2013 New York City Marathon

The 2013 New York City Marathon took place on Sunday, November 3, 2013, and was the 43rd edition of that race. It followed a one-year hiatus after the 2012 New York City Marathon was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy. Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya won the men's division with a time of 2:08:24, his second win in a row in New York. Priscah Jeptoo, also from Kenya, won the women's division with a time of 2:25:07. The two winners each received $100,000 in prize money. In the women's wheelchair division, Tatyana McFadden of the U.S. completed a historic sweep of the Boston, London, Chicago, and New York marathons in the same year, winning in 1:59:13. She became the first person to win four major marathons in a single calendar year. Switzerland's Marcel Hug won the men's wheelchair division in 1:40:14.

A record high of 50,740 runners participated, of which 50,304 finished the marathon. This was the largest number of participants of any marathon in history.

Security was notably increased at the marathon, following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, with baggage screenings, surveillance helicopters, and inspection of runners, among other measures.

Race Summary

The wheelchair division was scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m. EDT, the elite women's division at 9:10 a.m., and the elite men's division at 9:40 a.m. The last wave of runners was scheduled to start at 10:55 a.m. At 9:00 a.m., the temperature at the starting line was a cool and windy 46 °F (8 °C), with a headwind for much of the race.

By 9:39 a.m., Buzunesh Deba, the eventual second-place women's finisher, and Tigist Tufa Demisse, the eventual eigth-place finisher, had taken a significant lead, 80 seconds ahead of the rest of the women's pack. At 12.4 miles (20 km) into the women's race, Deba and Tufa Demisse were 3 minutes ahead of the rest of the pack. The two maintained their lead after 20 mi (32 km), but eventual winner Priscah Jeptoo had closed a 3:30 gap down to 1:30 by then. With 3 mi (4.8 km) left, Deba was still in first place, while Jeptoo had overtaken Tufa Demisse for second place and drawn to 38 seconds behind Deba. Jeptoo caught up to Deba just before 24 mi (39 km) into the race, then overtook Deba to win the race, finishing 11 seconds ahead in 2:25:07.

In the men's race, after the first 3.1 mi (5 km), Meb Keflezighi, the eventual 23rd-place men's finisher, led with a time of 15:42. Geoffrey Mutai, the eventual winner, and Stanley Biwott, the eventual fifth-place finisher, led the pack after 22 mi (35 km). Mutai then pulled ahead of Biwott to lead by 9 seconds after 23 mi (37 km), and led by 33 seconds after 24 mi (39 km). Mutai maintained his lead to win the race in 2:08:24, finishing nearly a minute ahead of second-place Tsegaye Kebede.

Results

Men's race

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:08:24
	Tsegaye Kebede	Ethiopia	2:09:16
	Lusapho April	South Africa	2:09:45
4	Julius Arile	Kenya	2:10:03
5	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	2:10:41
6	Masato Imai	Japan	2:10:45
7	Jackson Kiprop	Uganda	2:10:56
8	Peter Cheruiyot Kirui	Kenya	2:11:23
9	Wesley Korir	Kenya	2:11:34
10	Daniele Meucci	Italy	2:12:03

Women's race

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Priscah Jeptoo	Kenya	2:25:07
	Buzunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:25:56
	Jelena Prokopcuka	Latvia	2:27:47
4	Christelle Daunay	France	2:28:14
5	Valeria Straneo	Italy	2:28:22
6	Kim Smith	New Zealand	2:28:49
7	Sabrina Mockenhaupt	Germany	2:29:10
8	Tigist Tufa Demisse	Ethiopia	2:29:24
9	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	2:30:04
10	Diane Nukuri-Johnson	Burundi	2:30:09