New York Marathon 2011 Results: Geoffrey Mutai Wins With Course Record

Geoffrey Mutai wins the New York City Marathon 2011 by shattering the course record with a time of 2:05:05. The previous course record of 2:07:43 was set by Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia in 2001.

Emmanuel Mutai of Kenya finished second in 2:06:28 and Tsegaye Kebede third in 2:07:13.

Defending champion, Gebre Gebremariam of Ethiopia, was fourth in 2:08:00. Meb Keflezighi of the United States, who won here in 2009, finished sixth.

Geoffrey Mutai also broke the Boston Marathon record in a world-best time of 2 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds.

In he women’s category, Firehiwot Dado of Ethiopia finished first with a time of 02:23:15. Buzunesh Deba (USA) was second place with a time of 02:23:19 and Mary Keitany (KEN) followed as third with 02:23:38.

New York Marathon 2011 Results – Top 5

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MENS

1 Geoffrey Mutai (KEN) 02:05:05
2 Emmanuel Mutai (KEN) 02:06:28
3 Tsegaye Kebede (ETH) 02:07:14
4 Gebre Gebremariam (ETH) 02:07:59
5 Jaouad Gharib (MAR) 02:08:26

WOMENS

1 Firehiwot Dado (ETH) 02:23:15
2 Buzunesh Deba (USA) 02:23:19
3 Mary Keitany (KEN) 02:23:38
4 Ana Dulce Felix (POR) 02:25:40
5 Kim Smith (USA) 02:25:46

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