2002 New York City Marathon

The 2002 New York City Marathon was the 33rd running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 4. The men's elite race was won by Kenya's Rodgers Rop in a time of 2:08:07 hours while the women's race was won in 2:25:56 by Joyce Chepchumba, also of Kenya.

In the wheelchair races, Americans Krige Schabort (1:38:27) and Cheri Blauwet (2:14:39) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Switzerland's Franz Nietlispach (1:26:57) and America's Helene Hines (1:59:26) were the winners.

A total of 31,824 runners finished the race, 21,634 men and 10,190 women.^[1]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:08:07
	Christopher Cheboiboch	Kenya	2:08:17
		Kenya	2:08:39
4	Mohamed Ouaadi	France	2:08:53
5	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:09:12
6	Mark Carroll	Ireland	2:10:54
7	Gert Thys	South Africa	2:11:48
8	Matt O'Dowd	United Kingdom	2:12:20
9	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:12:35
10		Kenya	2:13:28
11	Jeff Schiebler	Canada	2:14:13
12		Kenya	2:15:45
13		Italy	2:16:06
14	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:17:10
15		Japan	2:17:14
16		Kenya	2:17:30
17	David Ruto	Kenya	2:18:43
18		Russia	2:18:46
19	Japhet Kosgei	Kenya	2:18:55
20		Kenya	2:19:40
—	Tesfaye Jifar	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Jon Brown	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Shaun Creighton	Australia	DNF
—	Sreten Ninković	Serbia	DNF
—	Shem Kororia	Kenya	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—	Godfrey Kiprotich	Kenya	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Joyce Chepchumba	Kenya	2:25:56
	Lyubov Denisova	Russia	2:26:17
	Esther Kiplagat	Kenya	2:27:00
4	Marla Runyan	United States	2:27:10
5	Margaret Okayo	Kenya	2:27:46
6	Kerryn McCann	Australia	2:27:51
7	Lornah Kiplagat	Kenya	2:28:41
8	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:29:00
9		United States	2:31:14
10	Zinaida Semenova	Russia	2:31:39
11	Sonia O'Sullivan	Ireland	2:32:06
12	Sylvia Mosqueda	United States	2:33:47
13		United States	2:38:05
14		Canada	2:38:37
15		Spain	2:39:40
16	Shelly Steely	United States	2:44:51
17		Poland	2:45:42
18		Japan	2:46:50
19		United States	2:47:37
20		United States	2:48:58
—	Olivera Jevtić	Serbia	DQ
—	Maria Guida	Italy	DNF
—	Jane Salumäe	Estonia	DNF
—	Lyudmila Biktasheva	Russia	DNF
—		Russia	DNF

• Olivera Jevtić of Serbia originally finished in third place in a time of 2:26:44 hours but was later disqualified after testing positive for ephedrine, a banned stimulant.^[2]

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Krige Schabort	United States	1:38:27
	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:45:16
	Paul Nunnari	Australia	1:51:46
4	Saúl Mendoza	United States	1:52:48
5		United States	1:53:36
6		United States	1:59:17
7	Kamel Ayari	Tunisia	2:06:21
8		United States	2:07:10
9		United States	2:12:32
10		Brazil	2:17:18

Wheelchair women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Cheri Blauwet	United States	2:14:39
	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	2:27:08
		United Kingdom	3:17:27
4	Christy Campbell	Canada	3:37:15
5	Corre Meyer	United States	5:58:56
6	Sister Mary Gladys	United States	6:11:35
7	Coleen Morrison	Jamaica	6:15:13

Handcycle men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Franz Nietlispach	Switzerland	1:26:57
		United States	1:33:02
		Australia	1:38:16
4		Poland	1:38:28
5	Matthew Updike	United States	1:41:12

Handcycle women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Helene Hines	United States	1:59:26
		United States	2:13:22
		Italy	2:52:11
4		United States	3:15:52
5		United States	3:23:13

References[]

Results

• 2002 New York Marathon Results. New York Road Runners. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
• Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-19.

External links[]

• New York Road Runners website