2025 Boston Marathon#Open

{{short description|26.2 mi (42.195 km) race in Massachusetts, U.S.}}

{{infobox sports competition event

| competition = 2025 Boston Marathon

| image = 2025_Boston_Marathon_logo_(official).png

| image_size =

| caption =

| location = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| date = {{start date|2025|04|21}}

| prize_money = $1,137,500{{cite web |url=https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/prize-money |title=2025 Boston Marathon Prize Money & Awards |website=baa.org |publisher=Boston Athletic Association |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}

| website = https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon

| men = John Korir

| men_win_value = 2:04:45

| women = Sharon Lokedi

| women_win_value = 2:17:22

| wheelchair_men = Marcel Hug

| wheelchair_men_win_value = 1:21:34

| wheelchair_women = Susannah Scaroni

| wheelchair_women_win_value = 1:35:20

| previous = 2024

| next = 2026

}}

File:2025 Boston Marathon (elite women, Ashland).jpg during the marathon]]

File:Governor-healey-celebrates-129th-boston-marathon 54475890419 o.jpg

The 2025 Boston Marathon was the 129th official edition of the annual marathon race in Boston, Massachusetts, held on Monday, {{dts|2025.04.21|format=mdy}}.{{efn|Organizers specified 5:30 p.m. (ET) as the fixed finishing time for all runners.{{cite news |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a64503899/boston-marathon-2025-new-finish-cutoff-time/ |title=Boston Marathon's Cutoff Rule Caused Controversy. This Year, There's Finally a Solution. |website=Runner's World |date=April 16, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}}} It was a Platinum Label marathon, one of seven World Marathon Majors{{efn|The number of World Marathon Majors increased from six to seven in 2025 with the addition of the Sydney Marathon.{{Cite news |date=2024-11-03 |title=Sydney Marathon to join elite ranks of world marathon majors alongside London and New York City |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-04/sydney-marathon-to-join-world-marathon-majors-series/104556282 |access-date=2024-11-04 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}}} 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",{{cite web |url=https://moveunitedsport.org/past-recipients/bob-hall/ |title=Bob Hall |website=moveunitedsport.org |accessdate=April 18, 2025}} would serve as grand marshals.{{cite news |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/2025-boston-marathon-grand-marshals-bob-hall-bill-rodgers/64354033 |title=Boston Marathon legends Bob Hall, Bill Rodgers named grand marshals for 2025 |first=Veronica |last=Haynes |website=WCVB-TV |date=April 2, 2025 |accessdate=April 18, 2025}} Each won their division in the 1975 Boston Marathon.{{cite web |url=https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/results/champions |title=Champions of the Boston Marathon |website=baa.org |publisher=Boston Athletic Association |access-date=April 21, 2025}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://medium.com/runners-life/a-first-look-at-the-field-of-the-2025-boston-marathon-8cd4934da468 |title=A First Look at the Field of the 2025 Boston Marathon |first=Brian |last=Rock |website=Runner's Life |via=Medium |date=March 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 18, 2025}} Entrants came from all 50 U.S. states and 118 countries.{{cite press release |url=https://www.boston.gov/news/mayor-wu-announces-preparations-ahead-2025-boston-marathon |title=Mayor Wu Announces Preparations Ahead of 2025 Boston Marathon |website=boston.gov |date=April 18, 2025 |accessdate=April 19, 2025}}

Notable professional entrants in the event included:{{cite web |url=https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/pro-athletes/2025-boston-marathon-professional-team |title=Professional Athlete Team |website=baa.com |publisher=Boston Athletic Association |accessdate=April 18, 2025}}

Men: Sisay Lemma{{dagger}}, John Korir, Evans Chebet, Cyprian Kimurgor Kotut, and Haymanot Alew
Women: Hellen Obiri{{dagger}}, Amane Beriso, Yalemzerf Yehualaw, Irine Cheptai, Keira D'Amato, and Rahma Tusa
Men's wheelchair: Marcel Hug{{dagger}}, Johnboy Smith, Daniel Romanchuk, Kota Hokinoue, and Rafael Botello Jimenez
Women's wheelchair: Eden Rainbow-Cooper{{dagger}}, 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 ({{dagger}}) denotes a defending champion from the 2024 edition

Other notable entrants included:{{cite news |url=https://www.runnersworld.com/news/g64512184/boston-marathon-2025-celebrities/ |title=Here Are the Celebrities and Notables Running the 2025 Boston Marathon |first=Abby |last=Carney |website=Runner's World |date=April 17, 2025 |accessdate=April 17, 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/17/sports/boston-marathon-celebrity-runners/ |title=Which celebrities are participating in the 2025 Boston Marathon? |first=Emma |last=Healy |website=The Boston Globe |url-access=limited |date=April 17, 2025 |accessdate=April 18, 2025}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2025/04/21/boston-marathon-2025-celebrities-finishing-race-times/ |title=How celebrities, notable figures finished at the 2025 Boston Marathon |first=Kevin |last=Slane |website=Boston.com |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}

Results

Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/04/21/boston-marathon-2025-updates-results-tracking-highlights/83188287007/ |title=Boston Marathon 2025 live: Race updates, highlights, results of 129th running |first=Tom |last=Schad |website=usatoday.com |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}{{cite web |url=https://results.baa.org/2025/?pid=leaderboard&pidp=leaderboard |title=Leaderboard |website=baa.org |publisher=Boston Athletic Association |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}

=Open=

File:Sharon Lokedi and John Korir 129th-boston-marathon 54475890859.jpg and John Korir pose together after their victories]]

File:John Korir in 2025 Boston Marathon in Brighton (cropped).jpg during the marathon]]

