Men's Open
| Year | Athlete | Country/State | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | McDermott, John J.John J. McDermott | United States United States (NY) | 2:55:10 | course record |
| 1898 | MacDonald, Ronald J.Ronald J. MacDonald | Canada Canada | 2:42:00 | course record |
| 1899 | Brignolia, LawrenceLawrence Brignolia | United States United States (MA) | 2:54:38 | |
| 1900 | Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery | Canada Canada | 2:39:44 | course record |
| 1901 | Caffery, JohnJohn "Jack" Caffery | Canada Canada | 2:29:23 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 1902 | Mellor, SammySammy Mellor | United States United States (NY) | 2:43:12 | |
| 1903 | Lorden, JohnJohn Lorden | United States United States (MA) | 2:41:29 | |
| 1904 | Spring, MichaelMichael Spring | United States United States (NY) | 2:38:04 | |
| 1905 | Lorz, FrederickFrederick Lorz | United States United States (NY) | 2:38:25 | |
| 1906 | Ford, TimTim Ford | United States United States (MA) | 2:45:45 | |
| 1907 | Longboat, ThomasThomas Longboat | Canada Canada | 2:24:24 | course record |
| 1908 | Morrissey, ThomasThomas Morrissey | United States United States (NY) | 2:25:43 | |
| 1909 | Renaud, HenriHenri Renaud | United States United States (NH) | 2:53:36 | |
| 1910 | Cameron, FredFred Cameron | Canada Canada | 2:28:52 | |
| 1911 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:21:39 | course record |
| 1912 | Ryan, MichaelMichael J. Ryan | United States United States (NY) | 2:21:18 | course record |
| 1913 | Carlson, FritzFritz Carlson | United States United States (MN) | 2:25:14 | |
| 1914 | Duffy, JamesJames Duffy | Canada Canada | 2:25:14 | |
| 1915 | Fabre, ÉdouardÉdouard Fabre | Canada Canada | 2:31:41 | |
| 1916 | Roth, ArthurArthur Roth | United States United States (MA) | 2:27:16 | |
| 1917 | Kennedy, BillBill Kennedy | United States United States (NY) | 2:28:37 | |
| 1918 | Military Relay | United States United States (MA) | 2:29:53 | |
| 1919 | Linder, CarlCarl Linder | United States United States (MA) | 2:29:13 | |
| 1920 | Trivoulides, PeterPeter Trivoulides | United States United States (NY) | 2:29:31 | |
| 1921 | Zuna, FrankFrank Zuna | United States United States (NY) | 2:18:57 | course record |
| 1922 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:18:10 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 1923 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:23:47 | 3rd victory |
| 1924 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:29:40 | 4th victory |
| 1925 | Mellor, CharlesCharles Mellor | United States United States (IL) | 2:33:00 | |
| 1926 | Miles, JohnnyJohnny Miles | Canada Canada | 2:25:40 | course record |
| 1927 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:40:22 | 5th victory, course record |
| 1928 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:37:07 | 6th victory, course record |
| 1929 | Miles, JohnnyJohnny Miles | Canada Canada | 2:33:08 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 1930 | DeMar, ClarenceClarence DeMar | United States United States (MA) | 2:34:48 | 7th victory |
| 1931 | Henigan, JamesJames Henigan | United States United States (MA) | 2:46:45 | |
| 1932 | DeBruyn, PaulPaul de Bruyn | Germany Germany | 2:33:36 | |
| 1933 | Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson | United States United States (RI) | 2:31:01 | course record |
| 1934 | Komonen, DaveDave Komonen | Canada Canada | 2:32:53 | |
| 1935 | Kelley, John A.John A. Kelley | United States United States (MA) | 2:32:07 | |
| 1936 | Brown, EllisonEllison Brown | United States United States (RI) | 2:33:40 | |
| 1937 | Young, WalterWalter Young | Canada Canada | 2:33:20 | |
| 1938 | Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson | United States United States (RI) | 2:35:34 | 2nd victory |
| 1939 | Brown, EllisonEllison Brown | United States United States (RI) | 2:28:51 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 1940 | Côté, GérardGérard Côté | Canada Canada | 2:28:28 | course record |
| 1941 | Pawson, Leslie S.Leslie S. Pawson | United States United States (RI) | 2:30:38 | 3rd victory |
| 1942 | Smith, JoeJoe Smith | United States United States (MA) | 2:26:51 | course record |
| 1943 | Côté, GérardGérard Côté | Canada Canada | 2:28:25 | 2nd victory |
| 1944 | Côté, GérardGérard Côté | Canada Canada | 2:31:50 | 3rd victory |
| 1945 | Kelley, John A.John A. Kelley | United States United States (MA) | 2:30:40 | 2nd victory |
| 1946 | Kyriakides, StylianosStylianos Kyriakides | Greece Greece | 2:29:27 | |
| 1947 | Suh Yun-bok | South Korea | 2:25:39 | world record, course record |
| 1948 | Côté, GérardGérard Côté | Canada Canada | 2:31:02 | 4th victory |
| 1949 | Leandersson, KarlKarl Leandersson | Sweden | 2:31:50 | |
| 1950 | Ham Kee-Yong | South Korea | 2:32:39 | |
| 1951 | Tanaka, ShigekiShigeki Tanaka | Japan | 2:27:45 | |
| 1952 | Florea, DoroteoDoroteo Flores | Guatemala | 2:31:53 | |
