2006 New York City Marathon

The 2006 New York City Marathon was the 37th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Marílson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:09:58 hours while the women's race was won by Latvia's Jeļena Prokopčuka in 2:25:05.

In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:29:22) and America's Amanda McGrory (1:54:17) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Lebanon's Edward Maalouf (1:25:36) and Monique van der Vorst (1:35:48) were the winners.

A total of 37,936 runners finished the race, 25,607 men and 12,329 women.^[1]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:09:58
	Stephen Kiogora	Kenya	2:10:06
	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:10:10
4		Kenya	2:10:34
5	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:11:24
6	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:11:33
7	William Kipsang	Kenya	2:11:54
8	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:12:12
9	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:13:04
10	Peter Gilmore	United States	2:13:13
11	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	2:14:01
12	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	2:15:58
13		Kenya	2:16:33
14		Kenya	2:16:59
15	Francisco Bautista	Mexico	2:17:30
16		United States	2:18:40
17		Ethiopia	2:19:04
18	Andrew Letherby	Australia	2:19:53
19		United States	2:19:53
20	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:22:02
—	Rachid Ghanmouni	Morocco	DQ
—		Kenya	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—	Raymond Kipkoech	Kenya	DNF
—	Alan Culpepper	United States	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF
—	Bolota Asmerom	United States	DNF
—	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—		Kenya	DNF

• Rachid Ghanmouni of Morocco originally finished in place in a time of hours, but was retrospectively disqualified for doping.^[2]

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Latvia	2:25:05
	Tetyana Hladyr	Ukraine	2:26:05
	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:58
4	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:26:59
5	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:27:21
6	Deena Kastor	United States	2:27:54
7	Nina Rillstone	New Zealand	2:31:19
8	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	2:32:31
9	Katie McGregor	United States	2:32:36
10	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	2:32:45
11		Russia	2:33:17
12		United States	2:34:14
13		Argentina	2:35:04
14	Sonia O'Sullivan†	Ireland	2:42:05
15	Magdalena Boulet	United States	2:42:38
16		Ukraine	2:42:50
17		United States	2:44:09
18		Ethiopia	2:45:05
19		France	2:45:15
20		United States	2:45:58
—	Elena Plastinina	Ukraine	DNF
—	Luminița Talpoș	Romania	DNF
—	Amy Rudolph	United States	DNF

• † Ran in mass race

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:29:22
	Aarón Gordian	Mexico	1:35:30
	Saúl Mendoza	United States	1:37:42
4	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:38:15
5		Spain	1:40:48
6	Éric Teurnier	France	1:40:49
7		United States	1:40:49
8	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:40:50
9		United States	1:42:23
10	Rafael Botello	Spain	1:43:38

Wheelchair women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:54:17
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:54:19
	Diane Roy	Canada	1:54:38
4	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:56:16
5	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:56:29
6	Christina Ripp	United States	1:57:14
7		United States	2:07:45
8	Shirley Reilly	United States	2:10:09
9		United States	2:29:55
10		Norway	3:36:03

Handcycle men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Edward Maalouf	Lebanon	1:25:36
	Vittorio Podestà	Italy	1:27:03
		United States	1:29:07
4		Canada	1:31:43
5		Poland	1:31:45

Handcycle women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Monique van der Vorst	Netherlands	1:35:48
		Poland	1:53:54
		United States	2:25:15
4	Jacqui Kapinowski	United States	2:28:49
5		Trinidad and Tobago	2:31:27

References[]

Results

• 2006 New York Marathon Results. New York Road Runners. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
• Men's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
• Women's results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2006 New York City Marathon.

• New York Road Runners website