1987 Boston Marathon

The 1987 Boston Marathon was the 91st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 20. The elite men's race was won by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in a time of 2:11:50 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:25:21. In the wheelchair race, André Viger of Canada won the men's race in 1:55:42 and Candace Cable of United States won the women's race in 2:19:55. Sinclair Warner of the United States won the men's visually impaired race in a time of 2:51:22.^[1]

A total of 5369 runners finished the race, 4576 men and 793 women.

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Toshihiko Seko	Japan	2:11:50
	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:12:37
	Geoff Smith	United Kingdom	2:12:42
4		United States	2:13:30
5		Japan	2:13:40
6	Robert de Castella	Australia	2:14:24
7	Dirk Vanderherten	Belgium	2:15:02
8	Eddy Hellebuyck	Belgium	2:15:16
9	Hideki Kita	Japan	2:15:23
10	Ken Martin	United States	2:15:41
11	Juma Ikangaa	Tanzania	2:16:17
12		Ethiopia	2:16:23
13		Switzerland	2:17:01
14	John Treacy	Ireland	2:17:50
15	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:18:18
16		France	2:18:49
17	Bruce Bickford	United States	2:18:57
18		Japan	2:19:03
19	Ed Eyestone	United States	2:19:19
20		United States	2:20:19
21		Finland	2:21:10
22	Domingo Tibaduiza	Colombia	2:21:35
23	Gary Fanelli	United States	2:21:36
24		United Kingdom	2:21:37
25		United States	2:21:40

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Rosa Mota	Portugal	2:25:21
	Agnes Pardaens	Belgium	2:29:50
	Ria Van Landeghem	Belgium	2:29:56
4	Odette Lapierre	Canada	2:31:33
5	Sinikka Keskitalo	Finland	2:33:58
6	Evy Palm	Sweden	2:36:24
7	Ellen Rochefort	Canada	2:36:42
8		United States	2:37:58
9	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:40:40
10	Lisa Rainsberger	United States	2:43:06
11	Ena Guevara	Peru	2:44:38
12	Tuija Toivonen	Finland	2:44:39
13		United States	2:46:10
14		United States	2:46:52
15		United States	2:49:42
16		United States	2:49:46
17		United States	2:50:21
18		United States	2:52:31
19		United States	2:52:43
20		United States	2:54:02
21		United States	2:54:03
22		Canada	2:54:14
23		United States	2:54:22
24		United States	2:55:04
25		Canada	2:55:38

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	André Viger	Canada	1:55:42
		United States	2:02:36
		United States	2:03:10
4	Philippe Couprie	France	2:03:11
5		Japan	2:03:13
6		France	2:05:04
7	Farid Amarouche	France	2:05:09
8		United States	2:06:58
9		United States	2:08:11
10		United States	2:08:18

Wheelchair women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Candace Cable	United States	2:19:55
		United States	2:27:54
		United States	2:53:34
4		United States	3:08:41

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
• Boston Marathon Historical Results. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
• 1987 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair. Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-26.

External links[]

• Boston Athletic Association website