OlympicTalk · Nov 5, 2018
New York City Marathon breaks record for most marathon finishers
A total of 52,812 runners finished the New York City Marathon on Sunday, breaking the world record for marathon finishers.
New York held the previous record of 51,394 finishers, set in 2016. New York also has the Nos. 3 and 4 marks all-time, its 50,766 finishers in 2017 and 50,530 in 2014.
The New York City Marathon, which debuted in 1970, is known as the world’s largest annual marathon.
Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa and Kenyan Mary Keitany won the men’s and women’s races Sunday with the second-fastest times for each gender in course history. The top Americans were 2017 winner Shalane Flanagan (third) and Rio Olympian Jared Ward (sixth).