By Raymond Britt
About 30,000 runners are awarded entry to the Boston Marathon and this year they come from 7,579 different global cities. Not only did we break out the number of runners by city, we dove deeper to define number of runners by age group in each location. Scroll around, enjoy. (also see all runners and age groups by city geomapped by location around the globe).
For more see www.RaceBoston.com.
Boston Marathon Runner Waves Results Analysis
By Raymond Britt of RunTriMedia
Our article Number of Boston Marathon Finishers by Year 2000 to 2017 shows a sharp increase in entrants over time, which that necessitated changes by the Boston Athletic Association. The main change was the start; too many runners to occupy narrow Main St. in Hopkinton at one time led the BAA to cap the race at 30,000+ entrants, split into four different starting waves of about 7,500+ entrants each.
As bib numbers are assigned in qualifying order, the first three waves are made up of entrants who qualified for the race. Wave 4 is largely made up of non-qualifiers, entrants running for a charity. As a result, you'll notice some stats for Wave 4 are skewed, such as average finish time = 40 minutes slower than Wave 3.
- Wave 1: 7,686 entrants, 15% Did Not Start/Did Not Finish, 6,552 finished, average time 3:18
- Wave 2: 7,593 entrants, 13% Did Not Start/Did Not Finish, 6,614 finished, average time 3:45
- Wave 3: 7,596 entrants, 12% Did Not Start/Did Not Finish, 6,713 finished, average time 4:04
- Wave 4: 7,347 entrants, 13% Did Not Start/Did Not Finish, 6,486 finished, average time 4:$5
Here are charts with complete stats by Wave in 2017, average finish time, entrants, DNS/DNF, mix by gender, mix of age groups by entrant.
Number of Boston Marathon Finishers: Overall, by Gender and Age Group, Historical
By Raymond Britt
More than 500,000 runners have finished the legendary Boston Marathon since its first race in 1897. There has been substantial growth in the number of finishers since the turn of the century. With the exception of 1996 and 2014, the race is now averaging roughly 26,500 runner, wheelchair, and disability finishers. In 2017:
More than 500,000 runners have finished the legendary Boston Marathon since its first race in 1897. There has been substantial growth in the number of finishers since the turn of the century. With the exception of 1996 and 2014, the race is now averaging roughly 26,500 runner, wheelchair, and disability finishers. In 2017:
- 30,000 entrants
- 2,800 registered runners, or 9.3% of entrants, did not race
- 27,200 Starters
- 800 athletes, or 2.9% of Starters, did not finish
- 26,400 runner, wheelchair, disability athletes finished (26,365 Runners)
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