The 1988 Boston Marathon was the 92nd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 18. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Ibrahim Hussein in a time of 2:08:43 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:24:30. In the wheelchair race, Mustapha Badid of France won the men's race in 1:43:19 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:10:44.

92nd Boston Marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 18
Champions
MenIbrahim Hussein (2:08:43)
WomenRosa Mota (2:24:30)
Wheelchair menMustapha Badid (1:43:19)
Wheelchair womenCandace Cable (2:10:44)
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A total of 5261 runners finished the race, 4472 men and 789 women.

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Ibrahim Hussein   Kenya 2:08:43
  Juma Ikangaa   Tanzania 2:08:44
  John Treacy   Ireland 2:09:15
4 Gelindo Bordin   Italy 2:09:27
5 Gianni Poli   Italy 2:09:33
6 John Campbell   New Zealand 2:11:08
7 Orlando Pizzolato   Italy 2:12:32
8 John Makanya   Tanzania 2:14:04
9 Steve Jones   United Kingdom 2:14:07
10 Tomoyuki Taniguchi   Japan 2:14:18
11 Zakariah Barie   Tanzania 2:14:32
12 Hideki Kita   Japan 2:14:40
13 Joseph Kipsang   Kenya 2:15:05
14 Michael O'Reilly   United Kingdom 2:15:27
15 Ahmet Altun   Turkey 2:15:48
16 Jean-Michel Charbonnel   France 2:15:58
17 Vesa Kähkölä   Finland 2:16:17
18 Geoffrey Smith   United Kingdom 2:16:34
19 Jean-Yves Madelon   France 2:16:42
20 John Burra   Tanzania 2:17:11
22 Tommy Ekblom   Finland 2:17:34
23 Roger Soler   Peru 2:17:46
24 Silvio Salazar   Colombia 2:17:49
25 Ryszard Marczak   Poland 2:17:53

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Rosa Mota   Portugal 2:24:30
  Tuija Toivonen   Finland 2:29:26
  Odette Lapierre   Canada 2:30:35
4 Priscilla Welch   United Kingdom 2:30:48
5 Lizanne Bussières   Canada 2:30:57
6 Ellen Rochefort   Canada 2:31:36
7 Sinikka Keskitalo   Finland 2:34:12
8 Sirkku Kumpulainen   Finland 2:35:24
9 Susan Stone   Canada 2:38:48
10 Gillian Beschloss   United Kingdom 2:40:08
11 Angella Hearn   United Kingdom 2:40:15
12 Gillian Horovitz   United Kingdom 2:40:26
13 Ritva Lemettinen   Finland 2:41:58
14 Marjaana Lahti-Koski   Finland 2:42:57
15 Kirsi Rauta   Finland 2:43:54
16 El-Hassania Darami   Morocco 2:44:29
17 Gloria Corona   Mexico 2:45:40
18 Lise Bouchard   Canada 2:46:02
19 Louise Mohanna   United States 2:46:09
20 Christine Iwahashi   United States 2:48:57

Wheelchair men

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Mustapha Badid   France 1:43:19
  Philippe Couprie   France 1:54:58
  Bosse Lindquist   Sweden 1:56:58
4 Scott Patterson   United States 1:57:22
5 Markus Pilz   Germany 1:58:40
6 Marty Vogel   United States 2:00:20
7 André Viger   Canada 2:00:49
8 Robert Molinatti   United States 2:01:34
9 Tim O'Connell   United States 2:02:06
10 Bart Bardwell   United States 2:02:37

Wheelchair women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Candace Cable   United States 2:10:44
  Sharon Frenette   United States 2:30:17
  Mary Thompson   United States 2:59:57

References

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