1898 Boston Marathon Race Results - (2nd Annual)
Tuesday April 19, 1898 - Boston, Massachusetts  USA
 -:- Original Distance 24.5 Miles

Place   Name	     Gender 	State		Time
 1. Ronald J MacDonald 	M   Nova Scotia, Canada	2:42:00
 2. Hamilton Gray 	M	New York	2:45:00
 3. Robert A McLennon 	M	Massachusetts	2:48:02
 4. John J McDermott 	M	New York	2:54:17
 5. Lawrence Brignolia 	M	Massachusetts	2:55:49
 6. Eugene Estoppey Jr 	M	New York	2:58:49
 7. D. J. Grant 	M	New York	3:08:55
 8. D. Harrigan 	M	Massachusetts	3:09:30
 9. John Mason 		M	New York	3:09:30
10. J. E. Enwright 	M	New York	3:16:20
11. G. W. Janson 	M	New York	3:22:45
12. H. D. Eggeleston 	M	New York	3:25:30
13. T. O'Connor 	M	New York	3:25:30
14. J. H. Keely 	M	New York	3:30:20
15. John Layer 		M	New York	3:38:07

Starting Line: Metcalf's Mill, Ashland, MA
Finish Line: Irvington Street Oval (near Copley Square) - Boston, MA

15 Known Finishers

First Foreign Finisher/Champion 
- Ronald J. MacDonald of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
- 22-year-old Boston College Student 
- Won the race in a time of 2:42:00

No Female Finishers
Women we not allowed to race until 1972
Roberta Gibb was the first woman to run the full Boston Marathon in 1966. 
She hid in the bushes at the start, and ran without a race number