# 1988 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. In the wheelchair race, Mustapha Badid of France won the men's race in 1:43:19 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:10:44.
A total of 5261 runners finished the race, 4472 men and 789 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ibrahim Hussein | Kenya | 2:08:43 |
| | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:08:44 |
| | John Treacy | Ireland | 2:09:15 |
| 4 | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 2:09:27 |
| 5 | Gianni Poli | Italy | 2:09:33 |
| 6 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 2:11:08 |
| 7 | Orlando Pizzolato | Italy | 2:12:32 |
| 8 | John Makanya | Tanzania | 2:14:04 |
| 9 | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 2:14:07 |
| 10 | Tomoyuki Taniguchi | Japan | 2:14:18 |
| 11 | Zakariah Barie | Tanzania | 2:14:32 |
| 12 | Hideki Kita | Japan | 2:14:40 |
| 13 | Joseph Kipsang | Kenya | 2:15:05 |
| 14 | Michael O'Reilly | United Kingdom | 2:15:27 |
| 15 | Ahmet Altun | Turkey | 2:15:48 |
| 16 | Jean-Michel Charbonnel | France | 2:15:58 |
| 17 | Vesa Kähkölä | Finland | 2:16:17 |
| 18 | Geoffrey Smith | United Kingdom | 2:16:34 |
| 19 | Jean-Yves Madelon | France | 2:16:42 |
| 20 | John Burra | Tanzania | 2:17:11 |
| 22 | Tommy Ekblom | Finland | 2:17:34 |
| 23 | Roger Soler | Peru | 2:17:46 |
| 24 | Silvio Salazar | Colombia | 2:17:49 |
| 25 | Ryszard Marczak | Poland | 2:17:53 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Rosa Mota | Portugal | 2:24:30 |
| | Tuija Toivonen | Finland | 2:29:26 |
| | Odette Lapierre | Canada | 2:30:35 |
| 4 | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:30:48 |
| 5 | Lizanne Bussières | Canada | 2:30:57 |
| 6 | Ellen Rochefort | Canada | 2:31:36 |
| 7 | Sinikka Keskitalo | Finland | 2:34:12 |
| 8 | Sirkku Kumpulainen | Finland | 2:35:24 |
| 9 | Susan Stone | Canada | 2:38:48 |
| 10 | Gillian Beschloss | United Kingdom | 2:40:08 |
| 11 | Angella Hearn | United Kingdom | 2:40:15 |
| 12 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:40:26 |
| 13 | Ritva Lemettinen | Finland | 2:41:58 |
| 14 | Marjaana Lahti-Koski | Finland | 2:42:57 |
| 15 | Kirsi Rauta | Finland | 2:43:54 |
| 16 | El-Hassania Darami | Morocco | 2:44:29 |
| 17 | Gloria Corona | Mexico | 2:45:40 |
| 18 | Lise Bouchard | Canada | 2:46:02 |
| 19 | Louise Mohanna | United States | 2:46:09 |
| 20 | Christine Iwahashi | United States | 2:48:57 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Mustapha Badid | France | 1:43:19 |
| | Philippe Couprie | France | 1:54:58 |
| | Bosse Lindquist | Sweden | 1:56:58 |
| 4 | Scott Patterson | United States | 1:57:22 |
| 5 | Markus Pilz | Germany | 1:58:40 |
| 6 | Marty Vogel | United States | 2:00:20 |
| 7 | André Viger | Canada | 2:00:49 |
| 8 | Robert Molinatti | United States | 2:01:34 |
| 9 | Tim O'Connell | United States | 2:02:06 |
| 10 | Bart Bardwell | United States | 2:02:37 |

### Wheelchair women

| Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| Candace Cable | United States | 2:10:44 |
| Sharon Frenette | United States | 2:30:17 |
| Mary Thompson | United States | 2:59:57 |