Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
Roberta "Bobbi" Gibb runs the 1966 Boston Marathon without an entry, joining the field at Hopkinton and finishing in about 3:21:40. In 1967 Kathrine Switzer enters as K. V. Switzer, receives a bib and is physically confronted by an official during the race. Women are admitted officially in 1972, after the AAU changes its rules and the BAA opens registration. The interval matters: the barrier was regulatory, not physical, and it fell six years after it had been demonstrated to be nonsense.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- Boston Marathon · route · United States
- Boston Athletic Association · organisation · United States · not located
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
History of the Boston Marathon
The Boston Marathon was first run on 19 April 1897 from Ashland over about 24.5 miles, won by John J. McDermott in 2:55:10; the course was lengthened and the start moved to Hopkinton in 1924; Bobbi Gibb ran unofficially in 1966, Kathrine Switzer with a bib in 1967, and women were admitted officially in 1972. V55 verification basis: baa.org was refused by this session's egress proxy; the page was read only through attributed search summaries and contemporary Boston Globe reporting cited within them.
Boston Athletic Association · Partly verified
https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/history/
Recorded on Boston Marathon
- The first Boston Marathon
- Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton
- Women run Boston, unofficially and then officially
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced
- Bombings at the Boston Marathon finish line
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- The World Marathon Majors series is announced · 2006-01-23
- Boston lengthens its course and moves the start to Hopkinton · 1924
- The first Boston Marathon · 1897-04-19