Latest News Stories - New York City Marathon Results

Edison Peña was able to complete Sunday’s New York marathon using the same courage and will power that allowed him to survive two months in a mine. One of the 33 miners who were rescued last month in Chile, accomplish his goal of running the New York marathon and he did it in five hours, 40 minutes and 51 seconds.
On the men side -the race was won by Ethiopian Gebre Gebremariam and on the ladies’ side Kenyan athlete Edna Kiplagat was named the victor.

Gebremariam, who was running his first marathon in the big apple, managed to beat Kenyans Emmanuel Mutai and Moses Kigen Kipkosgei in the 26 miles race in the unofficial time of 2 h 08 min 13 sec. The Ethiopian, 26, is the first competitor since 1983 to win the contest in his first attempt.

The world record holder, Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia, had to drop out of the race after running 15 miles due to a bad knee injury.

On the women's side, Edna Kiplagat, 31, finished the 26 miles in the unofficial time of 2 h 28m,  but one story of the day was what American Shalane Flanagan did in her first ever marathon.

The Olympian distance runner Shalane placed second behind Edna Kiplagat of Kenya, and ahead of another Kenyan Mary Keitany, earning a $110,000 for her efforts. Flanagan finished just 20 seconds behind Kiplagat, nearly becoming the first American woman to win the event since 1977.

 But the story of the day was another competitor who had never run the New York City Marathon -  Edison Peña, one of 33 Chilean miners who spent two months underground.

Draped in his country's flag, Chilean miner Edison Pena crossed the finish line in under five hours and received a rousing ovation from the crowd.

In the Wheelchair Division the top 3 men were as follows. First man in was David Weir of Great Britain who won in a time of 1:37:39 followed in second by Masazumi Soejima and third Kurt Fearnley. In the women’s it was the USA’s Tatyana McFadden who won in 2:02:22, followed by Christina Ripp and in third place Amanda McGrory.

In the Handcycle division it was Dane Pilon of the USA who came first followed by Arkadiusz Skrzypinski and third place going to Joel Jeannot.