New York City Marathon

What is the New York City Marathon?

The New York City Marathon (now branded as the TCS New York City Marathon after its main sponsor) is an annual marathon (42,195 km or 26,219 miles) that runs through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the United States, with 53,5627 finishing in 2019 and 98,247 registrants for the 2017 race.

The first New York City Marathon was held 51 years ago on September 13, 1970, organized by New York Road Runners presidents Fred Lebow and Vincent Chiappetta, with 127 competitors running multiple laps around the Park. Drive of Central Park. Only about 100 spectators watched Gary Muhrcke win the race at 2:31:38. In fact, only a total of 55 athletes crossed the finish line.

Over the years, the marathon got bigger and bigger. To celebrate America's biennial in 1976, city auditor George Spitz proposed that the race goes through all five counties. With the support of the President of the District of Manhattan, Percy Sutton and others convinced Mayor Abraham Beame and eventually race director Fred Lebow. The race was a great success, and what was intended to be a one-off celebration, became an annual race.

Founded in 1970 and is currently considered the largest-scale marathon in the world. In 2013, there were about 51,999 participants and 51,394 people who completed the exam. The race was conducted around all boroughs of New York City.

 What is each stage of the competition?

1970-1979:

The first New York City Marathon (NYC Marathon) was held on September 13, 1970, by the New York Road Runners Club at Central Park. The entry fee back then was $1 & the prize pool was only $1000. A total of 127 people attended & only 55 people completed.

In 1975 the NYC Marathon gained a lot of attention when it was counted as the national championship in women's content. With one-and-a-half times as many attendees as five years ago, the race seems to have extended beyond Central Park.

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the United States, the NYC Marathon was held in 5 boroughs of New York City with 2090 participants and 1548 completed.

1980 - 1989:

NCAA cross country champion Alberto Salazar, winning the 1980 NYC Marathon in 2:09:41, is considered the fastest good by an American runner. Salazar went on to win in 1981 and 1982. ABC-TV broadcast the NYC Marathon live for the first time in 1981; NYC continued to air national television programming until 1993.

The number of participants in the NYC Marathon nearly doubled over the course of the decade, from 12,512 finishers in 1980 to 24,659 finishers in 1989

1990 - 1999:

The 1992 NYC Marathon created the most poignant moment in event history when Fred Lebow, former track director, co-founded the NYC Marathon. At the age of 60 after being diagnosed with brain cancer, he finished his final race with the NYC Marathon at 5:32:34 with close friend and tournament legend Grete Waitz at his side. Lebow died a month before the 1994 NYC Marathon and Allan Steinfeld succeeded him as the new track director.

The 1994 race went to Mexico's Germán Silva, who turned half a mile off the finish line, after coming back to overtake compatriot Benjamín Paredes and win in 2 seconds.

Tegla Loroupe of Kenya won the NYC Marathon in a row in 1994 and 1995, becoming the first African woman to win a major marathon, which also began the reign of runners. Africa long distance on world marathon map. At the 1997 NYC Marathon, for the first time, the number of finishers surpassed 30,000 (30,427) for the first time.

The year 2000 - 2019:

The 2000 NYC Marathon was the first time wheelchair runners were allowed to participate in the event, with prize money for wheelchair events added since 2001. The 2001 NYC Marathon took place less than two months after the 11th attack. September symbolizes hope and recovery for a devastated city and country. The NYRR Team for Kids debuted at the 2002 NYC Marathon as a group of adult athletes raising funds for NYRR youth and community programs.

World record holder Paula Radcliffe won the 2004 NYC Marathon; British legend then won two more titles (2007 and 2008). Mary Wittenberg succeeded Allan Steinfeld as running director of the NYC Marathon in 2005, becoming the first woman to direct a major marathon.

In 2006, the NYC Marathon joined the Boston, Chicago, London, and Berlin marathons to form the Marathon Majors system. Tokyo was added in 2013 and Abbott became an official sponsor in 2014.

The NYRR held the 2008 United States Men's Olympic qualifiers at Center Park the day before the 2007 NYC Marathon.

The 2009 NYC Marathon saw 43,660 finishers, the most ever in any marathon. Meb Keflezighi won the Men's Open, becoming the first American champion since 1982. (The Skechers Gomeb shoe line that was popular in Vietnam a few years ago was inspired by his name)

The year 2010 - 2019:

The 2011 NYC Marathon saw Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya set the race record with an incredible time of 2:05:06 and that record still stands today.

NYC Marathon 2012 was canceled after Hurricane Sandy. Thousands of athletes joined relief and recovery efforts around the city, and the NYRR contributed funds, equipment, and supplies to assist.

In 2014, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the title sponsor of the NYC Marathon and a top year-round NYRR partner.

The NYC Marathon's 1,000,000th finisher crossed the line in 2014, she was honored with the champions.

On the morning of the 2015 race, the first TCS New York City Marathon Youth Invitational saw hundreds of children running the final stretch of the track and young runners crossing the finish line before the marathon finishers.

At the 2017 TCS New York City Marathon, Shalane Flanagan became the first American Open women's champion in 40 years.

There were 52,813 finishers at the 2018 TCS New York City Marathon, the most of any marathon in history. Daniel Romanchuk of the United States was the first American man to win a wheelchair race and at the age of 20, he is also the youngest champion in the history of the event.

Mary Keitany of Kenya won the Women's Open of the 2018 race, giving her the second most championships (2014, 2016, 2018) behind only Grete Waitz nine times.

Geoffrey Kamworor, Joyciline Jepkosgei, Daniel Romanchuk, and Manuela Schar were the champions of the TCS New York City Marathon 2019, with more than 53,600 people finishing, making it once again the largest marathon in history.

The year 2020 - 2021:

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the TCS NYC Marathon 2020 became a virtual running event, running from October 17 to November 1 and attracting nearly 16,000 finishers from 108 countries around the world gender.

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