
De Boston Marathon 2004 werd gelopen op maandag 19 april 2004. Het was de 108e editie van deze marathon.
De Keniaan Timothy Cherigat finishte bij de mannen als eerste in 2:10.37. De Keniaanse Catherine Ndereba won bij de vrouwen in 2:24.27. Beiden wonnen met deze overwinning $ 80.000.
In totaal finishten er 16.743 marathonlopers, waarvan 10.504 mannen en 6239 vrouwen.
| rang | naam | land | tijd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Cherigat | 2:10.37 | ||
| Robert Cheboror | 2:11.49 | ||
| Martin Lel | 2:13.38 | ||
| 4 | Stephen Kiogora | 2:14.34 | |
| 5 | Hailu Negussie | 2:17.30 | |
| 6 | Benjamin Kosgei | 2:17.45 | |
| 7 | Joshua Kipkemboi | 2:18.23 | |
| 8 | Andrew Letherby | 2:19.31 | |
| 9 | Fedor Ryzhov | 2:21.24 | |
| 10 | Elly Rono | 2:22.45 | |
| 11 | Aleksandrs Prokopcuks | 2:23.48 | |
| 12 | Wilson Komen | 2:24.06 | |
| 13 | Christopher Zieman | 2:25.45 | |
| 14 | Salvatore Bettiol | 2:26.15 | |
| 15 | Kentaro Suzuki | 2:27.15 | |
| 16 | Dawit Terefa | 2:27.54 | |
| 17 | Eric Post | 2:29.13 | |
| 18 | Mario Fattore | 2:29.17 | |
| 19 | Michael Wardian | 2:29.57 | |
| 20 | John Mentzer | 2:30.50 | |
| 21 | Laban Kipkemboi | 2:31.17 | |
| 23 | John Mirth | 2:32.32 | |
| 25 | Hiroaki Takeda | 2:33.22 |
| rang | naam | land | tijd |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine Ndereba | 2:24.27 | ||
| Elfenesh Alemu | 2:24.43 | ||
| Olivera Jevtić | 2:27.34 | ||
| 4 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | 2:30.16 | |
| 5 | Nuța Olaru | 2:30.44 | |
| 6 | Lyubov Denisova | 2:31.17 | |
| 7 | Malgorzata Sobanska | 2:32.23 | |
| 8 | Viktoriya Klimina | 2:33.20 | |
| 9 | Ramilja Boerangoelova | 2:34.08 | |
| 10 | Ai Yamamoto | 2:34.32 | |
| 11 | Rika Tabashi | 2:41.41 | |
| 12 | Jessica-Patricia Rodriguez | 2:50.57 | |
| 13 | Andrea Niggemeier | 2:50.59 | |
| 14 | Angela Batsford | 2:57.06 | |
| 15 | Mary Ann Protz | 2:57.58 | |
| 16 | Lee Dipietro | 2:58.59 | |
| 17 | Stephanie Hodge | 3:00.00 | |
| 19 | Lisa Valentine | 3:02.19 | |
| 20 | Shannon Mchale | 3:03.30 | |
| 21 | Jane Johnson | 3:03.44 | |
| 25 | Sayuri Kusutani | 3:16.13 |