2008 New York City Marathon

39th New York City Marathon
Paula Radcliffe during the race
Venue	New York City, United States
Date	November 2
Champions
Men	Marílson Gomes dos Santos (2:08:43)
Women	Paula Radcliffe (2:23:56)
Wheelchair men	Kurt Fearnley (1:44:51)
Wheelchair women	Edith Hunkeler (2:06:42)
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The 2008 New York City Marathon was the 39th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 2. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Marílson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:08:43 hours while the women's race was won by Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe in 2:23:56.

In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:44:51) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (2:06:42) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Poland's (1:35:26) and Dutchwoman (1:46:34) were the winners.

A total of 37,790 runners finished the race, 24,991 men and 12,799 women.^[1]

Results[]

Men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:08:43
	Abderrahim Goumri	Morocco	2:09:07
	Daniel Rono	Kenya	2:11:22
4	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:13:10
5	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Morocco	2:13:33
6	Abdihakem Abdirahman	United States	2:14:17
7	Josh Rohatinsky	United States	2:14:23
8		United States	2:14:30
9		Kenya	2:15:26
10	Bolota Asmerom	United States	2:16:37
11		United States	2:18:38
12	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:19:11
13	Mohammed Awol	Ethiopia	2:19:13
14		Ethiopia	2:19:54
15	Jacob Frey	United States	2:20:17
16		Ethiopia	2:20:23
18		Ethiopia	2:20:47
19		Kenya	2:21:40
20		Ethiopia	2:21:54
—		Kenya	DNF
—	Abel Kirui	Kenya	DNF
—		United States	DNF
—		Ethiopia	DNF
—	Wilfred Kibet Kigen	Kenya	DNF
—		Ethiopia	DNF

Women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:23:56
	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:25:43
	Kara Goucher	United States	2:25:53
4	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:27:49
5	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:29:14
6	Gete Wami	Ethiopia	2:29:25
7	Dire Tune	Ethiopia	2:29:28
8	Lidia Șimon	Romania	2:30:04
9	Lyubov Morgunova	Russia	2:30:38
10	Katie McGregor	United States	2:31:14
11	Magdalena Boulet	United States	2:33:56
12	Hayley Haining	United Kingdom	2:35:11
13		United Kingdom	2:39:25
14		United States	2:40:57
15	Ilsa Paulson	United States	2:41:17
16		United States	2:41:21
17		United States	2:42:33
18		Slovakia	2:42:57
19		United States	2:43:29
20		Ukraine	2:43:55
—	Kim Smith	New Zealand	DNF
—		Ethiopia	DNF
—		United Kingdom	DNF
—		United States	DNF

Wheelchair men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:44:51
	Masazumi Soejima	Japan	1:46:10
	Aarón Gordian	Colombia	1:46:57
4	Heinz Frei	Switzerland	1:47:33
5	Roger Puigbò	Spain	1:47:37
6	Krige Schabort	United States	1:49:06
7	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:49:21
8	Hiroyuki Yamamoto	Japan	1:51:08
9	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:52:11
10	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:53:09

Wheelchair women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	2:06:42
	Amanda McGrory	United States	2:11:25
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	2:16:09
4	Christie Dawes	Australia	2:16:09
5	Diane Roy	Canada	2:16:14
6	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	2:20:34
7	Shirley Reilly	United States	2:22:10
8		Switzerland	2:35:39
9		Italy	3:17:12
–		Russia	DNF

Handcycle men[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
		Poland	1:35:26
		New Zealand	1:37:07
		United States	1:38:32
4		United Kingdom	1:38:36
5		United States	1:41:48

Handcycle women[]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
		Netherlands	1:46:34
	Helene Hines	United States	2:05:21
		United States	2:16:03
4		United States	2:25:00
5		United States	2:50:34

References[]

Results

• 2008 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 2008 New York City Marathon.

• New York Road Runners website