# 2008 New York City Marathon

The 2008 New York City Marathon was the 39th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 2. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Marílson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:08:43 hours while the women's race was won by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2:23:56.
In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:44:51) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (2:06:42) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Poland's Arkadiusz Skrzypinski (1:35:26) and Dutchwoman Nicole Schefer (1:46:34) were the winners.
A total of 37,790 runners finished the race, 24,991 men and 12,799 women.

## Results
### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Marílson Gomes dos Santos | Brazil | 2:08:43 |
| | Abderrahim Goumri | Morocco | 2:09:07 |
| | Daniel Rono | Kenya | 2:11:22 |
| 4 | Paul Tergat | Kenya | 2:13:10 |
| 5 | Abderrahime Bouramdane | Morocco | 2:13:33 |
| 6 | Abdihakem Abdirahman | United States | 2:14:17 |
| 7 | Josh Rohatinsky | United States | 2:14:23 |
| 8 | Jason Lehmkuhle | United States | 2:14:30 |
| 9 | Hosea Rotich | Kenya | 2:15:26 |
| 10 | Bolota Asmerom | United States | 2:16:37 |
| 11 | Luke Humphrey | United States | 2:18:38 |
| 12 | Hendrick Ramaala | South Africa | 2:19:11 |
| 13 | Mohammed Awol | Ethiopia | 2:19:13 |
| 14 | Kassahun Kabiso | Ethiopia | 2:19:54 |
| 15 | Jacob Frey | United States | 2:20:17 |
| 16 | Genna Tufa | Ethiopia | 2:20:23 |
| 18 | Teklu Deneke | Ethiopia | 2:20:47 |
| 19 | Boaz Cheboiywo | Kenya | 2:21:40 |
| 20 | Deresse Deniboba | Ethiopia | 2:21:54 |
| — | Isaac Macharia | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Abel Kirui | Kenya | DNF |
| — | James Carney | United States | DNF |
| — | Worku Beyi | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Wilfred Kibet Kigen | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Dereje Hailegeorgis | Ethiopia | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Paula Radcliffe | United Kingdom | 2:23:56 |
| | Lyudmila Petrova | Russia | 2:25:43 |
| | Kara Goucher | United States | 2:25:53 |
| 4 | Rita Jeptoo | Kenya | 2:27:49 |
| 5 | Catherine Ndereba | Kenya | 2:29:14 |
| 6 | Gete Wami | Ethiopia | 2:29:25 |
| 7 | Dire Tune | Ethiopia | 2:29:28 |
| 8 | Lidia Șimon | Romania | 2:30:04 |
| 9 | Lyubov Morgunova | Russia | 2:30:38 |
| 10 | Katie McGregor | United States | 2:31:14 |
| 11 | Magdalena Boulet | United States | 2:33:56 |
| 12 | Hayley Haining | United Kingdom | 2:35:11 |
| 13 | Lucy MacAlister | United Kingdom | 2:39:25 |
| 14 | Sally Meyerhoff | United States | 2:40:57 |
| 15 | Ilsa Paulson | United States | 2:41:17 |
| 16 | Robyn Friedman | United States | 2:41:21 |
| 17 | Melisa Christian | United States | 2:42:33 |
| 18 | Katarina Janosiková | Slovakia | 2:42:57 |
| 19 | Sopagna Eap | United States | 2:43:29 |
| 20 | Viktoriya Ganushina | Ukraine | 2:43:55 |
| — | Kim Smith | New Zealand | DNF |
| — | Atalelech Ketema | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Catherine Wilding | United Kingdom | DNF |
| — | Christine Glockenmeier | United States | DNF |

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:44:51 |
| | Masazumi Soejima | Japan | 1:46:10 |
| | Aarón Gordian | Colombia | 1:46:57 |
| 4 | Heinz Frei | Switzerland | 1:47:33 |
| 5 | Roger Puigbò | Spain | 1:47:37 |
| 6 | Krige Schabort | United States | 1:49:06 |
| 7 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:49:21 |
| 8 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | Japan | 1:51:08 |
| 9 | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:52:11 |
| 10 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:53:09 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Edith Hunkeler | Switzerland | 2:06:42 |
| | Amanda McGrory | United States | 2:11:25 |
| | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 2:16:09 |
| 4 | Christie Dawes | Australia | 2:16:09 |
| 5 | Diane Roy | Canada | 2:16:14 |
| 6 | Sandra Graf | Switzerland | 2:20:34 |
| 7 | Shirley Reilly | United States | 2:22:10 |
| 8 | Sandra Hager | Switzerland | 2:35:39 |
| 9 | Cristina Sanna | Italy | 3:17:12 |
| – | Tatiana Ruleva | Russia | DNF |

### Handcycle men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Arkadiusz Skrzypinski | Poland | 1:35:26 |
| | Rob Martin | New Zealand | 1:37:07 |
| | Christopher Ayres | United States | 1:38:32 |
| 4 | Rob Wickham | United Kingdom | 1:38:36 |
| 5 | Keane West | United States | 1:41:48 |

### Handcycle women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| | Nicole Schefer | Netherlands | 1:46:34 |
| | Helene Hines | United States | 2:05:21 |
| | Kristin Juhasz | United States | 2:16:03 |
| 4 | Minda Dentler | United States | 2:25:00 |
| 5 | Peggy Floback | United States | 2:50:34 |