2000 Boston Marathon

The 2000 Boston Marathon was the 104th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 17. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Elijah Lagat in a time of 2:09:47 hours and the women's race was won in 2:26:11 by Catherine Ndereba, also Kenyan.

2000 Boston Marathon
Women's winner Catherine Ndereba
Venue	Boston, United States
Dates	April 17
Champions
Men	Elijah Lagat (2:09:47)
Women	Catherine Ndereba (2:26:11)
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A total of 15,680 people finished the race, 10,207 men and 5473 women.

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Elijah Lagat	Kenya	2:09:47
	Gezahegne Abera	Ethiopia	2:09:47
	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:50
4	Ondoro Osoro	Kenya	2:10:29
5	David Busenei	Kenya	2:11:26
6	John Kagwe	Kenya	2:12:26
7	Laban Nkete	South Africa	2:12:30
8	Joseph Chebet	Kenya	2:12:39
9	Julius Rutto	Kenya	2:13:26
10	Silvio Guerra	Ecuador	2:14:18
11	Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	2:15:09
12	Michał Bartoszak	Poland	2:15:24
13	Jackson Kabiga	Kenya	2:16:13
14	Makhosonke Fika	South Africa	2:16:27
15	Ryoji Maeda	Japan	2:17:04

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:11
	Irina Bogacheva	Kyrgyzstan	2:26:27 NR
	Fatuma Roba	Ethiopia	2:26:27
4	Anuța Cătună	Romania	2:29:46
5	Lornah Kiplagat	Kenya	2:30:12
6	Ai Dongmei	China	2:30:18
7	Ornella Ferrara	Italy	2:30:20
8	Sun Yingjie	China	2:31:22
9	Martha Tenorio	Ecuador	2:31:49
10	Elana Meyer	South Africa	2:32:09
11	Firaya Sultanova-Zhdanova	Russia	2:32:21
12	Renata Paradowska	Poland	2:33:45
13	Gitte Karlshøj	Denmark	2:35:11
14	Annemari Sandell-Hyvärinen	Finland	2:35:12
15	Tatyana Pozdnyakova	Ukraine	2:35:43