The 1996 Boston Marathon was the 100th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States, which was held on April 15. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Moses Tanui in a time of 2:09:16 hours and the women's race was won by Germany's Uta Pippig in 2:27:13.

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Moses Tanui	Kenya	2:09:16
	Ezequiel Bitok	Kenya	2:09:26
	Cosmas Ndeti	Kenya	2:09:51
4	Lameck Aguta	Kenya	2:10:03
5	Sammy Lelei	Kenya	2:10:11
6	Abebe Mekonnen	Ethiopia	2:10:21
7	Charles Tangus	Kenya	2:10:28
8	Paul Yego	Kenya	2:10:49
9	Carlos Grisales	Colombia	2:11:17
10	Steve Moneghetti	Australia	2:11:17
11	Luíz Antônio dos Santos	Brazil	2:11:49
12	Gilbert Rutto	Kenya	2:12:29
13	Andrés Espinosa	Mexico	2:13:05
14	Samwel Maritim	Kenya	2:13:13
15	Jan Huruk	Poland	2:13:14
16	João Lopes	Portugal	2:13:15
17	Simon Lopuyet	Kenya	2:14:34
18	Eric Kimaiyo	Kenya	2:14:37
19	André Luiz Ramos	Brazil	2:14:51
20	Tumo Turbo	Ethiopia	2:14:59

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Uta Pippig	Germany	2:27:13
	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:28:37
	Nobuko Fujimura	Japan	2:29:24
4	Sonja Oberem	Germany	2:29:24
5	Larisa Zyusko	Russia	2:31:06
6	Franziska Rochat-Moser	Switzerland	2:31:33
7	Madina Biktagirova	Belarus	2:31:38
8	Lorraine Moller	New Zealand	2:32:02
9	Alla Zhilyaeva	Russia	2:33:27
10	Valentina Enachi	Moldova	2:33:58
11	Márcia Narloch	Brazil	2:34:27
12	Selina Chirchir	Kenya	2:34:33
13	Solange de Souza	Brazil	2:34:54
14	Stefanija Statkuvienė	Lithuania	2:36:42
15	Lizanne Bussières	Canada	2:36:55
	Mieke Hombergen	Netherlands	2:41:55

• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-13.

• Boston Athletic Association website