The 2006

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was the 37th running of the annual

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race in

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, New York, which took place on Sunday, November 5. The men's elite race was won by Brazil's Marílson Gomes dos Santos in a time of 2:09:58 hours while the women's race was won by Latvia's Jeļena Prokopčuka in 2:25:05. In the

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s, Australia's Kurt Fearnley (1:29:22) and America's Amanda McGrory (1:54:17) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the

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race, Lebanon's

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(1:25:36) and Monique van der Vorst (1:35:48) were the winners. A total of 37,936 runners finished the race, 25,607 men and 12,329 women.

Results

Men

* Rachid Ghanmouni of Morocco originally finished in place in a time of hours, but was retrospectively disqualified for doping.

Women

* † Ran in mass race

Wheelchair men

Wheelchair women

Handcycle men

Handcycle women

References

;Results
2006 New York Marathon Results
New York Road Runners. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
Men's results

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. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
Women's results

. Retrieved 2020-04-12.

External links

New York Road Runners website
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