Road Race Stats - Marathons & Other Running Races

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Boston 2004: Fastest Country, State, City?

I thought it would be interesting to look at last year's Boston Marathon stats. Since I couldn't find easy access to the full 2004 database, I decided to just look at the top 1000 from results provided by marathonguide.com.

Times By Countries

Out of the 1000 top men, about 87% were from the US and 6% from Canada. There were only 6 other countries with 5 or more runners. The fastest was Kenya which had 8 runners who averaged 2:17:36. The winner of the marathon came from Kenya and had a time of 2:10:37. The slowest of the 8 had a time of 2:31:17. You have to feel sorry for that guy...

Times by US States

Out of the 1000 top men, there were 15 states with 20 or more runners. Massachusetts had the most with 136, followed by New York with 82, and California with 54. Virginia's 44 runners had the fastest average time of 3:00:51. The fastest runner in the US came from Georgia and had a time of 2:24:04.

Times by Cities

Out of the 1000 top men, only 8 North American cities had 10 or more runners. New York City had the most with 24, followed by Chicago with 16 and Toronto with 15. Boston's 11 runners had the fastest average time of 2:54:49. New York City had the fastest runner with a time of 2:35:11.

Below are the detailed stats. In the next post, I'll look at times by age groups.

Average/Best Times By Country

CountryNumberPercentMean TimeBest Time
Australia51%3:03:152:19:31
Canada596%3:05:472:44:05
Italy71%2:51:372:26:15
Japan111%2:48:442:27:12
Kenya81%2:17:362:10:37
Korea61%3:06:392:52:47
USA86587%3:04:452:24:04
United Kingdom81%3:09:582:56:13
Below Cutoff313%2:58:112:17:30
Total1000100%3:04:002:10:37


Average/Best Times By State

StateNumberPercentMean TimeBest Time
CA545%3:04:562:25:41
CO283%3:03:512:33:57
CT283%3:06:392:41:07
GA222%3:02:282:24:04
IL374%3:08:142:44:32
MA13614%3:03:122:33:15
MD253%3:05:352:40:11
MI333%3:03:152:33:23
NJ253%3:03:372:45:23
NY828%3:04:572:35:11
OH354%3:02:312:37:21
PA525%3:06:542:48:18
TX303%3:07:102:43:26
VA444%3:00:512:28:54
WI222%3:02:502:32:27
outside US13514%2:59:152:10:37
Below Cutoff21221%3:05:522:30:50
Total1000100%3:04:002:10:37


Average/Best Times By Cities

CityNumberPercentMean TimeBest Time
Atlanta, GA101%3:01:232:44:05
Boston, MA111%2:54:492:41:55
Brooklyn, NY101%3:06:422:55:34
Cambridge, MA121%2:58:342:39:32
Chicago, IL162%3:04:372:44:32
New York, NY242%3:02:162:35:11
Toronto, ON152%3:02:482:52:38
Washington, DC101%3:05:262:51:42
outside US/Canada768%2:54:112:10:37
Below Cutoff81682%3:05:102:24:04
Total1000100%3:04:002:10:37

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