The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. [1] Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. [2]

With her Boston win, Jepchirchir became the first athlete in history to win Olympic, Boston, and New York City Marathon titles across their career. Three-time Boston women’s champion Fatuma Roba became the third woman and fourth person to win the Olympic Games Marathon and the Boston Marathon when she posted a 2:26:23 to win the 1997 Boston ...

John McDermott won the first Boston Marathon in 1897. Clarence DeMar has won the Boston Marathon seven times, more than any other runner in the Men's open division. Suh Yun-bok set a world record at the 1947 Boston Marathon. John J. Kelley won the …

The 1897 Boston Marathon was the inaugural edition of the marathon race that became known as the Boston Marathon. At the time it was run, the race was not known by a proper name. [1] . It took place on April 19, 1897, and was run from Ashland to Boston, Massachusetts, over a distance of 24.5 miles (39.4 km). [2]

2009年11月24日 · On April 19, 1897, John J. McDermott of New York won the first Boston Marathon with a time of 2:55:10. The Boston Marathon was the brainchild of Boston Athletic Association member and...

The Olympic Games provided the inspiration for the first Boston Marathon, which culminated the B.A.A. Games on April 19, 1897. John J. McDermott emerged from a 15-member starting field to complete the course (then 24.5 miles) in a winning time of 2:55:10.

2025年1月9日 · The marathon’s first winner was John J. McDermott, who completed the 24.5-mile (39.4-km) race in less than three hours. The race length was increased to its current distance in 1927. In 1966 Roberta Gibb became the first woman …

On April 19th, 1897 the first Boston Marathon was held. John Graham, manager of the U.S. Olympic team and member of the Boston Athletic Association, was inspired by the 1896 Summer Olympic games in Athens to host a marathon whose initial 24.5 mile course would settle on Irvington Oval in Boston to Metcalf’s Mill in Ashland.

2018年4月12日 · Fifteen men lined up at noon in front of Metcalf’s Mill in the town of Ashland, Massachusetts, on Patriot’s Day, April 19, 1897. Their mission: to run 24.5 miles down a dirt road to Irvington Oval in downtown Boston in what would be only the second marathon on U.S. soil.

Roberta Gibb was the first woman to run the full Boston Marathon in 1966. Gibb, who did not run with an official race number during any of the three years (1966-68) that she was the first female finisher, hid in the bushes near the start until the race began.