ALL-TIME TOP 10 BOSTON MARATHON LIST (AMERICAN, ALL-CONDITIONS)

And Hall still owns the American Record in the Half.

So does his wife.

11-25

11. Ron Tabb, 2:09:32 (1983)

12. Benji Durden, 2:09:57 (1983)

13. Ed Mendoza, 2:10:06 (1983)

14. Jeff Wells, 2:10:15 (1978)

15. CJ Albertson, 2:10:23 (2022)

16. Craig Virgin, 2:10:25 (1981)

17. Matthew McDonald, 2:10:35 (2022)

18. Reed Fischer, 2:10:54 (2022)

19. John Campbell, 2:11:04 (1990)

20. Eamon O'Reilly, 2:11:12 (1970)

21. Jack Fultz, 2:11:17 (1978)

22. Mike Layman, 2:11:24 (1983)

23. Randy Thomas, 2:11:25 (1978)

24. Dan Schlesinger, 2:11:36 (1983)

I'm sure Faubs would have loved to grab those 2 seconds and knock Alberto down a peg...

You can remove #20 John Campbell, he was 40 yr old from New Zealand when he ran 2:11.04

Pretty rad to break up the Duel in the Sun with your time though.

The top 10 list had Fauble twice so I took his 2nd time off and now we only have 24. Anyone know who is #25 now?

I removed Campbell and Fauble duplication -

TOP ALL-TIME BOSTON MARATHON (AMERICAN, ALL-CONDITIONS) LIST
1. Ryan Hall, 2:04:58 (2011)
2. Meb Keflezighi, 2:08:37 (2014)
3. Bob Kempainen, 2:08:47 (1994)
4. Alberto Salazar, 2:08:51 (1982)
5. Scott Fauble, 2:08:52 (2022)
6. Dick Beardsley, 2:08:53 (1982)
7. Greg Meyer, 2:09:01 (1983)
8. Elkanah Kibet, 2:09:07 (2022)
9. Jared Ward, 2:09:25 (2019)
10. Bill Rodgers, 2:09:27
11. Ron Tabb, 2:09:32 (1983)
12. Benji Durden, 2:09:57 (1983)
13. Ed Mendoza, 2:10:06 (1983)
14. Jeff Wells, 2:10:15 (1978)
15. CJ Albertson, 2:10:23 (2022)
16. Craig Virgin, 2:10:25 (1981)
17. Matthew McDonald, 2:10:35 (2022)
18. Reed Fischer, 2:10:54 (2022)
19. Eamon O'Reilly, 2:11:12 (1970)
20. Jack Fultz, 2:11:17 (1978)
21. Mike Layman, 2:11:24 (1983)
22. Randy Thomas, 2:11:25 (1978)
23. Dan Schlesinger, 2:11:36 (1983)

24. Mick Iacofono, 2:11:48 (2022)

25. Steve Hoag, 2:11:54 (1975)

16 of the top 25 times were run before 2000. sad.

Didn’t realize Craig Virgin ran Boston- I always thought of him as a 10k/ XC guy- good time though

that's one of the great disappointments of the great leap forward in shoe technology....these kinds of cross-generational times are almost meaningless now.

This is a great snapshot of US men's marathon decline. I cannot believe how many people on this list are from the 70's and 80's.

well Boston and NYC were pretty much it back then.
people have a lot more options to run a fast marathon now.

Don’t believe Eamon O’reilly was American either.

there were other marathons back in the day, Nike OTC was a big one, Columbus Bank One, Cleveland Revco, heart of San Diego. Tucson had a good one.
it was just a different time, men were men.

imagine those men with the super shoes? Damn

Brain Sell ran 2:10:55 and Alan Culpepper ran 2:11:02 in 2006.

Nick Arciniaga ran 2:11:47 in 2014.

Dathan Ritzenhein ran 2:11:20 in 2015.

Galen Rupp ran 2:09:58 in 2017.

Colin Bennie ran 2:11:26 in 2021.

Don’t believe Eamon O’reilly was American either.

there were other marathons back in the day, Nike OTC was a big one, Columbus Bank One, Cleveland Revco, heart of San Diego. Tucson had a good one.
it was just a different time, men were men.

imagine those men with the super shoes? Damn

Well, 15 of those were run before 1990, Rodgers 2:09.27 was 1979.

Hall is a fantastic runner, but he leads this list largely by virtue of an extremely strong tailwind.

To wit, that year's winner, Geoffrey Mutai, ran 2:03:02. Still impressive, and we will never know what Hall would have ran without the wind. We can safely assume it wouldn't have been in the 2:04 range, though.

Eamon O' Reilly was/is American (I assume he is still alive). He went to Georgetown. Finished second behind Ron Hill In the '70 race

The real question - is Hall’s 2:04:58 with a constant tailwind better or worse than 2:08:37?

I think yes - but only marginally. Like 2:08:25