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Members of the American Team for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the first modern games. photograph from Trustees of the Boston Public Library

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    The wildly successful US team in the Olympic stadium, in 1896.
    photograph from Trustees of the Boston Public Library | March 30, 2013
    Greece's King George I presents Spiridon Loues with the victor laurels at the 1896 Olympics. Illustration -- Marathonhistory

    Greece’s King George I presenting victory laurels to marathon hero Spiridon Louis.
    illustration from Bettmann Archives | March 30, 2013
    1896: The Olympic stadium in Athens built by the Greek philanthropist Averof for a cost of one million drachmas. It was the scene of the 1896 games. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

    A view of the Olympic stadium in Athens.
    photograph by Hulton Archive/Getty Images | March 30, 2013

    Members of the American Team for the 1896 Olympics in Athens, the first modern games.
    photograph from Trustees of the Boston Public Library | March 30, 2013
    Boston Marathon. An illustration in the April 20, 1897, Boston Globe newspaper recaps the highlights of the first Boston Marathon. Globe File Photo -- Marathonhistory

    The first Marathon through the eyes of the Globe.
    | March 30, 2013
    John McDermott, a runner in the first Boston Marathon. -- Marathonhistory

    John McDermott, an Irish-born New Yorker, won the first Boston Marathon, in 1897, with a time of 2:55:10--nearly seven minutes faster than the runner-up.
    | March 30, 2013

    BAA runners from the 1890s in their unicorn uniforms.
    photograph from New York Athletic Club | March 30, 2013
    Microfilm scan for BostonMarathon folder/ Lorz -winner first home of marathon runners. April 20, 1905 The Boston Daily globe newspaper page -- Marathonhistory

    Globe front page marking US Olympian Fred Lorz’s win in 1905.
    | March 30, 2013
    The Boston Marathon - Tim Ford won at age 18 in 1906 -- Marathonhistory

    Timothy Ford, 18, of Cambridge won in 1906.
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    The Boston Marathon-1907-Tom Longboat winner -- Marathonhistory

    Tom Longboat, an Onandaga Indian from Hamilton, Ontario, won in 1907.
    | March 30, 2013
    BOSTON-- One of many copy scans of historic Boston Marathon photos for Barbara Heubner. 1/1/96. A smallish group ready to start the 1923 Marathon. -- Marathonhistory

    A smallish group ready to start the 1923 Marathon.
    | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Boston Marathoner John C. Miles winner in 1926 and 1929. Image for 4/16/10 Globe photo -- Marathonhistory

    John C. Miles of Nova Scotia won in 1926 and 1929.
    globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Clarence De Mar wins Baltimore Marathon 1927 Globe file photo. Image for 4/16/10 -- Marathonhistory

    Only nine Boston Marathon champions have returned to successfully defend their titles, and only one — Clarence DeMar — has done it more than once, in 1922, 1923, and 1924 and again in 1927 (pictured) and 1928.
    globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Clarence De Mar 1930. as he finishes race. Globe file photo. Image for 4/16/10 Library Tag 04162010 / bw b&w -- Marathonhistory

    DeMar ran the race 32 times in all and was given the nickname “Clarence DeMarathon.” Pictured, DeMar crossing the finish line in 1930.
    globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    1933 Boston Marathon. Leslie Pawson. BostonMarathon1933 -- Marathonhistory

    Leslie Pawson, who was a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, mill weaver, according to the Boston Athletic Association, scored the first of his three Boston wins in the 1933 race.
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    1934 Boston Marathon. Dave Komonen won the race. BostonMarathon1934 -- Marathonhistory

    Winner Dave Komonen of Ontario, Canada, prepared for the 1934 race by making his own running shoes, according to the BAA.
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    Photo of Johnny Kelley winning Boston Marathon in 1935. -- Marathonhistory

    John Kelley winning the Marathon in 1935.
    | March 30, 2013
    1937 Boston Marathon. Walter Young won the race. BostonMarathon1937 -- Marathonhistory

    Globe front page heralding the 1937 win of Walter Young, who, acc0rding to the BAA, was an unemployed snowshoe racer from Quebec.
    | March 30, 2013
    Boston Marathon. Globe File Photo. The field of runners in the 1939 Boston Marathon crosses the starting line. -- Marathonhistory  handout

