1986 Boston Marathon

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]

A total of 3750 runners finished the race, 3294 men and 456 women.

Results[]

Men[]

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		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		Japan	2:17:38
14		Venezuela	2:18:11
15		United States	2:19:03
16		United Kingdom	2:19:04
17		United Kingdom	2:19:19
18		United States	2:21:14
19		Denmark	2:21:19
20	Neil Cusack	Ireland	2:21:24
21		Finland	2:22:12
22		United States	2:22:18
23		United States	2:22:29
24		United States	2:22:42
25		Costa Rica	2:22:42

Women[]

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	Germany	2:34:50
8	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:35:06
9		United States	2:38:23
10	Ellen Rochefort	Canada	2:40:00
11		New Zealand	2:41:12
12		United States	2:41:50
13	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	2:43:00
14		United States	2:43:36
15		United States	2:46:52
16	Ena Guevara	Peru	2:47:37
17		United States	2:49:22
18		United States	2:49:34
20		United States	2:51:24
21		United States	2:51:26
22		United States	2:51:51
23		United States	2:53:19
24		United States	2:54:11
25		United States	2:54:22

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	André Viger	Canada	1:43:25
		United States	1:48:59
		United States	1:51:25
4	Ted Vince	Canada	1:51:26
5		United States	1:53:19
6		Sweden	1:55:03
7		United States	1:55:19
8	Philippe Couprie	France	1:55:54
9		United States	1:56:59
10		United States	1:57:03

Wheelchair women[]

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

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
• Boston Marathon Historical Results. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
• 1986 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair. Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

External links[]

• Boston Athletic Association website