Boston Marathon history

Men's veterans champions

Here are the Boston Marathon men's veterans champions through the years. The veterans division is for runners aged 50-59, and has been officially recognized for men since 1978.

Year Name Age Home Time

1978 Dr. Alex Ratelle 53 Minnesota 2:36:15

1979 Don Dixon 51 New York 2:39:38

1980 Edward P. Stabler 50 New York 2:36:37

1981 Edward P. Stabler 51 New York 2:33:01

1982 Herbert Chisholm 55 Virginia 2:42:17

1983 Norman Green, Jr. 50 Pennsylvania 2:31:34

1984 Hector Vargas 52 New Jersey 2:32:24

1985 William Foulk 51 New Hampshire 2:36:26

1986 Gaylon Jorgensen 56 Utah 2:38:45

1987 Brendan J. Spratt 53 Florida 2:47:25

1988 Brendan J. Spratt 54 Florida 2:46:06

1989 Mel Williams 51 Virginia 2:39:40

1990 Raymond Swan 51 Bermuda 2:40:12

1991 Fay Bradley 53 Washington, D.C. 2:40:24

1992 Vladimir Nadbakh 53 CIS 2:40:15

1993 Oddvar Hausken 51 Norway 2:38:57

1994 Richard Crampon 51 Canada 2:36:45

1995 Richard Crampon 52 Canada 2:35:43

1996 Ryszard Marczak 50 Poland 2:27:17

1997 Richard Weeks 50 Tennessee 2:41:41

1998 Hal Goforth 53 California 2:43:05

1999 Yuri Laptev 50 Kazakhstan 2:42:11

2000 Alan Oman 50 New York 2:43:25

2001 Vladimir Krivoy 50 Ukraine 2:39:30

2002 Vladimir Krivoy 51 Ukraine 2:35:11

2003 Stephen Jayson 50 Texas 2:50:21

2004 Rob Higley 50 Massachusetts 2:51:33

2005 Ian G. Bloomfield 52 United Kingdom 2:45:23

2006 S. Mark Courtney 50 Pennsylvania 2:46:44