    Crossing the finish line in the 1939 Marathon.
    Globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    PHOTO COPYRIGHT-BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSC. Joe Smith, passes Lou Gregory, left, to take lead just before Cleveland Circle, April 20th 1942 Marathon. -- Library Tag 04122002 Marathon 02 -- Marathonhistory

    Joe Smith passes Lou Gregory to take the lead just before Cleveland Circle and eventually the win in the 1942 Marathon.
    photograph by CARR/BAA | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Boston Marathon winner. Gerard Cote 1943. Image for 4/16/10 Globe photo. -- Marathonhistory

    Gerard Cote won the 1943 marathon despite a strained Achilles’ tendon, according to the BAA. It was his second Boston title.
    globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    BOSTON- 1946 Greek Winner Kysiakides. The Boston Marathon -- Marathonhistory

    Greek marathoner Stylianos Kyriakides hung gallantly onto John Kelley and ran him down in the late stages of the 1946 race with a 2:29:27 winning performance, according to the BAA.
    | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Boston Marathoner Suh Yun-bok (born January 9, 1923) is a former South Korean athlete, who is best known as the winner of the 1947 Boston Marathon Image for 4/16/10 Globe photo Library Tag 04162010 / bw b&w -- Marathonhistory

    The winner of the 1947 Marathon was Korean Yun Bok Suh.
    Globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. 1949 Boston Marathon underway. Image for 4/16/10 Globe filephoto -- Marathonhistory

    The Marathon underway in 1949.
    globe file photo | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Hopkington Ma. start of 56th Boston Marathon 4/29/1952. A.P. photo. Image for 4/16/10 -- Marathonhistory

    The start of the 56th Boston Marathon, in 1952.
    photograph by Associated press | March 30, 2013

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    OPS photo by paul connell april 20 1959 marathon runners going through natick square. -- Marathonhistory

    Runners race through Natick in 1959.
    photograph by paul connell/globe file | March 30, 2013
    4/19/1960 Paavo Kotila, 32, of Finland reaches out to break tape with his fingers as he walks across finish line to win 64th annual Boston AA Marathon. Deputy Mayor John P. McMorrow holds aloft the wreath of victory. Kotila ran away form a field of 166 to win the 26 mile 385 yard grind in time of 2:20:54. The two-times champion of Finland had such a big lead he walked the last few yards. Library Tag 04162010 -- Marathonhistory

    Paavo Kotila, 32, of Finland reaches out to break tape with his fingers as he walks across the finish line to win the 64th Marathon, in 1960. Deputy Mayor John P. McMorrow holds aloft the wreath of victory.
    Associated press/file | March 30, 2013
    BGscan/ OPS ** 4/19/1962 Boston Marathon record holder Johnny Kelley . Globe photo Paul J. Connell. -- Marathonhistory

    John Kelley runs the Boston Marathon in 1962. Kelley started the race 61 times, finished 58 times, and won it twice--in 1935 and 1945.
    Photograph by Paul J. Connell/Globe file | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ Print scan. Boston Marathon, year by year for preview section. Story on evolution of the race. Boston Marathon winner Morio Shigematsu 69th BAA Marathon. Image for 4/16/10 A.P. photo -- Marathonhistory

    Morio Shigematsu, who lowered the course record to 2:16:33, led an unprecedented finishing contingent that saw the Japanese finish 1-2-3-5-6 in 1965, according to the BAA.
    photograph by associated press/file | March 30, 2013
    Sports/ BG scan Hopkington Ma. 4/19/1967 a hassle at the start of the BAA Marathon, as marathon director attempts to stop women runner 261 from competing. Other runners objected to Cloney's provincial attitude. number 261 was listed on the program as K. Switzer of Syracuse. Switzer remained in the marathon. United Press. International photo. Boston Marathon preivew, year of the women. bostonmarathon1967 -- Marathonhistory

    An official attempts to stop women runner 261 from competing in the 1967 Marathon. Number 261 was listed on the program as K. Switzer of Syracuse, New York.
    United Press international photo/file | March 30, 2013
    BGscan/ OPS ** 4/19/1967 kathy Switzer of Syracuse (261) and Rocky Chamberlain directly behind during marathon. . Globe photo Paul J. Connell -- Marathonhistory

