Meb Keflezighi becomes first American man to win Boston Marathon since 1983

Meb Keflezighi won the silver medal at the Athens Olympics. (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images) American Meb Keflezighi has become the first American man to win the

Meb Keflezighi won the silver medal at the Athens Olympics. (Alex Trautwig/Getty Images)

American Meb Keflezighi has become the first American man to win the Boston Marathon since Greg Meyer in 1983.

Keflezighi won the race with a personal best time of 2:08:36, one year after the race was marred by a terrorist attack which killed three people.

The 38-year old Olympic silver medalist is also the oldest man to win the event since 1930, when 40-year old Clarence deMar took first place.

Keflezighi finished 11 seconds ahead of second place finisher, Wilson Chebet of Kenya.

The women's race was won for a second consecutive year by Rita Jeptoo with a course record time of  2:18:57.

.@runmeb is the first American man to win the #BostonMarathon since 1983! Crosses in 2:08:36 (unofficial). What an incredible race.

— USATF (@usatf) April 21, 2014

1931 winner Jimmy Henigan had just turned 38. @runmeb about to turn 39. Clarence deMar won in 1930 at age 40

— Philip Hersh (@olyphil) April 21, 2014

2:18:57 for Jeptoo, not :47… Still nearly 2 minutes under course record

— Philip Hersh (@olyphil) April 21, 2014