2017 Boston Marathon

2017 Boston Marathon
Venue Boston
Dates April 17

The 2017 Boston Marathon was the 121st running of the Boston Athletic Association's mass-participation marathon. It took place on Monday, April 17 (Patriots Day in Massachusetts). Geoffrey Kirui won the men's race in 2:09:37 and Edna Kiplagat won the women's race in 2:21:52.

Kathrine Switzer at age 70 ran the marathon under bib number 261, the same number she had worn 50 years previously in 1967, finishing in 4:44:31. That number was then retired from all future Boston Marathons. Women were not allowed to run marathons until 1972, but she registered under the name K. V. Switzer.[1]

Course

Course map

The event ran along the same winding course the Marathon has followed for many decades ‍—‌26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km) of roads and city streets, starting in Hopkinton and passing through six Massachusetts cities and towns, to the finish line beside the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square.[2]

Results

Official results from the Boston Athletic Association:[3]

Elite Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Geoffrey Kirui Kenya2:09:37
2Galen Rupp United States2:09:58
3Suguru Osako Japan2:10:28
Elite Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Edna Kiplagat Kenya2:21:52
2Rose Chelimo Bahrain2:22:51
3Jordan Hasay United States2:23:00

Wheelchair

Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Marcel Hug  Switzerland1:18:04
2Ernst van Dyk South Africa1:18:04
3Hiroyuki Yamamoto Japan1:19:32
Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Manuela Schär  Switzerland1:28:17
2Amanda McGrory United States1:33:13
3Susannah Scaroni United States1:33:17

References

  1. ↑ CNN, Emanuella Grinberg,. "1st woman to officially run Boston Marathon does it again, 50 years later". cnn.com.
  2. ↑ "Boston Marathon Course map". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Boston Marathon Top Finishers". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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