NYC Marathon Runners with Multiple Wins and Marathon Winners by Country

Grete Waitz Won an Unfathomable Nine New York City Marathons

Grete Waitz of Norway has won the New York City Marathon more than anyone else. She did it nine times, dominating the late 1970’s and 1980’s. This may fall under “unbreakable record.”

The UK’s Paula Radcliffe won it three times.

They join the USA’s Bill Rodgers (4) and Alberto Salazar (3) on the men’s side as the only runners to win the race at least three times.

Five other women, and six other men, have won the NYC Marathon twice, making 15 runners all together with multiple marathon wins.

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MEN

1.	Bill Rodgers	4	USA	1976	2:10:10
				1977	2:11:28
				1978	2:12:12
				1979	2:11:42
2.	Alberto Salazar	3	USA	1980	2:09:41
				1981	2:08:13
				1982	2:09:29
3.	Tom Fleming	2	USA	1973	2:21:54
				1975	2:19:27
3.	John Kagwe	2	Kenya	1997	2:08:12
				1998	2:08:45
3.	Martin Lel	2	Kenya	2003	2:10:30
				2007	2:09:04
3.	Orlando Pizzolato	2	Italy	1984	2:14:53
				1985	2:11:34
3.	Germán Silva	2	Mexico	1994	2:11:21
				1995	2:11:00
3.	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	2	Brazil	2006	2:09:58
				2008	2:08:43

WOMEN

1.	Grete Waitz	9	Norway	1978	2:32:30
				1979	2:27:33
				1980	2:25:42
				1982	2:27:14
				1983	2:27:00
				1984	2:29:30
				1985	2:28:34
				1986	2:28:06
				1988	2:28:07
2.	Paula Radcliffe	3	United Kingdom	2004	2:23:10
				2007	2:23:09
				2008	2:23:56
3.	Nina Kuscsik	2	USA	1972	3:08:41
				1973	2:57:07
3.	Miki Gorman	2	USA	1976	2:39:11
				1977	2:43:10
3.	Tegla Loroupe	2	Kenya	1994	2:27:37
				1995	2:28:06
3.	Margaret Okayo	2	Kenya	2001	2:24:21
				2003	2:22:31
3.	Jelena Prokopcuka	2	Latvia	2005	2:24:41
				2006	2:25:05

The NYC Marathon made its debut in 1970. An American won the first 12 races on the men’s side, and the first seven on the women’s side.

The U.S. men still hold the most marathon wins with 14, but this is a record destined to fall as the country’s early dominance was a factor of a relatively tiny, and less international, field.

Thanks to Grete Waitz, Norway has the most NYC Marathon winners on the women’s side with 10.

But look out for the Kenyans and Ethiopians on both sides. Here they come.

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MEN

	COUNTRY		YEAR	WINNER	TIME

1.	United States	14	1970	Gary Muhrcke	2:31:38
			1971	Norman Higgins	2:22:54
			1972	Sheldon Karlin	2:27:52
			1973	Tom Fleming	2:21:54
			1974	Norbert Sander	2:26:30
			1975	Tom Fleming	2:19:27
			1976	Bill Rodgers	2:10:10
			1977	Bill Rodgers	2:11:28
			1978	Bill Rodgers	2:12:12
			1979	Bill Rodgers	2:11:42
			1980	Alberto Salazar	2:09:41
			1981	Alberto Salazar	2:08:13
			1982	Alberto Salazar	2:09:29
			2009	Meb Keflezighi	2:09:15

2.	Kenya	10	1987	Ibrahim Hussein	2:11:01
			1990	Douglas Wakiihuri	2:12:39
			1997	John Kagwe	2:08:12
			1998	John Kagwe	2:08:45
			1999	Joseph Chebet	2:09:14
			2002	Rodgers Rop	2:08:07
			2003	Martin Lel	2:10:30
			2005	Paul Tergat	2:09:30
			2007	Martin Lel	2:09:04
			2011	Geoffrey Mutai	2:05:06

3.	Italy	4	1984	Orlando Pizzolato	2:14:53
			1985	Orlando Pizzolato	2:11:34
			1986	Gianni Poli	2:11:06
			1996	Giacomo Leone	2:09:54

3.	Mexico	4	1991	Salvador García	2:09:28
			1993	Andrés Espinosa	2:10:04
			1994	Germán Silva	2:11:21
			1995	Germán Silva	2:11:00

5.	Brazil	2	2006	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	2:09:58
			2008	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	2:08:43

5.	Ethiopia	2	2001	Tesfaye Jifar	2:07:43
			2010	Gebregziabher Gebremariam	2:08:14

5.	South Africa	2	1992	Willie Mtolo	2:09:29
			2004	Hendrick Ramaala	2:09:28

8.	Morocco	1	2000	Abdelkader El Mouaziz	2:10:09

8.	New Zealand	1	1983	Rod Dixon	2:08:59

8.	Tanzania	1	1989	Juma Ikangaa	2:08:01

8.	United Kingdom	1	1988	Steve Jones	2:08:20

WOMEN

	COUNTRY		YEAR	WINNER	TIME

1.	Norway	10	1978	Grete Waitz	2:32:30
			1979	Grete Waitz	2:27:33
			1980	Grete Waitz	2:25:42
			1982	Grete Waitz	2:27:14
			1983	Grete Waitz	2:27:00
			1984	Grete Waitz	2:29:30
			1985	Grete Waitz	2:28:34
			1986	Grete Waitz	2:28:06
			1988	Grete Waitz	2:28:07
			1989	Ingrid Kristiansen	2:25:30

2.	United States	7	1971	Beth Bonner	2:55:22
			1972	Nina Kuscsik	3:08:41
			1973	Nina Kuscsik	2:57:07
			1974	Kathrine Switzer	3:07:29
			1975	Kim Merritt	2:46:14
			1976	Miki Gorman	2:39:11
			1977	Miki Gorman	2:43:10

3.	Kenya	6	1994	Tegla Loroupe	2:27:37
			1995	Tegla Loroupe	2:28:06
			2001	Margaret Okayo	2:24:21
			2002	Joyce Chepchumba	2:25:56
			2003	Margaret Okayo	2:22:31
			2010	Edna Kiplagat	2:28:20

4.	United Kingdom	5	1987	Priscilla Welch	2:30:17
			1991	Liz McColgan	2:27:32
			2004	Paula Radcliffe	2:23:10
			2007	Paula Radcliffe	2:23:09
			2008	Paula Radcliffe	2:23:56

5.	Ethiopia	2	2009	Derartu Tulu	2:28:52
			2011	Firehiwot Dado	2:23:15

5.	Latvia	2	2005	Jelena Prokopcuka	2:24:41
			2006	Jelena Prokopcuka	2:25:05

7.	Australia	1	1992	Lisa Ondieki	2:24:40

7.	Germany	1	1993	Uta Pippig	2:26:24

7.	Italy	1	1998	Franca Fiacconi	2:25:17

7.	Mexico	1	1999	Adriana Fernandez	2:25:06

7.	New Zealand	1	1981	Allison Roe	2:25:29

7.	Poland	1	1990	Wanda Panfil	2:30:45

7.	Romania	1	1996	Anuta Catuna	2:28:18

7.	Russia	1	2000	Lyudmila Petrova	2:25:45

7.	Switzerland	1	1997	Franziska Rochat-Moser	2:28:43

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