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Women’s Open
Year Athlete Country/State Time Notes
1966 Bobbi Gibb US (MA) 3:21:40
1967 Bobbi Gibb US (CA) 3:27:17 2nd victory [4]
1968 Bobbi Gibb US (CA) 3:30:00 3rd victory [4]
1969 Sara Mae Berman US (MA) 3:22:46
1970 Sara Mae Berman US (MA) 3:05:07
1971 Sara Mae Berman US (MA) 3:08:30
1972 Nina Kuscsik US (NY) 3:10:26
1973 Jacqueline Hansen US (CA) 3:05:59
1974 Miki Gorman US (CA) 2:47:11
1975 Liane Winter West Germany 2:42:24
1976 Kim Merritt US (WI) 2:47:10
1977 Miki Gorman US (CA) 2:48:33
1978 Gayle S. Barron US (GA) 2:44:52
1979 Joan Benoit US (ME) 2:35:15
1980 Jacqueline Gareau Canada 2:34:28
1981 Allison Roe New Zealand 2:26:46
1982 Charlotte Teske West Germany 2:29:33
1983 Joan Benoit US (ME) 2:22:43
1984 Lorraine Moller New Zealand 2:29.28
1985 Lisa Larsen Weidenbach US (MI) 2:34.06
1986 Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 2:24:55
1987 Rosa Mota Portugal 2:25:21
1988 Rosa Mota Portugal 2:24:30
1989 Ingrid Kristiansen Norway 2:24:33
1990 Rosa Mota Portugal 2:25:24
1991 Wanda Panfil Poland 2:24:18
1992 Olga Markova Russia 2:23:43
1993 Olga Markova Russia 2:25:27
1994 Uta Pippig Germany 2:21:45
1995 Uta Pippig Germany 2:25:11
1996 Uta Pippig Germany 2:27:12
1997 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 2:26:23
1998 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 2:23:21
1999 Fatuma Roba Ethiopia 2:23:25
2000 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:26:11
2001 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:23:53
2002 Margaret Okayo Kenya 2:20:43
2003 Svetlana Zakharova Russia 2:25:19
2004 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:24:27
2005 Catherine Ndereba Kenya 2:25:12
2006 Rita Jeptoo Kenya 2:23:38
2007 Lidiya Grigoryeva Russia 2:29:18
2008 Dire Tune Ethiopia 2:25:25
2009 Salina Kosgei Kenya 2:32:16
2010 Teyba Erkesso Ethiopia 2:26:11
2011 Caroline Kilel Kenya 2:22:36 19 months ago