    Switzer remained in the race.
    photograph by Paul J. connell/globe file | March 30, 2013
    April 19 1968 - Amby (Ambrose) Burfoot - Boston Marathon -- Marathonhistory

    Wesleyan University student Ambrose Burfoot gave American runners their first victory in 11 years, in 1968, according to the BAA.
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    print scan for Boston Marathon Folder/ Gene Roberts 1970 1st wheelchair unofficial -- Marathonhistory

    Gene Roberts crosses the finish line in 1970. The BAA officially started a wheelchair division in 1977.
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    4/17/1972 Hopkihnton, MA. For the first time in the history of the BAA Marathon women are allowed to enter the 26-mile 385-yard run from Hopkinton to Boston. The happy female runners are left to right: Nina Kuscik, Boston; Kathy Miller, Syracuse, N.Y.; Elaine Pedersen, San Francisco; Ginny Collins, Boston; Pat Barrett Shore Athletic Club, N.J.; Frances Morrison, Dallas and Sara Mae Berman of Cambridge, Ma. -- Library Tag 04102002 Sports -- Marathonhistory

    In 1972, for the first time in the history of the Marathon, women are allowed to enter. From left to right: Nina Kusci, Kathy Miller, Elaine Pedersen, Ginny Collins, Pat Barrett, Frances Morrison, and Sara Mae Berman.
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    4/17/1972 Nina Kuscsik, 1st women's Marathon winner. -- Library Tag 04102002 Sports -- Marathonhistory

    New Yorker Nina Kuscsik became the first official women’s winner at Boston with a 3:10:26 performance, according to the BAA.
    Photograph by Joseph Dennehy/globe file | March 30, 2013
    print scan for Boston Marathon Folder/ John Anderson 73 -- Marathonhistory

    Winner Jon Anderson in 1973.
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    OPS photo by bill brett april 17 1978 marathon the runner just keep on coming -- Marathonhistory

    An aerial view of the 1978 Marathon.
    photograph by bill brett | March 30, 2013
    File--BAA 1978 marathon , left to right, 12, Esa Tarkanen, 5, Frank Shorter, 3, winner Bill Rogers

    From left to right, Esa Tarkanen, Frank Shorter, and the winner of the 1978 Marathon, Bill Rogers
    photograph by Frank O'Brien/file | March 30, 2013
    04/15/91---START OF THE BOSTON MARATHON. bostonmarathon1991

    The Boston Marathon in 1991.
    photograph by BOB DEAN/globe staff | March 30, 2013
    OPS photo by john blanding april 16 1979 marathon joan benoit womens winner of boston marathon.

    In 1979, Bowdoin College student Joan Benoit (Samuelson) led the women’s field with an American women’s record performance of 2:35:15, according to the BAA.
    photograph by john blanding/globe staff/file | March 30, 2013
    04/15/96-Hopkinton,Ma.; 100th Boston Marathon; the start of the boston marathon, runners off and running at starting linebg store / ops / boston marathon / bg store

    The start of the 100th Boston Marathon, in 1996.
    photograph by pam BERRY/ GLOBE STAFF file | March 30, 2013
    4-15-96:Boston: Moses Tanui breaks the tape to win the 100th Boston Marathon at finish line, with second place finisher far behind. Used 04-19-98, Moses Tanui claim victory in the 100th running of the Boston Marathon in 1996. Globe Staff Photo / Jim Davis)bg store / ops / boston marathon / bg store bostonmarathon1996 SportsBookOther

    Moses Tanui breaks the tape to win the 100th Boston Marathon, in 1996.
    photograph by jim davis/globe staff | March 30, 2013
    4-15-96: 100th Boston Marathon: An emotional Uta Pippig after winning the womens title for 3rd time straight.bg store / ops / boston marathon / bg store

    An emotional Uta Pippig after winning the womens title for the third time straight, in 1996.
    DAVIS, Jim GLOBE STAFF | March 30, 2013
    Boston, April 15, 1996--100th Running of the Boston Marathon--Women's wheel chair winner Jean Driscoll crossed the finish line Monday afternoon. Boston Globe Staff Photo Staff Bill Brettbg store / ops / boston marathon / bg store

    Women's wheelchair winner Jean Driscoll crosses in finish line in the 1996 Marathon.
    photograph by bill brett/GLOBE STAFF | March 30, 2013