The All-Important Statistics

Year Age Finish Time Net Time* Place Percentile Place in Age Group Percentile
1990 35 4:23:20
14156 of 23491 60% 5059 of 7117 71%
1991 36 4:14:41
15066 of 25628 58% 5380 of 7803 69%
1992 37 3:56:08
11954 of 27488 43% 4428 of 7965 56%
1993 38 3:59:58
 8978 of 26515 34% 3335 of 7574 44%
1994 39 4:13:18
13747 of 29535 46% 4766 of 7936
 60%
1995 40 3:48:55
 6584 of 26706 25% 1792 of 6059 30%
1996 41 3:45:12
 6045 of 28111 21% 1508 of 6020 25%
1997 42 3:46:42
 6361 of 30427 21% 1643 of 6317 26%
1998 43 3:48:32
 7420 of 31333 24% 1129 of 3573 ** 32%
1999 44 3:47:01 3:44:20
  6598 of 31785 21% 1127 of 3812 30%
2000 45 3:53:58 (no chip)  269 of 702 38% 42 of 89 47%
2001 46 3:54:23 3:52:24  2471 of 15011 16% 170 of 541 31%
2002 47 3:45:56 3:45:30  226 of 838 27% 27 of 86 31%
2003
 48
 3:48:05
 3:45:09
 5086 of 34703 15%
495 of 2885 17%
2004
 49
 3:40:04 +
 3:39:40 +
 426 of 2189
 19%
 45 of 195
 23%
2005
 50
 4:02:56
 4:00:57
 9013 of 36894
 24%
 594 of  2614
 22%
2006 51 3:45:56 3:45:10 474 of 3873 12% + 26 of 256 10% +
2007 52 3:51:23 3:50:32 1273 of 3993 31% 80 of 224 35%
2008 53 3:56:44 3:55:59 1691 of 3872 43% 102 of 201 50%
2008 53 4:31:53 *** 4:12:37 16977 of 38,856 43% 1354 of 2925 46%
yellow row indicates it was not the New York Marathon
+ Indicates a personal record
* In 1999 they began using the chip to record net time (time from when you crossed the starting line until you crossed the finish line)
** In 1998 they began dividing the 40-49 age group into 40-44 and 45-49.
*** Used wave starts so clock time is meaningless.