The 1997 Boston Marathon was the 101st running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 21. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Lameck Aguta in a time of 2:10:34 hours and the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Fatuma Roba in 2:26:23.

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:34
	Joseph Kamau	Kenya	2:10:46
	Dionicio Cerón	Mexico	2:10:59
4	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:11:21
5	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:11:38
6	Gilbert Rutto	Kenya	2:12:30
7	Jimmy Muindi	Kenya	2:12:49
8	André Luiz Ramos	Brazil	2:13:10
9	José Luis Molina	Costa Rica	2:13:24
10	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:14:02

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:23
	Elana Meyer	South Africa	2:27:09
	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	2:28:03
4	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:28:51
5	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	2:30:28
6	Junko Asari	Japan	2:31:12
7	Alla Zhilyaeva	Russia	2:31:55
8	Sonia Maccioni	Italy	2:31:59
9	Kim Jones	United States	2:32:52
10	Debbi Kilpatrick	United States	2:36:04

References

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

External links

• Boston Athletic Association website