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Johnny Kelley (1907-2004)
Closest men's finishes
Margin
Year
Winner
< 1 second
2000
Elijah Lagat (2:09:47) over Gezahegne Abera (2:09:47)
1 second
1988
Ibrahim Hussein (2:08:43) over Juma Ikangaa (2:08:44)
2 seconds
1978
Bill Rodgers (2:10:13) over Jeff Wells (2:10:15)
2 seconds
1982
Alberto Salazar (2:08:52) over Dick Beardsley (2:08:54)
3 seconds
1998
Moses Tanui (2:07:34) over Joseph Chebet (2:07:37)
3 seconds
2002
Rogers Rop (2:09:02) over Christopher Cheboiboch (2:09:05)
4 seconds
1994
Cosmas Ndeti (2:07:15) over Andres Espinosa (2:07:19)
5 seconds
1971
Alvaro Mejia (2:18:45) over Patrick McMahon (2:18:50)
6 seconds
1906
Tim Ford (2:45:45) over Dave Kneeland (2:45:51)
10 seconds
1993
Cosmas Ndeti (2:09:33) over Kim Jae (Ryong (2:09:43)
11 seconds
1916
Arthur Roth (2:27:16) over Willie Kyronen (2:27:27)
11 seconds
1996
Moses Tanui (2:09:15) over Ezekiel Bitok (2:09:26)
12 seconds
1997
Lameck Aguta (2:10:34) over Joseph Kamua (2:10:46)
13 seconds
1944
Gerard Cote (2:31:50) over John A. Kelley (2:32:03)
14 seconds
1914
Jim Duffy (2:25:01) over Edouard Fabre (2:25:15)
Source: Boston Athletic Association