Obiri Sets Course Record; Kipruto Wins NYC Marathon

More than 50,000 runners took part in the 54th New York City Marathon on Nov. 2, 2025, racing from Staten Island through all five boroughs to a finish in Central Park. Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the men’s race in 2:08:09 after a photo finish decided by hundredths of a second over compatriot Alexander Mutiso, with Albert Korir third. Hellen Obiri shattered the women’s course record, winning in 2:19:51 and pulling away late as Sharon Lokedi and Sheila Chepkirui finished second and third, all three under Margaret Okayo’s 2003 mark. Marathon great Eliud Kipchoge made his New York debut, finishing 17th and completing a six-star World Marathon Majors set in what could be his final elite marathon. In the wheelchair divisions Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won the men’s race in 1:30:16 and U.S. racer Susannah Scaroni won the women’s in 1:42:10, and organizers urged fans to use mass transit and tracking tools as wide street closures and bridge restrictions affected travel across the city.