinzHeinz Frei	Switzerland	1:30:14	2nd victory
1997	Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:28:14	2nd victory
1998	Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:21:52	3rd victory
1999	Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:21:36	4th victory
2000	Nietlispach, FranzFranz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:33:32	5th victory
2001	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:25:12
2002	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:23:19	2nd victory
2003	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:28:32	3rd victory
2004	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:18:27	4th victory, world record, course record
2005	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:24:11	5th victory
2006	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:25:29	6th victory
2007	Soejima, MasazumiMasazumi Soejima	Japan	1:29:16
2008	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:26:49	7th victory
2009	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:33:29	8th victory
2010	van Dyk, ErnstErnst van Dyk	South Africa	1:26:53	9th victory
2011	Soejima, MasazumiMasazumi Soejima	Japan	1:18:50	2nd victory
2012	Cassidy, JoshuaJoshua Cassidy	Canada	1:18:25	world record, course record

Women's Wheelchair

Year	Athlete	Country/State	Time	Notes
1977	Rahn, SharonSharon Rahn	United States United States (IL)	3:48:51	course record
1978	Shapiro, SusanSusan Shapiro	United States United States (CA)	3:52:35
1979	Bair, SherylSheryl Bair	United States United States (CA)	3:27:56	world record, course record
1980	Limpert, SharonSharon Limpert	United States United States (MN)	2:49:04	world record, course record
1981	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (NV)	2:38:41	course record
1982	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (NV)	2:12:43	2nd victory, world record, course record
1983	Ramsey, SherrySherry Ramsey	United States United States (CO)	2:27:07
1984	Ramsey, SherrySherry Ramsey	United States United States (CO)	2:56:51	2nd victory
1985	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (CA)	2:05:26	3rd victory, world record, course record
1986	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (CA)	2:09:28	4th victory
1987	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (CA)	2:19:55	5th victory
1988	Cable-Brookes, CandaceCandace Cable-Brookes	United States United States (CA)	2:10:44	6th victory
1989	Hansen, Connie !Connie Hansen	Denmark	1:50:06	world record, course record
1990	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:43:17	world record, course record
1991	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:42:42	2nd victory, world record, course record
1992	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:36:52	3rd victory, world record, course record
1993	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:34:50	4th victory, world record, course record
1994	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:34:22	5th victory, world record, course record
1995	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:40:42	6th victory
1996	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	1:52:56	7th victory
1997	Sauvage, Louise !Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:54:28
1998	Sauvage, Louise !Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:41:19	2nd victory
1999	Sauvage, Louise !Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:42:23	3rd victory
2000	Driscoll, Jean !Jean Driscoll	United States United States (IL)	2:00:52	8th victory
2001	Sauvage, Louise !Louise Sauvage	Australia	1:53:54	4th victory
2002	Hunkeler, Edith !Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:45:57
2003	Ripp, ChristinaChristina Ripp	United States United States (IL)	1:54:47
2004	Blauwet, Cheri !Cheri Blauwet	United States United States (CA)	1:39:53
2005	Blauwet, Cheri !Cheri Blauwet	United States United States (CA)	1:47:45	2nd victory
2006	Hunkeler, Edith !Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:43:42	2nd victory
2007	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:53:30
2008	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:48:32	2nd victory
2009	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:54:37	3rd victory
2010	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:43:32	4th victory
2011	Tsuchida, WakakoWakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:34:06	5th victory, course record
2012	Hunkeler, Edith !Shirley Reilly	United States (AZ)	1:37:36

Victories by nationality

Russian Lidiya Grigoryeva on her way to winning the 2007 Boston Marathon

Kenyan Rita Jeptoo, winner of the 2006 Boston Marathon, in her unsuccessful attempt for a repeat win in the 2007 race

Country	Men's Open	Women's Open	Men's Wheelchair	Women's Wheelchair	Total
United States	44	15	12	24	95
Kenya	20	9	0	0	29
Canada	16	1	4	0	21
Japan	8	0	2	5	15
Switzerland	0	0	7	2	9
South Africa	0	0	9	0	9
Ethiopia	3	4	0	0	7
Finland	7	0	0	0	7
Germany	1	5	0	0	6
Australia	1	0	0	4	5
Russia	0	4	0	0	4
France	0	0	3	0	3
New Zealand	1	2	0	0	3
Portugal	0	3	0	0	3
South Korea	3	0	0	0	3
United Kingdom	3	0	0	0	3
Belgium	2	0	0	0	2
Norway	0	2	0	0	2
Colombia	1	0	0	0	1
Denmark	0	0	0	1	1
Greece	1	0	0	0	1
Guatemala	1	0	0	0	1
Ireland	1	0	0	0	1
Italy	1	0	0	0	1
Poland	0	1	0	0	1
Sweden	1	0	0	0	1
Yugoslavia	1	0	0	0	1

References

• "History". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. 2007. http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/History.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-15. 
• "Past Champions". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. 2007. http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/PastChampions.asp. Retrieved 2007-07-15. 
• "Records". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. 2007. http://www.bostonmarathon.org/BostonMarathon/Records.asp?records=progression. Retrieved 2007-07-15.