# 2005 New York City Marathon

The 2005 New York City Marathon was the 36th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 6. The men's elite race was won by Kenya's Paul Tergat in a time of 2:09:29.9 hours, while the women's race was won by Latvia's Jeļena Prokopčuka in 2:24:41.
In the wheelchair races, South Africa's Ernst van Dyk (1:31:11) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (1:54:17) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Australia's Todd Philpott (1:26:24) and Laura Stam (1:40:13) were the winners.
A total of 36,872 runners finished the race, 24,812 men and 12,060 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 2:09:29.9 |
| | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:09:30.3 |
| | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 2:09:56 |
| 4 | Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot | Kenya | 2:11:01 |
| 5 | Abdihakem Abdirahman | United States | 2:11:24 |
| 6 | Alberico Di Cecco | Italy | 2:11:33 |
| 7 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 2:11:44 |
| 8 | Simon Wangai | Kenya | 2:13:19 |
| 9 | Jon Brown | United Kingdom | 2:13:29 |
| 10 | Isaac Macharia | Kenya | 2:14:21 |
| 11 | Matt Downin | United States | 2:14:28 |
| 12 | James Theuri | Kenya | 2:14:59 |
| 13 | John Henwood | New Zealand | 2:15:05 |
| 14 | Robert Cheboror | Kenya | 2:15:24 |
| 15 | Christopher Cheboiboch | Kenya | 2:15:34 |
| 16 | Mark Saina | Kenya | 2:15:35 |
| 17 | Peter Gilmore | United States | 2:16:39 |
| 18 | Ryan Shay | United States | 2:17:14 |
| 19 | Kassahun Kabiso | Ethiopia | 2:18:58 |
| 20 | Antoni Peña | Spain | 2:20:40 |
| — | Patrick Tambwé | France | DNF |
| — | John Kagwe | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Mark Carroll | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Hailu Negussie | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Gert Thys | South Africa | DNF |
| — | John Mayock | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Solomon Busendich | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Christopher Graff | United States | DNF |
| — | Procopio Franco | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Giuliano Battocletti | Italy | DNF |
| — | Vincent Mulvey | Ireland | DNF |
| — | Joseph Kariuki | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Julius Kibet | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Jason Lehmkuhle | United States | DNF |
| — | Clint Verran | United States | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Jeļena Prokopčuka | Latvia | 2:24:41 |
| | Susan Chepkemei | Kenya | 2:24:55 |
| | Derartu Tulu | Ethiopia | 2:25:21 |
| 4 | Salina Kosgei | Kenya | 2:25:30 |
| 5 | Bruna Genovese | Italy | 2:27:15 |
| 6 | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:27:21 |
| 7 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 2:27:40 |
| 8 | Lidiya Grigoryeva | Russia | 2:27:48 |
| 9 | Lyubov Denisova | Russia | 2:28:18 |
| 10 | Lornah Kiplagat | Netherlands | 2:28:28 |
| 11 | Tetyana Hladyr | Ukraine | 2:29:34 |
| 12 | Olesya Nurgalieva | Russia | 2:29:35 |
| 13 | Elena Nurgalieva | Russia | 2:32:36 |
| 14 | Dulce María Rodríguez | Mexico | 2:33:19 |
| 15 | Nuța Olaru | Romania | 2:33:49 |
| 16 | Marie Davenport | Ireland | 2:33:59 |
| 17 | Małgorzata Sobańska | Poland | 2:35:19 |
| 18 | Jennifer Rhines | United States | 2:37:07 |
| 19 | Elena Plastinina | Ukraine | 2:40:10 |
| 20 | Zoila Gomez | United States | 2:41:43 |
| — | Tina Connelly | Canada | DNF |
| — | Claudia-Mariela Nero | Argentina | DNF |
| — | Nataliya Berkut | Ukraine | DNF |
| — | Liz Yelling | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Hilda Kibet | Kenya | DNF |
* † Ran in mass race

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:31:11 |
| | Aarón Gordian | Mexico | 1:31:28 |
| | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:31:45 |
| 4 | Krige Schabort | United States | 1:33:16 |
| 5 | Kelly Smith | Canada | 1:34:41 |
| 6 | David Weir | United Kingdom | 1:36:48 |
| 7 | Jeff Adams | Canada | 1:38:03 |
| 8 | Saúl Mendoza | United States | 1:39:26 |
| 9 | Tushar Patel | United Kingdom | 1:39:39 |
| 10 | Alfonso Zaregoza | Mexico | 1:39:42 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 1:54:52 |
| | Christina Ripp | United States | 1:55:39 |
| | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 1:56:51 |
| 4 | Diane Roy | Canada | 1:59:30 |
| 5 | Shirley Reilly | United States | 2:02:17 |
| 6 | Sandra Graf | Switzerland | 2:03:04 |
| 7 | Miriam Nibley Ladner | United States | 2:06:01 |
| 8 | Cheri Blauwet | United States | 2:15:08 |
| 9 | Ariadne Hernández | Mexico | 2:16:24 |
| 10 | April Coughlin | United States | 2:29:28 |

### Handcycle men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Todd Philpott | Australia | 1:26:24 |
| | Roland Ruepp | Italy | 1:26:34 |
| | John Vink | Netherlands | 1:29:13 |
| 4 | Theo Geeve | Netherlands | 1:29:16 |
| 5 | Bogdan Krol | Poland | 1:29:18 |

### Handcycle women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Laura Stam | Netherlands | 1:40:13 |
| | Helene Hines | United States | 1:45:51 |
| | Monika Pudlis | Poland | 2:02:33 |
| 4 | Melissa Stockwell | United States | 2:10:15 |
| 5 | Emily Musto | United States | 2:28:20 |