1990 Boston Marathon

94th Boston Marathon
VenueBoston, United States
DatesApril 16
Champions
MenGelindo Bordin (2:08:19)
WomenRosa Mota (2:25:24)
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The 1990 Boston Marathon was the 94th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by Italy's Gelindo Bordin in a time of 2:08:19 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:25:24.

A total of 7950 runners finished the race, 6516 men and 1434 women.

Results

Men

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gelindo Bordin  Italy 2:08:19
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Juma Ikangaa  Tanzania 2:09:52
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rolando Vera  Ecuador 2:10:46
4 John Campbell  New Zealand 2:11:04
5 Robert de Castella  Australia 2:11:28
6 Isidro Rico  Mexico 2:13:02
7 Geoffrey Smith  United Kingdom 2:13:38
8 Salah Qoqaiche  Morocco 2:13:53
9 Futoshi Shinohara  Japan 2:14:10
10 Philip O'Brien  United Kingdom 2:14:21
11 Tesfaye Tafa  Ethiopia 2:14:29
12 Gerry Curtis  Ireland 2:14:37
13 Peter Maher  Canada 2:15:25
14 Darrell General  United States 2:15:28
15 Thomas Eickmann  West Germany 2:15:51
16 Osamu Monoe  Japan 2:16:02
17 Kjell-Erik Ståhl  Sweden 2:16:19
18 Art Boileau  Canada 2:16:26
19 Steve Spence  United States 2:16:40
20 Delmir Alves Dos Santos  Brazil 2:16:44
21 Ryszard Marczak  Poland 2:16:44
22 Rich McCandless  United States 2:16:56
23 Joseph Leuchtmann  United States 2:17:25
24 Mario Cuevas  Mexico 2:17:30
25 Vincent Ruguga  Uganda 2:17:46

Women

Position Athlete Nationality Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:25:24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Uta Pippig  East Germany 2:28:03
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) María Trujillo  United States 2:28:53
4 Kamila Gradus  Poland 2:28:56
5 Kim Jones  United States 2:31:01
6 Véronique Marot  United Kingdom 2:31:09
7 Zoya Ivanova  Soviet Union 2:31:15
8 Ritva Lemettinen  Finland 2:38:44
9 Dimitra Papaspirou  Greece 2:38:45
10 Anne Roden  England 2:39:36
11 Jane Welzel  United States 2:42:04
12 Chie Matsuda  Japan 2:42:14
13 Christa Vahlensieck  West Germany 2:42:18
14 Cindy New  Canada 2:44:18
15 Gillian Horovitz  United Kingdom 2:45:00
16 Janine Aiello  United States 2:45:02
17 Cesarina Taroni  Italy 2:46:32
18 Chiemi Saito  Japan 2:47:28
19 Jane Hutchison  United States 2:47:55
20 Kristin Larson  United States 2:49:13
21 Judith Hine  New Zealand 2:49:30
22 Junko Kawakami  Japan 2:50:04
23 Christine Gibbons  United States 2:50:09
24 Maureen Griffith  Canada 2:50:40
25 Mary Wood  United States 2:51:09

References