1997 New York City Marathon
# 1997 New York City Marathon

The 1997 New York City Marathon was the 28th 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 Kenya's John Kagwe in a time of 2:08:12 hours while the women's race was won by Switzerland's Franziska Rochat-Moser in 2:28:43.

A total of 30,427 runners finished the race, 22,014 men and 8413 women.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | John Kagwe | Kenya | 2:08:12 |
| | Joseph Chebet | Kenya | 2:09:27 |
| | Stefano Baldini | Italy | 2:09:31 |
| 4 | Abdelkader El Mouaziz | Morocco | 2:10:04 |
| 5 | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:10:19 |
| 6 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 2:10:23 |
| 7 | Róbert Štefko | Slovakia | 2:11:11 |
| 8 | Dionicio Cerón | Mexico | 2:13:01 |
| 9 | Simon Lopuyet | Kenya | 2:13:41 |
| 10 | Saïd Belhout | Algeria | 2:14:22 |
| 11 | Kenjiro Jitsui | Japan | 2:14:32 |
| 12 | Spyros Andriopoulos | Greece | 2:17:59 |
| 13 | Carlos Grisales | Colombia | 2:18:38 |
| 14 | Jerod Neas | United States | 2:19:07 |
| 15 | Davide Milesi | Italy | 2:19:25 |
| 16 | Hamid Oscar | Djibouti | 2:19:55 |
| 17 | Mohamed Ouaadi | France | 2:19:57 |
| 18 | Mark Coogan | United States | 2:20:41 |
| 19 | Diamantino dos Santos | Brazil | 2:21:16 |
| 20 | Edmund Kramarz | Poland | 2:21:18 |
| — | Kenneth Cheruiyot | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Shem Kororia | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Peter Githuka | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Orlando Guerrero | Colombia | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Franziska Rochat-Moser | Switzerland | 2:28:43 |
| | Colleen De Reuck | South Africa | 2:29:11 |
| | Franca Fiacconi | Italy | 2:30:15 |
| 4 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 2:31:24 |
| 5 | Ornella Ferrara | Italy | 2:31:44 |
| 6 | Kim Jones | United States | 2:32:00 |
| 7 | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:32:07 |
| 8 | Serap Aktaş | Turkey | 2:33:31 |
| 9 | Mónica Pont | Spain | 2:36:04 |
| 10 | Sonja Oberem | Germany | 2:36:22 |
| 11 | Yelena Razdrogina | Russia | 2:36:54 |
| 12 | Michaela Kawohl | Germany | 2:37:35 |
| 13 | Zofia Wieciorkowska | Poland | 2:41:22 |
| 14 | Luciene Soares de Deus | Brazil | 2:42:12 |
| 15 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:43:20 |
| 16 | Hilde Hovdenak | Norway | 2:44:47 |
| 17 | Eriko Asai | Japan | 2:45:39 |
| 18 | Marion Millward | New Zealand | 2:49:51 |
| 19 | Kimberly Griffin | United States | 2:50:25 |
| 20 | Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | 2:52:01 |
