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1970s 1970 On September 13, 1970,
Gary Muhrcke won the first New York City Marathon held in
Central Park in 2:31:38. 127 runners started the race and 55 finished.
Nina Kuscsik, the sole woman entrant in the race, dropped out at 15 miles due to illness.
1971 1972 Nina Kuscsik, Pat Barrett, Lynn Blackstone, Liz Franceschini, Cathy Miller, and Jane Muhrke protested the rule of the
Amateur Athletic Union that women marathoners had to start their race ten minutes before or after the men, which as implemented by the New York City Marathon in 1972 meant that women had to start running ten minutes before the men. The women protested by sitting down and waiting ten minutes while holding signs protesting the rule, before starting to run when the men started; they became known as the NYC Six due to their protest.
1980s 1980 Alberto Salazar, an
NCAA cross-country champion, won the 1980 New York City Marathon in 2:09:41. At the time this was the fastest marathon debut by an American. His performance was also a course record. He defended his title in 1981 and 1982. Grete Waitz won her third straight NYC Marathon in 2:25:42, also setting the course record in the women's division.
1981 Alberto Salazar's 2:08:13 was initially considered to be a
world's best in the marathon, but the mark was later rescinded by The Athletics Congress (now known as
USA Track & Field) when the course was measured to be short by approximately . Salazar remarked in 1985 that he would continue to believe that he ran a full marathon, since the lack of crowd control forced him to run wide during his turns. He has also suggested that a change in how courses were measured after the 1981 race contributed to the discrepancy in the course length.
1982 1983 England's
Geoff Smith held a lead through the last half of the race, but was caught at the 26 mile mark in Central Park by 1972 Olympic
1500 metres bronze medalist
Rod Dixon from New Zealand, who won by 9 seconds. Dixon had been two and a half minutes behind with 10 km to go. Dixon stood at the finish line celebrating with a collapsed and defeated Smith on the ground behind him.
1984 Orlando Pizzolato won on a hot day, stopping six times due to heat cramps, but still winning by over a minute in 2:14:53. This was the slowest winning time since 1976 when the New York City Marathon became a world class event. Grete Waitz won her sixth marathon in 2:29:30.
1985 Orlando Pizzolato and Grete Waitz both repeated their previous year's victories. Pizzolato won in easier fashion than in 1984, in 2:11:34. Waitz took her seventh win in 2:28:06.
1986 This year's marathon was held in November (November 2) for the first time and has been ever since.
Gianni Poli of
Italy won in 2:11:06, the third year in a row that the men's winner was from Italy. Grete Waitz won for the eighth time in 2:28:06.
1987 Ibrahim Hussein of
Kenya won the NYC Marathon in 2:11:01, the first man from
Africa to do so.
Priscilla Welch of
Great Britain won in 2:30:17, while eight-time champion Grete Waitz did not compete.
1988 Steve Jones of the
United Kingdom won, the first British man to do so, in 2:08:20. Grete Waitz won her ninth and last NYC Marathon in 2:28:07.
1989 1990s 1990 Douglas Wakiihuri of
Kenya won this year's event in 2:12:39, the second-slowest time since 1976 when the marathon became a world class event.
Wanda Panfil of
Poland was the top woman in 2:30:45. She is the only woman to date from Poland to win this event. Grete Waitz, attempting to win her 10th NYC Marathon, finished fourth in 2:34:34 and then retired from competitive distance running.
1991 1992 Grete Waitz completed her last New York Marathon with her friend and race co-founder,
Fred Lebow, in celebration of Lebow's 60th birthday. Lebow had been diagnosed with
brain cancer and died two years later in 1994. They both completed the race with a time of 5:32:35. Waitz also died of cancer in 2011. The men's winner of this year's marathon was
Willie Mtolo of
South Africa in 2:09:29.
Lisa Ondieki of
Australia was the women's winner in 2:24:40, a course record that would last for nine years.
1993 1994 During the 1994 event,
Germán Silva recovered from a wrong turn seven-tenths of a mile before the finish that put him temporarily in second place 40 yards behind
Benjamín Paredes. He ran a 5:15 final mile, including the detour, to beat Paredes and win the event by two seconds with a time of 2:11:21. The incident earned him the nickname "Wrong Way Silva"
1995 To date, this event was the coldest NYC Marathon ever (1979 was the warmest, topping out at 80 degrees). The temperature at race time was 40 degrees and only went up a few degrees as the race progressed. Wind gusts between 30 and 45 mph produced a
wind chill factor in the upper 20s. Both male and female winners repeated their 1994 victories.
Germán Silva of
Mexico was victorious in 2:11:00.
Tegla Loroupe of
Kenya won the women's race in 2:28:06. Loroupe had become the first woman from
Africa to win the NYC Marathon the previous year.
