Benson Kipruto (born 17 March 1991) is a Kenyan long-distance runner . An Olympic bronze medallist in the marathon, he is a four-time winner of World Marathon Majors , having won the 2021 Boston Marathon , the 2022 Chicago Marathon , 2024 Tokyo Marathon (in a personal best of 2:02:16 where he also set a new course record) and the 2025 New York City Marathon . In 2023, he finished second in the 2023 Chicago Marathon , with a personal best time of 2:04:02, 3 minutes behind compatriot Kelvin Kiptum who broke the Marathon world record. Kipruto also recorded third-place finishes at the 2022 and 2023 Boston Marathon . Kipruto is the younger brother of Kenyan long distance runner Dickson Chumba . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Having run a personal best of 2:07:11 in March 2018 at the Seoul Marathon , Kipruto won the 2018 Toronto Waterfront Marathon in a time of 2:07:24. [ 1 ] In 2021, Kipruto won the Battle of the Teams event in 2021 held in place of the Prague Marathon (2:10:16). [ 3 ] In October of the same year, he won the 2021 Boston Marathon in a time of 2:09:51. [ 4 ] He finished third in April's 2022 Boston Marathon as part of an all-Kenyan podium, with a time of 2:07:27. [ 5 ] Later in the year Kipruto won a race from the World Marathon Majors for the second time, finishing first in the 2022 Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:04:24. [ 2 ] In 2023, Kipruto finished third at April's 2023 Boston Marathon , finishing the course in 2:06:06. [ 6 ] His time of 2:04:02 in the 2023 Chicago Marathon was enough for second place behind Kelvin Kiptum , who won the race in a world record time. [ 7 ] Kipruto won the 2024 Tokyo Marathon in a course record time of 2:02:16, [ 8 ] later representing Kenya in the Olympic Games, where he won a bronze medal after finishing third in the marathon in a time of 2:07:00. [ 9 ] That year Kipruto was shortlisted for the World Athletics Out of Stadium Male Athlete of the Year award, [ 10 ] which was eventually won by Tamirat Tola . [ 11 ] Half marathon – 1:00:06 ( Prague 2020) Marathon – 2:02:16 ( Tokyo 2024) Notable marathon results Results taken from IAAF Profile [ 12 ] 1 2 Francis, Anne (21 October 2018). "Mimi Belete sets new course record at 2018 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon" . Canadian Running . Gripped Publishing . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . 1 2 Olobulu, Timothy (9 October 2022). "Kenya: Majestic Benson Kipruto Strides to Chicago Marathon Title" . allafrica.com . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Prague Marathon: Battle of the Teams | AIMS | Race news" . aims-worldrunning.org . Retrieved 13 October 2021 . {{ cite web }} : CS1 maint: deprecated archival service ( link ) ↑ "Benson Kipruto Of Kenya Wins Boston Marathon Men's Race" . 11 October 2021 . Retrieved 13 October 2021 . ↑ Douglas, Scott (18 April 2022). "Evans Chebet of Kenya Wins the 2022 Boston Marathon" . Runner's World . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Chebet retains Boston Marathon men's title, Obiri wins women's race" . Reuters . 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Kelvin Kiptum shatters world marathon record in Chicago" . BBC Sport . 8 October 2023 . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Kipruto, Kebede win Tokyo Marathon in course record times" . Reuters . 3 March 2024 . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ Wanja, Charity (10 August 2024). "Kipruto wins a marathon bronze at the Paris Olympics Games" . Sports Journalists Association of Kenya . Archived from the original on 14 August 2024. ↑ Onyatta, Omondi (28 October 2024). "Kenya's Kipruto in Race for World Athletics Award After Successful Year" . allafrica.com . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Hassan and Tebogo named World Athletes of the Year" . World Athletics . 