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Elite men top finishers ! scope="col" \|Place ! scope="col" \|Athlete ! scope="col" \|Nationality ! scope="col" \|Time
{{gold1}} \|{{sort name\|John\|Korir\|dab=runner, born 1996}} \|{{KEN}} \|2:04:45
{{silver2}} \|{{sort name\|Alphonce\|Simbu}} \|{{TAN}} \|2:05:04
{{bronze3}} \|{{sort name\|Cybrian\|Kotut}} \|{{KEN}} \|2:05:04
4	{{sort name\|Conner\|Mantz}}	{{USA}}	2:05:08
5	{{sort name\|Muktar\|Edris}}	{{ETH}}	2:05:59
6	{{sort name\|Rory\|Linkletter}}	{{CAN}}	2:07:02
7	{{sort name\|Clayton\|Young}}	{{USA}}	2:07:04
8	{{sort name\|Tebello\|Ramakongoana}}	{{LES}}	2:07:19
9	{{sort name\|Daniel\|Mateiko}}	{{KEN}}	2:07:52
10	{{sort name\|Ryan\|Ford\|dab=runner}}	{{USA}}	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.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2025/04/21/john-korir-overcame-an-early-fall-to-win-the-2025-boston-marathon/ |title=John Korir overcame an early fall to win the 2025 Boston Marathon |first=Hayden |last=Bird |website=Boston.com |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}

Defending champion Sisay Lemma appeared to have a leg issue approximately {{convert|17|mi|km}} into the race and did not finish.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2025/04/21/boston-marathon-sisay-lemma-defending-champion-out/83194955007/ |title=Defending Boston Marathon champion Sisay Lemma drops out |first=Steve |last=Gardner |website=usatoday.com usatoday.com}}

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.{{cite news |last1=Comeau |first1=Connor |title=Utah man sets Guinness World Record at the Boston Marathon in a banana costume |url=https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/utah-man-world-record-banana-costume/ |access-date=4 May 2025 |publisher=ABC4.com |date=28 Apr 2025}}

File:2025 Boston Marathon Women's Elite podium (Lokedi, Obiri, and Yehualaw) in Brighton (cropped).jpg, Hellen Obiri, and Yalemzerf Yehualaw]]

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Elite women top finishers ! scope="col" \|Place ! scope="col" \|Athlete ! scope="col" \|Nationality ! scope="col" \|Time
{{gold1}} \|{{sort name\|Sharon\|Lokedi}} \|{{KEN}} \|2:17:22
{{silver2}} \|{{sort name\|Hellen\|Obiri}} \|{{KEN}} \|2:17:41
{{bronze3}} \|{{sort name\|Yalemzerf\|Yehualaw}} \|{{ETH}} \|2:18:06
4	{{sort name\|Irene\|Cheptai}}	{{KEN}}	2:21:32
5	{{sort name\|Amane\|Beriso}}	{{ETH}}	2:21:58
6	{{sort name\|Calli\|Hauger-Thackery}}	{{GBR}}	2:22:38
7	{{sort name\|Jessica\|McClain}}	{{USA}}	2:22:43
8	{{sort name\|Annie\|Frisbie}}	{{USA}}	2:23:21
9	{{sort name\|Stacy\|Ndiwa}}	{{KEN}}	2:23:29
10	{{sort name\|Tsige\|Haileslase}}	{{ETH}}	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.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/21/sports/des-linden-boston-marathon-retirement/ |title=Des Linden, 2018 champion, says 2025 Boston Marathon was her final professional road race. |first=Amin |last=Touri |website=The Boston Globe |url-access=limited |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 29, 2025}}

=Wheelchair=

File:Susannah Scaroni and Marcel Hug 129th-boston-marathon 54475971383 o (1).jpg and Marcel Hug pose after their victories]]

File:Marcel hug 2025.jpg

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Men's wheelchair top finishers

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Time

|{{sort name|Marcel|Hug}}

|{{SUI}}

|1:21:34

|{{sort name|Daniel|Romanchuk}}

|{{USA}}

|1:25:58

|{{sort name|Jetze|Plat}}

|{{NED}}

|1:30:16

File:Susannah Scaroni.jpg

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Women's wheelchair top finishers

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Time

|{{sort name|Susannah|Scaroni}}

|{{USA}}

|1:35:20

|{{sort name|Catherine|Debrunner}}

|{{SUI}}

|1:37:26

|{{sort name|Manuela|Schär}}

|{{SUI}}

|1:39:18

=Handcycle=

Source:{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2025/04/21/americans-are-victorious-in-handcycling-duo-teams/ |title=American racers win handcycling and duo teams categories |first=Elli |last=Einset |website=Boston.com |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/boston-marathon/2025/04/21/boston-marathon-2025-winners-results-list/ |title=These are the winners of the 2025 Boston Marathon |first=Hayden |last=Bird |website=Boston.com |date=April 21, 2025 |accessdate=April 21, 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Men's handcycle top finishers

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Time

|{{sort name|Alfredo|de los Santos|dab=cyclist}}

|{{USA}}

|1:07:36

|{{sort name|Zachary|Stinson}}

|{{USA}}

|1:13:30

|{{sort name|Casey|Falkner}}

|{{USA}}

|1:15:23

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Women's handcycle top finishers

! scope="col" |Place

! scope="col" |Athlete

! scope="col" |Nationality

! scope="col" |Time

|{{sort name|Jo Ann|Outten-Kenton}}

|{{USA}}

|1:42:57

|{{sort name|Edie|Perkins}}

|{{USA}}

|1:42:57

|{{sort name|Katty|Abran}}

|{{CAN}}

|1:43:07

Notes

References

External links

{{official website|www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon}}

2025 Boston Marathon#Open

Entrants

Results

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=Wheelchair=

=Handcycle=

Notes

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