The 1989 Boston Marathon was the 93rd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Abebe Mekonnen in a time of 2:09:06 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:33. In the wheelchair race, Philippe Couprie of France won the men's race in 1:36:04 and Connie Hansen of Denmark won the women's race in 1:50:06.
A total of 5104 runners finished the race, 4239 men and 865 women.
Results Men Position Athlete Nationality Time Abebe Mekonnen 2:09:06 Juma Ikangaa 2:09:56 John Treacy 2:10:24 4 Ibrahim Hussein 2:12:41 5 John Campbell 2:14:19 6 Simon Robert Naali 2:14:59 7 Gerardo Alcalá 2:15:51 8 Kunimitsu Itō 2:16:19 9 Chala Urgessa 2:17:31 10 Herb Wills 2:17:40 11 Ryszard Marczak 2:17:43 12 David Harrison 2:20:40 13 Georgios Karagiannis 2:20:50 14 Ivo Rodrigues 2:21:00 15 Manuel Vera 2:21:44 16 Ignacio Ramirez 2:21:57 17 Dave Dunham 2:22:03 18 Abraha Arega 2:22:20 19 Víctor Mora 2:22:49 20 Michel Taif 2:23:01 21 Omar Aguilar 2:23:03 22 Timothy Jones 2:23:23 23 Bernie Allen 2:23:28 24 Toru Mimura 2:24:04 25 Luis López 2:24:14
Women Position Athlete Nationality Time Ingrid Kristiansen 2:24:33 Marguerite Buist 2:29:04 Kim Jones 2:29:34 4 Eriko Asai 2:33:04 5 Lisa Rainsberger 2:33:18 6 Lisa Brady 2:34:16 7 Priscilla Welch 2:35:00 8 Odette Lapierre 2:35:51 9 Joan Benoit 2:37:52 10 Laurie Binder 2:39:21 11 Czeslawa Mentlewicz 2:40:25 12 Nancy Corsaro 2:41:13 13 Angella Hearn 2:41:39 14 Lisa Kindelan 2:42:41 15 Cindy New 2:42:56 16 Marita Yli-ilkka 2:45:51 17 Mari Tanigawa 2:46:11 18 Ann Wehner 2:47:32 19 Mary Wood 2:49:05 20 Christine Iwahashi 2:51:23 22 Susan Meltzer 2:51:53 23 Terri Lynn Martland 2:53:29 24 Stephanie Kessler 2:54:30 25 Laura Hruby 2:54:43
Wheelchair men Position Athlete Nationality Time Philippe Couprie 1:36:04 André Viger 1:36:45 Jim Knaub 1:38:25 4 Franz Nietlispach 1:39:36 5 Lars Lofstrom 1:39:37 6 Farid Amarouche 1:40:07 6 Marc Quessy 1:40:07 8 Mustapha Badid 1:42:01 9 Frederic Dessauve 1:45:10 10 Luke Gingras 1:47:08
Wheelchair women Position Athlete Nationality Time Connie Hansen 1:50:06 Candace Cable 1:52:34 Chantal Petitclerc 2:09:13 4 Daniela Jutzeler 2:11:19 5 Sherry Ramsey 2:13:46 6 Tami Oothoudt 2:16:07 7 Tracy Miller 2:16:07 8 Mary Thompson 2:26:38
References
Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-12. Boston Marathon Historical Results. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-12. 1989 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair. Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
External links Boston Athletic Association website