The 2009 New York City Marathon
The 40th anniversary race of the New York City Marathon took place on the 1st November 2009. The men's race was won by American Meb Keflezighi in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 15 seconds making him the first American to win the New York City Marathon since 1992. Second place went to Robert Cheruiyot of Kenya who finished in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 56 Seconds, and third place was Morroco’s Jaouad Gharib who finished in 2 hours 10 minutes 25 seconds.
Top 10 Men finishers:
|
Place
|
Bib
|
Name |
Time
|
State
|
Country
|
|
1
|
8
|
Meb Keflezighi |
02:09:15
|
CA
|
USA
|
|
2
|
6
|
Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot |
02:09:56
|
|
Kenya
|
|
3
|
4
|
Jaouad Gharib |
02:10:25
|
|
Morocco
|
|
4
|
5
|
Ryan Hall |
02:10:36
|
CA
|
USA
|
|
5
|
11
|
Abderrahime Bouramdane |
02:12:14
|
|
Morocco
|
|
6
|
9
|
Hendrick Ramaala |
02:12:30
|
|
South Africa
|
|
7
|
15
|
Jorge Torres |
02:13:00
|
CO
|
USA
|
|
8
|
19
|
Nick Arciniaga |
02:13:46
|
MI
|
USA
|
|
9
|
10
|
Abdi Abdirahman |
02:14:00
|
AZ
|
USA
|
|
10
|
16
|
Jason Lehmkuhle |
02:14:39
|
MN
|
USA
|
The women’s race turned out to be a real nail bitter with all eyes on Paula Radcliffe who was looking to come back from injury to take her fourth New York City marathon title. Unfortunately it wasn’t going to be Paula’s day and after a strong performance until the last few miles she crossed the finish line in fourth place and was visibly disappointed with her performance. The women’s race was one by Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia in 2 hours 28 minutes and 52 seconds. Russian Ludmila Petrova finished just behind in second place with a time of 2 hours 29 minutes and third place was Christelle Danuay from France in 2 hours 29 minutes and 16 seconds.
Top 10 Women Finishers
|
Place
|
Bib
|
Name |
Time
|
State
|
Country
|
|
1
|
117
|
Derartu Tulu |
02:28:52
|
|
Ethiopia
|
|
2
|
140
|
Ludmila Petrova |
02:29:00
|
|
Russia
|
|
3
|
115
|
Christelle Daunay |
02:29:16
|
|
France
|
|
4
|
111
|
Paula Radcliffe |
02:29:27
|
|
Great Britain
|
|
5
|
112
|
Salina Kosgei |
02:31:53
|
|
Kenya
|
|
6
|
118
|
Magdalena Lewy Boulet |
02:32:17
|
CA
|
USA
|
|
7
|
121
|
Buzunesh Deba |
02:35:54
|
NY
|
USA
|
|
8
|
124
|
Serkalem Biset Abrha |
02:37:20
|
NM
|
USA
|
|
9
|
114
|
Yuri Kano |
02:39:05
|
|
Japan
|
|
10
|
123
|
Desiree Ficker |
02:39:30
|
TX
|
USA
|
You can see the official race coverage on the New York Marathon website www.ingnycmarathon.org
