2016 New York City Marathon
# 2016 New York City Marathon

The 2016 New York City Marathon was the 46th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on November 6. The elite men's race was won by Eritrea's Ghirmay Ghebreslassie in a time of 2:07:51 hours while Kenya's Mary Jepkosgei Keitany won the women's race in 2:24:26 for a third consecutive victory.

In the wheelchair races, Switzerland's Marcel Hug (1:35:49) and American Tatyana McFadden (1:47:43) won the men's and women's races, respectively. The handcycle races were won by Australia's Michael Taylor (1:23:06) and New Zealand's Tiffiney Perry (2:03:58).

A total of 48,468 runners finished the race, comprising 29,830 men and 18,638 women.

## Results

### Men's race

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ghirmay Ghebreslassie | Eritrea | 2:07:51 |
| | Lucas Rotich | Kenya | 2:08:53 |
| | Abdihakem Abdirahman | United States | 2:11:23 |
| 4 | Hiroyuki Yamamoto | Japan | 2:11:49 |
| 5 | Shadrack Kiptoo Biwott | United States | 2:12:01 |
| 6 | Tadesse Yae Dabi | Ethiopia | 2:13:06 |
| 7 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | Uganda | 2:14:18 |
| 8 | Tyler Pennell | United States | 2:15:09 |
| 9 | Benjamin Payne | United States | 2:15:46 |
| 10 | Patrick Smyth | United States | 2:16:34 |
| 11 | Craig Leon | United States | 2:17:14 |
| 12 | Bado Musa Ido | Ethiopia | 2:17:57 |
| 13 | Christo Landry | United States | 2:19:14 |
| 14 | Brendan Martin | United States | 2:19:34 |
| 15 | Guteta Senbeto | Ethiopia | 2:20:01 |
| 16 | Mariano Mastromarino | Argentina | 2:20:08 |
| 17 | Matthew Llano | United States | 2:20:15 |
| 18 | Worknesh Seyoum | Ethiopia | 2:20:54 |
| 19 | Timothy Ritchie | United States | 2:21:09 |
| 20 | Harbert Okuti | Uganda | 2:21:27 |
| — | Lelisa Desisa | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Dathan Ritzenhein | United States | DNF |
| — | Ryan Vail | United States | DNF |
| — | Birhanu Dare | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Diriba Degefa Yigezu | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Jonathan Grey | United States | DNF |

### Women's race

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mary Jepkosgei Keitany | Kenya | 2:24:26 |
| | Sally Kipyego | Kenya | 2:28:01 |
| | Molly Huddle | United States | 2:28:13 |
| 4 | Joyce Chepkirui | Kenya | 2:29:08 |
| 5 | Diane Nukuri | Burundi | 2:33:04 |
| 6 | Aselefech Mergia | Ethiopia | 2:33:28 |
| 7 | Lanni Marchant | Canada | 2:33:50 |
| 8 | Neely Spence Gracey | United States | 2:34:55 |
| 9 | Sara Hall | United States | 2:36:12 |
| 10 | Ayantu Dakebo Hailemaryam | Ethiopia | 2:37:07 |
| 11 | Esther Atkins | United States | 2:37:11 |
| 12 | Dorothy McMahon | United States | 2:38:46 |
| 13 | Kellys Arias | Colombia | 2:39:14 |
| 14 | Gwen Jorgensen | United States | 2:41:01 |
| 15 | Laura Manninen | Finland | 2:41:08 |
| 16 | Kimberly Conley | United States | 2:41:38 |
| 17 | Kelly Calway† | United States | 2:42:39 |
| 18 | Emma Nordling | Sweden | 2:45:22 |
| 19 | Hilary Dionne | United States | 2:45:31 |
| 20 | Samantha Roecker | United States | 2:45:34 |
| — | Bizunesh Deba | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Annie Bersagel | United States | DNF |
| — | Brianne Nelson | United States | DNF |
| — | Etaferahu Temesgen Wodaj | Ethiopia | DNF |
| — | Megan Foster | United States | DNF |

* † Ran in mass race

### Wheelchair men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Marcel Hug | Switzerland | 1:35:49 |
| | Kurt Fearnley | Australia | 1:35:49 |
| | Josh George | United States | 1:39:01 |
| 4 | Ernst van Dyk | South Africa | 1:40:08 |
| 5 | Laurens Molina | Costa Rica | 1:40:08 |
| 6 | Simon Lawson | United Kingdom | 1:40:12 |
| 7 | Krige Schabort | United States | 1:40:16 |
| 8 | Aaron Pike | United States | 1:43:40 |
| 9 | James Senbeta | United States | 1:44:27 |
| 10 | Pierre Fairbank | France | 1:44:27 |

### Wheelchair women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tatyana McFadden | United States | 1:47:43 |
| | Manuela Schär | Switzerland | 1:49:28 |
| | Amanda McGrory | United States | 1:53:15 |
| 4 | Susannah Scaroni | United States | 1:58:16 |
| 5 | Katrina Gerhard | United States | 2:03:02 |
| 6 | Jade Jones-Hall | United Kingdom | 2:03:16 |
| 7 | Arielle Rausin | United States | 2:13:07 |
| 8 | Mel Nicholls | United Kingdom | 2:13:10 |
| 9 | Eva Moral Pedrero | Spain | 2:48:38 |
| 10 | Mercedes Gómez | Venezuela | 1:44:27 |

### Handcycle men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Michael Taylor | Australia | 1:23:06 |
| | Vicente Yanguez | Spain | 1:31:15 |
| | Sergio Minas | Colombia | 1:35:34 |
| 4 | Leonardo Varon | Colombia | 1:35:37 |
| 5 | Glenn Hartrick | United States | 1:35:38 |

### Handcycle women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tiffiney Perry | New Zealand | 2:03:58 |
| | Helene Hines | United States | 2:24:06 |
| | Ibadete Thaqi | United States | 2:56:48 |
| 4 | Devann Murphy | United States | 3:06:53 |
| 5 | Heather Carter | United States | 3:21:11 |
