New York City Marathon

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annual sporting event marathon road running race

The New York City Marathon is one of the world’s largest and most prestigious annual long-distance running races, drawing elite athletes and mass participants to a 26.2-mile course through all five boroughs of New York City.

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Surface form	Occurrences
NYC Marathon	1
TCS New York City Marathon	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	annual sporting event ⓘ marathon ⓘ road running race ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	New York City Marathon ⓘ surface form: NYC Marathon New York City Marathon ⓘ surface form: TCS New York City Marathon
broadcastOn	online streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
canceledIn	2012 due to Hurricane Sandy ⓘ 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic ⓘ
charityFundraising	major component of race participation ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courseBorough	Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens NERFINISHED ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
courseType	point-to-point ⓘ
distance	26.2 miles ⓘ 42.195 kilometres ⓘ
economicImpact	significant tourism and local business revenue for New York City ⓘ
eliteField	invited international professional runners ⓘ
finishLocation	Central Park ⓘ
firstHeld	1970 ⓘ
founder	Fred Lebow ⓘ Vince Chiappetta ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genderCategories	men ⓘ wheelchair ⓘ women ⓘ
hasCharityProgram	true ⓘ
hasExpo	pre-race marathon expo for bib pickup ⓘ
hasTimeLimit	yes ⓘ
location	New York City ⓘ
massParticipation	tens of thousands of runners annually ⓘ
notableFeature	attracts elite and mass-participation runners ⓘ course passes through all five boroughs of New York City ⓘ one of the world’s largest marathons by number of finishers ⓘ
organizer	New York Road Runners ⓘ
qualificationMethod	NYRR 9+1 program ⓘ charity entry ⓘ lottery entry ⓘ time qualification ⓘ
spectators	over one million along the course in many years ⓘ
sport	long-distance running ⓘ
startFormat	multiple corrals ⓘ wave starts ⓘ
startLocation	Staten Island ⓘ
surface	road ⓘ
typicalDate	early November ⓘ
worldMarathonMajorsMember	World Marathon Majors ⓘ surface form: Abbott World Marathon Majors

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York City Marathon → alsoKnownAs → New York City Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: NYC Marathon

New York City Marathon → alsoKnownAs → New York City Marathon ⓘ

this entity surface form: TCS New York City Marathon

World Marathon Majors → hasComponent → New York City Marathon ⓘ

Prince of Asturias Award for Sports → hasLaureate → New York City Marathon ⓘ