2001 Boston Marathon
# 2001 Boston Marathon

The 2001 Boston Marathon was the 105th running of the annual marathon race in Boston, United States and was held on April 16. The elite men's race was won by South Korea's Lee Bong-ju in a time of 2:09:43 hours and the women's race was won by Kenya's Catherine Ndereba in 2:23:53.

A total of 13,395 people finished the race, 8586 men and 4809 women.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Lee Bong-ju | South Korea | 2:09:43 |
| | Silvio Guerra | Ecuador | 2:10:07 |
| | Joshua Chelanga | Kenya | 2:10:29 |
| 4 | David Busenei | Kenya | 2:11:47 |
| 5 | Mbarak Hussein | Kenya | 2:12:01 |
| 6 | Rodney De Haven | United States | 2:12:41 |
| 7 | Laban Nkete | South Africa | 2:12:44 |
| 8 | Fedor Ryzhov | Russia | 2:13:54 |
| 9 | Makhosonke Fika | South Africa | 2:14:13 |
| 10 | Timothy Cherigat | Kenya | 2:14:21 |
| 11 | Joshua Kipkemboi | Kenya | 2:14:47 |
| 12 | Moses Tanui | Kenya | 2:15:00 |
| 13 | João N'Tyamba | Angola | 2:16:00 |
| 14 | Josh Cox | United States | 2:16:17 |
| 15 | Shem Kororia | Kenya | 2:17:02 |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya | 2:23:53 |
| | Małgorzata Sobańska | Poland | 2:26:42 |
| | Lyubov Morgunova | Russia | 2:27:18 |
| 4 | Lornah Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:27:56 |
| 5 | Fatuma Roba | Ethiopia | 2:28:08 |
| 6 | Irina Timofeyeva | Russia | 2:28:50 |
| 7 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:29:23 |
| 8 | Wei Yanan | China | 2:29:52 |
| 9 | Bruna Genovese | Italy | 2:30:39 |
| 10 | Kaori Tanabe | Japan | 2:31:31 |
| 11 | Albina Gallyamova | Russia | 2:32:45 |
| 12 | Zhang Shujing | China | 2:33:43 |
| 13 | Gitte Karlshøj | Denmark | 2:36:36 |
| 14 | Jill Boaz | United States | 2:36:45 |
| 15 | Susannah Beck | United States | 2:37:12 |
