Athletes from many countries and backgrounds have won the Boston Marathon, though Canada's Walter Young may have one of the most intriguing journeys to breaking the tape in Boston. A native of Quebec, Young was an unemployed snowshoe racer who came to Massachusetts to race the 1937 Boston Marathon. After the start, Young found himself squaring off against Massachusetts native Johnny "The Elder" Kelley. Mile after mile, the pair traded the lead, alternating positions at least 16 times. In the end

The 1998 Boston Marathon saw history unfold at the finish line, when Moses Tanui (2:07:34), Joseph Chebet (2:07:37), and Gert Thys (2:07:52) went one-two-three. With their finishing times, it marked the first time in marathoning history that three runners finished in under 2:08:00. That is today's Moment in Boston Marathon History! | Boston Marathon

11K views · 343 reactions | Boston Marathon Moment number seven comes from the 35th Boston Marathon. It took ten attempts - and eight DNFs - before James P. Henigan became a Boston Marathon champion on April 20, 1931. A milkman hailing from Medford, Mass., Henigan completed the course in 2:46:45 with a winning margin of two minutes and eighteen seconds. Watch the video below, and stay tuned here for more Marathon Moments to come! | Boston Marathon | Facebook

Japan's Keizo Yamada - the 1953 Boston Marathon champion - has an interesting claim to fame: he is the lightest men's open champion in race history! Yamada, who weighed just 108 pounds and stood only 5 feet, 2 inches, shed the leaders on Heartbreak Hill and finished 28 seconds ahead of Finland’s Veikko Karvonen. Sweden’s Karl Gosta Leandersson, the 1949 winner, provided a record-setting pace for the first 19 miles with Karvonen and Yamada giving chase. Yet it was Yamada who scored the win in 2:1