1996 1997 The total number of finishers exceeded 30,000 (30,427) for the first time.
John Kagwe of
Kenya won the men's race in 2:08:12, while
Franziska Rochat-Moser from
Switzerland was the first woman in 2:28:43.
1998 1999 2000s 2000 The 2000 NYC Marathon included the
wheelchair division for men and women for the first time. Prize money was added in 2001.
Abdelkader El Mouaziz of
Morocco won the men's race in 2:10:09, becoming the first Moroccan man to take the title.
Lyudmila Petrova of
Russia was the first place woman in 2:25:45, the first woman from Russia to win the event.
2001 The 2001 NYC Marathon took place on November 4, less than two months after the
September 11 attacks.
Tesfaye Jifar of
Ethiopia set a new course record of 2:07:43, a mark that stood until
Geoffrey Mutai broke it in 2011. On the women's side,
Margaret Okayo of Kenya won, setting a new course record of 2:24:21. She would set another new record two years later that still stands.
2002 The nation of
Kenya swept the top three spots in the men's elite race in this year's marathon, the first time in Marathon history that this has occurred.
Rodgers Rop won in 2:08:07, while fellow Kenyan
Christopher Cheboiboch finished 10 seconds behind in 2:08:17.
Laban Kipkemboi of Kenya took third place in 2:08:39. On the women's side,
Joyce Chepchumba, also of Kenya, won the women's elite race in 2:25:56.
Lyubov Denisova of
Russia placed second in 2:26:17 and
Esther Kiplagat of Kenya was third in 2:27:00. This was also the first time that Kenyans won both the men's and women's race in marathon history.
2003 A record 34,729 people participated in the race. The top male finisher was
Martin Lel of Kenya in a time of 2:10:30. The top female finisher was
Margaret Okayo of Kenya in time of 2:22:31, breaking her previous course record of 2:24:21 set in 2001. In recent years, runners from Kenya have dominated the event. The top Americans were Matt Downin (2:18:48) and
Sylvia Mosqueda (2:33:10), both from
California. Rapper
P.Diddy also ran for charity and raised $2,000,000 for the New York City Education system.
2004 The top female finisher was
Britain's Paula Radcliffe in a time of 2:23:10, beating Kenya's
Susan Chepkemei by 4 seconds, the closest finish up to that time. The men's winner was
Hendrik Ramaala of
South Africa with a time of 2:09:28. The top Americans were Meb Keflezighi (2nd, 2:09:53) from California and
Jenny Crain (15th, 2:41:06), from Wisconsin.
2005 In the closest finish in New York City Marathon history,
Paul Tergat of
Kenya barely outsprinted
Hendrick Ramaala of
South Africa in the final meters of the race for a time of 2:09:30, beating Ramaala by one second. In the women's race,
Jeļena Prokopčuka of
Latvia won in a time of 2:24:41. Top amongst the
Americans were
Meb Keflezighi of
California (2:09:56) and
Jen Rhines of
California (2:37:07).
South African
Ernst van Dyk took the wheelchair race in 1:31:11. The 2005 event was administered by new NYRR CEO
Mary Wittenberg, the first woman director of an international Major marathon.
2006 The top male finisher was
Marílson Gomes dos Santos of
Brazil in a time of 2:09:58, while
Jeļena Prokopčuka of
Latvia won the female marathon for the second consecutive time in 2:25:05. Gomes dos Santos became the first South American ever to win the race.
Stephen Kiogora of
Kenya placed second, and
Paul Tergat, the 2005 defending champion and former marathon world record holder, placed third. Former American professional road racing cyclist and
triathlete Lance Armstrong ran in the 2006 race, finishing 868th with a time of 2:59:36. He also ran the same year in the British 10K.
Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee also completed the race in 2006, finishing in 5:33:43, and wearing bib #110, signifying the 110 pounds lost during his
weight loss campaign. Amanda McGrory won the female wheelchair race in a time of 1:54:17, while the male wheelchair division was won by
Kurt Fearnley in a time of 1:29:22.
2007 in the 2007 marathon. The 2007 race was held on Sunday, November 4. It was the final race of the 2006–2007
World Marathon Majors, a two-year series of elite marathon racing that also included the
Boston,
Chicago,
London and
Berlin marathons. However, there were very few elite
American marathoners participating in 2007 because many had competed the day before at the 2008 USA Men's Olympic Marathon Trials, which was held in conjunction with the New York City Marathon on some of the same course.
Martin Lel from
Kenya won the men's race in a time of 2:09:04, completing a double of the 2007 London and New York Marathons. The women's winner was the world marathon record holder
Paula Radcliffe from
Great Britain in a time of 2:23:09, one second faster than her 2004 win.
