The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts...
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Ellison Brown (category Boston Marathon male winners)
was a two-time winner of the Boston Marathon in 1936 (2:33:40) and 1939 (2:28:51) and 1936 U.S. Olympian. He ran the marathon in the 1936 Summer Olympics...
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Joan Benoit (category Boston Marathon female winners)
an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American...
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Pat Dengis (category American male marathon runners)
1902 – December 17, 1939) was an American long-distance runner. He was AAU marathon champion in 1935, 1938 and 1939 and marathon world leader in 1938...
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Nina Kuscsik (category Boston Marathon female winners)
woman to officially win the Boston Marathon. After Beth Bonner, Kuscsik became the second American woman to complete a marathon in under three hours, running...
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The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 88 kilometres (55 mi) which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between...
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the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held...
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Harry Smith (runner) (redirect from Harry Smith (marathoner))
rooms with Jim Thorpe on the way to the Olympics. Smith also ran the Boston Marathon 10 years in a row. He finished 10th at the 1912 event with a time of...
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organization formed a close association with the city of Boston and its people in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing that occurred on April 15, 2013. On April...
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United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day each...
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including: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard. The city is also home to prestigious sports events such as the Boston Marathon and the...
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for Lawyers". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. April 20, 1939. Retrieved November 7, 2015. "Boston Marathon Yearly Synopses (1897–2013)". John Hancock Financial...
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the Marathon". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Who We Are, French Cultural Center of Boston, retrieved...
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public appearances related to the Boston Marathon bombing. The Boston Globe maintains two distinct major websites: BostonGlobe.com is a subscriber-supported...
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Édouard Fabre (category Boston Marathon male winners)
August 21, 1885 – July 1, 1939) was a Canadian marathon runner. Born in Sainte-Geneviève, Quebec, he won the Boston Marathon in 1915, with a time of 2:56:41...
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retired NHL defenseman Ronald MacDonald, 1898, second winner of the Boston Marathon Mike Mamula, 1995, NFL defensive end/linebacker Kelvin Martin, 1987...
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mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral...
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Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts (category Neighborhoods in Boston)
of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is best known for being home to Boston College and a section of the Boston Marathon route. Like all...
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Gelindo Bordin (category Boston Marathon male winners)
an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and the Olympic gold medal in this event. Born in Vicenza, Italy, Bordin...
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before a loss to the Ottawa Senators in a make-up game following the Boston Marathon bombing on April 28 gave the Canadiens the division title. In the opening...
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SPOTLIGHT AGAIN". highbeam.com. The Boston Globe March 30, 1989. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Boston Marathon Bombing CNN. January 2, 2015. Asian-American...
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ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-08-10. "Boston Marathon Bombing". HISTORY. Retrieved 2020-12-11. "Jury sees Boston bomber's writings on Islam and 'killing...
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World Series win in 2018. Boston sports continue to dominate. On April 15, 2013, two bombs were detonated during the Boston Marathon, killing three people...
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States, after the Boston Marathon. It is held on the third Sunday in October. In addition to the marathon, there is a half marathon race and a 5K course...
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Park, Los Angeles, where he hosted his annual "The Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon Race". The monument consists of a 25-foot flagpole, atop a rock pedestal...
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Raspadskaya Mezhdurechensk). Vladimir Tsyrenov, 83, Russian long-distance and marathon runner. Warren Upton, 105, American World War II veteran, last survivor...
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(1902–1986) Albin Stenroos – marathon runner, Olympic champion (1889–1971) Olavi Suomalainen – marathon runner (Boston Marathon winner 1972) Armas Taipale...
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Barry Cohen (attorney) (category 1939 births)
shot to death while being questioned by the FBI in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing. He was known for his aggressive legal tactics. He died of...
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Bobbi Gibb (born 1942), first woman to complete the Boston Marathon, three-time women's Boston Marathon winner Barbara Ann Bobbi Humphrey (born 1950), American...
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Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859...
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