In a New York minute, the city’s iconic marathon took the world record for the most finishers from the Berlin Marathon, as 55,646 athletes completed the five-borough race on November 3.
New York’s previous participation high was from 2019, when 53,639 people finished.
It’s not a huge surprise to the running community that the record fell over the weekend in New York.
Race organizers received nearly 165,000 applications, and the marathon was the largest last year as well.
According to the New York Road Runners, 56,012 people started the race, meaning the event had an impressive completion percentage of 99.3 percent.
This year’s edition saw the most women (24,731) and nonbinary (120) finishers in race history.
Per the New York Road Runners, the average finishing time on Sunday was 4:17:47 for men, 4:48:31 for women, and 4:38:46 for nonbinary athletes The overall average finishing time was 4:31:31.
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