The 2022 Boston Marathon was a
marathon race held in
Boston,
Massachusetts, on April 18, 2022. It was the 126th official running of the race,[1] and 124th time it was run on course (excluding the virtual event of 2020, and the
ekiden of 1918).[2] The field was limited to 30,000 runners.[1]
Background
The marathon returned to its traditional
Patriots' Day schedule for the first time since
2019. All participants were required to be
fully vaccinated against COVID-19.[1]
On April 6, race organizers announced that runners residing in Russia or Belarus would not be allowed to participate, due to the
Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] That decision subsequently drew criticism from an editorial in The Boston Globe.[6]
Olympic bronze medalist
Molly Seidel, who had a
hip impingement, dropped out of the race at around 16 miles (26 km) due to a hip injury. This was the first time she ran in the Boston Marathon.[9]
Peres Jepchirchir, elite women's winner, near the halfway point of the race