1998 New York City Marathon

29th New York City Marathon
29th New York City Marathon
Venue	New York City, United States
Date	November 1
Champions
Men	John Kagwe (2:08:45)
Women	Franca Fiacconi (2:25:17)
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The 1998 New York City Marathon was the 29th 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 Kenya's John Kagwe in a time of 2:08:45 hours while the women's race was won by Italy's Franca Fiacconi in 2:25:17.

A total of 31,539 runners finished the race, 22,587 men and 8952 women.^[1]

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	John Kagwe	Kenya	2:08:45
	Joseph Chebet	Kenya	2:08:48
	Zebedayo Bayo	Tanzania	2:08:51
4	Germán Silva	Mexico	2:10:24
5	Vanderlei de Lima	Brazil	2:10:42
6	Roberto Barbi	Italy	2:10:55
7	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	2:11:08
8	Peter Githuka	Kenya	2:11:20
9	Shem Kororia	Kenya	2:11:27
10	Jonathan Ndambuki	Kenya	2:11:30
11	Leonid Shvetsov	Russia	2:11:50
12	Róbert Štefko	Slovakia	2:12:52
13	Fred Kiprop	Kenya	2:13:32
14	Daniel Kirwa Too	Kenya	2:13:54
15	Gemechu Kebede	Ethiopia	2:15:04
16	Tesfaye Bekele	Ethiopia	2:15:23
17	Isidro Rico	Mexico	2:15:52
18	Alfredo Vigueras	United States	2:16:14
19	Orlando Guerrero	Colombia	2:16:47
20	Peter Ndirangu	Kenya	2:16:59
—	Abel Antón	Spain	DNF
—	Josia Thugwane	South Africa	DNF
—	Joseph Kariuki	Kenya	DNF
—	Dionísio Castro	Portugal	DNF
—	Paul Pilkington	United States	DNF
—	Godfrey Nyombi	Uganda	DNF
—	Juan Carlos Gutierrez	Colombia	DNF
—	Diamantino dos Santos	Brazil	DNF
—	Carlos Grisales	Colombia	DNF
—	Michael Mykytok	United States	DNF
—	Jean Verster	South Africa	DNF

Women[edit]

Position	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Franca Fiacconi	Italy	2:25:17
	Adriana Fernández	Mexico	2:26:33
	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	2:30:28
4	Lyudmila Petrova	Russia	2:31:09
5	Franziska Rochat-Moser	Switzerland	2:32:37
6	Libbie Hickman	United States	2:33:06
7	Viviany de Oliveira	Brazil	2:35:12
8	Rakiya Maraoui-Quétier	France	2:35:59
9	Alena Vinnitskaya	Belarus	2:36:53
10	Márcia Narloch	Brazil	2:37:33
11	Zofia Wieciorkowska	Poland	2:40:39
12	Joan Samuelson	United States	2:41:06
13	Anne-Marie Lauck	United States	2:42:52
14	Marinella Curreli	Italy	2:44:30
15	Nili Abramski	Israel	2:45:19
16	Leteyesus Berhe	Ethiopia	2:45:38
17	Kimberly Griffin	United States	2:46:17
18	Antonella Bizioli	Italy	2:46:30
19	Gillian Horovitz	United Kingdom	2:46:36
20	Montserrat Martínez	Spain	2:47:31
—	Anuța Cătună	Romania	DNF
—	Maria das Graças	Brazil	DNF
—	Madina Biktagirova	Russia	DNF
—	Olga Appell	United States	DNF