2026 TCS New York City Marathon Results: Swede Almgren Crowned The New King of NYC

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Jessy Carveth
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Jessy is our Senior News Editor, pro cyclist and former track and field athlete with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology.

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Andreas Almgren and Sheila Chepkirui won the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday 1st November, Almgren in the first marathon of his career and Chepkirui for the second time in three years.

Almgren broke away from a lead group of 10 that was still together at 35K and won in 2:06:01, 13 seconds ahead of Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa, with Kamohelo Mofolo of Lesotho third.

Meanwhile, Chepkirui pulled clear of defending champion Hellen Obiri over the final two kilometers to win in 2:24:36, while Jess McClain caught Obiri in the closing meters to take second, the first American woman on the podium in New York since Shalane Flanagan in 2018.

Zouhair Talbi was the top American man in sixth, while Conner Mantz, the current US marathon record holder, finished 11th in 2:07:27.

Jess McClain taking 2nd place meters from the finish line

2026 TCS New York City Marathon – Top 10 Men’s Results

  1. Andreas Almgren (SWE), 2:06:01
  2. Yemaneberhan Crippa (ITA), 2:06:14
  3. Kamohelo Mofolo (LES), 2:06:26
  4. Benson Kipruto (KEN), 2:06:27
  5. Haftu Strintzos (AUS), 2:06:34
  6. Zouhair Talbi (USA), 2:06:43
  7. Ahmed Muhumed (USA), 2:07:08
  8. Geoffrey Kamworor (KEN), 2:07:09
  9. Ryota Kondo (JPN), 2:07:09
  10. Ryan Ford (USA), 2:07:17
Andreas Almgren surging to the finish line
Andreas Almgren surging to the finish line, wearing the Nike Apex

2026 TCS New York City Marathon – Top 10 Women’s Results

  1. Sheila Chepkirui (KEN), 2:24:36
  2. Jessica McClain (USA), 2:24:42
  3. Hellen Obiri (KEN), 2:24:43
  4. Edna Kiplagat (KEN), 2:25:42
  5. Mercy Chelangat (KEN), 2:25:46
  6. Carrie Ellwood (USA), 2:26:28
  7. Weini Kelati (USA), 2:26:51
  8. Paige Wood (USA), 2:27:29
  9. Viola Cheptoo (KEN), 2:28:34
  10. Fabienne Königstein (GER), 2:28:49
Sheila Chepkirui surges to win the NYC marathon

2026 TCS New York City Marathon – Wheelchair Results

Marcel Hug won the men’s wheelchair race by one second over Daniel Romanchuk, and Catherine Debrunner won the women’s race by more than eight minutes.

Men’s Wheelchair

  1. Marcel Hug (SUI), 1:28:14
  2. Daniel Romanchuk (USA), 1:28:15
  3. David Weir (GBR), 1:35:38
  4. Lito Anker (NED), 1:35:39
  5. Aaron Pike (USA), 1:37:06

Women’s Wheelchair

  1. Catherine Debrunner (SUI), 1:40:02
  2. Tatyana McFadden (USA), 1:48:28
  3. Susannah Scaroni (USA), 1:48:32
  4. Madison de Rozario (AUS), 1:53:06
  5. Eden Rainbow-Cooper (GBR), 1:55:51

Times are unofficial and will be updated once NYRR publishes the official results.

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Jessy Carveth

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Jessy is our Senior News Editor and a former track and field athlete with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology. Jessy is often on-the-road acting as Marathon Handbook's roving correspondent at races, and is responsible for surfacing all the latest news stories from the running world across our website, newsletter, socials, and podcast.. She is currently based in Europe where she trains and competes as a professional cyclist (and trail runs for fun!).

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