2008 The 2008 New York City Marathon was held on Sunday, November 2. A field of 37,899 runners participated. The men's winner was
Marílson Gomes dos Santos in 2:08:43.
Paula Radcliffe won her third NYC marathon in 2:23:56. The 2008 marathon events saw the deaths of three marathon participants. Carlos Jose Gomes, 58, of Brazil fell unconscious shortly after completing the race in 4:12:15. An autopsy revealed that he had a preexisting heart condition and died of a
heart attack. Joseph Marotta, 66, of Staten Island, N.Y. succumbed to a heart attack hours after he completed his fourth New York City Marathon. He walked the course in 9:16:46.
2009 The 2009 New York City Marathon was held Sunday November 1, 2009.
Meb Keflezighi of the United States won the men's race (the first American winner since Alberto Salazar in 1982) with a time of 2:09:15 while Ethiopian
Derartu Tulu took the women's crown in 2:28:52, the first Ethiopian woman to do so. This was the first marathon in history with more than 40,000 official finishers, as 43,660 crossed the finish, 5,053 more than the previous best at the 2008 edition of this race.
2010s 2010 The
2010 New York City Marathon was held on November 7.
Gebregziabher Gebremariam of Ethiopia, in his first ever marathon, won the race after breaking away from his last rival,
Emmanuel Mutai of Kenya, in the 25th mile to finish in a time of 2:08:14. The race featured 37-year-old world record holder
Haile Gebrselassie, who ran with a bad knee and dropped out of the race at the 16th mile. Afterwards, he announced his retirement, but later reversed this decision.
Edna Kiplagat won the women's title with a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes, 20 seconds, ahead of American
Shalane Flanagan. The total number of official finishers, 44,829 (28,757 men and 16,072 women) was a new world record for a marathon race.
2011 The 2011 Marathon was held on November 6. The men's event was won by
Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya in a time of 2:05:06, breaking the 10-year-old course record. Second-place runner
Emmanuel Mutai, also of Kenya, and third-place runner
Tsegaye Kebede of Ethiopia also beat the previous record for the event, with times of 2:06:28 and 2:07:14, respectively. Geoffrey Mutai, who won the
Boston Marathon earlier in the year, became the first man to win both races in course-record time in the same year.
Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia won the women's race in a time of 2:23:15, her first major marathon victory. Coming second, 4 seconds behind the leader originally from
Ethiopia, but now living in
the Bronx, was
Bizunesh Deba with a time of 2:23:19. There were a world record 46,795 official finishers: 29,867 men and 16,928 women. Edison Peña, one of the miners who had been trapped in the
2010 Copiapó mining accident, ran the race. Former
NHL player,
Mark Messier, finished with a time of 4:14:21 at age 50. Retired Dutch soccer player
Edwin van der Sar ran in 4:19 and said it was the toughest thing he had ever done. Former
CART champion
Alex Zanardi won the
handcycle class.
2012 The 2012 marathon was scheduled for November 4, 2012. Organizers planned to hold the event despite the passage of
Hurricane Sandy the week before. However, on November 2, 2012, the marathon was cancelled; Mayor
Michael Bloomberg said that: "While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division... We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it." Three days earlier, Bloomberg had said that the marathon would take place. That declaration started a debate on whether to hold the race with thousands of residents still without electricity, public transportation, and other basic needs. Proponents for going ahead said that the event would give an economic and morale boost to the city, while opponents said the resources (such as food, water, and police) were better used elsewhere. Some of the entrants ended up helping with cleanup efforts. Others chose to congregate and run an informal "Shadow Marathon" in Central Park. Controversy over the cancellation of the Marathon, the timing of the announcement and the repercussions of the decision, including criticism of New York Road Runners CEO Mary Wittenberg, continued well after the 2012 race was meant to have taken place. As a resolution, all who were registered to run the 2012 race were offered three options: a refund; guaranteed, non-complimentary entry to the New York City Marathon in 2013, 2014, or 2015; or guaranteed, non-complimentary entry to the NYC Half 2013.
2013 The 2013 New York City Marathon was run November 3, 2013. The race proved to be the clincher for the 2013
World Marathon Majors titles for both men and women. Duplicating their
London Marathon wins from April 2013,
Tsegaye Kebede and
Priscah Jeptoo each won $500,000 for their season-wide efforts. After the 2012 cancellation, Geoffrey Mutai returned to become the first repeat winner in 15 years (after John Kagwe in 1997–1998). Under windy conditions, his 2:08:24 was more than 3 minutes slower than in 2011. Mutai broke away around mile 22 to win by almost a minute over Ethiopian Tsegaye Kebede, who had finished third two years earlier. Jeptoo spotted
Buzunesh Deba, an Ethiopian runner who has lived in the Bronx since 2009, three and a half minutes at the half-marathon mark, but came back to pass her in the 24th mile.
