The 42nd New York City Marathon

New York City Marathon

The New York City Marathon is a major annual marathon that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is one of the largest marathons in the world, with 45,103 finishers in 2010...

took place on Sunday November 7, 2011. Sponsored by ING

ING Group

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, it was the final race of the 2010/2011 World Marathon Majors

World Marathon Majors

The World Marathon Majors is a championship-style competition for marathon runners that started in 2006. It comprises five annual races for the cities of Berlin, Boston, Chicago, London, and New York City. Two other races are also included in the series: the IAAF World Championships Marathon and...

 series and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. A record high of 47,107 runners entered the competition. Geoffrey Mutai

Geoffrey Mutai

Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions...

 of Kenya won the men's elite race in a course record time of 2:05:06 hours while Ethiopia's Firehiwot Dado

Firehiwot Dado

Firehiwot Tufa Dado is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the 2011 New York Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:15. She also has taken three consecutive victories in the Rome City Marathon. She set a previous personal best of 2:25:28 in the classic distance on March 21,...

 won the women's section in a time of 2:23:15 hours.

Men's race

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Mutai Geoffrey Kiprono Mutai is a Kenyan long distance runner who specialises in road running competitions...		2:05:05 CR
	Emmanuel Mutai		2:06:28
	Tsegaye Kebede Tsegaye Kebede Tsegaye Kebede Wordofa is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including marathons. He quickly rose to become a prominent distance runner after his international debut at the Amsterdam Marathon in 2007...		2:07:13
4	Gebregziabher Gebremariam		2:07:59
5	Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib Jaouad Gharib is a Moroccan long-distance runner who competes in the marathon. Winner of the 2003 World Championships and 2005 World Championships over the distance, he is also notable because he only began running seriously at the age of twenty-two...		2:08:26
6	Meb Keflezighi		2:09:13
7	Abdellah Falil Abdellah Falil Abdellah Falil is a Moroccan professional long-distance runner. He was selected for the national Olympic squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and finished 16th in the 10,000 metres final....		2:10:35
8	Mathew Kisorio Mathew Kisorio Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio is a Kenyan long-distance runner.He was born in Kapchumba in Nandi North District as a son of runner Some Muge. His brothers Peter Kimeli Some and Nicholas Kipchirchir Togom are active runners as well....		2:10:58
9	Ezkyas Sisay		2:11:04
10	Ed Moran		2:11:46

Women's race

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Firehiwot Dado Firehiwot Dado Firehiwot Tufa Dado is a female long-distance runner from Ethiopia, who won the 2011 New York Marathon in a personal best time of 2:23:15. She also has taken three consecutive victories in the Rome City Marathon. She set a previous personal best of 2:25:28 in the classic distance on March 21,...		2:23:15
	Buzunesh Deba		2:23:19
	Mary Keitany		2:23:38
4	Ana Dulce Félix Ana Dulce Félix Ana Dulce Félix is a long distance runner who competes in track, cross country, and road running events.Born in Azurém, Guimarães Municipality, Portugal, Félix began her career as a junior at the 2000 and 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although she did not break the top 60 runners on...		2:25:40
5	Kim Smith		2:25:46
6	Caroline Kilel Caroline Kilel Caroline Cheptanui Kilel is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes road running competitions, including the marathon. She was the winner at the 2011 Boston Marathon and the 2010 Frankfurt Marathon....		2:25:57
7	Caroline Rotich		2:27:06
8	Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson Isabellah Andersson is a Swedish - Kenyan distance runner. She resides in Vilshult in Sweden, and since May 2009 is a Swedish citizen. She competes for the club Hässelby SK....		2:28:29
9	Jo Pavey Jo Pavey Joanne Pavey is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Great Britain. She competes mainly in the 5000 metres distance but also on 1500 metres, 3000 metres and 10,000 metres events, and road racing. In 2006 she won silver in the 5000 m in the Commonwealth Games...		2:28:42
10	Galina Bogomolova Galina Bogomolova Galina Yevgeniyevna Bogomolova is a Russian long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and the marathon....		2:29:03