Overview
- New York Road Runners confirmed 59,226 finishers, surpassing last year's 55,646 to set the largest marathon on record.
- Kenya’s Hellen Obiri won the women’s race in 2:19:51 to set the course record, and Fiona O’Keeffe’s 2:22:49 was the fastest by an American woman at the event.
- Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the men’s race over the traditional 26.2-mile route from Staten Island to a Central Park finish across all five boroughs.
- Runners represented more than 150 countries, with crowds commonly estimated in the millions lining the course.
- The mass-participant spectacle featured elaborate costumes and widely shared spectator signs that added to the citywide festivities.