1988 Boston Marathon

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.

A total of 5261 runners finished the race, 4472 men and 789 women.

Results[]

Men[]

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		Tanzania	2:14:04
9	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:14:07
10		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		United Kingdom	2:15:27
15	Ahmet Altun	Turkey	2:15:48
16	Jean-Michel Charbonnel	France	2:15:58
17		Finland	2:16:17
18		United Kingdom	2:16:34
19		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		Colombia	2:17:49
25	Ryszard Marczak	Poland	2:17:53

Women[]

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		Finland	2:35:24
9	Susan Stone	Canada	2:38:48
10		United Kingdom	2:40:08
11		United Kingdom	2:40:15
12	Gillian Horovitz	United Kingdom	2:40:26
13	Ritva Lemettinen	Finland	2:41:58
14		Finland	2:42:57
15	Kirsi Rauta	Finland	2:43:54
16	El-Hassania Darami	Morocco	2:44:29
17		Mexico	2:45:40
18		Canada	2:46:02
19		United States	2:46:09
20		United States	2:48:57

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Mustapha Badid	France	1:43:19
	Philippe Couprie	France	1:54:58
		Sweden	1:56:58
4		United States	1:57:22
5		Germany	1:58:40
6		United States	2:00:20
7	André Viger	Canada	2:00:49
8		United States	2:01:34
9		United States	2:02:06
10		United States	2:02:37

Wheelchair women[]

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

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
• Boston Marathon Historical Results. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
• 1988 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair. Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-16.

External links[]

• Boston Athletic Association website