2014 The 2014 New York City Marathon was run on Sunday, November 2, 2014. It was announced on October 2, 2013, that the marathon's main sponsor would be
Tata Consultancy Services starting in 2014. It is an eight-year deal, and the race was renamed the TCS New York City Marathon.
2015 The 2015 New York City Marathon was run on Sunday, November 1, 2015. Winners were
Stanley Biwott in 2:10:34 and
Mary Keitany in 2:24:25.
2016 The 2016 New York City Marathon was run on Sunday, November 6.
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie won the men's competition with a time of 2:07:51. The female race winner was
Mary Keitany from
Kenya in 2:24:26. The men's wheelchair race winner was
Marcel Hug with a time of 1:35:49, and the women's wheelchair race winner was
Tatyana McFadden with a time of 1:47:43. Lauren Lubin ran as the first openly non-binary athlete in the New York City Marathon.
2017 The 2017 New York City Marathon was run on Sunday, November 5.
Geoffrey Kamworor of
Kenya won the men's competition with a time of 2:10:53, 3 seconds ahead of 2nd-place finisher
Wilson Kipsang. In 3rd place was
Lelisa Desisa with a time of 2:11:32. On the women's side, the winner was
Shalane Flanagan, a native of
Marblehead,
Massachusetts. She was the first American to win since 1977. Her time was 2:26:53.
Mary Keitany placed 2nd with 2:27:54, and
Mamitu Daska finished 3rd with a time of 2:28:08.
2018 The 2018 New York City Marathon was run on Sunday, November 4.
Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won his first New York City Marathon after finishing third in 2017, third in 2015 and second in 2014, followed by
Shura Kitata and defending champion
Geoffrey Kamworor. Their times of 2:05:59, 2:06:01 and 2:06:26 were the second, third and fourth fastest times in race history.
Mary Keitany was in a pack of women that passed halfway in 1:15:50 but then she ran the second 13.1 miles in 1:06:58, the fastest time ever for any second half of a marathon, to capture her fourth NYC crown in 2:22:48, the second fastest time ever there. London winner,
Vivian Cheruiyot was second in 2:26:02 and American
Shalane Flanagan placed third in 2:26:22, 31 seconds faster than her winning time the previous year. Once again there were a world record number of finishers, with 52,812 (30,669 men/22,143 women) runners completing the race.
2019 The 49th New York City Marathon took place November 3.
Joyciline Jepkosgei, of
Kenya, won the women's marathon and
Geoffrey Kamworor, also of
Kenya, won the men's marathon. Jepkosgei was a first-time winner while Kamworor had won in 2017.
Manuela Schär, of Switzerland, won the women's wheelchair competition and
Daniel Romanchuk, of the United States, won the men's. The 2019 NYC Marathon set another world record for the number of finishers ever for a marathon with 53,627 runners crossing the finish line.
2020s 2020 The 2020 New York City Marathon was cancelled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, and the following year's race would instead be the 50th running. It was the first cancellation in eight years. Entrants were offered a refund or guaranteed complimentary entry to future New York City marathons. As the original event was cancelled, runners were able to compete in the virtual race between 17 October 2020 and 1 November 2020. Over 15,000 athletes took part. The male race was won by British athlete and Team Real Runners coach Kevin Quinn in a time of 2:23:48. The women's race was won by American professional athlete
Stephanie Bruce in a time of 2:35:28. The male winner of this year was
Albert Korir with a time of 2:08:22, and the female winner was
Peres Jepchirchir with a time of 2:22:39.
2022 The 2022 New York City Marathon was run on November 6, 2022. Total finishers numbered 47,838. The male winner of this year was
Evans Chebet with a time of 2:08:41, and the female winner was
Sharon Lokedi with a time of 2:23:23. While Boston Marathon and London Marathon banned or restricted Russian and Belarusian nationals from participating in their races, NYRR has not taken an action, yet.
2023 The 2023 New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 5, 2023, with 51,402 total finishers. The male winner of this year was
Tamirat Tola with a time of 2:04:58, which is the current course record, and the female winner was
Helen Obiri with a time of 2:27:23.
2024 The 2024 New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 3, 2024 with more than 55,000 runners. The male winner of this year was
Abdi Nageeye with a time of 2:07:39, and the female winner was
Sheila Chepkirui with a time of 2:24:35.
2025 The 2025 New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 2, 2025 with more than 55,000 runners. The male winner of this year was
Benson Kipruto with a time of 2:08:09, and the female winner was
Helen Obiri with a time of 2:19:51, which is the new course record. ==References==