
The 2026 edition records a record of over 60 thousand participants. Yeman Crippa achieved an exceptional second place, the best Italian result in New York in the last 30 years.
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The 2026 New York Marathon saw a record participation of over 60,000 athletes, spanning the city's five boroughs.
THE NEW YORK MARATHON
Today, November 1st, the New York Marathon took place. The 2026 edition recorded a record number of participants: over 60 thousand, chosen from over 240 thousand candidates from 160 countries.
ITALY
Italy is the second nation in terms of number of participants, after the United States which is the host country: our compatriots at the starting line were 2,200.
CRIPPA
This 2026 edition is an even more special edition for Italy: the Italian Yeman Crippa finished in second place, behind the Swede Andreas Almgren. Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui won the women's title.
CRIPPA'S SECOND PLACE
Yeman Crippa then took second place in the most famous and popular 42 kilometer race in the world: he achieved the best placing for an Italian in New York in the last 30 years, when Giacomo Leone won in 1996. Crippa won the Paris marathon last spring.
THE TIMES
Crippa remained in the lead for a long time with Andreas Almgren, then his opponent broke away from him in the last kilometre. The Swede won with a time of 2h 6'01''. The Italian defended second place (in 2h6'14''), preceding the Lesothian Kamohelo Mofolo (2h06'26''). Not since 1988 have the New York marathon seen two Europeans in the first two places.
THE PODIUM
The Swede Andreas Almgren, European 10,000 champion, achieved his goal of winning in his first experience of the classic distance in New York. Crippa reached the finish line 13 seconds later, taking second place. The 21-year-old from Lesotho Kamohelo Mofolo then took third place from Kenyan Benson Kipruto, who won last year.
THE WOMEN'S TITLE
In the women's race, Kenyan Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich won with a time of 2h24'36''. Third place was Hellen Obiri, winner in 2025: after a long head-to-head with her compatriot Sheila Chepkirui Kiprotich, near the finish line she lost second place to the American Jessica McClain. Giovanna Epis achieved eleventh place with the season record (2h28'55'').
DEBRUNNER
Switzerland's Catherine Debrunner won the women's wheelchair race for the second time.
HUG
The Swiss Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair race: it is his eighth title in New York.
NEW YORK
The New York Marathon - the second largest in the world after London - crossed all five boroughs of the city (Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx and Manhattan) to reach the finish line in Central Park.

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