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John McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897. Clarence DeMar has won the Boston Marathon seven times, more than any other runner in the Men's open division. Suh Yun-bok set a world record at the 1947 Boston Marathon. John J. Kelley won the 1957 Boston Marathon with a course record. Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in ...
The Boston Marathon allows approximately 6000 runners who have not qualified, out of 30,000 total participants, into the annual race. Most of these runners have agreed to raise a minimum of $5000 or greater to gain entry into this race. [3] In 2017, the charity runners raised $34.2 million for over 200 different non-profit organizations. [4]
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This year's Boston Marathon fundraising total easily surpassed the previous record of $40.2 million set last year, according to the B.A.A.
The Boston Marathon was first run in April 1897, having been inspired by the revival of the marathon for the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Until 2020 it was the oldest continuously running marathon, [6] and the second longest continuously running footrace in North America, having debuted five months after the Buffalo Turkey Trot. [7]
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"The length of the marathon was not fixed" – need to clarify that "the marathon" in this context refers to the distance in general rather than the Boston marathon. Done. Harrias talk 14:42, 26 June 2020 (UTC) The lead paragraph does not address the subject of the article: the winners of the Boston Marathon.
The 1988 Boston Marathon was the 92nd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 18.The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein in a time of 2:08:43 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:24:30.