The 1997 Boston Marathon was the 101st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Lameck Aguta in a time of 2:10:34 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba in 2:26:23.
Results Men Position Athlete Nationality Time Lameck Aguta 2:10:34 Joseph Kamau 2:10:46 Dionicio Cerón 2:10:59 4 Germán Silva 2:11:21 5 Moses Tanui 2:11:38 6 Gilbert Rutto 2:12:30 7 Jimmy Muindi 2:12:49 8 André Luiz Ramos 2:13:10 9 José Luis Molina 2:13:24 10 Tesfaye Bekele 2:14:02
Women Position Athlete Nationality Time Fatuma Roba 2:26:23 Elana Meyer 2:27:09 Colleen De Reuck 2:28:03 4 Uta Pippig 2:28:51 5 Derartu Tulu 2:30:28 6 Junko Asari 2:31:12 7 Alla Zhilyaeva 2:31:55 8 Sonia Maccioni 2:31:59 9 Kim Jones 2:32:52 10 Debbi Kilpatrick 2:36:04
References
Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13.
External links Boston Athletic Association website