The 1986 Boston Marathon was the 90th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Australia's Robert de Castella in a time of 2:07:51 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:55. In the wheelchair race, André Viger of Canada won the men's race in 1:43:25 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:09:28. A men's visually impaired race was hosted within the marathon for the first time, and was won by an American Ricardo Pacheco in a time of 3:35:15.[1]

90th Boston Marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 21
Champions
MenRobert de Castella (2:07:51)
WomenIngrid Kristiansen (2:24:55)
Wheelchair menAndré Viger (1:43:25)
Wheelchair womenCandace Cable (2:09:28)
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A total of 3750 runners finished the race, 3294 men and 456 women.

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Robert de Castella   Australia 2:07:51
  Art Boileau   Canada 2:11:15
  Orlando Pizzolato   Italy 2:11:43
4 Bill Rodgers   United States 2:13:36
5 Arturo Barrios   Mexico 2:14:09
6 Bob Hodge   United States 2:14:50
7 Domingo Tibaduiza   Colombia 2:15:22
8 Paul Cummings   United States 2:16:05
9 Dan Schlesinger   United States 2:16:29
10 Kunimitsu Itō   Japan 2:17:02
11 Pertti Tiainen   Finland 2:17:04
12 Greg Meyer   United States 2:17:29
13 Hiroshi Nagashima   Japan 2:17:38
14 Gonzalo Huggins   Venezuela 2:18:11
15 Robert Doyle   United States 2:19:03
16 Michael Hurd   United Kingdom 2:19:04
17 Trevor Fieldsend   United Kingdom 2:19:19
18 Michael Patterson   United States 2:21:14
19 Kjeld Johnsen   Denmark 2:21:19
20 Neil Cusack   Ireland 2:21:24
21 Seppo Liuttu   Finland 2:22:12
22 Paul McGovern   United States 2:22:18
23 Mark Bossardet   United States 2:22:29
24 Peter Kanfer   United States 2:22:42
25 Roger Luis Lopez   Costa Rica 2:22:42

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Ingrid Kristiansen   Norway 2:24:55
  Carla Beurskens   Netherlands 2:27:35
  Lizanne Bussières   Canada 2:32:16
4 Evy Palm   Sweden 2:32:47
5 Sinikka Keskitalo   Finland 2:33:18
6 Julie Isphording   United States 2:33:40
7 Christa Vahlensieck   West Germany 2:34:50
8 Lorraine Moller   New Zealand 2:35:06
9 Eileen Claugus   United States 2:38:23
10 Ellen Rochefort   Canada 2:40:00
11 Hazel Stewart   New Zealand 2:41:12
12 Mary Hynes   United States 2:41:50
13 Sissel Grottenberg   Norway 2:43:00
14 Bobbi Rothman   United States 2:43:36
15 Audrey Kemp   United States 2:46:52
16 Ena Guevara   Peru 2:47:37
17 Oonagh Bruni   United States 2:49:22
18 Gina Sperry   United States 2:49:34
20 Doreen Mastalli   United States 2:51:24
21 Beth Dillinger   United States 2:51:26
22 Nancy Munroe   United States 2:51:51
23 Marty Anderson   United States 2:53:19
24 Patricia Sher   United States 2:54:11
25 Sima Dianat   United States 2:54:22

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  André Viger   Canada 1:43:25
  George Murray   United States 1:48:59
  Laverne Achenbach   United States 1:51:25
4 Ted Vince   Canada 1:51:26
5 Junior Rice   United States 1:53:19
6 Bosse Lindquist   Sweden 1:55:03
7 Kenneth Archer   United States 1:55:19
8 Philippe Couprie   France 1:55:54
9 Joe Ray   United States 1:56:59
10 Phil Carpenter   United States 1:57:03

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Candace Cable   United States 2:09:28

References

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  1. ^ Boston Marathon men's visually impaired champions. Boston.com. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
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