2002 Boston Marathon

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

{{Infobox athletics competition

|competition = 2002 Boston Marathon

|image = Rodgers Rop.jpg

|caption = Men's winner Rodgers Rop

|venue = Boston, United States

|dates = April 15

|men = Rodgers Rop

|men_win_value = 2:09:02

|women= Margaret Okayo

|women_win_value = 2:20:43

|prev = 2001

|next = 2003

}}

The 2002 Boston Marathon was the 106th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 15, 2002. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Rodgers Rop in a time of 2:09:02 hours and the women's race was won by another Kenyan Margaret Okayo in 2:20:43.

A total of 14,400 people finished the race, 9149 men and 5251 women.

Results

= Men =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Position

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Time

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|align=center| {{gold1}}

Rodgers Rop{{KEN}}2:09:02
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|align=center| {{silver2}}

Christopher Cheboiboch{{KEN}}2:09:05
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|align=center| {{bronze3}}

Fred Kiprop{{KEN}}2:09:45
align=center| 4Mbarak Hussein{{KEN}}2:09:45
align=center| 5Lee Bong-ju{{Flag|South Korea|1997}}2:10:30
align=center| 6Elias Chebet{{KEN}}2:10:40
align=center| 7Simon Bor{{KEN}}2:11:39
align=center| 8Getachew Kebede{{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}}2:11:43
align=center| 9Luis Fonseca{{Flag|Venezuela|1954}}2:11:49
align=center| 10Silvio Guerra{{ECU}}2:12:28
align=center| 11Joshua Chelanga{{KEN}}2:12:40
align=center| 12Joshua Kipkemboi{{KEN}}2:12:48
align=center| 13David Busenei{{KEN}}2:13:04
align=center| 14Fedor Ryzhov{{RUS}}2:13:04
align=center| 15Keith Dowling{{USA}}2:13:28
align=center| 16Elly Rono{{KEN}}2:15:17
align=center| 17Clint Verran{{USA}}2:15:19
align=center| 18Noriaki Igarashi{{JPN}}2:15:55
align=center| 19Mark Coogan{{USA}}2:17:35
align=center| 20Kazuaki Wakamoto{{JPN}}2:17:58
align=center| 21Motsehi Moeketsana{{RSA}}2:18:21
align=center| 22Christopher Wehrman{{USA}}2:19:03
align=center| 23Andrés Espinosa{{MEX}}2:19:54
align=center| 24Osamu Nara{{JPN}}2:20:18
align=center| 25Gennadiy Temnikov{{RUS}}2:20:23

= Women =

class="wikitable sortable"

! Position

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Time

bgcolor="#F7F6A8"

|align=center| {{gold1}}

Margaret Okayo{{KEN}}2:20:43
bgcolor="#DCE5E5"

|align=center| {{silver2}}

Catherine Ndereba{{KEN}}2:21:12
bgcolor="#FFDAB9"

|align=center| {{bronze3}}

Elfenesh Alemu{{Flag|Ethiopia|1996}}2:26:01
align=center| 4Sun Yingjie{{CHN}}2:27:26
align=center| 5Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova{{RUS}}2:27:58
align=center| 6Bruna Genovese{{ITA}}2:29:02
align=center| 7Nuța Olaru{{ROM}}2:30:26
align=center| 8Mai Tagami{{JPN}}2:32:00
align=center| 9Gitte Karlshøj{{DEN}}2:35:01
align=center| 10Yukari Komatsu{{JPN}}2:35:34
align=center| 11Jackie Fairweather{{AUS}}2:35:46
align=center| 12Irina Timofeyeva{{RUS}}2:36:47
align=center| 13Jill Boaz{{USA}}2:38:55
align=center| 14Gordon Bakoulis{{USA}}2:42:47
align=center| 15Norimi Sakurai{{JPN}}2:43:09
align=center| 16Janelle Burgmann{{AUS}}2:43:46
align=center| 17Esther Wanjiru{{KEN}}2:44:32
align=center| 18Ayumi Noshita{{JPN}}2:44:47
align=center| 19Kelly Keeler{{USA}}2:45:00
align=center| 20Cathleen Campbell{{USA}}2:46:17
align=center| 21Carol Legate{{USA}}2:47:57
align=center| 22Laura Hruby{{USA}}2:48:49
align=center| 23Kristen Till{{USA}}2:48:52
align=center| 24Heather Gardiner{{CAN}}2:49:39
align=center| 25Monique Maddy{{LBR}}2:50:10

References

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