This year’s Boston Marathon is scheduled to begin at 11:30 AM on Monday, 17th April, know the 2023 entry list, qualifying times, date
One of the six World Marathon Majors, the Boston Marathon is a 26.2-mile (42.2-km) marathon that has been conducted in Massachusetts’ Greater Boston region since 1897. It retained the title of oldest yearly marathon until 2020; the Osaka-Lake Biwa Marathon now does so.
Boston Marathon 2023 schedule, date, start time, elite field entry list and qualifying times
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2023 Boston Marathon star participants, schedule, date, venue, & race history
Nearly seven months after setting a new world record for the marathon in Berlin with a time of 2:01:09, Kenyan superstar Kipchoge is back on the road. After winning in Tokyo last year and having prior victories in Chicago, Berlin, and London, he hopes to continue to solidify his reputation and legacy by competing in his fifth World Marathon Major. Only New York is left on the 38-year-old’s bucket list as he shoots for an unprecedented third marathon Olympic championship in 2024 Paris.
Gotytom Gebreslase, who took first place in the women’s marathon at the World Championships in Eugene, will also compete in Boston for the first time. The champion of the 2021 Berlin Marathon is no stranger to Boston; she has participated in a number of indoor competitions throughout the city as well as the 5 km run. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie of Eritrea, an Olympian from Rio 2016 who won the men’s gold medal at the 2015 World Championships and finished first in the 2016 New York City Marathon, will be running in Boston for the first time as well.
More than any other runner, Clarence DeMar took first place in the men’s open race seven times between 1911 and 1930. Women were only formally permitted to compete in the race starting in 1972, though they had been doing so since 1966 despite breaking the Amateur Athletic Union’s rules. Geoffrey Mutai set a new record for the fastest marathon time in 2011 by winning in 2:03:02, surpassing the previous record by 57 seconds.
Here is a look at the start times for the 127th running of the race on Monday, April 17, 2023.
2023 Boston Marathon start times:
6 a.m., Military March
9:02 a.m., Men’s Wheelchair
9:05 a.m., Women’s Wheelchair
9:30 a.m., Handcycles & Duos
9:37 a.m., Professional Men
9:47 a.m., Professional Women
9:50 a.m., Para Athletics Division
10 a.m., Wave 1
10:25 a.m., Wave 2
10:50 a.m., Wave 3
11:15 a.m., Wave 4
Qualifying Times For The 2023 Boston Marathon
Men 18-34: 3:00:00
Women 18-34: 3:30:00
Men 35-39: 3:05:00
Women 35-39: 3:35:00
Men 40-44: 3:10:00
Women 40-44: 3:40:00
Men 45-49: 3:20:00
Women 45-49: 3:50:00
Men 50-54: 3:25:00
Women 50:54: 3:55:00
Men 55-59: 3:35:00
Women 55-59: 4:05:00
Men 60-64: 3:50:00
Women 60-64: 4:20:00
Men 65-69: 4:05:00
Women 65-69: 4:35:00
Men 70-74: 4:20:00
Women 70-74: 4:50:00
Men 75-79: 4:35:00
Women 75-79: 5:05:00
Men 80 & Over: 4:50:00
Women 80 & Over: 5:20:00
Among the 15 women on the elite list who have run under 2 hours, 21 minutes are Israel’s Lonah Salpeter, the bronze medallist from the 2022 World Championships, Kenya’s Hellen Obiri who made her debut Marathon last year in New York, and Amane Beriso.