The 1988 New York City Marathon was the 19th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, New York, which took place on Sunday, November 6. The men's elite race was won by Great Britain's Steve Jones in a time of 2:08:20 hours while the women's race was won by Norway's Grete Waitz in 2:28:07.

A total of 22,405 runners finished the race, 18,431 men and 3974 women.New York City Marathon . Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-23.

Results Men Position Athlete Nationality Time Steve Jones 2:08:20 Salvatore Bettiol 2:11:41 John Treacy 2:13:18 4 Gidamis Shahanga 2:13:50 5 Juan-Carlos Montero 2:14:00 6 Nikolay Tabak 2:14:06 7 Kazuyoshi Kudo 2:14:14 8 Mark Nenow 2:14:21 9 Dereje Nedi 2:14:27 10 Rustam Shagiev 2:14:34 11 Pierre Lévisse 2:14:38 12 Wodajo Bulti 2:14:43 13 Salvatore Nicosia 2:14:58 14 Geoffrey Wightman 2:15:40 15 John Vermeule 2:15:54 16 Ryszard Marczak 2:15:54 17 Antoni Niemczak 2:15:54 18 Yuri Porotov 2:15:56 19 Metaferia Zeleke 2:16:14 20 Carlo Terzer 2:17:40

Women Position Athlete Nationality Time Grete Waitz 2:28:07 Laura Fogli 2:31:26 Joan Samuelson 2:32:40 4 Karolina Szabó 2:36:40 5 Kerstin Preßler 2:37:35 6 Alevtina Naumova 2:37:59 7 Graziella Striuli 2:39:32 8 Hazel Stewart 2:40:26 9 Bente Moe 2:40:41 10 Tove Lorentzen 2:41:07 11 Ľudmila Melicherová 2:41:43 12 Ágnes Sipka 2:42:03 13 Gillian Horovitz 2:42:18 14 Ritva Lemettinen 2:42:19 15 Irina Petrova 2:42:20 16 Czeslawa Mentlewicz 2:42:38 17 Gillian Beschloss 2:43:10 18 Ewa Szydlowska 2:44:47 19 Marie Boyd 2:45:20 20 Gail Scott 2:47:33

References

Results Results. Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved 2020-05-24.

External links New York Road Runners website