# List of winners of the New York City Marathon

The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race that has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2010, every race except one has had over 45,000 finishers, peaking at over 53,000 in 2019. From 1970 through 1975, the race was held entirely in Central Park, but since 1976, the course has started in Staten Island and goes through each of the city's five boroughs. The race was canceled in 2012 due to Hurricane Sandy, which hit New York less than a week before the race had been scheduled to take place. The open division of the race transitioned to a virtual event in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the city, while the wheelchair division was cancelled.
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

* Current course record
* Course record
* Short course
Winners: Men's open division :
| Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1970 | Gary Muhrcke | United States | 2:31:38 | Course record |
| 1971 | Norman Higgins | United States | 2:22:54 | Course record |
| 1972 | Sheldon Karlin | United States | 2:27:52 | |
| 1973 | Tom Fleming | United States | 2:21:54 | Course record |
| 1974 | Norbert Sander | United States | 2:26:30 | |
| 1975 | Tom Fleming | United States | 2:19:27 | Course record, second victory |
| 1976 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:10:10 | Course record |
| 1977 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:11:28 | Second victory |
| 1978 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:12:12 | Third victory |
| 1979 | Bill Rodgers | United States | 2:11:42 | Fourth victory |
| 1980 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 2:09:41 | Course record |
| 1981 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 2:08:13 | Course record (course measured short), second victory |
| 1982 | Alberto Salazar | United States | 2:09:29 | Third victory |
| 1983 | Rod Dixon | New Zealand | 2:08:59 | |
| 1984 | Orlando Pizzolato | Italy | 2:14:53 | |
| 1985 | Orlando Pizzolato | Italy | 2:11:34 | Second victory |
| 1986 | Gianni Poli | Italy | 2:11:06 | |
| 1987 | Ibrahim Hussein | Kenya | 2:11:01 | |
| 1988 | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 2:08:20 | |
| 1989 | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:08:01 | Course record |
| 1990 | Douglas Wakiihuri | Kenya | 2:12:39 | |
| 1991 | Salvador García | Mexico | 2:09:28 | |
| 1992 | Willie Mtolo | South Africa | 2:09:29 | |
| 1993 | Andrés Espinosa | Mexico | 2:10:04 | |
| 1994 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:11:21 | |
| 1995 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:11:00 | Second victory |
| 1996 | Giacomo Leone | Italy | 2:09:54 | |
| 1997 | John Kagwe | Kenya | 2:08:12 | |
| 1998 | John Kagwe | Kenya | 2:08:45 | Second victory |
| 1999 | Joseph Chebet | Kenya | 2:09:14 | |
| 2000 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:10:09 | |
| 2001 | Tesfaye Jifar | Ethiopia | 2:07:43 | Course record |
| 2002 | Rodgers Rop | Kenya | 2:08:07 | |
| 2003 | Martin Lel | Kenya | 2:10:30 | |
| 2004 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:09:28 | |
| 2005 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 2:09:30 | |
| 2006 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 2:09:58 | |
| 2007 | Martin Lel | Kenya | 2:09:04 | Second victory |
| 2008 | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 2:08:43 | Second victory |
| 2009 | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 2:09:15 | |
| 2010 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 2:08:14 | |
| 2011 | Geoffrey Mutai | Kenya | 2:05:06 | Course record |
| 2012 | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy |
| 2013 | Geoffrey Mutai | Kenya | 2:08:24 | Second victory |
| 2014 | Wilson Kipsang | Kenya | 2:10:59 | |
| 2015 | Stanley Biwott | Kenya | 2:10:34 | |
| 2016 | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie | Eritrea | 2:07:51 | |
| 2017 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 2:10:53 | |
| 2018 | Lelisa Desisa | Ethiopia | 2:05:59 | |
| 2019 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Kenya | 2:08:13 | Second victory |
| 2020 | Kevin Quinn | United Kingdom | 2:23:48 | Virtual event held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Albert Korir | Kenya | 2:08:22 | |
| 2022 | Evans Chebet | Kenya | 2:08:41 | |
| 2023 | Tamirat Tola | Ethiopia | 2:04:58 | Current course record |
| 2024 | Abdi Nageeye | Netherlands | 2:07:39 | |

