List of winners of the Boston Marathon
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List of winners of the Boston Marathon

Section Title: Men's open
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Year	Athlete	Country/State or Province	Time	Notes

1897	John J. McDermott	United States United States(NY)	2:55:10

1898	Ronald J. MacDonald	Canada Canada (NS)	2:42:00

1899	Lawrence Brignolia	United States United States (MA)	2:54:38

1900	John "Jack" Caffery	Canada Canada (ON)	2:39:44

1901	John "Jack" Caffery	Canada Canada (ON)	2:29:23	2nd victory

1902	Sammy Mellor	United States United States (NY)	2:43:12

1903	John Lorden	United States United States (MA)	2:41:29

1904	Michael Spring	United States United States (NY)	2:38:04

1905	Frederick Lorz	United States United States (NY)	2:38:25

1906	Tim Ford	United States United States (MA)	2:45:45

1907	Thomas Longboat	Canada Canada (ON)	2:24:24

1908	Thomas Morrissey	United States United States (NY)	2:25:43

1909	Henri Renaud	United States United States (NH)	2:53:36

1910	Fred Cameron	Canada Canada (NS)	2:28:52

1911	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:21:39

1912	Michael J. Ryan	United States United States (NY)	2:21:18

1913	Fritz Carlson	United States United States (MN)	2:25:14

1914	James Duffy	Canada Canada (ON)	2:25:14

1915	Édouard Fabre	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:31:41

1916	Arthur Roth	United States United States (MA)	2:27:16

1917	Bill Kennedy	United States United States (NY)	2:28:37

1918	Camp Devens relay team	United States United States (MA)	2:29:53	1918 race was relay for 10-man military teams

1919	Carl Linder	United States United States (MA)	2:29:13

1920	Peter Trivoulides	Greece Greece	2:29:31

1921	Frank Zuna	United States United States (NY)	2:18:57

1922	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:18:10	2nd victory

1923	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:23:47	3rd victory

1924	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:29:40	4th victory

1925	Charles Mellor	United States United States (IL)	2:33:00

1926	Johnny Miles	Canada Canada (NS)	2:25:40

1927	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:40:22	5th victory

1928	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:37:07	6th victory

1929	Johnny Miles	Canada Canada (NS)	2:33:08	2nd victory

1930	Clarence DeMar	United States United States (MA)	2:34:48	7th victory

1931	James Henigan	United States United States (MA)	2:46:45

1932	Paul de Bruyn	Germany Germany	2:33:36

1933	Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:31:01

1934	Dave Komonen	Canada Canada (ON)	2:32:53

1935	John A. Kelley	United States United States (MA)	2:32:07

1936	Ellison Brown	United States United States (RI)	2:33:40

1937	Walter Young	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:33:20

1938	Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:35:34	2nd victory

1939	Ellison Brown	United States United States (RI)	2:28:51	2nd victory

1940	Gérard Côté	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:28:28

1941	Leslie S. Pawson	United States United States (RI)	2:30:38	3rd victory

1942	Joe Smith	United States United States (MA)	2:26:51

1943	Gérard Côté	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:28:25	2nd victory

1944	Gérard Côté	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:31:50	3rd victory

1945	John A. Kelley	United States United States (MA)	2:30:40	2nd victory

1946	Stylianos Kyriakides	Greece Greece	2:29:27

1947	Suh Yun-bok	South Korea	2:25:39	First Asian champion, set world record

1948	Gérard Côté	Canada Canada (PQ)	2:31:02	4th victory

1949	Gösta Leandersson	Sweden	2:31:50

1950	Ham Kee-Yong	South Korea South Korea	2:32:39

1951	Shigeki Tanaka	Japan	2:27:45

1952	Doroteo Flores	Guatemala	2:31:53

1953	Keizo Yamada	Japan Japan	2:18:51

1954	Veikko Karvonen	Finland	2:20:39

1955	Hideo Hamamura	Japan Japan	2:18:22

1956	Antti Viskari	Finland Finland	2:14:14	Old course length record

1957	John J. Kelley	United States United States (CT)	2:20:05	COURSE LENGTH CHANGED

1958	Franjo Mihalić	Yugoslavia	2:25:54

1959	Eino Oksanen	Finland Finland	2:22:42

1960	Paavo Kotila	Finland Finland	2:20:54

1961	Eino Oksanen	Finland Finland	2:23:39	2nd victory

1962	Eino Oksanen	Finland Finland	2:23:48	3rd victory

1963	Aurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium	2:18:58

1964	Aurèle Vandendriessche	Belgium Belgium	2:19:59	2nd victory

1965	Morio Shigematsu	Japan Japan	2:16:33

1966	Kenji Kimihara	Japan Japan	2:17:11

1967	Dave McKenzie	New Zealand	2:15:45

1968	Amby Burfoot	United States United States (CT)	2:22:17

1969	Yoshiaki Unetani	Japan Japan	2:13:49

1970	Ron Hill	United Kingdom	2:10:30

1971	Álvaro Mejía	Colombia	2:18:45

1972	Olavi Suomalainen	Finland Finland	2:15:39

1973	Jon Anderson	United States United States (OR)	2:16:03

1974	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:13:39

1975	Bill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:09:55

1976	Jack Fultz	United States United States (VA)	2:20:19

1977	Jerome Drayton	Canada (ON)	2:14:46

1978	Bill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:10:13	2nd victory

1979	Bill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:09:27	3rd victory

1980	Bill Rodgers	United States United States (MA)	2:12:11	4th victory

1981	Toshihiko Seko	Japan Japan	2:09:26

1982	Alberto Salazar	United States United States (MA)	2:08:52

1983	Greg Meyer	United States United States (MI)	2:09:00

1984	Geoff Smith	United Kingdom United Kingdom	2:10:34

1985	Geoff Smith	United Kingdom United Kingdom	2:14:05	2nd victory

1986	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:07:51

1987	Toshihiko Seko	Japan Japan	2:11:50	2nd victory

1988	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:08:43

1989	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:09:06

1990	Gelindo Bordin	Italy	2:08:19

1991	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya Kenya	2:11:06	2nd victory

1992	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya Kenya	2:08:14	3rd victory

1993	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya Kenya	2:09:33

1994	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya Kenya	2:07:15	2nd victory

1995	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya Kenya	2:09:22	3rd victory

1996	Moses Tanui	Kenya Kenya	2:09:15

1997	Lameck Aguta	Kenya Kenya	2:10:34

1998	Moses Tanui	Kenya Kenya	2:07:34	2nd victory

1999	Joseph Chebet	Kenya Kenya	2:09:52

2000	Elijah Lagat	Kenya Kenya	2:09:47

2001	Lee Bong-Ju	South Korea South Korea	2:09:43	First South Korean win since 1947

2002	Rodgers Rop	Kenya Kenya	2:09:02

2003	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya Kenya	2:10:11

2004	Timothy Cherigat	Kenya Kenya	2:10:37

2005	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia Ethiopia	2:11:44

2006	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya Kenya	2:07:14	2nd victory

2007	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya Kenya	2:14:13	3rd victory

2008	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya Kenya	2:07:45	4th victory

2009	Deriba Merga	Ethiopia Ethiopia	2:08:42

2010	Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot	Kenya Kenya	2:05:52

2011	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya Kenya	2:03:02	Current men's course record

2012	Wesley Korir	Kenya Kenya	2:12:40

2013	Lelisa Desisa Benti	Ethiopia Ethiopia	2:10:22

2014	Meb Keflezighi	United States (CA)	2:08:37	First American win since 1983

2015	Lelisa Desisa Benti	Ethiopia Ethiopia	2:09:17	2nd victory

2016	Lemi Berhanu Hayle	Ethiopia Ethiopia	2:12:45

2017	Geoffrey Kirui	Kenya Kenya	2:09:37

2018	Yuki Kawauchi	Japan Japan	2:15:58	First Japanese win since 1987

2019	Lawrence Cherono	Kenya Kenya	2:07:57

Sentence(s)

In 2007 Cheruiyot won his third Boston Marathon with a time of 2:14:13.

final_sentence: In 2007 Cheruiyot won his third Boston Marathon with a time of 2:14:13.