1 December 2024 . Retrieved 13 September 2025 . ↑ "Benson Kipruto" . World Athletics . Retrieved 8 February 2024 . Benson Kipruto at World Athletics Benson Kipruto at Tilastopaja (registration required) Benson Kipruto at Athletics Podium Benson Kipruto at Olympics.com Benson Kipruto at Olympedia 1897: John McDermott (USA) 1898: Ronald MacDonald (CAN) 1899: Lawrence Brignolia (USA) 1900– 01 : Jack Caffery (CAN) 1902: Sammy Mellor (USA) 1903: John Lordan (USA) 1904: Michael Spring (USA) 1905: Frederick Lorz (USA) 1906: Timothy Ford (USA) 1907: Thomas Longboat (CAN) 1908: Thomas Morrissey (USA) 1909: Henri Renaud (USA) 1910: Fred Cameron (CAN) 1911: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1912: Michael Ryan (USA) 1913: Fritz Carlson (USA) 1914: James Duffy (CAN) 1915: Édouard Fabre (CAN) 1916: Arthur Roth (USA) 1917: Bill Kennedy (USA) 1918: (Military Relay) 1919: Carl Linder (USA) 1920: Peter Trivoulides (GRE) 1921: Frank Zuna (USA) 1922–24: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1925: Charles Mellor (USA) 1926: John C. Miles (CAN) 1927–28: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1929: John C. Miles (CAN) 1930: Clarence DeMar (USA) 1931: James Henigan (USA) 1932: Paul de Bruyn (GER) 1933: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1934: Dave Komonen (CAN) 1935: John A. Kelley (USA) 1936: Ellison Brown (USA) 1937: Walter Young (CAN) 1938: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1939: Ellison Brown (USA) 1940: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1941: Leslie S. Pawson (USA) 1942: Joe Smith (USA) 1943–44: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1945: John A. Kelley (USA) 1946: Stylianos Kyriakides (GRE) 1947: Suh Yun-bok (KOR) 1948: Gérard Côté (CAN) 1949: Gösta Leandersson (SWE) 1950: Ham Kee-yong (KOR) 1951: Shigeki Tanaka (JPN) 1952: Mateo Flores (GTM) 1953: Keizo Yamada (JPN) 1954: Veikko Karvonen (FIN) 1955: Hideo Hamamura (JPN) 1956: Antti Viskari (FIN) 1957: John J. Kelley (USA) 1958: Franjo Mihalić (YUG) 1959: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1960: Paavo Kotila (FIN) 1961–62: Eino Oksanen (FIN) 1963–64: Aurèle Vandendriessche (BEL) 1965: Morio Shigematsu (JPN) 1966: Kenji Kimihara (JPN) 1967: Dave McKenzie (NZL) 1968: Amby Burfoot (USA) 1969: Yoshiaki Unetani (JPN) 1970 : Ron Hill (GBR) 1971: Álvaro Mejía (COL) 1972: Olavi Suomalainen (FIN) 1973: Jon Anderson (USA) 1974: Neil Cusack (IRE) 1975: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1976: Jack Fultz (USA) 1977: Jerome Drayton (CAN) 1978–80: Bill Rodgers (USA) 1981: Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1982: Alberto Salazar (USA) 1983: Greg Meyer (USA) 1984– 85 : Geoff Smith (GBR) 1986 : Robert de Castella (AUS) 1987 : Toshihiko Seko (JPN) 1988 : Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1989 : Abebe Mekonnen (ETH) 1990 : Gelindo Bordin (ITA) 1991 – 92 : Ibrahim Hussein (KEN) 1993 – 95 : Cosmas Ndeti (KEN) 1996 : Moses Tanui (KEN) 1997 : Lameck Aguta (KEN) 1998 : Moses Tanui (KEN) 1999 : Joseph Chebet (KEN) 2000 : Elijah Lagat (KEN) 2001 : Lee Bong-ju (KOR) 2002 : Rodgers Rop (KEN) 2003 : Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2004 : Timothy Cherigat (KEN) 2005 : Hailu Negussie (ETH) 2006 – 08 : Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot (KEN) 2009 : Deriba Merga (ETH) 2010 : Robert Kiprono Cheruiyot (KEN) 2011 : Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 2012 : Wesley Korir (KEN) 2013 : Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2014 : Meb Keflezighi (USA) 2015 : Lelisa Desisa (ETH) 2016 : Lemi Berhanu Hayle (ETH) 2017 : Geoffrey Kipkorir Kirui (KEN) 2018 : Yuki Kawauchi (JPN) 2019 : Lawrence Cherono (KEN) 2020: cancelled 2021 : Benson Kipruto (KEN) 2022 – 23 : Evans Chebet (KEN) 2024 : Sisay Lemma (ETH)

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