2017 Boston Marathon

2017 Boston Marathon
Geoffrey Kirui and Edna Kiplagat
Venue	Boston
Dates	April 17
Champions
Men	Geoffrey Kirui (2:09:37)
Women	Edna Kiplagat (2:21:52)
Wheelchair men	Marcel Hug (1:18:04)
Wheelchair women	Manuela Schär (1:28:17)
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The 2017 Boston Marathon was the 121st running of the Boston Athletic Association's mass-participation marathon. It took place on Monday, April 17 (Patriots' Day in Massachusetts). Geoffrey Kirui won the men's race in 2:09:37 and Edna Kiplagat won the women's race in 2:21:52.

Kathrine Switzer at age 70 ran the marathon under bib number 261, the same number she had worn 50 years previously in 1967, finishing in 4:44:31. That number was then retired from all future Boston Marathons. Women were not allowed to run marathons until 1972, but she registered under the name K. V. Switzer.^[1]