The 2024 Boston Marathon was the 128th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston,

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, run on Monday, . A Platinum Label marathon, it was the second of six

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events scheduled for 2024. The number of participants was limited to 30,000, with 22,019 runners chosen basen on their performances in qualifying events. A record number of 33,000 runners applied to run the race, from 127 countries. In mid-March, organizers announced that former

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player

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was selected as the event's grand marshall. Winner of the men's elite division was

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, and the women's elite division was won by

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. Two-time defending men's champion

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, looking to become the fifth man to win the event three consecutive times, finished third. In the wheelchair divisions, the men's winner was

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and the women's winner was

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. Rainbow-Cooper became the first winner from

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of the event's women’s wheelchair division.

Results

Men

Women

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Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

Gallery

References

External links

Official website
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