### Women's open division

* World record
* Current course record
* Course record
* Short course
Winners: Women's open division :
| Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
| 1970 | No female finishers. | No female finishers. | No female finishers. | No female finishers. |
| 1971 | Beth Bonner | United States | 2:55:22 | World record |
| 1972 | Nina Kuscsik | United States | 3:08:41 | |
| 1973 | Nina Kuscsik | United States | 2:57:07 | Second victory |
| 1974 | Kathrine Switzer | United States | 3:07:29 | |
| 1975 | Kim Merritt | United States | 2:46:14 | Course record |
| 1976 | Miki Gorman | United States | 2:39:11 | Course record |
| 1977 | Miki Gorman | United States | 2:43:10 | Second victory |
| 1978 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:32:30 | World record |
| 1979 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:27:33 | World record, second victory |
| 1980 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:25:42 | World record, third victory |
| 1981 | Allison Roe | New Zealand | 2:25:29 | Course record (course measured short) |
| 1982 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:27:14 | Fourth victory |
| 1983 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:27:00 | Fifth victory |
| 1984 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:29:30 | Sixth victory |
| 1985 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:28:34 | Seventh victory |
| 1986 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:28:06 | Eighth victory |
| 1987 | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:30:17 | |
| 1988 | Grete Waitz | Norway | 2:28:07 | Ninth victory |
| 1989 | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:25:30 | |
| 1990 | Wanda Panfil | Poland | 2:30:45 | |
| 1991 | Liz McColgan | United Kingdom | 2:27:32 | |
| 1992 | Lisa Ondieki | Australia | 2:24:40 | Course record |
| 1993 | Uta Pippig | Germany | 2:26:24 | |
| 1994 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:27:37 | |
| 1995 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:28:06 | Second victory |
| 1996 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 2:28:18 | |
| 1997 | Franziska Rochat-Moser | Switzerland | 2:28:43 | |
| 1998 | Franca Fiacconi | Italy | 2:25:17 | |
| 1999 | Adriana Fernández | Mexico | 2:25:06 | |
| 2000 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:25:45 | |
| 2001 | Margaret Okayo | Kenya | 2:24:21 | Course record |
| 2002 | Joyce Chepchumba | Kenya | 2:25:56 | |
| 2003 | Margaret Okayo | Kenya | 2:22:31 | Current course record, second victory |
| 2004 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:23:10 | |
| 2005 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 2:24:41 | |
| 2006 | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 2:25:05 | Second victory |
| 2007 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:23:09 | Second victory |
| 2008 | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:23:56 | Third victory |
| 2009 | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 2:28:52 | |
| 2010 | Edna Kiplagat | Kenya | 2:28:20 | |
| 2011 | Firehiwot Dado | Ethiopia | 2:23:15 | |
| 2012 | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy |
| 2013 | Priscah Jeptoo | Kenya | 2:25:07 | |
| 2014 | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2:25:07 | |
| 2015 | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2:24:25 | Second victory |
| 2016 | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2:24:26 | Third victory |
| 2017 | Shalane Flanagan | United States | 2:26:53 | |
| 2018 | Mary Keitany | Kenya | 2:22:48 | Fourth victory |
| 2019 | Joyciline Jepkosgei | Kenya | 2:22:38 | |
| 2020 | Stephanie Bruce | United States | 2:35:28 | Virtual event held due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Peres Jepchirchir | Kenya | 2:22:39 | |
| 2022 | Sharon Lokedi | Kenya | 2:23:23 | |
| 2023 | Hellen Obiri | Kenya | 2:27:23 | |
| 2024 | Sheila Chepkirui | Kenya | 2:24:35 | |

### Men's wheelchair division

* Current course record
* Course record
* Short course
Winners: Men's wheelchair division :
| Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
| 2000 | Kamel Ayari | Tunisia | 1:53:50 | |
| 2001 | Saúl Mendoza | Mexico | 1:39:29 | Course record |
| 2002 | Krige Schabort | South Africa | 1:38:27 | Course record |
| 2003 | Krige Schabort | South Africa | 1:32:19 | Course record, second victory |
| 2004 | Saúl Mendoza | Mexico | 1:33:16 | Second victory |
| 2005 | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:31:11 | Course record |
| 2006 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:29:22 | Course record |
| 2007 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:33:58 | Second victory |
| 2008 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:44:51 | Third victory |
| 2009 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:35:58 | Fourth victory |
| 2010 | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:37:29 | |
| 2011 | Masazumi Soejima | Japan | 1:31:41 | |
| 2012 | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy |
| 2013 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:40:14 | |
| 2014 | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:30:55 | Fifth victory, shortened 23.2 mile course |
| 2015 | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:30:54 | Second victory |
| 2016 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:35:44 | Second victory |
| 2017 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:37:17 | Third victory |
| 2018 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 1:36:21 | |
| 2019 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 1:37:24 | Second victory |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:31:24 | Fourth victory |
| 2022 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:25:26 | Current course record, fifth victory |
| 2023 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:25:29 | Sixth victory |
| 2024 | Daniel Romanchuk | United States | 1:36:31 | Third victory |

### Women's wheelchair division

* Current course record
* Course record
* Short course
Winners: Women's wheelchair division :
| Year | Winner | Country | Time | Notes |
| 2000 | Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan | Vietnam | 2:46:47 | Course record |
| 2001 | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 2:08:51 | Course record |
| 2002 | Cheri Blauwet | United States | 2:14:39 | |
| 2003 | Cheri Blauwet | United States | 1:59:30 | Course record, second victory |
| 2004 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 1:53:27 | Course record |
| 2005 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 1:54:52 | Second victory |
| 2006 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:54:17 | |
| 2007 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 1:52:38 | Course record, third victory |
| 2008 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 2:06:42 | Fourth victory |
| 2009 | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 1:58:15 | Fifth victory |
| 2010 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 2:02:22 | |
| 2011 | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:50:25 | Course record |
| 2012 | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy | Canceled due to Hurricane Sandy |
| 2013 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:59:13 | Second victory |
| 2014 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:42:16 | Third victory, 23.2 mile course |
| 2015 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:43:04 | Course record, fourth victory |
| 2016 | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:47:43 | Fifth victory |
| 2017 | Manuela Schär | Switzerland | 1:48:09 | |
| 2018 | Manuela Schär | Switzerland | 1:50:27 | Second victory |
| 2019 | Manuela Schär | Switzerland | 1:44:20 | Third victory |
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2021 | Madison de Rozario | Australia | 1:51:01 | |
| 2022 | Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:42:43 | Course record |
| 2023 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 1:39:32 | Current course record |
| 2024 | Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:48:05 | Second victory |

## Victories by nationality

| Country | Open division | Open division | Wheelchair division | Wheelchair division | Total |
| Country | Men's | Women's | Men's | Women's | Total |
| United States | 14 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 37 |
| Kenya | 17 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 16 |
| Norway | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Australia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Italy | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| South Africa | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Latvia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Morocco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Russia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |