2002 Boston Marathon

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.

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

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

Results

Men
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Rodgers Rop Kenya2:09:02
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Christopher Cheboiboch Kenya2:09:05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Fred Kiprop Kenya2:09:45
4Mbarak Hussein Kenya2:09:45
5Lee Bong-ju South Korea2:10:30
6Elias Chebet Kenya2:10:40
7Simon Bor Kenya2:11:39
8Getachew Kebede Ethiopia2:11:43
9Luis Fonseca Venezuela2:11:49
10Silvio Guerra Ecuador2:12:28
11Joshua Chelanga Kenya2:12:40
12Joshua Kipkemboi Kenya2:12:48
13David Busenei Kenya2:13:04
14Fedor Ryzhov Russia2:13:04
15Keith Dowling United States2:13:28
16Elly Rono Kenya2:15:17
17Clint Verran United States2:15:19
18Noriaki Igarashi Japan2:15:55
19Mark Coogan United States2:17:35
20Kazuaki Wakamoto Japan2:17:58
21Motsehi Moeketsana South Africa2:18:21
22Christopher Wehrman United States2:19:03
23Andrés Espinosa Mexico2:19:54
24Osamu Nara Japan2:20:18
25Gennadiy Temnikov Russia2:20:23

Women
Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s)Margaret Okayo Kenya2:20:43
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Catherine Ndereba Kenya2:21:12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Elfenesh Alemu Ethiopia2:26:01
4Sun Yingjie China2:27:26
5Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova Russia2:27:58
6Bruna Genovese Italy2:29:02
7Nuța Olaru Romania2:30:26
8Mai Tagami Japan2:32:00
9Gitte Karlshøj Denmark2:35:01
10Yukari Komatsu Japan2:35:34
11Jackie Fairweather Australia2:35:46
12Irina Timofeyeva Russia2:36:47
13Jill Boaz United States2:38:55
14Gordon Bakoulis United States2:42:47
15Norimi Sakurai Japan2:43:09
16Janelle Burgmann Australia2:43:46
17Esther Wanjiru Kenya2:44:32
18Ayumi Noshita Japan2:44:47
19Kelly Keeler United States2:45:00
20Cathleen Campbell United States2:46:17
21Carol Legate United States2:47:57
22Laura Hruby United States2:48:49
23Kristen Till United States2:48:52
24Heather Gardiner Canada2:49:39
25Monique Maddy Liberia2:50:10

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