2018 Boston Marathon

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2018 Boston Marathon
File:Desiree Linden.jpg File:Yuki Kawauchi.jpg
VenueBoston, Massachusetts, United States
DatesApril 16, 2018
Champions
MenYuki Kawauchi (2:15:58)
WomenDesiree Linden (2:39:54)
Wheelchair menMarcel Hug (1:46:26)
Wheelchair womenTatyana McFadden (2:04:39)
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The 2018 Boston Marathon was the 122nd running of the Boston Athletic Association's Boston Marathon. It took place on Monday, April 16, 2018 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts).[1] The race was held in unusually cold weather at 39 °F (4 °C) with rain.[2] Yuki Kawauchi won the men's foot race in 2:15:58 and Desiree Linden won the women's foot race in 2:39:54. The previous year's times were 2:09:37 and 2:21:52, respectively, reflecting the difficult running conditions this year. Wheelchair winners were Marcel Hug, 1:46:26, and Tatyana McFadden, 2:04:39.

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Lead women near halfway point of Boston Marathon 2018 during an especially hard down pour. The woman's winner, Desiree Linden, wearing black with a large green stripe, is on the right of the pair of runners behind the lead pack.
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Tatyana McFadden
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Marcel Hug

Course

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The event ran along the same winding course the Marathon has followed for many decades: 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 km) of roads and city streets, starting in Hopkinton and passing through six Massachusetts cities and towns, to the finish line beside the Boston Public Library, on Boylston Street in Boston's Copley Square.[3] There was rain and hail throughout the day, heavy at times, with temperatures in the 40s F and gusty winds.[4]

Results

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Results reported by the Boston Globe,[5] and the BAA.[6]

Elite Men
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Yuki Kawauchi File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 2:15:58
2 Geoffrey Kirui File:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 2:18:23
3 Shadrack Biwott File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:18:35
Elite Women
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Desiree Linden File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:39:54
2 Sarah Sellers File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:44:04
3 Krista DuChene File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 2:44:20

Wheelchair

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Men
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Marcel Hug File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 1:46:26
2 Ernst van Dyk File:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 1:47:14
3 Daniel Romanchuk File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 1:50:39
Women
Place Athlete Nationality Time
1 Tatyana McFadden File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:04:39
2 Susannah Scaroni File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States 2:20:01
3 Sandra Graf File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland 2:26:32


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