List of winners of the Boston Marathon

Table columns:
Year
Athlete
Country/State
Time
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 1897
John J. McDermott
United States(NY)
2:55:10
cells: 1898
Ronald J. MacDonald
Canada
2:42:00
cells: 1899
Lawrence Brignolia
United States (MA)
2:54:38
cells: 1900
John "Jack" Caffery
Canada
2:39:44
cells: 1901
John "Jack" Caffery
Canada
2:29:23
2nd victory
cells: 1902
Sammy Mellor
United States (NY)
2:43:12
cells: 1903
John Lorden
United States (MA)
2:41:29
cells: 1904
Michael Spring
United States (NY)
2:38:04
cells: 1905
Frederick Lorz
United States (NY)
2:38:25
cells: 1906
Tim Ford
United States (MA)
2:45:45
cells: 1907
Thomas Longboat
Canada
2:24:24
cells: 1908
Thomas Morrissey
United States (NY)
2:25:43
cells: 1909
Henri Renaud
United States (NH)
2:53:36
cells: 1910
Fred Cameron
Canada
2:28:52
cells: 1911
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:21:39
cells: 1912
Michael J. Ryan
United States (NY)
2:21:18
cells: 1913
Fritz Carlson
United States (MN)
2:25:14
cells: 1914
James Duffy
Canada
2:25:14
cells: 1915
Édouard Fabre
Canada
2:31:41
cells: 1916
Arthur Roth
United States (MA)
2:27:16
cells: 1917
Bill Kennedy
United States (NY)
2:28:37
cells: 1918
Camp Devens relay team[3]
United States (MA)
2:29:53
1918 race was relay for 10-man military teams
cells: 1919
Carl Linder
United States (MA)
2:29:13
cells: 1920
Peter Trivoulides
Greece
2:29:31
cells: 1921
Frank Zuna
United States (NY)
2:18:57
cells: 1922
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:18:10
2nd victory
cells: 1923
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:23:47
3rd victory
cells: 1924
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:29:40
4th victory
cells: 1925
Charles Mellor
United States (IL)
2:33:00
cells: 1926
Johnny Miles
Canada
2:25:40
cells: 1927
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:40:22
5th victory
cells: 1928
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:37:07
6th victory
cells: 1929
Johnny Miles
Canada
2:33:08
2nd victory
cells: 1930
Clarence DeMar
United States (MA)
2:34:48
7th victory
cells: 1931
James Henigan
United States (MA)
2:46:45
cells: 1932
Paul de Bruyn
Germany
2:33:36
cells: 1933
Leslie S. Pawson
United States (RI)
2:31:01
cells: 1934
Dave Komonen
Canada
2:32:53
cells: 1935
John A. Kelley
United States (MA)
2:32:07
cells: 1936
Ellison Brown
United States (RI)
2:33:40
cells: 1937
Walter Young
Canada
2:33:20
cells: 1938
Leslie S. Pawson
United States (RI)
2:35:34
2nd victory
cells: 1939
Ellison Brown
United States (RI)
2:28:51
2nd victory
cells: 1940
Gérard Côté
Canada
2:28:28
cells: 1941
Leslie S. Pawson
United States (RI)
2:30:38
3rd victory
cells: 1942
Joe Smith
United States (MA)
2:26:51
cells: 1943
Gérard Côté
Canada
2:28:25
2nd victory
cells: 1944
Gérard Côté
Canada
2:31:50
3rd victory
cells: 1945
John A. Kelley
United States (MA)
2:30:40
2nd victory
cells: 1946
Stylianos Kyriakides
Greece
2:29:27
cells: 1947
Suh Yun-bok
South Korea
2:25:39
cells: 1948
Gérard Côté
Canada
2:31:02
4th victory
cells: 1949
Gösta Leandersson
Sweden
2:31:50
cells: 1950
Ham Kee-Yong
South Korea
2:32:39
cells: 1951
Shigeki Tanaka
Japan
2:27:45
cells: 1952
Doroteo Flores
Guatemala
2:31:53
cells: 1953
Keizo Yamada
Japan
2:18:51
cells: 1954
Veikko Karvonen
Finland
2:20:39
cells: 1955
Hideo Hamamura
Japan
2:18:22
cells: 1956
Antti Viskari
