By Hayden Bird
April 21, 2025
The 129th Boston Marathon got underway on Monday morning, and while most of the 31,000 runners were simply trying to reach the finish line on Boylston Street, a select few were fighting for the win.
Defending champions like Ethiopia’s Sisay Lemma, Kenyan Hellen Obiri, Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, and Great Britain’s Eden Rainbow-Cooper were back in what was an undeniably talented field of elite competitors at 2025’s iteration of Boston’s iconic race.
Here’s a list of the 2025 Boston Marathon winners and top results:
Men’s race: John Korir of Kenya fell at the start, but got back up before making a powerful move in the Newton hills to get the win.
1. John Korir: 2:04:45
2. Alphonce Felix Simbu: 2:05:04
3. Cybrian Kotut: 2:05:04
Women’s race: Sharon Lokedi prevented Hellen Obiri from three-peating in Boston, making a strong late move to secure the win.
1. Sharon Lokedi: 2:17:22
2. Hellen Obiri: 2:17:41
3. Yalemzerf Yehualaw: 2:18:06
Men’s wheelchair: Switzerland’s Marcel Hug, known as “the Silver Bullet,” clinched his eighth career win in Boston.
1. Marcel Hug: 1:21:34
2. Daniel Romanchuk: 1:25:58
3. Jetze Plat: 1:30:16
Women’s wheelchair: Susannah Scaroni, who won Boston in 2023, emerged from a crowded field to take the day by a healthy margin.
1. Susannah Scaroni: 1:35:20
2. Catherine Debrunner: 1:37:26
3. Manuela Schar: 1:39:18
Men’s handcycle: U.S. handcyclist Alfredo de los Santos won for the second time in Boston after first emerging victorious in 2022.
1. Alfredo de los Santos: 1:07:35
2. Zachary Stinson: 1:13:30
3. Casey Falkner: 1:15:23
Women’s handcycle: JoAnn Outten-Kenton won her first Boston Marathon, defeating Edie Perkins at the line.
1. JoAnn Outten-Kenton: 1:42:57
2. Edie Perkins: 1:42:57
2. Katty Abran: 1:43:07
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