{"id":390100,"date":"2026-11-01T21:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390100\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T21:00:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T21:00:51","slug":"new-york-city-marathon-2026-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/390100\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Marathon 2026 recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tens of thousands of runners hit the pavement for the 55th annual New York City Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. More than 60,000 people competed in the 26.2-mile race from Staten Island to the finish line in Central Park. This year’s winners were Sweden’s Andreas Almgren for the men’s, Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui for the women’s, Switzerland’s Marcel Hug for the men’s wheelchair and Switzerland’s Catherine Debrunner for the women’s wheelchair.<\/p>\n

\"Sweden's<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, center, Yemaneberhan Crippa, left, of Italy, and Kamohelo Mofolo, right, of Lesotho, pose with their national flags after crossing the finish line in the men’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Jessica<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Jessica McClain of the United States reacts after crossing the finish line in the women’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Jessica<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Jessica McClain, right, of the United States, and Hellen Obiri, left, of Kenya, greet each after crossing the finish line in the women’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Zac<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Zac Clark of the Bachelorette reacts during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Sweden's<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, left, winner of the men’s division, and Kenya’s Sheila Chepkirui, right, winner of the women’s division, celebrate with their national flags after crossing the finish line at the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Sweden's<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, right, approaches the finish line during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Sheila<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Sheila Chepkirui of Kenya competes in the women’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Sweden's<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Sweden’s Andreas Almgren approaches the finish line during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Italy's<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa celebrates after crossing the finish line in the men’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners make their way during the New York City Marathon in Queens as they compete in the men’s elite division in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Heather Khalifa\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners compete in the men’s elite division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Catherine<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Catherine Debrunner, center, of Switzerland, Tatyana McFadden, left, of the United States, and Susannah Scaroni, right, of the United States, pose with their national flags after crossing the finish line in the women’s wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Heather Khalifa\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners cross the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Susannah<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Susannah Scaroni, left, of the United States, poses with her newborn baby after crossing the finish line in the women’s wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners compete in the women’s elite division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners rest before the race during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners compete in the men’s elite division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Runners<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Runners compete in the men’s elite division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"Marcel<\/p>\n

Angelina Katsanis\/AP<\/p>\n

Marcel Hug of Switzerland competes in the men’s wheelchair division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Volunteers<\/p>\n

Seth Wenig\/AP<\/p>\n

Volunteers hand water to runners competing in the elite men’s division of the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.
\n\"An<\/p>\n

Heather Khalifa\/AP<\/p>\n

An FDNY fireboat sprays water cannons near the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge during the New York City Marathon in New York, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tens of thousands of runners hit the pavement for the 55th annual New York City Marathon on Sunday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[267,9,24,55,54,264,12,56,7427,319],"class_list":["post-390100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-local-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-ny","tag-photos-and-videos","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}