The 2001 Boston Marathon was the 105th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by South Korea's Lee Bong-ju in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:23:53.

105th Boston Marathon
Women's winner Catherine Ndereba
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 16
Champions
MenLee Bong-ju (2:09:43)
WomenCatherine Ndereba (2:23:53)
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A total of 13,395 people finished the race, 8586 men and 4809 women.

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Lee Bong-ju   South Korea 2:09:43
  Silvio Guerra   Ecuador 2:10:07
  Joshua Chelanga   Kenya 2:10:29
4 David Busenei   Kenya 2:11:47
5 Mbarak Hussein   Kenya 2:12:01
6 Rodney De Haven   United States 2:12:41
7 Laban Nkete   South Africa 2:12:44
8 Fedor Ryzhov   Russia 2:13:54
9 Makhosonke Fika   South Africa 2:14:13
10 Timothy Cherigat   Kenya 2:14:21
11 Joshua Kipkemboi   Kenya 2:14:47
12 Moses Tanui   Kenya 2:15:00
13 João N'Tyamba   Angola 2:16:00
14 Josh Cox   United States 2:16:17
15 Shem Kororia   Kenya 2:17:02

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Catherine Ndereba   Kenya 2:23:53
  Małgorzata Sobańska   Poland 2:26:42
  Lyubov Morgunova   Russia 2:27:18
4 Lornah Kiplagat   Kenya 2:27:56
5 Fatuma Roba   Ethiopia 2:28:08
6 Irina Timofeyeva   Russia 2:28:50
7 Lyudmila Petrova   Russia 2:29:23
8 Wei Yanan   China 2:29:52
9 Bruna Genovese   Italy 2:30:39
10 Kaori Tanabe   Japan 2:31:31
11 Albina Gallyamova   Russia 2:32:45
12 Zhang Shujing   China 2:33:43
13 Gitte Karlshøj   Denmark 2:36:36
14 Jill Boaz   United States 2:36:45
15 Susannah Beck   United States 2:37:12

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