2017 Boston Marathon

2017 Boston Marathon
Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat
Venue	Boston
Dates	April 17
Champions
Men	Geoffrey Kirui (2:09:37)
Women	Edna Kiplagat (2:21:52)
Wheelchair men	Marcel Hug (1:18:04)
Wheelchair women	Manuela Schär (1:28:17)
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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

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

Elite Men Place Athlete Nationality Time Geoffrey Kirui  Kenya 2:09:37 Galen Rupp  United States 2:09:58 Suguru Osako  Japan 2:10:28

Elite Women Place Athlete Nationality Time Edna Kiplagat  Kenya 2:21:52 Rose Chelimo  Bahrain 2:22:51 Jordan Hasay  United States 2:23:00

Wheelchair

Men Place Athlete Nationality Time Marcel Hug  Switzerland 1:18:04 Ernst van Dyk  South Africa 1:18:04 Hiroyuki Yamamoto  Japan 1:19:32

Women Place Athlete Nationality Time Manuela Schär  Switzerland 1:28:17 Amanda McGrory  United States 1:33:13 Susannah Scaroni  United States 1:33:17

References

External links

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