Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to complete the Boston Marathon in 1967 when the race was only open to men.
Meb Keflezighi, who in 2014 became the first American to win the Boston Marathon in over three decades, finished 13th in his final appearance at the race.
Hayle gave Ethiopia its first-ever sweep past year when he pulled away from countryman and two-time champion (2013, 2015) Lelisa Desisa with about a mile to go to join Baysa on the victory stand.
Already a silver medalist and USA record-holder in the 10,000 meters, he ran the fastest marathon time ever for an American in the Summer Games: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 5 seconds. Rupp, also running his first Boston, trailed by 21 seconds.
Since then, Kathrine has gone on to run 39 marathons and created 261 Fearless, a running nonprofit that has groups for women all around the country-some of whom will join Kathrine for her victory lap today.
Kiplagat, a 38-year-old mother of two whose resume includes marathon wins in London, Moscow, New York and Daegu, ran alone for the final miles of the race and finished in 2:21:52, nearly a minute ahead of Bahrain's Rose Chelimo.
Other notables participating included bombing survivor Patrick Downes, 2014 Boston Marathon victor Meb Keflezighi, first female Boston Marathon participant Kathrine Switzer and Deena Laing, who was paralyzed at the 2015 Outdoor Women's Classic hockey game at Gillette Stadium. From the American perspective, perhaps the most exciting performance of the event was Jordan Hasay, who placed third overall in her first marathon ever, running 2:23:00.
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A tailwind of 13 miles per hour gave the runners a push at the start on Monday. Japan's Shizuo Kanamura, 70, finished second (3:36.27).
The world record is 2:02:57, set by Kenyan runner Dennis Kimetto in Berlin in 2014.
On Monday, 50 years later, Switzer will run the marathon again.
When: Elite women start at 6:32 a.m. Elite men start at 7 a.m. Americans had six of the top 10 finishers in the men's race and two of the top four women.
They were followed by the men's push rim wheelchair athletes at 9:17 a.m., and the women two minutes later.
The rest of the field will follow in waves. "To come here to Boston, I knew I was going to face my colleagues who have run many times here".
Security has been extra tight since 2013, when bombs killed three spectators and wounded more than 260 others.
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