1988 New York City Marathon

The 1988 New York City Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 6. The men's elite race was won by Great Britain's Steve Jones in a time of 2:08:20 hours while the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:28:07.

19th New York City Marathon
VenueNew York City, United States
DateNovember 6
Champions
MenSteve Jones (2:08:20)
WomenGrete Waitz (2:28:07)
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A total of 22,405 runners finished the race, 18,431 men and 3974 women.[1]

Results

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Steve Jones   United Kingdom 2:08:20
  Salvatore Bettiol   Italy 2:11:41
  John Treacy   Ireland 2:13:18
4 Gidamis Shahanga   Tanzania 2:13:50
5 Juan-Carlos Montero   Spain 2:14:00
6 Nikolay Tabak   Soviet Union 2:14:06
7 Kazuyoshi Kudo   Japan 2:14:14
8 Marcus Nenow   United States 2:14:21
9 Dereje Nedi   Ethiopia 2:14:27
10 Rustam Shagiev   Soviet Union 2:14:34
11 Pierre Lévisse   France 2:14:38
12 Wodajo Bulti   Ethiopia 2:14:43
13 Salvatore Nicosia   Italy 2:14:58
14 Geoffrey Wightman   United Kingdom 2:15:40
15 John Vermeule   Netherlands 2:15:54
16 Ryszard Marczak   Poland 2:15:54
17 Antoni Niemczak   Poland 2:15:54
18 Yuri Porotov   Soviet Union 2:15:56
19 Metaferia Zeleke   Ethiopia 2:16:14
20 Carlo Terzer   Italy 2:17:40

Women

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Position Athlete Nationality Time
  Grete Waitz   Norway 2:28:07
  Laura Fogli   Italy 2:31:26
  Joan Samuelson   United States 2:32:40
4 Karolina Szabó   Hungary 2:36:40
5 Kerstin Preßler   West Germany 2:37:35
6 Alevtina Naumova   Soviet Union 2:37:59
7 Graziella Striuli   Italy 2:39:32
8 Hazel Stewart   New Zealand 2:40:26
9 Bente Moe   Norway 2:40:41
10 Tove Lorentzen   Denmark 2:41:07
11 Ľudmila Melicherová   Czechoslovakia 2:41:43
12 Ágnes Sipka   Hungary 2:42:03
13 Gillian Horovitz   United Kingdom 2:42:18
14 Ritva Lemettinen   Finland 2:42:19
15 Irina Petrova   Soviet Union 2:42:20
16 Czeslawa Mentlewicz   Poland 2:42:38
17 Gillian Beschloss   United Kingdom 2:43:10
18 Ewa Szydlowska   Poland 2:44:47
19 Marie Boyd   United States 2:45:20
20 Gail Scott   United States 2:47:33

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