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2026 NYC Marathon runners take to the streets as huge crowds cheer them on

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Czachor, E. M. (2026, November 1). 2026 NYC Marathon runners take to the streets as huge crowds cheer them on. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nyc-marathon-2026-runners-winners/

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CBS News · collected 2026-11-01 · by Emily Mae Czachor

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Tens of thousands of runners from around the world participated in the 2026 New York City Marathon on a Sunday morning, starting at Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island and ending in Central Park, Manhattan. The race featured waves of participants including professional wheelchair divisions, handcyclists, athletes with disabilities, and open division runners. Defending champions Benson Kipruto (men's) and another unnamed female Kenyan runner led the competition, joined by notable newcomers like Swedish World Half Marathon champion Andreas Almgren and American marathon record-holder Conner Mantz. Spectators lined the route to cheer on runners throughout all five boroughs of New York City.
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The 2026 NYC Marathon began on Sunday, November 1, with nearly 60,000 runners from around the world participating in a race that spans through all five boroughs of New York City. The event drew more than two million spectators, who lined the streets to cheer on competitors as they ran along the 26.2-mile route from Staten Island to Manhattan's Central Park. NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced an unprecedented security deployment, including thousands of police officers and support units like aviation and canine teams, alongside drones and helicopters, to ensure safety throughout the race. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the marathon’s five-borough course, which was first run in 1976 with only 2,000 competitors, compared to this year's record-breaking turnout.

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Topics

Kenyan Manhattan NYC Marathon Staten Island the New York City Marathon

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Manhattan GPE · 3× Staten Island GPE · 2× American NORP · 1× Andreas Almgren PERSON · 1× Benson Kipruto PERSON · 1× Conner Mantz PERSON · 1× Kenyan NORP · 1× Kipruto PERSON · 1× Obiri PERSON · 1× Swedish NORP · 1×

Narrative

After that, five separate waves of runners start the marathon at different times between around 9 and 11:30 a.m.Kenyan long-distance stars and Benson Kipruto returned to the New York City Marathon this year as its defending champions, after Obiri won the women's open division and Kipruto won the men's division in 2025.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-01
🔮 Tens of thousands of runners from across the world are taking part in the Sunday morning, an iconic race that will take them through , beginning in Staten Island and finishing up in Manhattan's Central Park.
2026-11-01 · CBS News
2026 NYC Marathon runners take to the streets as huge crowds cheer them on · assertive framing

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Tens of thousands of runners from across the world are taking part in the Sunday morning, an iconic race that will take them through , beginning in Staten Island and finishing up in Manhattan's Central Park. asserted
that → take → Park
The is lined with crowds of people who flock annually to the marathon to watch loved ones and strangers alike compete in the event. asserted
ones → line → event
Participants run the race in waves. asserted
Participants → run → waves
On Sunday, the men's and women's professional wheelchair division kicked off the marathon from its starting point in Fort Wadsworth at around 8 a.m. ET, followed by hancyclists and select athletes with disabilities, and then the professional women's and men's open divisions. asserted
division → kick → disabilities
After that, five separate waves of runners start the marathon at different times between around 9 and 11:30 a.m.Kenyan long-distance stars and Benson Kipruto returned to the New York City Marathon this year as its defending champions, after Obiri won the women's open division and Kipruto won the men's division in 2025. asserted
Kipruto → start → 2025
Swedish runner Andreas Almgren, the World Half Marathon champion, joined them in his highly anticipated full marathon debut, as did Conner Mantz, the American marathon record-holder, who earned that title after completing the Chicago Marathon in 2 hours, 4 minutes and 43 seconds last year. asserted
who → join → hours
Spectators can get real-time updates on runners' progress with the New York Road Runners' interactive tracker here. asserted
Spectators → get → tracker
Once the race is over, you'll find the winners and full results posted here. asserted
winners → find → ?
Map shows the 2026 NYC Marathon route The goes through all five boroughs, in Staten Island, across the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn, then Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx before looping back down through Manhattan to the finish line in Central Park. asserted
route → show → Park
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