Bobbi Gibb honored with statue at Boston Marathon start line
Boston Marathon unveiled a statue honoring Bobbi Gibb, the first woman to complete the race in 1966.
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Boston Marathon 2026
The 2026 Boston Marathon took place with historically favorable weather conditions. John Korir won the men's race in a course record time of 2:01:52, while Sharon Lokedi secured her second consecutive women's victory. Multiple records were broken across divisions, including the fastest American male marathon time by Zouhair Talbi.
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2026-08-18 to 2026-11-15 · UTC publication dates
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Multiple runners break previous Boston Marathon course record
Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania finished second, 55 seconds behind Korir, while 2021 champion Benson Kipruto of Kenya finished third, 3 seconds behind Simbu. Both runners ran fast enough to break the previous Boston Marathon course record of 2:03:02 set by Geoffrey Mutai in 2011.
John Korir wins Boston Marathon in course record time of 2:01:52
John Korir, a 29-year-old Kenyan runner and defending champion, won the Boston Marathon on Monday in 2 hours, 1 minute, 52 seconds, breaking the course record by 70 seconds. This was the fifth-fastest marathon time of all time. Korir broke away from the pack at Heartbreak Hill in Newton, opening a 40-second lead and maintaining it to the finish line on Boylston Street.
Eden Rainbow-Cooper wins second Boston Marathon wheelchair title
Eden Rainbow-Cooper of Britain won the women's wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon for the second time, finishing in 1 hour, 30 minutes, 51 seconds. She beat runner-up Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland by more than two minutes.
Sharon Lokedi wins Boston Marathon women's race for second consecutive year
Sharon Lokedi, a Kenyan runner, won the women's Boston Marathon for the second consecutive year, finishing in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 51 seconds. She led through Mile 24 and emerged from the Newton Hills with an expanding lead. Loice Chemnung finished second, 44 seconds behind.
John Korir joins brother Wesley as only relatives to win Boston Marathon
John Korir won the Boston Marathon for the second consecutive year, one year after joining his brother Wesley Korir, who won in 2012, as the only siblings to win the Boston Marathon.
Marcel Hug wins ninth Boston Marathon wheelchair title
Marcel Hug of Switzerland won the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon for the ninth time, finishing in 1 hour, 16 minutes, 6 seconds. He missed his own course record by 33 seconds. Hug is now one win short of Ernst Van Dyk's all-category record of 10 Boston Marathon victories.
New statue honoring marathon pioneer Bobbi Gibb unveiled at Boston Marathon start
A new statue of and by marathon pioneer Bobbi Gibb was unveiled at the start of the Boston Marathon course. This is the first statue on the course honoring a woman.
Zouhair Talbi sets fastest marathon time by American male runner
Zouhair Talbi, who competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics for Morocco and became a U.S. citizen last year, finished fifth in the Boston Marathon with a time of 2:03:45, which is the fastest marathon time ever recorded by an American male runner.
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Historic records shattered across Boston Marathon 2026 competition
Boston Marathon 2026 saw historic records broken across men's, women's, and wheelchair divisions.