List Of Winners Of The New York City Marathon
Including the 2020 event, 40 men and 34 women have won the open division of the New York City Marathon, while nine men and ten women have won the wheelchair division. The winners have represented 23 countries. Americans have won the marathon the most, doing so on 35 occasions; Kenyans have won 32 times; and Swiss 16 times.
Gary Muhrcke won the first race with a time of 2:31:38. There were 127 entrants, of whom 55 finished – the only female starter, Nina Kuscsik, withdrew partway due to illness. The following year, Beth Bonner became the first female finisher, winning the race in 2:55:22, a time that is officially credited as the first sub-3-hour marathon by a woman. Grete Waitz, a Norwegian female runner, achieved three official world records at the race between 1978 and 1980. Allison Roe and Alberto Salazar set world record times in the women's and men's races in 1981, but a later investigation found that the course was short. Their times do not stand as official world records, though the New York City Marathon maintains them as course records. Waitz dominated the women's marathon between 1978 and 1988, winning nine of the eleven races during that period: her nine wins are the most of any runner at the New York City Marathon. In the men's race, Bill Rodgers has won the most times, doing so in four consecutive years, from 1976 to 1979. The current open division course records are held by Tamirat Tola, who set a time of 2:04:58 in the 2023 men's race, and Margaret Okayo, who set the women's record at 2:22:31 in 2003.
A wheelchair race has been held since 2000, when 72 people finished: Kamel Ayari won the men's race, and Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan won the women's. Among wheelchair racers, Marcel Hug of Switzerland has the most victories, with six. Three competitors have five victories each: Kurt Fearnley of Australia, Edith Hunkeler of Switzerland, and Tatyana McFadden of the United States. Hug holds the men's course record with a time of 1:25:26 set in 2022, while Catherine Debrunner of Switzerland holds the women's record with 1:39:32 set in 2023.
Winners
Men's open division
![A photo of Bill Rodgers.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Bill_Rodgers_1977.jpg/170px-Bill_Rodgers_1977.jpg)
![A photo of Rodgers Rop in running clothes](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Rodgers_Rop.jpg/170px-Rodgers_Rop.jpg)
![A photo of Marílson Gomes dos Santos wearing a yellow top and cap](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Marilson2006.jpg/170px-Marilson2006.jpg)
![A photo of Geoffrey Mutai running in a road race](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Berlin-Marathon_2015_Runners_5.jpg/170px-Berlin-Marathon_2015_Runners_5.jpg)
Current course record
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Course record
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Short course
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Women's open division
![A photo of Paula Radcliffe running on a New York street](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Paula_Radcliffe_NYC_Marathon_2008_cropped.jpg/170px-Paula_Radcliffe_NYC_Marathon_2008_cropped.jpg)
![A photo of Jelena Prokopcuka running in a road race](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Jelena_Prokopcuka_at_the_2007_Boston_Marathon.jpg/170px-Jelena_Prokopcuka_at_the_2007_Boston_Marathon.jpg)
World record
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Current course record
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Course record
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Short course
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Men's wheelchair division
![A photo of Kurt Fearnley, in a wheelchair, racing on a track](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/050912_-_Kurt_Fearnley_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics.jpg/220px-050912_-_Kurt_Fearnley_-_3b_-_2012_Summer_Paralympics.jpg)
![A photo of Masazumi Soejima, in a wheelchair, racing on the road](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Masazumi_Soejima_Boston2009.jpg/170px-Masazumi_Soejima_Boston2009.jpg)
Current course record
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Course record
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Short course
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Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
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2000 | Kamel Ayari | ![]() |
1:53:50 | |
2001 | Saúl Mendoza | ![]() |
1:39:29 | Course record |
2002 | Krige Schabort | ![]() |
1:38:27 | Course record |
2003 | Krige Schabort | ![]() |
1:32:19 | Course record, second victory |
2004 | Saúl Mendoza | ![]() |
1:33:16 | Second victory |
2005 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() |
1:31:11 | Course record |
2006 | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
1:29:22 | Course record |
2007 | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
1:33:58 | Second victory |
2008 | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
1:44:51 | Third victory |
2009 | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
1:35:58 | Fourth victory |
2010 | David Weir | ![]() |
1:37:29 | |
2011 | Masazumi Soejima | ![]() |
1:31:41 | |
2012 | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | |||
2013 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:40:14 | |
2014 | Kurt Fearnley | ![]() |
1:30:55 | Fifth victory, shortened 23.2 mile course |
2015 | Ernst van Dyk | ![]() |
1:30:54 | Second victory |
2016 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:35:44 | Second victory |
2017 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:37:17 | Third victory |
2018 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() |
1:36:21 | |
2019 | Daniel Romanchuk | ![]() |
1:37:24 | Second victory |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:31:24 | Fourth victory |
2022 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:25:26 | Current course record, fifth victory |
2023 | Marcel Hug | ![]() |
1:25:29 | Sixth victory |
Women's wheelchair division
![A photo of Edith Hunkeler in her wheelchair during a race](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Edith_Wolf_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics.png/170px-Edith_Wolf_at_the_2012_Summer_Paralympics.png)
![A photo of Tatyana McFadden, in her wheelchair during a road race](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/T_McFadden_London_Marathon_2014_-_Wheelchair_%2865%29.jpg/170px-T_McFadden_London_Marathon_2014_-_Wheelchair_%2865%29.jpg)
Current course record
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Course record
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Short course
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Victories by nationality
Country | Open division | Wheelchair division | Total | ||
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Men's | Women's | Men's | Women's | ||
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14 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 35 |
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17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
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0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
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0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
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4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
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4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
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2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |