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TIME COURSE DISTANCE (YEARS) NAME (HOME) DATE
2:18:10 24.5 miles
(1897-1923)
Clarence DeMar (Massachusetts) 19 APR 1922
2:25:40 26 miles, 209 yards
(1924-1926)
John C. Miles
(Nova Scotia)
19 APR 1926
Course found to be 176 Yards short.

2:25:39 26 miles, 385 yards
(1927-1950)
Yun Bok Suh (Korea) 19 APR 1947
2:14:14 25 miles, 1,232 yards (1951-1956) Antti Viskari (Finland) 19 APR 1956
Course remeasured and found to be 1,183 yards short due to road construction since 1951.

2:18:58 26 miles, 385 yards
(1957-1964)
Aurele Vandendriessche
(Belgium)
19 APR 1963
Last race to finish on Exeter Street.

2:08:52 26 miles, 385 yards
(1965-1985)
Alberto Salazar (Massachusetts) 19 APR 1982
Race finish in front of the Prudential Building.
The starting line was moved back 389 yards to accommodate this finish.

2:07:15 26 miles, 385 yards
(1986-present)
Robert K. Cheruiyot (Kenya) 17 APR 2006
Race finish nearby the John Hancock Tower in Copley Square.

WOMEN
2:22:43 26 miles, 385 yards
(1972-1985)
Joan Benoit
(Massachusetts)
18 APR 1983
Race finish in front of the Prudential Building.

2:21:45 26 miles, 385 yards
(1986-2001)
Uta Pippig (Germany) 18 APR 1994
2:20:43 26 miles, 385 yards
(2002-Present)
Margaret Okayo (Kenya) 15 APR 2002

Race finish nearby the John Hancock Tower in Copley Square.

 
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