The men’s podium was filled with runners from Kenya. Eliud Kipchoge took the first place with a time of 02:04:11.
Sammy Kitwara took the second place in 02:04:28 and Dickson Chumba the third in 02:04:32.
In the women’s race Rita Jeptoo set a new course record in 02:24:35. She had already won the race last year. In fact, this is Jeptoo’s 4th win in a major marathon, as she had already won the Boston Marathon in 2013 and 2014.
The second place went to Mare Dibaba in 02:25:37 and Florence Kiplagat took the third place in 02:25:57.
A record number of 40,801 runners crossed the finish line.
Top 10 Men
| 1 | Kipchoge | Eliud | KEN | 02:04:11 |
| 2 | Kitwara | Sammy | KEN | 02:04:28 |
| 3 | Chumba | Dickson | KEN | 02:04:32 |
| 4 | Bekele | Kenenisa | ETH | 02:05:51 |
| 5 | Koech | Bernard | KEN | 02:08:30 |
| 6 | Ghebreslassie | Ghirmay | ERI | 02:09:08 |
| 7 | Rutto | Lani | KEN | 02:10:42 |
| 8 | Korir | Wesley | KEN | 02:11:09 |
| 9 | Curtis | Bobby | USA | 02:11:20 |
| 10 | Kobayashi | Koji | JPN | 02:11:43 |
Top 10 Women
| 1 | Jeptoo | Rita | KEN | 02:24:35 |
| 2 | Dibaba | Mare | ETH | 02:25:37 |
| 3 | Kiplagat | Florence | KEN | 02:25:57 |
| 4 | Dibaba | Birhane | ETH | 02:27:02 |
| 5 | Hastings | Amy | USA | 02:27:03 |
| 6 | Santucci | Clara | USA | 02:32:21 |
| 7 | Crouch | Sarah | USA | 02:32:44 |
| 8 | Burka | Gelete | ETH | 02:34:17 |
| 9 | White | Melissa | USA | 02:34:19 |
| 10 | Jimison | Lauren | USA | 02:34:38 |