2009 New York City Marathon


The 2009 New York City Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, New York, which took place on Sunday, November 1. The men's elite race was won by home athlete Meb Keflezighi in a time of 2:09:15 hours while the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu in 2:28:52.
In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Dane Pilon and Helene Hines were the winners.
A total of 43,250 runners finished the race, 28,178 men and 15,072 women.

Results

Men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Meb Keflezighi2:09:15
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot2:09:56
Jaouad Gharib2:10:25
4Ryan Hall2:10:36
5Abderrahime Bouramdane2:12:14
6Hendrick Ramaala2:12:30
7Jorge Torres2:13:00
8Nicholas Arciniaga2:13:46
9Abdihakem Abdirahman2:14:00
10Jason Lehmkuhle2:14:39
11Jackson Kipkoech2:15:10
12Peter Gilmore2:15:22
13Migidio Bourifa2:16:01
14Mikhail Sayenko2:16:38
15Michael Reneau2:16:45
16Jose Telles2:17:28
17Allen Wagner2:17:49
18Max King2:19:11
19Mohammed Awol2:19:31
20Christopher Raabe2:19:49
Marílson Gomes dos Santos
James Kwambai
Patrick Makau Musyoki
Bolota Asmerom
Dan Browne
Genna Tufa
Celedonio Rodriguez
Teklu Deneke
Philippe Caine3:35:49

Women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Derartu Tulu2:28:52
Lyudmila Petrova2:29:00
Christelle Daunay2:29:16
4Paula Radcliffe2:29:27
5Salina Kosgei2:31:53
6Magdalena Boulet2:32:17
7Bizunesh Deba2:35:54
8Serkalem Biset2:37:20
9Yuri Kanō2:39:05
10Desiree Ficker2:39:30
11Catharine Mullen2:43:13
12Christine Ramsey2:44:37
13Heidi Westover2:44:59
14Sopagna Eap2:45:15
15Hirut Mengistu2:47:03
16Therese Hagersjo†2:49:02
17Joan Samuelson2:49:09
18Lisa Hütthaler†2:49:33
19Michelle Cope2:49:48
20Caroline Almon†2:51:47
Hirut Legesse
Kim Fawke
Katarina Janosiková
Viktoriya Ganushina
Meseret Kotu

Wheelchair men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Kurt Fearnley1:35:58
Krige Schabort1:35:58
Marcel Hug1:40:43
4Roger Puigbò1:40:44
5Saúl Mendoza1:40:46
6Josh Cassidy1:40:46
7Rafael Botello1:43:42
8Masazumi Soejima1:43:42
9Ernst van Dyk1:44:20
10Josh George1:44:22

Wheelchair women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Edith Hunkeler1:58:15
Shelly Woods1:58:22
Wakako Tsuchida1:58:23
4Christie Dawes1:58:37
5Sandra Graf2:04:42
6Tatyana McFadden2:08:05
7Shirley Reilly2:13:32
8Sandra Hager2:28:04
9Iris Jimenez5:15:38
10Clara Bailon5:27:12

Handcycle men

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Dane Pilon1:19:48
Brian Mitchell1:25:12
Arkadiusz Skrzypinski1:25:12
4Edward Maalouf1:28:08
5Rob Martin1:32:12

Handcycle women

PositionAthleteNationalityTime
Helene Hines1:53:51
Minda Dentler2:06:50
Kirstie Louis Honeywill Sykes2:43:55
4Nadine McNeil3:33:50
5Marissa Strock3:40:19