1997 27th New York City Women Marathon won by Franziska Rochat-Moser of Switz 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 NZ 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 Ger 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 NZ 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 Can 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 Us 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 Belg 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 Belg 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 1988 Olympics gold
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 Hˆks, Czech marathon runner/antifascist, dies in Auschwitz
1942 Czech marathon runner Oskar Hˆks 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 Roy Scheider, actor, Jaws, Fren Connection, Marathon Man, Paper Lion
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, Olympics gold 1960, 64
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, Czechoslavakia, 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 NH 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 yds
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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