The 2009 New York City Marathon was the 40th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 1. The men's elite race was won by home athlete Meb Keflezighi in a time of 2:09:15 hours while the women's race was won by Ethiopia's Derartu Tulu in 2:28:52.

In the wheelchair races, America's Krige Schabort (1:35:58) and Switzerland's Edith Hunkeler (1:58:15) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Dane Pilon (1:19:48) and Helene Hines (1:53:51) were the winners.

A total of 43,250 runners finished the race, 28,178 men and 15,072 women.^[1]

Results

Men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Meb Keflezighi	United States	2:09:15
	Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot	Kenya	2:09:56
	Jaouad Gharib	Morocco	2:10:25
4	Ryan Hall	United States	2:10:36
5	Abderrahime Bouramdane	Morocco	2:12:14
6	Hendrick Ramaala	South Africa	2:12:30
7	Jorge Torres	United States	2:13:00
8	Nicholas Arciniaga	United States	2:13:46
9	Abdihakem Abdirahman	United States	2:14:00
10	Jason Lehmkuhle	United States	2:14:39
11	Jackson Kipkoech	Kenya	2:15:10
12	Peter Gilmore	United States	2:15:22
13	Migidio Bourifa	Italy	2:16:01
14	Mikhail Sayenko	United States	2:16:38
15	Michael Reneau	United States	2:16:45
16	Jose Telles	Brazil	2:17:28
17	Allen Wagner	United States	2:17:49
18	Max King	United States	2:19:11
19	Mohammed Awol	Ethiopia	2:19:31
20	Christopher Raabe	United States	2:19:49
—	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	DNF
—	James Kwambai	Kenya	DNF
—	Patrick Makau Musyoki	Kenya	DNF
—	Bolota Asmerom	United States	DNF
—	Dan Browne	United States	DNF
—	Genna Tufa	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Celedonio Rodriguez	United States	DNF
—	Teklu Deneke	Ethiopia	DNF

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Women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Derartu Tulu	Ethiopia	2:28:52
	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:29:00
	Christelle Daunay	France	2:29:16
4	Paula Radcliffe	United Kingdom	2:29:27
5	Salina Kosgei	Kenya	2:31:53
6	Magdalena Boulet	United States	2:32:17
7	Bizunesh Deba	Ethiopia	2:35:54
8	Serkalem Biset	Ethiopia	2:37:20
9	Yuri Kanō	Japan	2:39:05
10	Desiree Ficker	United States	2:39:30
11	Catharine Mullen	United States	2:43:13
12	Christine Ramsey	United States	2:44:37
13	Heidi Westover	United States	2:44:59
14	Sopagna Eap	United States	2:45:15
15	Hirut Mengistu	Ethiopia	2:47:03
16	Therese Hagersjo†	Sweden	2:49:02
17	Joan Samuelson†	United States	2:49:09
18	Lisa Hütthaler†	Austria	2:49:33
19	Michelle Cope	United Kingdom	2:49:48
20	Caroline Almon†	United States	2:51:47
—	Hirut Legesse	Ethiopia	DNF
—	Kim Fawke	United Kingdom	DNF
—	Katarina Janosiková	Slovakia	DNF
—	Viktoriya Ganushina	Ukraine	DNF
—	Meseret Kotu	Ethiopia	DNF

• † Ran in mass race

Wheelchair men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Krige Schabort	United States	1:35:58
	Kurt Fearnley	Australia	1:35:58
	Marcel Hug	Switzerland	1:40:43
4	Roger Puigbò	Spain	1:40:44
5	Saúl Mendoza	United States	1:40:46
6	Josh Cassidy	Canada	1:40:46
7	Rafael Botello	Spain	1:43:42
8	Masazumi Soejima	Japan	1:43:42
9	Ernst van Dyk	South Africa	1:44:20
10	Josh George	United States	1:44:22

Wheelchair women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Edith Hunkeler	Switzerland	1:58:15
	Shelly Woods	United Kingdom	1:58:22
	Wakako Tsuchida	Japan	1:58:23
4	Christie Dawes	Australia	1:58:37
5	Sandra Graf	Switzerland	2:04:42
6	Tatyana McFadden	United States	2:08:05
7	Shirley Reilly	United States	2:13:32
8	Sandra Hager	Switzerland	2:28:04
9	Iris Jimenez	United States	5:15:38
10	Clara Bailon	United States	5:27:12

Handcycle men

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Dane Pilon	United States	1:19:48
	Brian Mitchell	United States	1:25:12
	Arkadiusz Skrzypinski	Poland	1:25:12
4	Edward Maalouf	Lebanon	1:28:08
5	Rob Martin	New Zealand	1:32:12

Handcycle women

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Helene Hines	United States	1:53:51
	Minda Dentler	United States	2:06:50
	Kirstie Louis Honeywill Sykes	United Kingdom	2:43:55
4	Nadine McNeil	United States	3:33:50
5	Marissa Strock	United States	3:40:19