The men's elite race was won by Morocco's Abdelkader El Mouaziz in a time of 2:10:09 hours while the women's race was won by Russia's Lyudmila Petrova in 2:25:45.For the first time, disabled athletes were included in the New York Marathon with the introduction of official categories for wheelchairs and handcycles. In the wheelchair races, Tunisia's Kamel Ayari (1:53:50) and Vietnam's Anh Nguyen Thi Xuan (2:46:47) won the men's and women's divisions, respectively. In the handcycle race, Americans Joseph Dowling (1:54:25) and Helene Hines (1:57:27) were the winners.[1]A total of 29,327 runners finished the race, 21,015 men and 8312 women.