The 2025 Boston Marathon was the 129th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston,

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, held on Monday, . It was a Platinum Label marathon, one of seven

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scheduled for 2025 and the second to be run, following the

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of early March. In early April, organizers announced that Bill Rodgers, four-time winner of the event, and Bob Hall, "the father of wheelchair racing", would serve as grand marshals. Each won their division in the

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Entrants

A total of 32,080 runners appeared on the official entry list (24,000 chosen based on their performances in qualifying events), an increase from the 29,685 runners on the entry list of the 2024 edition. Entrants came from all 50 U.S. states and 118 countries. Notable professional entrants in the event included: * Men:

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, John Korir,

Evans Chebet Evans Kiplagat Chebet (born 10 November 1988) is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in road races. In 2022, he became the third man this century to win both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon. Chebet successfully defended h ...

Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut (born 1992), also known as Cybrian Kotut, is a Kenyan professional long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. His best for the distance is 2:04:47 hours. He was the winner of the 2016 Paris Marathon. He also holds ...

, and

Haymanot Alew Haymanot Alew Engdayehu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He finished third at the 2024 Berlin Marathon. Career In 2018, Haymanot set a personal best of 42:20 over the 15 km in finishing second at the Le Puy-en-Velay 15 km. In Ju ...

* Women:

Hellen Obiri Hellen Onsando Obiri (born 13 December 1989) is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner. She is the only woman to have won world titles in indoor track, outdoor track and cross country. Obiri is a two-time Olympic 5,000 metres silver med ...

Amane Beriso Amane Beriso Shankule (born 13 October 1991) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. In 2023, she won the marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest. In 2022, she improved her marathon personal best by nearly six minutes to tak ...

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, Irine Cheptai, Keira D'Amato, and

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* Men's wheelchair:

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, Johnboy Smith, Daniel Romanchuk, Kota Hokinoue, and Rafael Botello Jimenez * Women's wheelchair:

Eden Rainbow-Cooper Eden Rainbow-Cooper (born 17 May 2001) is an elite English Paralympic athlete from Portsmouth. Rainbow-Cooper is a T54 athlete who competes as a wheelchair racer. She was born with sacral agenesis. Rainbow-Cooper began wheelchair racing in ...

Susannah Scaroni Susannah Scaroni (born May 16, 1991) is an American Para-athletics, Paralympic athlete. She won the gold medal in the Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 5000 metres T54, women's 5000 meters T54 event at the 2020 Summer Paralymp ...

, Manuela Schar, Tatyana McFadden, and Catherine Debrunner * Men's para-athletes: El Amin Chentouf, Wajdi Boukhili, and Richard Whitehead * Women's para-athletes: Kelly Bruno and Melissa Stockwell Note: a dagger () denotes a defending champion from the 2024 edition Other notable entrants included: *

Amby Burfoot Ambrose Joel Burfoot (born August 19, 1946) is an American former marathoner whose peak competitive years came in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was the winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon. After retiring from competition, he became a running ...

, American former long-distance runner, winner of the

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and 1966

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* Alice Cook, American former figure skater and sports reporter * Brian Diemer, American former track and field athlete, bronze medalist in the 3000m steeplechase at the

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* Matt James, American television personality ('' The Bachelor'') *

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, British former long-distance runner, former women's marathon world record holder *

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, American professional golfer

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, former team captain of the

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, was listed as an entrant but did not run.

Results

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John Korir's brother,

Wesley Korir Wesley Kipchumba Korir (15 November 1982) is a Kenyan athlete who specializes in long distance running competitions, as well as a politician who served as an elected member of Parliament for Cherangany Constituency. On 16 April 2012, he won the ...

, won the

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, making them the first brothers to have both won the event. Defending champion

appeared to have a leg issue approximately into the race and did not finish. Jordan Maddocks of

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, sponsored by Chiquita Banana, finished dressed in a banana costume with a time of 2:33:19, breaking the world record for fastest marathon run in a fruit costume. Lokedi's time of 2:17:22 set a new course record for women, besting the prior mark of 2:19:59 set by Buzunesh Deba in the

2014 Boston Marathon 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 be ...

. Desiree Linden, women's champion of the 2018 Boston Marathon, completed the race in 2:26:18 after announcing that this would be her final race as a professional.

Wheelchair

Handcycle

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References

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