List of winners of the Boston Marathon
Women's open

List of winners of the Boston Marathon

Section Title: Women's open
Table Section Text: None

Year	Athlete	Country/State	Time	Notes

1966	Bobbi Gibb	United States United States (MA)	3:21:40	(unsanctioned)

1967	Bobbi Gibb	United States United States (CA)	3:27:17	(unsanctioned) 2nd victory

1968	Bobbi Gibb	United States United States (CA)	3:30:00	(unsanctioned) 3rd victory

1969	Sara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:22:46	(unsanctioned)

1970	Sara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:05:07	(unsanctioned) 2nd victory

1971	Sara Mae Berman	United States United States (MA)	3:08:30	(unsanctioned) 3rd victory

1972	Nina Kuscsik	United States United States (NY)	3:10:26	first year that women were officially sanctioned

1973	Jacqueline Hansen	United States United States (CA)	3:05:59

1974	Miki Gorman	United States United States (CA)	2:47:11

1975	Liane Winter	West Germany	2:42:24	world record

1976	Kim Merritt	United States United States (WI)	2:47:10

1977	Miki Gorman	United States United States (CA)	2:48:33	2nd victory

1978	Gayle Barron	United States United States (GA)	2:44:52

1979	Joan Benoit	United States United States (ME)	2:35:15

1980	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:34:28

1981	Allison Roe	New Zealand	2:26:46

1982	Charlotte Teske	West Germany	2:29:33

1983	Joan Benoit	United States United States (ME)	2:22:43	2nd victory, world record

1984	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:29:28

1985	Lisa Larsen Weidenbach	United States United States (MI)	2:34:06

1986	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:55

1987	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:21

1988	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:24:30	2nd victory

1989	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:33	2nd victory

1990	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:24	3rd victory

1991	Wanda Panfil	Poland	2:24:18

1992	Olga Markova	Russia	2:23:43

1993	Olga Markova	Russia	2:25:27	2nd victory

1994	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:21:45

1995	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:25:11	2nd victory

1996	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:27:12	3rd victory

1997	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:23

1998	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:21	2nd victory

1999	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:23:25	3rd victory

2000	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:11

2001	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:23:53	2nd victory

2002	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:20:43

2003	Svetlana Zakharova	Russia	2:25:19

2004	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:24:27	3rd victory

2005	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:25:12	4th victory

2006	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:23:38

2007	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:29:18

2008	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	2:25:25	2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher

2009	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:32:16	1 second ahead of 2nd-place finisher

2010	Teyba Erkesso	Ethiopia	2:26:11	3 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher

2011	Caroline Kilel	Kenya	2:22:36	2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher

2012	Sharon Cherop	Kenya	2:31:50	2 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher

2013	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:26:25	2nd victory

2014	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:18:57	Course record, later disqualified

2014	Buzunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:19:59	Current women's course record

2015	Caroline Rotich	Kenya	2:24:55

2016	Atsede Baysa	Ethiopia	2:29:19

2017	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:21:52

2018	Desi Linden	United States United States (MI)	2:39:54	First American win since 1985

2019	Worknesh Degefa	Ethiopia	2:23:31

Sentence(s)

Bobbi Gibb is the women’s winner in 1966, 1967, and 1968.

final_sentence: Bobbi Gibb is the women’s winner in 1966, 1967, and 1968.