1994 New York City Marathon
# 1994 New York City Marathon

The 1994 New York City Marathon was the 25th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 6. The men's elite race was won by Mexico's Germán Silva in a time of 2:11:21 hours while the women's race was won by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37. Loroupe became the first African woman to win a major global-level marathon.

A total of 29,735 runners finished the race, 22,758 men and 6977 women.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Germán Silva | Mexico | 2:11:21 |
| | Benjamín Paredes | Mexico | 2:11:23 |
| | Arturo Barrios | United States | 2:11:43 |
| 4 | Sammy Lelei | Kenya | 2:12:24 |
| 5 | Domingos Castro | Portugal | 2:12:49 |
| 6 | Kenjiro Jitsui | Japan | 2:13:01 |
| 7 | Leszek Bebło | Poland | 2:13:12 |
| 8 | Isidro Rico | Mexico | 2:13:22 |
| 9 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 2:13:44 |
| 10 | Michael Kapkiai | Kenya | 2:14:38 |
| 11 | Carlos Tarazona | Venezuela | 2:14:53 |
| 12 | Lawrence Peu | South Africa | 2:17:02 |
| 13 | William Koech | Kenya | 2:18:08 |
| 14 | Thomas Osano | Kenya | 2:18:43 |
| 15 | Joaquim Pinheiro | Portugal | 2:18:45 |
| 16 | Volmir Herbstrith | Brazil | 2:19:26 |
| 17 | Gianni Poli | Italy | 2:19:27 |
| 18 | Leandro Croce | Italy | 2:20:06 |
| 19 | Dominique Chauvelier | France | 2:20:44 |
| 20 | Luiz Carlos da Silva | Brazil | 2:20:56 |
| — | Paul Pilkington | United States | DNF |
| — | Vincent Rousseau | Belgium | DNF |
| — | Salvador García | Mexico | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Tegla Loroupe | Kenya | 2:27:37 |
| | Madina Biktagirova | Belarus | 2:30:00 |
| | Anne-Marie Lauck | United States | 2:30:19 |
| 4 | Anuța Cătună | Romania | 2:31:26 |
| 5 | Claudia Lokar | Germany | 2:31:47 |
| 6 | Olga Appell | United States | 2:32:45 |
| 7 | Ritva Lemettinen | Finland | 2:33:11 |
| 8 | Albertina Dias | Portugal | 2:34:14 |
| 9 | Alena Peterková | Czech Republic | 2:35:43 |
| 10 | Nadezhda Wijenberg | Russia | 2:38:42 |
| 11 | Adriana Barbu | Romania | 2:39:22 |
| 12 | Emma Scaunich | Italy | 2:41:52 |
| 13 | Gordon Bakoulis | United States | 2:45:28 |
| 14 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:48:24 |
| 15 | Yelena Plastinina | Ukraine | 2:49:54 |
| 16 | Christina Scobey | United States | 2:51:31 |
| 17 | Martine Rapin | France | 2:52:02 |
| 18 | Marie-Christine Faure | France | 2:52:27 |
| 20 | Amy Kattwinkel | United States | 2:53:09 |
| — | Kim Jones | United States | DNF |
| — | Nadia Prasad | New Caledonia | DNF |
