2011 New York City Marathon
# 2011 New York City Marathon

The 2011 New York City Marathon was the 42nd running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 6. Sponsored by ING Group, it was the final race of the 2010/11 World Marathon Majors series and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the men's elite race in a course record time of 2:05:06 hours while Ethiopia's Firehiwot Dado won the women's section in a time of 2:23:15.

In the wheelchair races, Japan's Masazumi Soejima (1:31:41) and America's Amanda McGrory (1:50:24) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, former racing driver Alex Zanardi of Italy won the men's race in 1:13:58 while Poland's Renata Kaluza took the women's title in 1:49:49.

A then-record high of 47,107 runners entered the competition, with a total of 46,536 runners finishing the distance (29,669 men and 16,867 women). At this race Joy Johnson became the oldest female marathon finisher at age 84.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Geoffrey Mutai | Kenya | 2:05:06 |
| | Emmanuel Kipchirchir Mutai | Kenya | 2:06:28 |
| | Tsegaye Kebede | Ethiopia | 2:07:14 |
| 4 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 2:08:00 |
| 5 | Jaouad Gharib | Morocco | 2:08:26 |
| 6 | Meb Keflezighi | United States | 2:09:13 |
| 7 | Abdellah Falil | Morocco | 2:10:35 |
| 8 | Mathew Kisorio | Kenya | 2:10:58 |
| 9 | Ed Moran | United States | 2:11:47 |
| 10 | Viktor Röthlin | Switzerland | 2:12:26 |
| 11 | Abdelkabir Saji | Morocco | 2:13:47 |
| 12 | Juan Luis Barrios | Mexico | 2:14:10 |
| 13 | Teklu Deneke | Ethiopia | 2:16:20 |
| 14 | Bobby Curtis | United States | 2:16:44 |
| 15 | Tesfaye Assefa | Ethiopia | 2:19:24 |
| 16 | Abdelaziz Atmani | United States | 2:19:36 |
| 17 | Bazu Worku | Ethiopia | 2:20:22 |
| 18 | Fikadu Lemma | Ethiopia | 2:20:41 |
| 19 | Rens Dekkers | Netherlands | 2:22:48 |
| 20 | John Beattie | United Kingdom | 2:23:43 |
| — | Ezkyas Sisay | Ethiopia | DQ |
| — | Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott | Kenya | DNF |
| — | William Naranjo | Colombia | DNF |

* Ezkyas Sisay of Ethiopia originally placed ninth in a time of 2:11:04 hours, but was subsequently disqualified for doping.

## Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Firehiwot Dado | Ethiopia | 2:23:15 |
| | Bizunesh Deba | Ethiopia | 2:23:19 |
| | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany | Kenya | 2:23:38 |
| 4 | Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal | 2:25:40 |
| 5 | Kim Smith | New Zealand | 2:25:46 |
| 6 | Caroline Kilel | Kenya | 2:25:57 |
| 7 | Caroline Rotich | Kenya | 2:27:06 |
| 8 | Isabellah Andersson | Sweden | 2:28:29 |
| 9 | Jo Pavey | United Kingdom | 2:28:42 |
| 10 | Galina Bogomolova | Russia | 2:29:03 |
| 11 | Misiker Mekonen | Ethiopia | 2:31:40 |
| 12 | Molly Pritz | United States | 2:31:52 |
| 13 | Werknesh Kidane | Ethiopia | 2:33:08 |
| 14 | Alessandra Aguilar | Spain | 2:33:08 |
| 15 | Serkalem Biset | Ethiopia | 2:33:22 |
| 16 | Lauren Fleshman | United States | 2:37:22 |
| 17 | Aziza Aliyu | Ethiopia | 2:38:32 |
| 18 | Camille Herron | United States | 2:40:06 |
| 19 | Jennifer Houck | United States | 2:41:00 |
| 20 | Diane Nukuri | Burundi | 2:41:21 |
| — | Inga Abitova | Russia | DNF |
| — | Jéssica Augusto | Portugal | DNF |
| — | Jennifer Rhines | United States | DNF |
| — | Alem Ashebir | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Alene Shewarge | Ethiopia | DNF |

## Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Masazumi Soejima | Japan | 1:31:41 |
| | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:33:56 |
| | Kota Hokinoue | Japan | 1:34:21 |
| 4 | Heinz Frei | Switzerland | 1:37:24 |
| 5 | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:38:42 |
| 6 | Tomasz Hamerlak | Poland | 1:38:43 |
| 7 | Josh George | United States | 1:39:02 |
| 8 | Josh Cassidy | Canada | 1:39:30 |
| 9 | Denis Lemeunier | France | 1:41:11 |
| 10 | Rafael Botello | Spain | 1:42:30 |

## Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:50:24 |
| | Shelly Woods | United Kingdom | 1:52:50 |
| | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:52:52 |
| 4 | Wakako Tsuchida | Japan | 1:52:53 |
| 5 | Christie Dawes | Australia | 1:52:54 |
| 6 | Diane Roy | Canada | 1:57:59 |
| 7 | Edith Wolf | Switzerland | 2:01:04 |
| 8 | Francesca Porcellato | Italy | 2:09:09 |
| 9 | Christina Schwab | United States | 2:10:55 |
| 10 | Sandra Hager | Switzerland | 2:18:14 |

## Handcycle men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Alex Zanardi | Italy | 1:13:58 |
| | Rafał Wilk | Poland | 1:14:00 |
| | Ludovic Narce | France | 1:22:40 |
| 4 | Fernando Rocha | Brazil | 1:26:56 |
| 5 | Jarrod Moncur | Australia | 1:27:43 |

## Handcycle women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Renata Kaluza | Poland | 1:49:49 |
| | Minda Dentler | United States | 1:53:16 |
| | Ashley Cooper | United States | 2:08:28 |
| 4 | Alexia Bouckoms | United States | 3:56:55 |
| 5 | Rosalie Ames | United States | 4:00:19 |
