# 1986 Boston Marathon

The 1986 Boston Marathon was the 90th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Australia's Robert de Castella in a time of 2:07:51 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:55. In the wheelchair race, André Viger of Canada won the men's race in 1:43:25 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:09:28. A men's visually impaired race was hosted within the marathon for the first time, and was won by an American Ricardo Pacheco in a time of 3:35:15.
A total of 3750 runners finished the race, 3294 men and 456 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Robert de Castella | Australia | 2:07:51 |
| | Art Boileau | Canada | 2:11:15 |
| | Orlando Pizzolato | Italy | 2:11:43 |
| 4 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:13:36 |
| 5 | Arturo Barrios | Mexico | 2:14:09 |
| 6 | Bob Hodge | United States | 2:14:50 |
| 7 | Domingo Tibaduiza | Colombia | 2:15:22 |
| 8 | Paul Cummings | United States | 2:16:05 |
| 9 | Dan Schlesinger | United States | 2:16:29 |
| 10 | Kunimitsu Itō | Japan | 2:17:02 |
| 11 | Pertti Tiainen | Finland | 2:17:04 |
| 12 | Greg Meyer | United States | 2:17:29 |
| 13 | Hiroshi Nagashima | Japan | 2:17:38 |
| 14 | Gonzalo Huggins | Venezuela | 2:18:11 |
| 15 | Robert Doyle | United States | 2:19:03 |
| 16 | Michael Hurd | United Kingdom | 2:19:04 |
| 17 | Trevor Fieldsend | United Kingdom | 2:19:19 |
| 18 | Michael Patterson | United States | 2:21:14 |
| 19 | Kjeld Johnsen | Denmark | 2:21:19 |
| 20 | Neil Cusack | Ireland | 2:21:24 |
| 21 | Seppo Liuttu | Finland | 2:22:12 |
| 22 | Paul McGovern | United States | 2:22:18 |
| 23 | Mark Bossardet | United States | 2:22:29 |
| 24 | Peter Kanfer | United States | 2:22:42 |
| 25 | Roger Luis Lopez | Costa Rica | 2:22:42 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:24:55 |
| | Carla Beurskens | Netherlands | 2:27:35 |
| | Lizanne Bussières | Canada | 2:32:16 |
| 4 | Evy Palm | Sweden | 2:32:47 |
| 5 | Sinikka Keskitalo | Finland | 2:33:18 |
| 6 | Julie Isphording | United States | 2:33:40 |
| 7 | Christa Vahlensieck | West Germany | 2:34:50 |
| 8 | Lorraine Moller | New Zealand | 2:35:06 |
| 9 | Eileen Claugus | United States | 2:38:23 |
| 10 | Ellen Rochefort | Canada | 2:40:00 |
| 11 | Hazel Stewart | New Zealand | 2:41:12 |
| 12 | Mary Hynes | United States | 2:41:50 |
| 13 | Sissel Grottenberg | Norway | 2:43:00 |
| 14 | Bobbi Rothman | United States | 2:43:36 |
| 15 | Audrey Kemp | United States | 2:46:52 |
| 16 | Ena Guevara | Peru | 2:47:37 |
| 17 | Oonagh Bruni | United States | 2:49:22 |
| 18 | Gina Sperry | United States | 2:49:34 |
| 20 | Doreen Mastalli | United States | 2:51:24 |
| 21 | Beth Dillinger | United States | 2:51:26 |
| 22 | Nancy Munroe | United States | 2:51:51 |
| 23 | Marty Anderson | United States | 2:53:19 |
| 24 | Patricia Sher | United States | 2:54:11 |
| 25 | Sima Dianat | United States | 2:54:22 |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | André Viger | Canada | 1:43:25 |
| | George Murray | United States | 1:48:59 |
| | Laverne Achenbach | United States | 1:51:25 |
| 4 | Ted Vince | Canada | 1:51:26 |
| 5 | Junior Rice | United States | 1:53:19 |
| 6 | Bosse Lindquist | Sweden | 1:55:03 |
| 7 | Kenneth Archer | United States | 1:55:19 |
| 8 | Philippe Couprie | France | 1:55:54 |
| 9 | Joe Ray | United States | 1:56:59 |
| 10 | Phil Carpenter | United States | 1:57:03 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Candace Cable | United States | 2:09:28 |