Sheila chepkirui

New York City Marathon: New York City Marathon set the new world record for the largest marathon as 55,646 athletes completed the five-borough race on November 3, leapfrogging Berlin's Marathon where 54,280 runners completed the race in September.

"From the 1st finisher to the 55,646th. Congratulations to the finishers of the 2024 #TCSNYCMarathon, you are now record holders for the largest marathon in world history," the organisers posted on X.

According to the New York Road Runners, 56,012 people started the race with 55,646 of them finished the race, of which 30,795 are men’s finishers with 24,731 women’s finishers and 120 non-binary finishers, the most ever women’s and non-binary finishers.