1997 New York City Marathon
The 1997 New York City Marathon was the 28th 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 Kenya's John Kagwe in a time of 2:08:12 hours while the women's race was won by Switzerland's Franziska Rochat-Moser in 2:28:43. A total of 30,427 runners finished the race, 22,014 men and 8413 women.