2014 Boston Marathon

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2014 Boston Marathon
Meb Keflezighi in 2014 Boston Marathon.jpg Bizunesh Deba.png
Meb Keflezighi, male winner near halfway point in Wellesley and Women's winner Bizunesh Deba.
Venue Boston, Massachusetts
DatesApril 21
Champions
Men Meb Keflezighi (2:08:37)
Women Buzunesh Deba (2:19:59)
Wheelchair men Ernst F. Van Dyk (1:20:36)
Wheelchair women Tatyana McFadden (1:35:06)
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Boston Marathon course map

The 2014 Boston Marathon took place in Boston, Massachusetts, on Monday, April 21. It was the 118th official running of the Boston Marathon, traditionally held on Patriots' Day. The race is organized by the Boston Athletic Association, and has been happening yearly since 1897. On account of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, extra security measures were implemented. They started a safety committee which began meeting in January of each year, as well as had a multi-agency coordination center to provide a place for people to go who were in need of help during the course of the race. [2] New laws included the Post Disaster Mental Health Act were implemented [3] which provides mental health services for places after a disaster even if it is not considered extreme enough to be a Major Disaster. The 2014 Marathon had about 36,000 registered participants, second only to the 1996 race in number of entries.

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History behind the marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual race stretched from multiple cities in eastern and some of western Massachusetts. It was created under the Boston Athletic Association by the inaugural U.S. Olympic team manager John Graham. Due to his admiration of the first Olympic Games several decades earlier, he and Herbert H. Holton, a Boston businessman, created the popular marathon. [4]

Race description

Racers begin by meeting in Boston Common on race day where they are then bused to the starting line, also called the start village. At the village there are concessions like bagels and coffee. [5]

The course runs through 26 miles 385 yards (42.195 km) of roads, mostly following Route 135, Route 16, Route 30, and city streets into the center of Boston, where the official finish line is located on Boylston Street in Copley Square alongside the Boston Public Library. The race runs through Hopkinton, Ashland, Framingham, Natick, Wellesley, Newton, Brookline, and Boston. The race is challenging to get into as qualification times are getting faster each year.

2014 Marathon

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2014 Boston Marathon Crowd

The race was held on April 21, 2014. Over a million people were expected to line the marathon route to watch the race, twice the number who attend during a typical year. Because of increased participation, the qualifying time lowered by 1 minute 38 seconds. At the start, a moment of silence was held in memory of the 2013 bombings. The men and women's wheelchair group began their race at 8:50 am. The race started for the elite women at 9:32, while the elite men started half an hour later. [6] Another moment of silence was announced (at least for television viewers) at 2:49 pm, in memory of the 2013 bombings, commemorating the exact minute when the 2013 bombings had occurred. The song "Boston Strong" was also heard playing at the starting line. [7]

Bizunesh Deba (26) of Ethiopia crossed the finish line in 2:19:59 to win the race, setting a new course record. The men's competition was won by Meb Keflezighi (38) of the United States with a time of 2:08:37, marking the first time the race had been won by an American male runner in over 30 years.

Security

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After the bombings that took place during the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three and injuring over 260, police vowed to institute additional security measures—including bag checks and additional barriers—while maintaining a friendly, happy atmosphere. [8] Police banned backpacks, strollers, suitcases, glass containers, some costumes and props, weight vests, and items larger than 5 by 5 inches (13 cm × 13 cm). [9] Those with larger bags were subject to being searched. [10] Unregistered runners previously known as "bandits" also were not allowed to participate. [10] More than 3,500 uniformed Boston Police officers were present for security. Overall the association was aiming to keep the event as safe as possible while still maintaining the usual fun and excitement of it.

Results

Results are from the Boston Athletic Association. [11]

Elite Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Meb Keflezighi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:08:37
Silver medal icon.svg Wilson Chebet Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08:48
Bronze medal icon.svg Franklin Chepkwony Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:08:50
4 Vitaliy Shafar Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:09:37
5 Markos Geneti Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:09:50
6 Joel Kimurer Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:11:03
7 Nicholas Arciniaga Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11:47
8 Jeffrey Eggleston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:11:57
9 Paul Lonyangata Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:12:34
10 Adil Annani Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 2:12:43
Elite Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Buzunesh Deba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:19:59
Silver medal icon.svg Mare Dibaba Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:20:35
Bronze medal icon.svg Jemima Jelagat Sumgong Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:20:41
4 Meselech Melkamu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:21:28
5 Aleksandra Duliba Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 2:21:29
6 Shalane Flanagan Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:22:02
7 Sharon Cherop Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:23:00
8 Philes Ongori Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:23:22
9 Desiree Davila Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:23:54
10 Belaynesh Oljira Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 2:24:21

Wheelchair

Men
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Ernst F. Van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:20:36
Silver medal icon.svg Kota Hokinoue Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:21:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Masazumi Soejima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:21:14
4 Marcel E. Hug Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:24:39
5 Jordi Madera Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:24:42
Women
PlaceAthleteNationalityTime
Gold medal icon.svg Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:35:06
Silver medal icon.svg Wakako Tsuchida Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1:37:24
Bronze medal icon.svg Susannah Scaroni Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:38:33
4 Manuela Schär Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1:39:39
5 Shelly Woods Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 1:41:42
Ernst F. Van Dyk in 2014 Boston Marathon.jpg
Ernst F. Van Dyk
near halfway point in Wellesley
Tatyana McFadden in 2014 Boston Marathon.jpg
Tatyana McFadden
near halfway point in Wellesley

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