2018 Boston Marathon

2018 Boston Marathon
Venue Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Dates April 16, 2018

The 2018 Boston Marathon was the 122nd running of the Boston Athletic Association's Boston Marathon. It took place on Monday, April 16, 2018 (Patriots Day in Massachusetts).[1] Yuki Kawauchi won the men's foot race in 2:15:58 and Desiree Linden won the women's foot race in 2:39:54 The previous year's times were 2:09:37 and 2:21:52, respectively, reflecting the difficult running conditions this year. Wheelchair winners were Marcel Hug, 1:46:26, and Tatyana McFadden, 2:04:39.

Lead women near halfway point of Boston Marathon 2018 during an especially hard down pour. The woman's winner, Desiree Linden, wearing black with a large green stripe, is on the right of the pair of runners behind the lead pack.

Course

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] There was rain and hail throughout the day, heavy at times, with temperatures in the 40's F and gusty winds.[3]

Course map, Hopkinton (left) to Boston

Results

Results reported by the Boston Globe,[4] and the BAA.[5]

Elite Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Yuki Kawauchi Japan2:15:58
2Geoffrey Kirui Kenya2:18:23
3Shadrack Biwott United States2:18:35
Elite Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Desiree Linden United States2:39:54
2Sarah Sellers United States2:44:04
3Krista DuChene Canada2:44:20

Wheelchair

Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Marcel Hug  Switzerland1:46:26
2Ernst van Dyk South Africa1:47:14
3Daniel Romanchuk United States1:50:39
Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
1Tatyana McFadden United States2:04:39
2Susannah Scaroni United States2:20:01
3Sandra Graf  Switzerland2:26:32
Tatyana McFadden
Marcel Hug

References

  1. ↑ "2018 Boston Marathon Schedule of Events". www.baa.org.
  2. ↑ "Boston Marathon Course map". Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Is this the worst weather ever at the Boston Marathon? We took a look back at the most miserable years - The Boston Globe". bostonglobe.com.
  4. ↑ "Boston Marathon Top Finishers".
  5. ↑ "Top Finishers - Boston Athletic Association - BAA.org". raceday.baa.org.
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