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This years ING New York City Marathon is going to set a new benchmark in the word of marathon racing. For the record, this years race will have more that 40,000 runners to establish a new world record for the largest number of participants starting the race. More than 50% of the New York field comprises of International participants, another amazing and unique statistic.
Live coverage for 2009 run starts at 9:00 AM ET on Universal Sports.
Thirty-seven years after it was started in 1970, the New York City Marathon has now become the largest marathon anywhere in the world. (Wikipedia). The existing world record belongs to New York City too, the 2007 event which had 39,265 starters, and 38,607 finishers.
The leading US marathons in terms of the number of finishers in 2008 were as follows, with New York and Chicago leading the field by some distance.
- ING New York City, NY 38,096
- Bank of America Chicago, IL 31,343
- Boston, MA 21,948
- Honolulu, HI 20,061
- Marine Corps, DC 18,228
- City of Los Angeles, CA 17,247
- Rock ‘n’ Roll, CA 16,760
- Walt Disney World, FL 12,964
- Medtronic Twin Cities, MN 7,979
- Portland, OR 7,879
- Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio, TX 7,618
- Philadelphia, PA 7,341
- Grandma’s, MN 6,876
- P.F. Chang’s RnR Arizona 6,499
- Chevron Houston, TX 5,516
- California Int’l, CA 5,204
- St. George, UT 5,033
- Nike Women’s, CA 4,916
- AT&T Austin, TX 4,835
- Cincinnati Flying Pig, OH 4,734
Check out this list for the Worlds Largest Marathons.
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