| 1953 | Yamada, KeizoKeizo Yamada | Japan | 2:18:51 | course record |
| 1954 | Karvonen, VeikkoVeikko Karvonen | Finland | 2:20:39 | |
| 1955 | Hamamura, HideoHideo Hamamura | Japan | 2:18:22 | course record |
| 1956 | Viskari, AnttiAntti Viskari | Finland | 2:14:14 | course record |
| 1957 | Kelley, John J.John J. Kelley | United States United States (CT) | 2:20:05 | course record (new course) |
| 1958 | Mihalić, FranjoFranjo Mihalić | Yugoslavia | 2:25:54 | |
| 1959 | Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen | Finland | 2:22:42 | |
| 1960 | Kotila, PaavoPaavo Kotila | Finland | 2:20:54 | |
| 1961 | Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen | Finland | 2:23:39 | 2nd victory |
| 1962 | Oksanen, EinoEino Oksanen | Finland | 2:23:48 | 3rd victory |
| 1963 | Vandendriessche, AurèleAurèle Vandendriessche | Belgium | 2:18:58 | course record |
| 1964 | Vandendriessche, AurèleAurèle Vandendriessche | Belgium | 2:19:59 | 2nd victory |
| 1965 | Shigematsu, MorioMorio Shigematsu | Japan | 2:16:33 | course record |
| 1966 | Kimihara, KenjiKenji Kimihara | Japan | 2:17:11 | |
| 1967 | McKenzie, DaveDave McKenzie | New Zealand | 2:15:45 | course record |
| 1968 | Burfoot, AmbyAmby Burfoot | United States United States (CT) | 2:22:17 | |
| 1969 | Unetani, YoshiakiYoshiaki Unetani | Japan | 2:13:49 | course record |
| 1970 | Hill, Ron !Ron Hill | United Kingdom | 2:10:30 | course record |
| 1971 | Mejia, AlvaroÁlvaro Mejía | Colombia | 2:18:45 | |
| 1972 | Suomalainen, OlaviOlavi Suomalainen | Finland | 2:15:39 | |
| 1973 | Anderson, JonJon Anderson | United States United States (OR) | 2:16:03 | |
| 1974 | Cusack, NeilNeil Cusack | Ireland | 2:13:39 | |
| 1975 | Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers | United States United States (MA) | 2:09:55 | course record |
| 1976 | Fultz, JackJack Fultz | United States United States (VA) | 2:20:19 | |
| 1977 | Drayton, JeromeJerome Drayton | Canada | 2:14:46 | |
| 1978 | Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers | United States United States (MA) | 2:10:13 | 2nd victory |
| 1979 | Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers | United States United States (MA) | 2:09:27 | 3rd victory, course record |
| 1980 | Rodgers, BillBill Rodgers | United States United States (MA) | 2:12:11 | 4th victory |
| 1981 | Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:09:26 | course record |
| 1982 | Salazar, AlbertoAlberto Salazar | United States United States (MA) | 2:08:52 | course record |
| 1983 | Meyer, GregGreg Meyer | United States United States (MI) | 2:09:00 | |
| 1984 | Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith | United Kingdom | 2:10:34 | |
| 1985 | Smith, GeoffGeoff Smith | United Kingdom | 2:14:05 | 2nd victory |
| 1986 | de Castella, RobertRobert de Castella | Australia | 2:07:51 | course record |
| 1987 | Seko, ToshihikoToshihiko Seko | Japan | 2:11:50 | 2nd victory |
| 1988 | Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein | Kenya | 2:08:43 | |
| 1989 | Mekonnen, AbebeAbebe Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 2:09:06 | |
| 1990 | Bordin, GelindoGelindo Bordin | Italy | 2:08:19 | |
| 1991 | Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein | Kenya | 2:11:06 | 2nd victory |
| 1992 | Hussein, IbrahimIbrahim Hussein | Kenya | 2:08:14 | 3rd victory |
| 1993 | Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti | Kenya | 2:09:33 | |
| 1994 | Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti | Kenya | 2:07:15 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 1995 | Ndeti, CosmasCosmas Ndeti | Kenya | 2:09:22 | 3rd victory |
| 1996 | Tanui, MosesMoses Tanui | Kenya | 2:09:15 | |
| 1997 | Aguta, LameckLameck Aguta | Kenya | 2:10:34 | |
| 1998 | Tanui, MosesMoses Tanui | Kenya | 2:07:34 | 2nd victory |
| 1999 | Chebet, JosephJoseph Chebet | Kenya | 2:09:52 | |
| 2000 | Lagat, ElijahElijah Lagat | Kenya | 2:09:47 | |
| 2001 | Lee Bong-Ju | South Korea | 2:09:43 | |
| 2002 | Rop, RodgersRodgers Rop | Kenya | 2:09:02 | |
| 2003 | Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:10:11 | |
| 2004 | Cherigat, TimothyTimothy Cherigat | Kenya | 2:10:37 | |
| 2005 | Negussie, HailuHailu Negussie | Ethiopia | 2:11:44 | |
| 2006 | Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:07:14 | 2nd victory, course record |
| 2007 | Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:14:13 | 3rd victory |
| 2008 | Cheruiyot, Robert KipkoechRobert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:07:45 | 4th victory |
| 2009 | Merga, DeribaDeriba Merga | Ethiopia | 2:08:42 | |
| 2010 | Cheruiyot, Robert KipronoRobert Kiprono Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:05:52 | course record |
| 2011 | Mutai, GeoffreyGeoffrey Mutai | Kenya | 2:03:02 | course record, fastest marathon ever |
| 2012 | Korir, WesleyWesley Korir | Kenya | 2:12:40 |
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