The 2025 Boston Marathon was the 129th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, . It was a Platinum Label marathon, one of seven World Marathon Majors scheduled for 2025 and the second to be run, following the 2025 Tokyo Marathon 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 1975 Boston Marathon.
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: Sisay Lemma, John Korir, Evans Chebet, Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut, and Haymanot Alew Women: Hellen Obiri, Amane Beriso, Yalemzerf Yehualaw, Irine Cheptai, Keira D'Amato, and Rahma Tusa Men's wheelchair: Marcel Hug, Johnboy Smith, Daniel Romanchuk, Kota Hokinoue, and Rafael Botello Jimenez Women's wheelchair: Eden Rainbow-Cooper, Susannah Scaroni, 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, American former long-distance runner, winner of the 1968 Boston Marathon and 1966 Philadelphia Marathon 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 1984 Summer Olympics Matt James, American television personality (The Bachelor) Paula Radcliffe, British former long-distance runner, former women's marathon world record holder Scott Stallings, American professional golfer
Zdeno Chára, former team captain of the Boston Bruins, was listed as an entrant but did not run.
Results Source:
Open
+Elite men top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime2:04:452:05:042:05:044 2:05:085 2:05:596 2:07:027 2:07:048 2:07:199 2:07:5210 2:08:00 John Korir's brother, Wesley Korir, won the 2012 Boston Marathon, making them the first brothers to have both won the event.
Defending champion Sisay Lemma appeared to have a leg issue approximately into the race and did not finish.
Jordan Maddocks of Utah, 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.
+Elite women top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime2:17:222:17:412:18:06 4 2:21:32 5 2:21:58 6 2:22:38 7 2:22:43 8 2:23:21 9 2:23:29 10 2:23:43 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.
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
+Men's wheelchair top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime1:21:341:25:581:30:16
+Women's wheelchair top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime1:35:201:37:261:39:18
Handcycle Source:
+Men's handcycle top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime 1:07:361:13:301:15:23
+Women's handcycle top finishersPlaceAthleteNationalityTime1:42:571:42:571:43:07
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