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Key events in Boston Marathon history
- 1897:The first marathon
- 1900: The first international presence
- 1901: Scandal, legalized betting and first-ever marathon photos
- 1907: Course changes & Heartbreak Hill
- 1916: First Bostonian wins
- 1918: Marathon cancelled; relay race instead
- 1920: Boston Classic Chosen as Olympic Marathon Trials
- 1921: Zuna sets course record of 2:18:57
- 1924: DeMar sets new world's
record
- 1935: Johnny Kelley wins first victory
- 1953: A year of world-record-breaking times
- 1957: John J. Kelley finally wins Boston Marathon
- 1972: Women officially acknowledged in BAA race
- 1975: Rodgers, Winter obliterate record books
- 1979: Rodgers breaks own course record for third win; Benoit takes women's division
- 1980: Rosie Ruiz pulls the ultimate prank
- 1983: Joan Benoit carves out a new world
- 1986: De Castella and Kristiansen win first cash prize
- 1990: Gelindo Bordin is the first Olympic gold medalist to win Boston
- 1993: Cosmas Ndeti wins his first
- 1996: A stunning push near finish makes Pippig three-time champ
- 1997: A new order: Kenya's Lameck Aguta, Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba win 101st Boston Marathon
- 1999: Fatuma Roba repeats; Kenya's Joseph Chebet finally wins
- 2000: Elijah Lagat wins closest race to date; Catherine Ndereba breaks through
- 2001: Lee Bong Ju of Korea breaks Kenyan stranglehold; Ndereba wins again
- 2002: Rop leads comeback by Kenyan men; Okayo KOs course record
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