New York City Marathon Men's Champions

Oct 29, 2015 by Joe Battaglia

Year	Name	Country	Time	Notes
1970	Gary Muhrcke	United States	2:31:38	Course record
1971	Norman Higgins	United States	2:22:54	Course record
1972	Sheldon Karlin	United States	2:27:52
1973	Tom Fleming	United States	2:21:54	Course record
1974	Norbert Sander	United States	2:26:30
1975	Tom Fleming	United States	2:19:27	Course record, 2nd victory
1976	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:10:10	Course record
1977	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:11:28	2nd victory
1978	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:12:12	3rd victory
1979	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:11:42	4th victory
1980	Alberto Salazar	United States	2:09:41	Course record
1981	Alberto Salazar	United States	2:08:13	World record, 2nd victory
1982	Alberto Salazar	United States	2:09:29	3rd victory
1983	Rod Dixon	New Zealand	2:08:59
1984	Orlando Pizzolato	Italy	2:14:53
1985	Orlando Pizzolato	Italy	2:11:34	2nd victory
1986	Gianni Poli	Italy	2:11:06
1987	Ibrahim Hussein	Kenya	2:11:01
1988	Steve Jones	United Kingdom	2:08:20
1989	Juma Ikangaa	Tanzania	2:08:01	Course record
1990	Douglas Wakiihuri	Kenya	2:12:39
1991	Salvador García	Mexico	2:09:28
1992	Willie Mtolo	South Africa	2:09:29
1993	Andrés Espinosa	Mexico	2:10:04
1994	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:11:21
1995	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:11:00	2nd victory
1996	Giacomo Leone	Italy	2:09:54
1997	John Kagwe	Kenya	2:08:12
1998	John Kagwe	Kenya	2:08:45	2nd victory
1999	Joseph Chebet	Kenya	2:09:14
2000	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	Morocco	2:10:09
2001	Tesfaye Jifar	Ethiopia	2:07:43	Course record
2002	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:08:07
2003	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:10:30
2004	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:09:28
2005	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:09:30
2006	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:09:58
2007	Martin Lel	Kenya	2:09:04	2nd victory
2008	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:08:43	2nd victory
2009	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:09:15
2010	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	Ethiopia	2:08:14
2011	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:05:06	Course record
2012	Cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
2013	Geoffrey Mutai	Kenya	2:08:24	2nd victory
2014	Wilson Kipsang	Kenya	2:10:59
2015	Stanley Biwott	Kenya	2:10:34