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Ernst van Dyk has won the Boston Marathon ten times, more than any other athlete. The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts since 1897, making it the oldest annual marathon in the world.
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities ... Bizunesh Deba of Ethiopia was eventually named women's winner of the 2014 Boston Marathon, ...
This category is for people (male or female) who have won the Boston Marathon at least once. It is automatically populated by the {{marathon winner succession}} template. To manually add an article to the category add [[Category:Boston Marathon winners]] to the bottom of the article.
William Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947) is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon.Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978 to 1980, and 4 straight wins in the New York City Marathon, between 1976 and 1979.
Boston Marathon two-time winner and longtime competitor John Adelbert Kelley (September 6, 1907 – October 6, 2004) was an American long-distance runner who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics , in 1936 and 1948, and competed in the Boston Marathon over 50 times, winning in 1935 and 1945.
John Joseph "Johnny" Kelley (December 24, 1930 – August 21, 2011) was an American long-distance runner who won the 1957 Boston Marathon and the marathon at the 1959 Pan American Games. [3] He was also a member of the United States Olympic teams of 1956 and 1960, competing in the marathon.
Smith only lost by nine seconds. He won the 1984 Boston Marathon by over four minutes. He was the last person to win the Boston Marathon before the race organizers began giving out prize money to the winners. [2] He ran a sub-four-minute mile in 1982, recording 3:55 minutes in Wales. In 1982 he won the world class Bermuda 10K on a very hilly ...
In 1996, at the 100th running of the Boston Marathon and the 30th anniversary of Gibb's first run of it, the Boston Athletic Association officially recognized her three wins in 1966, 1967, and 1968 and awarded her a medal. Her name was inscribed with the names of the other winners on the Boston Marathon Memorial in Copley Square. [24]