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The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Is the World’s Largest Marathon Ever, with 55,000+ Finishers, the race by the stats!

The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Is the World’s Largest Marathon Ever, with 55,000+ Finishers, the race by the stats!

The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Is the World’s Largest Marathon Ever, with 55,000+ Finishers.

 

The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon Is the World’s Largest Marathon Ever, with 55,000+ Finishers.

 

 

 

New York, November 4, 2024 – The 2024 TCS New York City Marathon, Sunday, November 3, became the world’s largest marathon, with 55,646 total finishers. The TCS New York City Marathon, one of 60 adult and youth races produced by the nonprofit New York Road Runners, is the BEST DAY in New York City. The iconic race is one of the most inclusive and accessible sporting events in the world, with the first and final finishers running the same course on the same day. Below are some highlights and statistical information from the 2024 race.

 

The Field

 

Note: All finisher numbers and results are as of November 3 and subject to change after final race scoring verification. This data is based on registration information provided by individual runners.

  • Number of Starters: 56,012
  • Number of Finishers: 55,646
  • Men’s finishers—30,795; women’s finishers—24,731, and 120 non-binary finishers, the most ever women’s and non-binary finishers
  • International finishers—17,859
  • Countries represented—137
  • All 50 states plus D.C., Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam

 

Winners

  • Men’s open division winner: Abdi Nageeye, NED, 2:07:39
  • Women’s open division winner: Sheila Chepkirui, KEN, 2:24:35
  • Top American open division man: Conner Mantz (6th), 2:09:00
  • Top American open division woman: Sara Vaughn (6th), 2:26:56
  • Men’s wheelchair division winner: Daniel Romanchuk, USA, 1:36:31
  • Women’s wheelchair division winner: Susannah Scaroni, USA, 1:48:05
  • Non-Binary division winner: Sofia Camacho Ferral, USA, 2:31:29

 

Winner Statistics and Notable Information

  • Open Division: Sheila Chepkirui and Abdi Nageeye won their first TCS New York City and Abbott World Marathon Majors race titles.
  • Open Division: Nageeye became the race’s first-ever Dutch champion in any division.
  • Open Division: Sheila Chepkirui led a Kenyan sweep of the women’s open division podium, the first time a single country has gone 1-2-3 since 1977.
  • Wheelchair Division: Daniel Romanchuk and Susannah Scaroni became the first American athletes to win the division.
  • Wheelchair Division: Daniel Romanchuk became the first American man to win three TCS New York City Marathon titles in the wheelchair division.

 

Oldest and Youngest Runners

  • Oldest Man Finisher: Garth Barfoot, 88, New Zealand, 11:23:49
  • Oldest Woman…

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