# 2000 New York City Marathon

The 2000 New York City Marathon was the 31st running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:10:09 hours while the women's race was won by Russia's Lyudmila Petrova in 2:25:45.
For the first time, disabled athletes were included in the New York Marathon with the introduction of official categories for wheelchairs and handcycles. In the wheelchair races, Tunisia's Kamel Ayari (1:53:50) and Vietnam's Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan (2:46:47) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Joseph Dowling (1:54:25) and Helene Hines (1:57:27) were the winners.
A total of 29,327 runners finished the race, 21,015 men and 8312 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:10:09 |
| | Japhet Kosgei | Kenya | 2:12:30 |
| | Shem Kororia | Kenya | 2:12:33 |
| 4 | Elijah Korir | Kenya | 2:13:00 |
| 5 | Abraham Assefa | Ethiopia | 2:13:16 |
| 6 | Josia Thugwane | South Africa | 2:15:25 |
| 7 | Yasuaki Yamamoto | Japan | 2:15:37 |
| 8 | Simon Bor | Kenya | 2:16:23 |
| 9 | Mathias Ntawulikura | Rwanda | 2:16:26 |
| 10 | John Kagwe | Kenya | 2:17:02 |
| 11 | Kōji Shimizu | Japan | 2:18:55 |
| 12 | Shadrack Hoff | South Africa | 2:18:57 |
| 13 | Marco Orsi | Italy | 2:20:09 |
| 14 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:20:41 |
| 15 | Joseph Mereng | Kenya | 2:20:54 |
| 16 | Ben Kimondiu | Kenya | 2:21:27 |
| 17 | Sam Ngatia | Kenya | 2:22:58 |
| 18 | Chris Verbeeck | Belgium | 2:23:14 |
| 19 | Paul Pilkington | United States | 2:23:33 |
| 20 | Fabien Manzanares | France | 2:23:35 |
| — | Joseph Kariuki | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Noah Bor | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Mostafa El Damaoui | Morocco | DNF |
| — | Leonid Shvetsov | Russia | DNF |
| — | James Kariuki | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Simon Mphulanyane | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Belaye Wolashe | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Abner Chipu | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Simon Morolong | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | DNF |
| — | Daniel Lopes Ferreira | Brazil | DNF |
| — | Boaz Kimaiyo | Kenya | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:25:45 |
| | Franca Fiacconi | Italy | 2:26:03 |
| | Margaret Okayo | Kenya | 2:26:36 |
| 4 | Hellen Jemaiyo Kimutai | Kenya | 2:26:42 |
| 5 | Florence Barsosio | Kenya | 2:27:00 |
| 6 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:29:35 |
| 7 | Sun Yingjie | China | 2:30:13 |
| 8 | Kerryn McCann | Australia | 2:30:39 |
| 9 | Esther Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:30:52 |
| 10 | Yuko Arimori | Japan | 2:31:12 |
| 11 | Hellen Kimaiyo | Kenya | 2:32:11 |
| 12 | Svetlana Zakharova | Russia | 2:32:35 |
| 13 | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | 2:35:20 |
| 14 | Silvana Trampuz | Australia | 2:37:02 |
| 15 | Zofia Wieciorkowska | Poland | 2:43:09 |
| 16 | Gordon Bakoulis | United States | 2:45:17 |
| 17 | Dorian Meyer | United States | 2:45:53 |
| 18 | Kari-Anne Bertrand | United States | 2:47:45 |
| 19 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:48:17 |
| 20 | Kelly Liljeblad | United States | 2:48:19 |
| — | Anuța Cătună | Romania | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Kamel Ayari | Tunisia | 1:53:50 |
| | Tony Nogueira | United States | 1:57:33 |
| | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 2:06:45 |
| 4 | Charles Sanchez | Ecuador | 2:11:09 |
| 5 | Iranilson da Silva | Brazil | 2:23:13 |
| 6 | Rob Loughlin | United States | 2:33:25 |
| 7 | Carlos Guzman | United States | 2:34:14 |
| 8 | Angel Quevedo | Ecuador | 2:35:17 |
| 9 | Enrico Guerini | Italy | 2:36:37 |
| 10 | Miroslav Legin | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2:38:47 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Jo-Ann O'Callaghan | New Zealand | 3:47:26 |
| | Sylvia Grant | Jamaica | 4:37:44 |
| | Kaeti Rigarlsford | New Zealand | 5:35:33 |
| 4 | Helga Thorsen | Norway | 7:32:54 |
| 5 | Sidette Warren | United States | 7:35:23 |
| 6 | Jolana Skalova | Slovakia | 7:51:21 |
| 7 | Denise Conyers | United States | 8:04:21 |

### Handcycle men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Joseph Dowling | United States | 1:54:25 |
| | John Paul Reiches | United States | 2:06:44 |
| | Martin Dropplemann | Germany | 2:08:46 |
| 4 | Todd Philpott | Australia | 2:08:55 |
| 5 | Marshall Edwards | United States | 2:09:29 |

### Handcycle women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Helene Hines | United States | 1:57:27 |
| | Diane Rakiecki | Canada | 2:24:43 |
| | Kirsty Digger | United States | 2:36:36 |
| 4 | Isabel Bohn | United States | 3:29:41 |
| 5 | Graciela Ramirez | Mexico | 3:44:47 |