Boston Marathon

2008 Top Women Finishers
1. Dire Tune ETH 2:25:25
2. Alevtina Biktimirova RUS 2:25:27
3. Rita Jeptoo KEN 2:26:34
4. Jelena Prokopcuka LAT 2:28:12
5. Askale Tafa Magarsa ETH 2:29:48
6. Bruna Genovese ITA 2:30:52
7. Nuta Olaru ROM 2:33:56
8. Robe Tola Guta ETH 2:34:37
9. Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 2:35:37
10. Stephanie A. Hood CAN 2:44:44

2008 Top Men Finishers
1. Robert K. Cheruiyot KEN 2:07:46
2. Abderrahime Bouramdane MAR 2:09:04
3. Khalid El Boumlili MAR 2:10:35
4. Gashaw Asfaw ETH 2:10:47
5. Kasime Adillo ETH 2:12:24
6. Timothy Cherigat KEN 2:14:13
7. Christopher Cheboiboch KEN 2:14:47
8. James Kwambai KEN 2:15:52
9. James Koskei KEN 2:16:07
10. Nicholas A. Arciniaga USA 2:16:13

Dire Tune, 22, of Ethiopia, and Robert Cheruiyot, 29, of Kenya, were the winners of the 2008 Boston Marathon elite runners' races, with Tune claiming her laurel crown in a nail-biting win, while Cheruiyot cruised to what seemed like an easy victory after setting a blazing pace.

Tune duked it out with Russia's Alevtina Biktimirova, 25, in a hard-fought battle for the lead in the elite women's race, as the pair ran shoulder to shoulder all the way to the Copley Square finish line and the laurel crown at the end of the course.

Both Tune and Cheruiyot each picked up $150,000 in prize money for winning the 112th marathon.