Table 1: Gender, Age and Median Times

	1980	1995	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009
Women	10%	26%	38%	41%	40%	41%	41%
Men	90%	74%	62%	59%	60%	59%	59%

2009 Age Distribution	Female	Male
6-17 yrs	1%	1%
18-24 yrs	10%	7%
25-34 yrs	36%	25%
35-44 yrs	31%	32%
45-54 yrs	17%	24%
55-64 yrs	4%	9%
65+ yrs	1%	2%

Median Age	1980	1995	2000	2005	2007	2008	2009	(2009 Mean)
Males	34	38	38	40	40	39	40	(40.1 yrs)
Females	31	35	35	35	36	35	35	(36.4 yrs)
Median Age Overall			37	38	38	38	36	(38.0 yrs)

Table 2: 2009 U.S. Marathons (>1,000 finishers) with the...

…Fastest Median Times	1995	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Boston		3:53:03	3:44:47	3:48:40	3:46:13	3:44:04
Baystate						3:48:42
Steamtown		3:55:36	3:54:24	4:03:05	3:56:13	3:55:48
Grand Rapids				4:07:30	3:58:15	3:58:31
California International						3:59:43
…Slowest Median Times	1995	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Bataan Memorial March			7:45:52	7:38:57	7:47:50	7:37:50
Honolulu	5:50:19	5:39:40	5:43:29	5:50:11	5:49:00	5:44:46
City of Los Angeles	4:50:30	5:26:49	5:23:45	5:36:57	5:31:57	5:23:30
Maui						5:12:32
Nike Women’s						5:10:39
…Most <4 Hour Finishers	1995	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Boston	6,467 (68%)	10,260 (59%)	13,341 (68%)	12,996 (64%)	14,547 (66%)	15,691 (69%)
ING New York City		8,270 (22%)	12,168 (32%)	11,959 (31%)	13,106 (35%)	15,275 (35%)
Bank of America Chicago	4,286 (50%)	10,740 (33%)	11,608 (35%)	3,643 (14%)	6,382 (21%)	11,226 (33%)
Marine Corps						4,771 (22%)
Philadelphia			2,770 (45%)	3,149 (47%)	3,193 (44%)	3,221 (46%)
…Most >6 Hour Finishers			2006	2007	2008	2009
Honolulu			10,428 (42%)	9,450 (45%)	8,761 (44%)	7,788 (38%)
City of Los Angeles			6,764 (33%)	7,881 (39%)	6,420 (37%)	4,373 (31%)
Walt Disney World				2,572 (23%)	3,217 (25%)	3,165 (21%)
ING New York City						2,194 (5%)
San Diego Rock 'n' Roll						1,848 (14%)

Median Times for U.S. Marathon Finishers	1980	1995	2002	2005	2007	2008	2009
Males	3:32:17	3:54:00	4:20:01	4:20:29	4:20:04	4:20:04	4:13:36
Females	4:03:39	4:15:00	4:56:46	4:51:19	4:49:48	4:43:31	4:41:26

Year Estimated U.S. Marathon Finisher Total

1976	25,000
1980	143,000
1990	224,000
1995	293,000
2000	353,000
2004	386,000
2005	395,000
2006	410,000
2007	412,000
2008	425,000
2009	467,000 (record total)

Record number of U.S. marathons with more than 1,000 finishers
Last year, there were a record 88 U.S. marathons reporting greater than 1,000 event finishers, compared to 77, the previous record, in 2008. Since 1999, the number of U.S. marathons with greater than 1,000 finis

…Most Finishers in Certain Age Groups	Event	2009 Subtotals
Female Juniors	Grandma’s	1,241
Male Juniors	City of Los Angeles	1,803
Females 20-29	Bank of America Chicago	5,287
Males 20-29	Bank of America Chicago	4,381
Females 30-39	ING New York City	5,287
Males 30-39	ING New York City	8,935
Females 40-49	ING New York City	4,461
Males 40-49	ING New York City	9,807
Females 50-59	ING New York City	1,794
Males 50-59	ING New York City	4,861
Females 60+	Honolulu	713
Males 60+	Honolulu	1,686
Overall 40+	Boston	12,838
Overall 50+	Honolulu	5,331

 

…Highest Percent Women*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Nike Women’s	91%	94%	93%	93%	93%
Rock ‘n' Roll Seattle					54%
Portland	56%	57%	54%	52%	53%
…Highest Percent Men*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
United States Air Force					74%
Illinois					68%
SunTrust National			69%	69%	66%
…Highest Percent Masters (40 + yrs)*	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Boston	55%	55%	55%	56%	56%
Steamtown	59%	55%	57%	56%	55%
ING New York City					52%

*Based upon events with >1,000 finishers in each representative category.

NYC #1 all-time, 6 marathons worldwide had more than 29,000 finishers in 2009
The ING New York City Marathon not only kept its title as the world’s largest marathon based on finishers with 43,660 in 2009, but the 40th edition also crashed through the 40,000 finisher barrier with ease to become the largest marathon ever (previous record was 38,607 by the 2007 race).

For the first time, 6 marathons surpassed the 29,000 finisher total in the same year, while the U.S. again had 7 of the 15 largest marathons in the world.

Also in 2009, for the first time, 10 U.S. marathons had more than 8,000 finishers and 20 U.S. marathons had more than 5,000 finishers in the same year (see the listing below).

2009
World’s Largest Marathons (finishers):

1)	40th ING New York City, NY	43,660 (largest marathon ever)
2)	Flora London, GBR	35,370
3)	real, - Berlin, GER	35,016
4)	Bank of America Chicago, IL	33,701
5)	Paris, FRA	30,334
6)	Tokyo, JPN	29,108
7)	Boston, MA	22,843
8)	Marine Corps, DC	21,405
9)	25th Naha, JPN	20,860
10)	Honolulu, HI	20,323
11)	Walt Disney World, FL	14,948
12)	Standard Chartered Singapore	14,258
13)	City of Los Angeles, CA	14,125
14)	Möbel Kraft Hamburg, GER	13,941
15)	Stockholm, SWE	13,718

U.S. Largest Marathons (finishers):

1)	40th ING New York City, NY	43,660 (largest marathon ever)
2)	Bank of America Chicago, IL	33,701
3)	Boston, MA	22,843
4)	Marine Corps, DC	21,405
5)	Honolulu, HI	20,323
6)	Walt Disney World, FL	14,948
7)	City of Los Angeles, CA	14,125
8)	Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego, CA	13,391
9)	Medtronic Twin Cities, MN	8,474
10)	Portland, OR	8,166
11)	Philadelphia, PA	7,494
12)	P.F. Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona	6,444
13)	Grandma’s, MN	5,998
14)	Rock ‘n’ Roll San Antonio, TX	5,906
15)	Rock ‘n’ Roll Las Vegas, NV	5,888
16)	California International, CA	5,848
17)	Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle, WA	5,647
18)	St. George, UT	5,638
19)	Chevron Houston, TX	5,348
20)	San Francisco, CA	5,094

SOURCE: Running USA with Athlinks (2009) and Active.com (2005-08)