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But Switzer&#8217;s boyfriend, also running, clobbered the official, sending him flying and they continued.<\/p>\n<p>An unofficial woman runner, Bobbi Gibb, beat Switzer&#8217;s time by an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Women were not officially welcome to the marathon until 1972. Interestingly, the official who pushed Switzer in 1967 was instrumental in making women part of the event in 1972.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katherine Switzer became the first woman to run as a numbered participant in the Boston Marathon, April 19, 1967. Switzer registered for the race as K.V. Switzer and was given a number, even though women were not invited to run. When the error was discovered, one official tried to physically force her off the course. 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