Finland
2:14:14
cells: 1957
John J. Kelley
United States (CT)
2:20:05
COURSE LENGTH CHANGED
cells: 1958
Franjo Mihalić
Yugoslavia
2:25:54
cells: 1959
Eino Oksanen
Finland
2:22:42
cells: 1960
Paavo Kotila
Finland
2:20:54
cells: 1961
Eino Oksanen
Finland
2:23:39
2nd victory
cells: 1962
Eino Oksanen
Finland
2:23:48
3rd victory
cells: 1963
Aurèle Vandendriessche
Belgium
2:18:58
cells: 1964
Aurèle Vandendriessche
Belgium
2:19:59
2nd victory
cells: 1965
Morio Shigematsu
Japan
2:16:33
cells: 1966
Kenji Kimihara
Japan
2:17:11
cells: 1967
Dave McKenzie
New Zealand
2:15:45
cells: 1968
Amby Burfoot
United States (CT)
2:22:17
cells: 1969
Yoshiaki Unetani
Japan
2:13:49
cells: 1970
Hill, Ron !Ron Hill
United Kingdom
2:10:30
cells: 1971
Álvaro Mejía
Colombia
2:18:45
cells: 1972
Olavi Suomalainen
Finland
2:15:39
cells: 1973
Jon Anderson
United States (OR)
2:16:03
cells: 1974
Neil Cusack
Ireland
2:13:39
cells: 1975
Bill Rodgers
United States (MA)
2:09:55
cells: 1976
Jack Fultz
United States (VA)
2:20:19
cells: 1977
Jerome Drayton
Canada
2:14:46
cells: 1978
Bill Rodgers
United States (MA)
2:10:13
2nd victory
cells: 1979
Bill Rodgers
United States (MA)
2:09:27
3rd victory
cells: 1980
Bill Rodgers
United States (MA)
2:12:11
4th victory
cells: 1981
Toshihiko Seko
Japan
2:09:26
cells: 1982
Alberto Salazar
United States (MA)
2:08:52
cells: 1983
Greg Meyer
United States (MI)
2:09:00
cells: 1984
Geoff Smith
United Kingdom
2:10:34
cells: 1985
Geoff Smith
United Kingdom
2:14:05
2nd victory
cells: 1986
Robert de Castella
Australia
2:07:51
cells: 1987
Toshihiko Seko
Japan
2:11:50
2nd victory
cells: 1988
Ibrahim Hussein
Kenya
2:08:43
cells: 1989
Abebe Mekonnen
Ethiopia
2:09:06
cells: 1990
Gelindo Bordin
Italy
2:08:19
cells: 1991
Ibrahim Hussein
Kenya
2:11:06
2nd victory
cells: 1992
Ibrahim Hussein
Kenya
2:08:14
3rd victory
cells: 1993
Cosmas Ndeti
Kenya
2:09:33
cells: 1994
Cosmas Ndeti
Kenya
2:07:15
2nd victory,
cells: 1995
Cosmas Ndeti
Kenya
2:09:22
3rd victory
cells: 1996
Moses Tanui
Kenya
2:09:15
cells: 1997
Lameck Aguta
Kenya
2:10:34
cells: 1998
Moses Tanui
Kenya
2:07:34
2nd victory
cells: 1999
Joseph Chebet
Kenya
2:09:52
cells: 2000
Elijah Lagat
Kenya
2:09:47
cells: 2001
Lee Bong-Ju
South Korea
2:09:43
cells: 2002
Rodgers Rop
Kenya
2:09:02
cells: 2003
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:10:11
cells: 2004
Timothy Cherigat
Kenya
2:10:37
cells: 2005
Hailu Negussie
Ethiopia
2:11:44
cells: 2006
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:07:14
2nd victory
cells: 2007
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:14:13
3rd victory
cells: 2008
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:07:45
4th victory
cells: 2009
Deriba Merga
Ethiopia
2:08:42
cells: 2010
Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot
Kenya
2:05:52
cells: 2011
Geoffrey Mutai
Kenya
2:03:02
Current men's course record
cells: 2012
Wesley Korir
Kenya
2:12:40
cells: 2013
Lelisa Desisa Benti
Ethiopia
2:10:22
cells: 2014
Meb Keflezighi
United States (CA)
2:08:37
First American win since 1983
cells: 2015
Lelisa Desisa Benti
Ethiopia
2:09:17
2nd victory
cells: 2016
Lemi Berhanu Hayle
Ethiopia
2:12:45
cells: 2017
Geoffrey Kirui
Kenya
2:09:37
cells: 2018
Yuki Kawauchi
Japan
2:15:58
First Japanese win since 1987

Questions about this table:
originalText: who won the boston marathon men's division
answer: answerTexts: Yuki Kawauchi