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Overall Numbers

Year Field Size BQs Accepted BQs Denied Offset Note
2011 27,000 ~ 21,600 ? N/A Sold out in 8 hours.
2012 27,000 20,358 3,228 -1:14 New registration process.
2013 27,000 ~ 21,600 None 0 New BQ standards (-5 mins).
2014 36,000 24,730 2,976 -1:38 Boston Strong.
2015 30,000 TBD TBD TBD

Boston 2016

The 120th Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 18, 2016. The qualifying window began on September 13, 2014.

Boston 2015

The 119th Boston Marathon will be run on Monday, April 20, 2015. The qualifying window began on September 14, 2013. Registration opened 9/8/14, closed 9/17/14. ??,??? BQs accepted. ?,??? turned away.

Effective qualifying times (BQ - ?:??):

Boston 2014

The 118th Boston Marathon was run on Monday, April 21, 2014. The qualifying window began on September 22, 2012. Registration opened 9/9/13, closed 9/20/13. 22,679 + 1,649 + 402 BQs accepted. 2,976 turned away.

Effective qualifying times (BQ - 1:38):

Age Men Women
18-34 3:03:22 (3:05) 3:33:22 (3:35)
35-39 3:08:22 (3:10) 3:38:22 (3:40)
40-44 3:13:22 (3:15) 3:43:22 (3:45)
45-49 3:23:22 (3:25) 3:53:22 (3:55)
50-54 3:28:22 (3:30) 3:58:22 (4:00)
55-59 3:38:22 (3:40) 4:08:22 (4:10)
60-64 3:53:22 (3:55) 4:23:22 (4:25)
65-69 4:08:22 (4:10) 4:38:22 (4:40)
70-74 4:23:22 (4:25) 4:53:22 (4:55)
75-79 4:38:22 (4:40) 5:08:22 (5:10)
80+ 4:53:22 (4:55) 5:23:22 (5:25)

Age as of April 21, 2014

2014 Boston Marathon Qualifier Acceptances -- Sep 25, 2013

Boston 2013

The 117th Boston Marathon was run on Monday, April 15, 2013. The qualifying window began on September 24, 2011. Registration opened 9/10/12, closed 10/11/12. ~ 21,600 BQs (80% of 27,000 field size) accepted, no BQs turned away.

Qualifying times (new for 2013):

Age Men Women
18-34 3:05 3:35
35-39 3:10 3:40
40-44 3:15 3:45
45-49 3:25 3:55
50-54 3:30 4:00
55-59 3:40 4:10
60-64 3:55 4:25
65-69 4:10 4:40
70-74 4:25 4:55
75-79 4:40 5:10
80+ 4:55 5:25

Age as of April 15, 2013

Boston 2012

The 116th Boston Marathon was run on Monday, April 16, 2012. The qualifying window began on September 25, 2010. Registration opened 9/12/11, closed 9/23/11. 20,081 + 277 BQs accepted. 3,228 turned away.

Effective qualifying times (BQ - 1:14):

Age Men Women
18-34 3:08:46 (3:10) 3:38:46 (3:40)
35-39 3:13:46 (3:15) 3:43:46 (3:45)
40-44 3:18:46 (3:20) 3:48:46 (3:50)
45-49 3:28:46 (3:30) 3:58:46 (4:00)
50-54 3:33:46 (3:35) 4:03:46 (4:05)
55-59 3:43:46 (3:45) 4:13:46 (4:15)
60-64 3:58:46 (4:00) 4:28:46 (4:30)
65-69 4:13:46 (4:15) 4:43:46 (4:45)
70-74 4:28:46 (4:30) 4:58:46 (5:00)
75-79 4:43:46 (4:45) 5:13:46 (5:15)
80+ 4:58:46 (5:00) 5:28:46 (5:30)

Age as of April 16, 2012

New registration process for 2012, with more stringent qualifying times for 2013. The B.A.A. last adjusted the qualifying times for the 2003 Boston Marathon, relaxing times for runners who were 55 years old and older. The last time the qualifying times were made more stringent was for the 1980 Boston Marathon.

Boston 2011

The 115th Boston Marathon was run on Monday, April 18, 2011. The qualifying window began on September 20, 2009. Registration opened 10/18/2010, sold out same day. ~ 21,600 BQs (80% of 27,000 field size) accepted.

Acceptance was first come, first served. Filled faster than any previous year, in eight hours, three minutes. By comparison, the 2010 Boston Marathon took two months to fill.

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