2002 Boston Marathon

106th Boston Marathon
Men's winner Rodgers Rop
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 15
Champions
MenRodgers Rop (2:09:02)
WomenMargaret Okayo (2:20:43)
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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

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Men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rodgers Rop  Kenya 2:09:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Christopher Cheboiboch  Kenya 2:09:05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fred Kiprop  Kenya 2:09:45
4 Mbarak Hussein  Kenya 2:09:45
5 Lee Bong-ju  South Korea 2:10:30
6 Elias Chebet  Kenya 2:10:40
7 Simon Bor  Kenya 2:11:39
8 Getachew Kebede  Ethiopia 2:11:43
9 Luis Fonseca  Venezuela 2:11:49
10 Silvio Guerra  Ecuador 2:12:28
11 Joshua Chelanga  Kenya 2:12:40
12 Joshua Kipkemboi  Kenya 2:12:48
13 David Busenei  Kenya 2:13:04
14 Fedor Ryzhov  Russia 2:13:04
15 Keith Dowling  United States 2:13:28
16 Elly Rono  Kenya 2:15:17
17 Clint Verran  United States 2:15:19
18 Noriaki Igarashi  Japan 2:15:55
19 Mark Coogan  United States 2:17:35
20 Kazuaki Wakamoto  Japan 2:17:58
21 Motsehi Moeketsana  South Africa 2:18:21
22 Christopher Wehrman  United States 2:19:03
23 Andrés Espinosa  Mexico 2:19:54
24 Osamu Nara  Japan 2:20:18
25 Gennadiy Temnikov  Russia 2:20:23

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Margaret Okayo  Kenya 2:20:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Catherine Ndereba  Kenya 2:21:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elfenesh Alemu  Ethiopia 2:26:01
4 Sun Yingjie  China 2:27:26
5 Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova  Russia 2:27:58
6 Bruna Genovese  Italy 2:29:02
7 Nuța Olaru  Romania 2:30:26
8 Mai Tagami  Japan 2:32:00
9 Gitte Karlshøj  Denmark 2:35:01
10 Yukari Komatsu  Japan 2:35:34
11 Jackie Fairweather  Australia 2:35:46
12 Irina Timofeyeva  Russia 2:36:47
13 Jill Boaz  United States 2:38:55
14 Gordon Bakoulis  United States 2:42:47
15 Norimi Sakurai  Japan 2:43:09
16 Janelle Burgmann  Australia 2:43:46
17 Esther Wanjiru  Kenya 2:44:32
18 Ayumi Noshita  Japan 2:44:47
19 Kelly Keeler  United States 2:45:00
20 Cathleen Campbell  United States 2:46:17
21 Carol Legate  United States 2:47:57
22 Laura Hruby  United States 2:48:49
23 Kristen Till  United States 2:48:52
24 Heather Gardiner  Canada 2:49:39
25 Monique Maddy  Liberia 2:50:10

References

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