1988 Boston Marathon

1988 Boston Marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 18
Champions
MenIbrahim Hussein (2:08:43)
WomenRosa Mota (2:24:30)
Wheelchair menMustapha Badid (1:43:19)
Wheelchair womenCandace Cable (2:10:44)

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 John Makanya  Tanzania 2:14:04
9 Steve Jones  United Kingdom 2:14:07
10 Tomoyuki Taniguchi  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 Michael O'Reilly  United Kingdom 2:15:27
15 Ahmet Altun  Turkey 2:15:48
16 Jean-Michel Charbonnel  France 2:15:58
17 Vesa Kähkölä  Finland 2:16:17
18 Geoffrey Smith  United Kingdom 2:16:34
19 Jean-Yves Madelon  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 Silvio Salazar  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 Sirkku Kumpulainen  Finland 2:35:24
9 Susan Stone  Canada 2:38:48
10 Gillian Beschloss  United Kingdom 2:40:08
11 Angella Hearn  United Kingdom 2:40:15
12 Gillian Horovitz  United Kingdom 2:40:26
13 Ritva Lemettinen  Finland 2:41:58
14 Marjaana Lahti-Koski  Finland 2:42:57
15 Kirsi Rauta  Finland 2:43:54
16 El-Hassania Darami  Morocco 2:44:29
17 Gloria Corona  Mexico 2:45:40
18 Lise Bouchard  Canada 2:46:02
19 Louise Mohanna  United States 2:46:09
20 Christine Iwahashi  United States 2:48:57

Wheelchair men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
Mustapha Badid  France 1:43:19
Philippe Couprie  France 1:54:58
Bosse Lindquist  Sweden 1:56:58
4 Scott Patterson  United States 1:57:22
5 Markus Pilz  Germany 1:58:40
6 Marty Vogel  United States 2:00:20
7 André Viger  Canada 2:00:49
8 Robert Molinatti  United States 2:01:34
9 Tim O'Connell  United States 2:02:06
10 Bart Bardwell  United States 2:02:37

Wheelchair women

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

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