The 2006 New York City Marathon was the 37th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Marílson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:09:58 hours while the women's race was won by Latvia's Jeļena Prokopčuka in 2:25:05.

In the wheelchair races, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:29:22) and America's Amanda McGrory (1:54:17) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Lebanon's Edward Maalouf (1:25:36) and Monique van der Vorst (1:35:48) were the winners.

A total of 37,936 runners finished the race, 25,607 men and 12,329 women.^[1]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	2:09:58
	Stephen Kiogora	Kenya	2:10:06
	Paul Tergat	Kenya	2:10:10
4	Daniel Yego	Kenya	2:10:34
5	Rodgers Rop	Kenya	2:11:24
6	Stefano Baldini	Italy	2:11:33
7	William Kipsang	Kenya	2:11:54
8	Hailu Negussie	Ethiopia	2:12:12
9	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:13:04
10	Peter Gilmore	United States	2:13:13
11	Dathan Ritzenhein	United States	2:14:01
12	Tom Nyariki	Kenya	2:15:58
13	Elias Kemboi	Kenya	2:16:33
14	Simon Wangai	Kenya	2:16:59
15	Francisco Bautista	Mexico	2:17:30
16	Joe Driscoll	United States	2:18:40
17	Kassahun Kabiso	Ethiopia	2:19:04
18	Andrew Letherby	Australia	2:19:53
19	Matthew Gabrielson	United States	2:19:53
20	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:22:02
—	Rachid Ghanmouni	Morocco	DQ
—	Joseph Kariuki	Kenya	DNF
—	Julius Kibet	Kenya	DNF
—	Titus Munji	Kenya	DNF
—	Raymond Kipkoech	Kenya	DNF
—	Alan Culpepper	United States	DNF
—	Daniel Cheribo	Kenya	DNF
—	Bolota Asmerom	United States	DNF
—	Pablo Olmedo	Mexico	DNF
—	Bret Schoolmeester	United States	DNF
—	Linus Maiyo	Kenya	DNF

• Rachid Ghanmouni of Morocco originally finished in place in a time of hours, but was retrospectively disqualified for doping.^[2]

Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Jeļena Prokopčuka	Latvia	2:25:05
	Tetyana Hladyr	Ukraine	2:26:05
	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	2:26:58
4	Rita Jeptoo	Kenya	2:26:59
5	Lidiya Grigoryeva	Russia	2:27:21
6	Deena Kastor	United States	2:27:54
7	Nina Rillstone	New Zealand	2:31:19
8	Lornah Kiplagat	Netherlands	2:32:31
9	Katie McGregor	United States	2:32:36
10	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	2:32:45
11	Sylvia Skvortsova	Russia	2:33:17
12	Samia Akbar	United States	2:34:14
13	Claudia-Mariela Nero	Argentina	2:35:04
14	Sonia O'Sullivan†	Ireland	2:42:05
15	Magdalena Boulet	United States	2:42:38
16	Viktoriya Ganushina	Ukraine	2:42:50
17	Michelle LaFleur	United States	2:44:09
18	Leteyesus Berhe	Ethiopia	2:45:05
19	Nathalie Vasseur	France	2:45:15
20	Nikole Johns	United States	2:45:58
—	Elena Plastinina	Ukraine	DNF
—	Luminița Talpoș	Romania	DNF
—	Amy Rudolph	United States	DNF

• † Ran in mass race

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:29:22
	Aarón Gordian	Mexico	1:35:30
	Saúl Mendoza	United States	1:37:42
4	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:38:15
5	Jordi Madera Jimenez	Spain	1:40:48
6	Éric Teurnier	France	1:40:49
7	Jacob Heilveil	United States	1:40:49
8	Denis Lemeunier	France	1:40:50
9	Tyler Byers	United States	1:42:23
10	Rafael Botello	Spain	1:43:38

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Amanda McGrory	United States	1:54:17
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:54:19
	Diane Roy	Canada	1:54:38
4	Chantal Petitclerc	Canada	1:56:16
5	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	1:56:29
6	Christina Ripp	United States	1:57:14
7	Miriam Ladner	United States	2:07:45
8	Shirley Reilly	United States	2:10:09
9	April Coughlin	United States	2:29:55
10	Pia Jakobsen	Norway	3:36:03

Handcycle men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Edward Maalouf	Lebanon	1:25:36
	Vittorio Podestà	Italy	1:27:03
	Todd Philpott	United States	1:29:07
4	Theo Geeve	Canada	1:31:43
5	Bogdan Krol	Poland	1:31:45

Handcycle women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Monique van der Vorst	Netherlands	1:35:48
	Monika Pudlis	Poland	1:53:54
	Minda Dentler	United States	2:25:15
4	Jacqui Kapinowski	United States	2:28:49
5	Melynda Schnee	Trinidad and Tobago	2:31:27