Race profile

Boston
Boston MA/USA
17 Apr 1978
Road
Marathon
Acceptable for rankings, not record quality
Point-to-point course
Men: -132.90 sec (-3.15 sec/km)
Total: 4071
Men: 3885
Women: 186
Boston

Results (men)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 2:10:14 Bill Rodgers USA 23 Dec 1947
2 2:10:16 Jeff Wells USA 25 May 1954
3 2:11:16 Esa Tikkanen FIN 01 Aug 1953
4 2:11:18 Jack Fultz USA 27 Aug 1948
5 2:11:26 Randy Thomas USA 28 Jul 1953
6 2:11:44 Kevin Ryan NZL 22 Jul 1949
7 2:14:08 Don Kardong USA 22 Dec 1948
8 2:14:13 John Lodwick USA 16 Mar 1954
9 2:14:35 Yutaka Taketomi JPN 16 Feb 1954
10 2:14:45 Tom Fleming USA 23 Jul 1951
11 2:15:04 Benji Durden USA 28 Aug 1951
12 2:15:36 Robert Doyle USA 05 Mar 1949
13 2:15:57 John Dimick USA 20 Sep 1949
14 2:16:12 Lee Fidler USA 21 Mar 1949
15 2:16:38 John Vitale USA 15 Jul 1948
16 2:17:00 Russell Pate USA 07 Dec 1946
17 2:17:09 Robert McOmber USA 01 Jan 1951
18 2:17:11 Mitsuo Suzuki JPN 14 Nov 1948
19 2:17:13 Edward Strabel USA 31 Jan 1945
20 2:18:00 Timothy Donovan USA 10 Jul 1954
21 2:18:01 Art McAndrew USA 03 Nov 1943
22 2:18:15 Bruce Robinson USA 25 Sep 1950
23 2:18:17 Frank Shorter USA 31 Oct 1947
24 2:18:22 Raymond Currier USA 30 Aug 1944
25 2:18:28 Barry Heath ENG 28 Oct 1947
26 2:18:30 William Sieben USA 03 Jun 1952
27 2:18:45 Michael Murphy USA 31 Oct 1957
28 2:18:56 Ralph Zimmerman USA 12 May 1941
29 2:19:24 Laurence Olsen USA 14 Nov 1946
30 2:19:35 Ben Wilson USA 03 Jan 1948
31 2:19:47 Juan Rafael Angel Perez Cordoba CRC 03 Jul 1946
32 2:19:58 James Bowles USA 27 Jul 1949
33 2:20:04 Chuck Burrows USA 31 Jul 1948
35 2:20:24 Tim Nikcevich USA 11 Mar 1955
36 2:20:29 Barney Klecker USA 25 Aug 1951
37 2:20:37 Steve Flanagan USA 15 Jun 1948
41 2:21:34 Robert Hensley USA 28 Jun 1954
42 2:21:51 Anthony Brien IRL 31 Dec 1948
44 2:21:55 Bill Gavaghan USA 06 Jun 1951
47 2:22:28 Alasdair Kean SCO 05 Nov 1947
50 2:22:52 William Haviland USA 11 Oct 1950
81 2:25:47 Radames Vega PUR
124 2:28:30 Jeffrey Wall USA 1942
150? 2:29:27 Hikaru Watanabe JPN 13 Jul 1949
151 2:29:34 Paul Thompson USA 1947
161 2:30:05 Amby Burfoot USA 19 Aug 1946
164 2:30:10 Tom Derderian USA 08 Mar 1949
249 2:33:36 Michael Duncan USA 13 Nov 1949
275? 2:36:16 Alex Ratelle USA 12 Sep 1924
666 2:43:30 Ted Pawlak USA 1956

Results (women)

Finished Time Flags Given name Surname Alternate name Citizenship Birth date Prize money Actions
1 2:44:52 Gayle Barron USA 06 Apr 1945
2 2:45:36 Penny DeMoss USA 04 Jan 1950
3 2:47:23 Jane Killion USA 14 Jan 1949
4 2:47:52 Kim Merritt USA 22 May 1955
5 2:48:42 Lauri Pedrinan USA 17 Oct 1952
6 2:52:34 Kiyoko Obata JPN 01 Jan 1957
7 2:52:49 Eleonora deMendonca BRA 13 Nov 1948
8 2:52:58 Linda Donkelaar USA 23 Oct 1950
10 2:53:20 Gayle Olinekova CAN 03 Mar 1953
11 2:53:51 Deborah Butterfield USA 28 Mar 1952
12 2:54:13 Carolyn Bravakis USA 01 Apr 1944
13 2:54:21 Gabriele Andersen Schiess SUI 20 Mar 1945
21 2:57:50 Doone Riley CAN 1957
24 2:58:43 Joan Ullyot USA 01 Jul 1940
34 3:03:27 Elaine Miller Ivaldi USA 1947
86 3:16:55 Lucy Kaplan Shapiro USA 02 Sep 1938
125 3:28:32 Karen Scannell USA 23 Aug 1938
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