The 2016 Boston Marathon was the 120th running of the Boston Athletic Association's mass-participation marathon. It took place on Monday, April 18. Both of the winners were from Ethiopia: the men's race was won by Lemi Berhanu Hayle in a time of 2:12:45. Atsede Baysa won the women's race with a time of 2:29:19.
Winners Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa approaching the halfway point
Image: Berhanu Lemi Hayle
Joyce Chepkirui, Tirfi Tsegaye and Valentine Kipketer lead the women at mile 19
Second place Lelisa Desisa leads eventual winner Lemi Berhanu Hayle at mile 19
The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olympics. The Boston Marathon is the world's oldest annual marathon and ranks as one of the world's best-known road racing events. It is one of six World Marathon Majors. Its course runs from Hopkinton in southern Middlesex County to Copley Square in Boston.
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 1910.
Runner Kathrine Switzer attacked by race official Jock Semple in effort to prevent a woman from running the 1967 marathon
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot on his way to winning the 2006 Boston Marathon, where he set a new course record.
Participants in the 2010 Boston Marathon in Wellesley, just after the halfway mark
