The New York City Marathon is an annual marathon running event that takes place in New York City, United States. The race is conducted on the first Sunday of November every year. It is one of the six World Marathon Majors and is also an IAAF Gold Label marathon.

New York Marathon

Water station at the 2016 New York Marathon

The course that runs through five boroughs of New York City, starting at Staten Island and ending in Manhattan, was founded in 1970 by Fred Lebow. The race has since been held every year except 2012 due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. It is the largest marathon race in the world with over 35K finishers every year and a record of 50,304 finishers in 2013.

The current course record of 2:05:06 was set by Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai of Kenya in 2011. Margaret Okayo from Kenya also holds the current course record for women at 2:22:31 set in 2003, which was the second time she won the race.

Bill Rodgers has won the race four times, and Grete Waitz of Norway has won the race for a record nine times, which includes winning the event five straight times from 1982 to 1986. In 2005, Paul Tergat of Kenya won the race by a one-second margin which is the closest race on the course.

Here are the winners of the New York Marathon (Men) from 1970 to 2025:

Year Winner Time
2025 Benson Kipruto 2:08:09
2024 Abdi Nageeye 2:07:39
2023 Tamirat Tola 2:04:58
2022 Evans Chebet 2:08:41
2021 Albert Korir 2:08:22
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 —
2019 Geoffrey Kamworor 2:08:13
2018 Lelisa Desisa 2:05:59
2017 Geoffrey Kamworor 2:10:53
2016 Ghirmay Ghebreslassie 2:07:51
2015 Stanley Biwott 2:10:34
2014 Wilson Kipsang 2:10:59
2013 Geoffrey Mutai 2:08:24
2012 Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy —
2011 Geoffrey Mutai 2:05:06 (Course Record)
2010 Gebregziabher Gebremariam 2:08:14
2009 Meb Keflezighi 2:09:15
2008 Marílson Gomes dos Santos 2:08:43
2007 Martin Lel 2:09:04
2006 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 2:09:58
2005 Paul Tergat 2:09:30
2004 Hendrick Ramaala 2:09:28
2003 Martin Lel 2:10:30
2002 Rodgers Rop 2:08:07
2001 Tesfaye Jifar 2:07:43
2000 Abdelkader El Mouaziz 2:10:09
1999 Joseph Chebet 2:09:14
1998 John Kagwe 2:08:45
1997 John Kagwe 2:08:12
1996 Giacomo Leone 2:09:54
1995 German Silva 2:11:00
1994 German Silva 2:11:21
1993 Andres Espinosa 2:10:04
1992 Willie Mtolo 2:09:29
1991 Salvador Garcia 2:09:28
1990 Douglas Wakiihuri 2:12:39
1989 Juma Ikangaa 2:08:01
1988 Steve Jones 2:08:20
1987 Ibrahim Hussein 2:11:01
1986 Gianni Poli 2:11:06
1985 Orlando Pizzolato 2:11:34
1984 Orlando Pizzolato 2:14:53
1983 Rod Dixon 2:08:59
1982 Alberto Salazar 2:09:29
1981 Alberto Salazar 2:08:13
1980 Alberto Salazar 2:09:42
1979 Bill Rodgers 2:11:42
1978 Bill Rodgers 2:12:11
1977 Bill Rodgers 2:11:28
1976 Bill Rodgers 2:10:09
1975 Tom Fleming 2:19:27
1974 Norbert Sander 2:26:30
1973 Tom Fleming 2:21:54
1972 Robert Sheldon Karlin 2:27:52
1971 Norm Higgins 2:22:54
1970 Gary Muhrcke 2:31:39