Boston Marathon Results

Marathon is one of the most participated types of sporting events these days. Marathon is the type of sport that involves large numbers of participants. Marathon is also one of the mostly held types of sporting event. As a matter of fact, there are at least a thousand marathon runs held all over the world. The most popular among these marathon runs is the Boston Marathon event. The said marathon event in Boston is considered as the foremost of all marathon runs. The Boston Marathon is considered as one of the forefathers of annual marathon events.

The Boston Marathon is one of the most prestigious and most popular marathon runs all over the world. The said event averages approximately 20,000 marathon runners each year. In addition to that, the said marathon event is participated by top marathon runners from numerous countries all over the world.

The Boston Marathon is held annually on every third Monday of April (which falls on “Patriots Day”). Each year thousands upon thousands participate in the said event. The 111th Boston Marathon (which was on 2007) garnered more than 23,000 participants. The Boston Marathon results of the “Women’s Division” on 2007 are as follows; the first placer was Lidiya Girgoryeva. The Russian marathon runner finished the marathon run in just 2 hours 29 minutes and 18 seconds. She was followed 40 seconds later by the Latvian, Jelena Prokopcuka. Madai Perez of Mexico finished third place. The Perez crossed the finish line after 2 hours 30 minutes and 16 seconds from the start of the marathon run. The defending champion, Rita Jeptoo of Kenya wasn’t fortunate enough to repeat the same feat she did last 2006. She finished fourth place in just 2 hours 33 minutes and 8 seconds. Deena Kastor of the United States was fifth place with an official time of 2 hours 35 minutes and 9 seconds of the marathon run.

The 2007 Boston Marathon results for the “Men’s Division” was quite intense. However, the first four places were manipulated by marathon runners of Kenya. Robert Cheruiyot finished first place, having an official time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 13 seconds. Cheruiyot is currently the only marathon runner to have won the marathon events of Chicago and Boston in the same year. James Kwambai finished 30 seconds after Cheruiyot. His official second place time was 2 hours 14 minutes and 33 seconds. 14 seconds later, Stephen Kiogora finished third place with an official time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 47 seconds. James Koskei finished fourth in just 2 hours 15 minutes and 5 seconds. Of the first five placers of the Boston Marathon results of 2007, Teferi Wodajo was the only participant who is not from the country Kenya. Wodajo finished fifth with an official time of 2 hours 15 minutes and 6 seconds, a mere second away from Koskei.

Boston Marathon event are governed and organized by a non profit organization called “Boston Athletic Association”. The said organization is considered as one of the oldest sport organizations in the country and was founded on 1887.

Boston Marathon is among the numerous marathon runs and event that is held several countries all over the world. The said sporting event is participated by all types of marathon runners worldwide. It is also participated by the leading marathon runners worldwide. Participating in the said marathon run is considered as an achievement itself because of the high qualifying standards that the said marathon event. In order for a participant to join the marathon run, they must meet the required qualifying standards. That is the reason why to be able to qualify in the Boston Marathon is considered by an achievement.