The 1989

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was the 93rd running of the annual

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race in

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, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Abebe Mekonnen in a time of 2:09:06 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's

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in 2:24:33. In the

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, Philippe Couprie of France won the men's race in 1:36:04 and Connie Hansen of Denmark won the women's race in 1:50:06. A total of 5104 runners finished the race, 4239 men and 865 women.

Results

Men

Women

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

References

Results

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. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
Boston Marathon Historical Results
Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
1989 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair
Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-12.

External links

Boston Athletic Association website
{{1989 in athletics

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Marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...