1997 Boston Marathon

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1997 Boston Marathon
Venue Boston, United States
DatesApril 21
Champions
Men Lameck Aguta (2:10:34)
Women Fatuma Roba (2:26:23)
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The 1997 Boston Marathon was the 101st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Lameck Aguta in a time of 2:10:34 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba in 2:26:23.

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Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Lameck Aguta Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:10:34
Silver medal icon.svg Joseph Kamau Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:10:46
Bronze medal icon.svg Dionicio Cerón Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10:59
4 Germán Silva Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:11:21
5 Moses Tanui Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:11:38
6 Gilbert Rutto Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:30
7 Jimmy Muindi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:49
8 André Luiz Ramos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 2:13:10
9 José Luis Molina Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 2:13:24
10 Tesfaye Bekele Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:14:02

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Fatuma Roba Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:26:23
Silver medal icon.svg Elana Meyer Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:27:09
Bronze medal icon.svg Colleen De Reuck Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:28:03
4 Uta Pippig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:28:51
5 Derartu Tulu Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 2:30:28
6 Junko Asari Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:31:12
7 Alla Zhilyaeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:31:55
8 Sonia Maccioni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:31:59
9 Kim Jones Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:32:52
10 Debbi Kilpatrick Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:36:04

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