1989 New York City Marathon
# 1989 New York City Marathon

The 1989 New York City Marathon was the 20th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Tanzania's Juma Ikangaa in a time of 2:08:01 hours while the women's race was won by Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen in 2:25:30.

A total of 24,659 runners finished the race, 19,971 men and 4688 women.

## Results

### Men

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Juma Ikangaa | Tanzania | 2:08:01 |
| | Ken Martin | United States | 2:09:38 |
| | Gelindo Bordin | Italy | 2:09:40 |
| 4 | Salvatore Bettiol | Italy | 2:10:08 |
| 5 | Jesús Herrera | Mexico | 2:11:15 |
| 6 | Nivaldo Filho | Brazil | 2:12:23 |
| 7 | Osmiro Silva | Brazil | 2:12:50 |
| 8 | Steve Jones | United Kingdom | 2:12:58 |
| 9 | Belayneh Dinsamo | Ethiopia | 2:13:42 |
| 10 | Pat Petersen | United States | 2:14:02 |
| 11 | Gianni Truschi | Italy | 2:14:16 |
| 12 | Rustam Shagiev | Soviet Union | 2:14:39 |
| 13 | Art Boileau | Canada | 2:14:48 |
| 14 | Gianni Poli | Italy | 2:15:47 |
| 15 | John Campbell | New Zealand | 2:16:15 |
| 16 | Ernest Tjela | South Africa | 2:16:19 |
| 17 | Yevgeniy Okorokov | Soviet Union | 2:16:25 |
| 18 | Kenichi Tsurusaki | Japan | 2:16:35 |
| 19 | Karel David | Czechoslovakia | 2:17:00 |
| 20 | Michel Constant | France | 2:17:03 |
| — | Marcus Nenow | United States | DNF |
| — | Mark Plaatjes | South Africa | DNF |
| — | Joseph Nzau | Kenya | DNF |
| — | Salvador García | Mexico | DNF |
| — | Walter Durbano | Italy | DNF |

### Women

| Position | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ingrid Kristiansen | Norway | 2:25:30 |
| | Kim Jones | United States | 2:27:54 |
| | Laura Fogli | Italy | 2:28:43 |
| 4 | Kumi Araki | Japan | 2:30:00 |
| 5 | Dorthe Rasmussen | Denmark | 2:32:18 |
| 6 | Zoya Ivanova | Soviet Union | 2:32:21 |
| 7 | Emma Scaunich | Italy | 2:32:25 |
| 8 | Gordon Bakoulis | United States | 2:33:01 |
| 9 | Ritva Lemettinen | Finland | 2:34:00 |
| 10 | Alena Peterková | Czechoslovakia | 2:34:22 |
| 11 | Ayumi Ishikura | Japan | 2:35:20 |
| 12 | Priscilla Welch | United Kingdom | 2:36:15 |
| 13 | Margaret Groos | United States | 2:37:33 |
| 14 | Lisa Vaill | United States | 2:38:27 |
| 15 | Ellen Rochefort | Canada | 2:38:29 |
| 16 | Gillian Horovitz | United Kingdom | 2:39:34 |
| 17 | Raisa Smekhnova | Soviet Union | 2:39:38 |
| 18 | Alessandra Olivari | Italy | 2:41:57 |
| 19 | Ágnes Sipka | Hungary | 2:42:04 |
| 20 | Czeslawa Mentlewicz | Poland | 2:42:19 |
