Boston Marathon 2018 Entrants by Age, Gender and Age Group

By Raymond Britt

Including all starters -- runners, wheelchairs, handcycles, visually impaired and mobility impaired --  the total Boston Marathon entrants exceeds 30,000. In this analysis, we break the total field into age groups in the first chart, and age groups by gender in the second chart.

Looking at entrants by age group -- men and women combined -- can summarize the largest groups as ages 18-39 = 40%, 40-44 and 45-49 = 30% and 50-54 and 55-59 = 20%. The remainder of the entrants = 10%.

Quite a different story when you slice the entrants by gender and age group. The largest percent of entrants = women 18-39 = 22%. Men 18-39 are next with 18%. At 10%, men 45-49 are the only other group of entrants with percentage in double digits. After that, many other age groups represent fairly similar proportions, in the 5% to 7% range.

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Boston Marathon 2018: Top 50 Cities with Most Entrants

By Raymond Britt

More than 7,500 cities are represented by runners in the 2018 Boston Marathon, but 50 cities account for about 4,600 runners, or 15% of all entrants. Boston, New York City, Chicago, Ontario and Cambridge are the top 5 cities with the most entrants. London, Beijing,  Hong Kong and Tokyo rank generally in the middle of the Top 50.

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Boston Marathon 2018 Runners by Hometown - 7,579 Cities GeoMapped

By Raymond Britt

Each dot on the maps represents a city being represented by one or more runners at the Boston Marathon. About 30,000 entrants come from 7,579 global cities. Red dots mark each city; click on the dot to see total runners and runners by age group from that city. (also see data table showing all runners by age group by city)

United States and Lower Canada




Europe


Eastern Asia


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