The 1997 Boston Marathon was the 101st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Lameck Aguta in a time of 2:10:34 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba in 2:26:23.

101st Boston Marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 21
Champions
MenLameck Aguta (2:10:34)
WomenFatuma Roba (2:26:23)
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Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Lameck Aguta   Kenya 2:10:34
  Joseph Kamau   Kenya 2:10:46
  Dionicio Cerón   Mexico 2:10:59
4 Germán Silva   Mexico 2:11:21
5 Moses Tanui   Kenya 2:11:38
6 Gilbert Rutto   Kenya 2:12:30
7 Jimmy Muindi   Kenya 2:12:49
8 André Luiz Ramos   Brazil 2:13:10
9 José Luis Molina   Costa Rica 2:13:24
10 Tesfaye Bekele   Ethiopia 2:14:02

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:26:23
  Elana Meyer   South Africa 2:27:09
  Colleen De Reuck   South Africa 2:28:03
4 Uta Pippig   Germany 2:28:51
5 Derartu Tulu   Ethiopia 2:30:28
6 Junko Asari   Japan 2:31:12
7 Alla Zhilyaeva   Russia 2:31:55
8 Sonia Maccioni   Italy 2:31:59
9 Kim Jones   United States 2:32:52
10 Debbi Kilpatrick   United States 2:36:04

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