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Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai (born 7 October 1981) is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions. On 18 April 2011 at the Boston Marathon, Mutai ran the fastest marathon ever at the time in a time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds (4:41 per mile pace / 2:54 per kilometer pace), though the time was not recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations ...
The B.A.A. successfully bid to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials Women's Marathon, which was run on the Sunday before the 2008 Boston Marathon. In January 2016, the B.A.A. purchased an office building just yards from the starting line of the Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The office building will be used by the association for the ...
Lemma set the 10th fastest time in the race's 128 years. Hellen Obiri captured her second-in-a-row marathon win clocking in at 2 hours, 22 minutes, and 37 seconds, Obiri faced a tight race between ...
The standards have been in place since 1970 for male runners and 1972 for female runners. The standards are published by the Boston Athletic Association (B.A.A.), in advance of the qualifying window. To "qualify" for the Boston Marathon runners need to have run a marathon at a time given for their gender and age (as shown in the tables below).
BOSTON, MA — Sisay Lemma from Ethiopia is the winner of the 2024 Boston Marathon with an unofficial time of two hours, six minutes, and 17 seconds. Lemma, 33, is a decorated marathon runner, but ...
1991 →. The 1990 Boston Marathon was the 94th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by Italy's Gelindo Bordin in a time of 2:08:19 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:25:24. A total of 7950 runners finished the race, 6516 men and 1434 ...
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982, in Kirkland, Washington) [2] is a retired American long-distance runner who holds the U.S. record in the half marathon. With his half marathon record time (59:43), he became the first U.S. runner to break the one-hour barrier in the event. [3] He is also the only American to run a sub-2:05 marathon (2:04:58 at ...
The 1995 Boston Marathon was the 99th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Cosmas Ndeti in a time of 2:09:22 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig in 2:25:11. A total of 8258 people finished the race, 6409 men and 1849 women.