2001 Boston Marathon

{{short description|Footrace held in Boston, Massachusetts}}

{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 2001 Boston Marathon

|image = File:Osaka07 D9M WMarathon Ndereba running.jpg

|caption = Women's winner Catherine Ndereba

|venue = Boston, United States

|dates = April 16

|men = Lee Bong-ju

|men_win_value = 2:09:43

|women= Catherine Ndereba

|women_win_value = 2:23:53

|prev = 2000

|next = 2002

}}

The 2001 Boston Marathon was the 105th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by South Korea's Lee Bong-ju in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:23:53.

A total of 13,395 people finished the race, 8586 men and 4809 women.

Results

= Men =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Position

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Time

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

|align=center| {{gold1}}

Lee Bong-ju{{Flag|South Korea|1997}}2:09:43
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|align=center| {{silver2}}

Silvio Guerra{{ECU}}2:10:07
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|align=center| {{bronze3}}

Joshua Chelanga{{KEN}}2:10:29
align=center| 4David Busenei{{KEN}}2:11:47
align=center| 5Mbarak Hussein{{KEN}}2:12:01
align=center| 6Rodney De Haven{{USA}}2:12:41
align=center| 7Laban Nkete{{RSA}}2:12:44
align=center| 8Fedor Ryzhov{{RUS}}2:13:54
align=center| 9Makhosonke Fika{{RSA}}2:14:13
align=center| 10Timothy Cherigat{{KEN}}2:14:21
align=center| 11Joshua Kipkemboi{{KEN}}2:14:47
align=center| 12Moses Tanui{{KEN}}2:15:00
align=center| 13João N'Tyamba{{ANG}}2:16:00
align=center| 14Josh Cox{{USA}}2:16:17
align=center| 15Shem Kororia{{KEN}}2:17:02

= Women =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Position

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Time

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

|align=center| {{gold1}}

Catherine Ndereba{{KEN}}2:23:53
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|align=center| {{silver2}}

Małgorzata Sobańska{{POL}}2:26:42
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|align=center| {{bronze3}}

Lyubov Morgunova{{RUS}}2:27:18
align=center| 4Lornah Kiplagat{{KEN}}2:27:56
align=center| 5Fatuma Roba{{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}}2:28:08
align=center| 6Irina Timofeyeva{{RUS}}2:28:50
align=center| 7Lyudmila Petrova{{RUS}}2:29:23
align=center| 8Wei Yanan{{CHN}}2:29:52
align=center| 9Bruna Genovese{{ITA}}2:30:39
align=center| 10Kaori Tanabe{{JPN}}2:31:31
align=center| 11Albina Gallyamova{{RUS}}2:32:45
align=center| 12Zhang Shujing{{CHN}}2:33:43
align=center| 13Gitte Karlshøj{{DEN}}2:36:36
align=center| 14Jill Boaz{{USA}}2:36:45
align=center| 15Susannah Beck{{USA}}2:37:12

References

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