1989 Boston Marathon

The 1989 Boston Marathon was the 93rd running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Ethiopia's Abebe Mekonnen in a time of 2:09:06 hours and the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:24:33. In the wheelchair race, Philippe Couprie of France won the men's race in 1:36:04 and Connie Hansen of Denmark won the women's race in 1:50:06.

A total of 5104 runners finished the race, 4239 men and 865 women.

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:09:06
	Juma Ikangaa	Tanzania	2:09:56
	John Treacy	Ireland	2:10:24
4	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:12:41
5	John Campbell	New Zealand	2:14:19
6	Simon Robert Naali	Tanzania	2:14:59
7	Gerardo Alcalá	Mexico	2:15:51
8	Kunimitsu Itō	Japan	2:16:19
9		Ethiopia	2:17:31
10		United States	2:17:40
11	Ryszard Marczak	Poland	2:17:43
12		United States	2:20:40
13		Greece	2:20:50
14	Ivo Rodrigues	Brazil	2:21:00
15		Mexico	2:21:44
16		Colombia	2:21:57
17		United States	2:22:03
18		Ethiopia	2:22:20
19	Víctor Mora	Colombia	2:22:49
20		France	2:23:01
21	Omar Aguilar	Chile	2:23:03
22		United States	2:23:23
23		United Kingdom	2:23:28
24		France	2:24:04
25	Luis López	Costa Rica	2:24:14

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Ingrid Kristiansen	Norway	2:24:33
	Marguerite Buist	New Zealand	2:29:04
	Kim Jones	United States	2:29:34
4	Eriko Asai	Japan	2:33:04
5	Lisa Rainsberger	United States	2:33:18
6		United States	2:34:16
7	Priscilla Welch	United Kingdom	2:35:00
8	Odette Lapierre	Canada	2:35:51
9	Joan Benoit	United States	2:37:52
10	Laurie Binder	United States	2:39:21
11		Poland	2:40:25
12		United States	2:41:13
13		United Kingdom	2:41:39
14		United States	2:42:41
15		Canada	2:42:56
16		Finland	2:45:51
17	Mari Tanigawa	Japan	2:46:11
18		United States	2:47:32
19		United States	2:49:05
20		United States	2:51:23
22		United States	2:51:53
23		United States	2:53:29
24		United States	2:54:30
25		United States	2:54:43

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Philippe Couprie	France	1:36:04
	André Viger	Canada	1:36:45
	Jim Knaub	United States	1:38:25
4	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:39:36
5		Sweden	1:39:37
6	Farid Amarouche	France	1:40:07
6	Marc Quessy	United States	1:40:07
8	Mustapha Badid	France	1:42:01
9		France	1:45:10
10	Luke Gingras	Canada	1:47:08

Wheelchair women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Connie Hansen	Denmark	1:50:06
	Candace Cable	United States	1:52:34
	Chantal Petitclerc	United States	2:09:13
4		Switzerland	2:11:19
5		United States	2:13:46
6		United States	2:16:07
7		United States	2:16:07
8		United States	2:26:38

References[]

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
• Boston Marathon Historical Results. Boston Athletic Association. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
• 1989 Boston Marathon Marathon Wheelchair. Athlinks. Retrieved 2020-07-12.

External links[]

• Boston Athletic Association website