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Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. [2] She held the fastest time for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985.
Rosie M. Vivas [1] (née Ruiz; June 21, 1953 – July 8, 2019) [2] was a Cuban fraudster who, among other schemes, was declared the winner in the female category for the 84th Boston Marathon in 1980, only to have her title stripped eight days after the race when it was discovered that she had not run the entire course.
Last summer in Paris, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in an Olympic-record 2:22.55 after taking bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, events that weren’t even on the Olympic ...
It was the first time a women's marathon had been held at the Olympic Games. The 50 competitors came from 28 countries. 44 finished the race. [ 1 ] The world record holder Joan Benoit of the United States won the gold medal by 1m 26, with the silver medal going to the 1983 World champion Grete Waitz of Norway, and bronze to Rosa Mota of Portugal.
Pictured above is Pieper in her race day attire on the day of her race [1]. Arlene Pieper (18 March 1930 – 11 February 2021) [2] became the first woman to officially finish a marathon in the United States at 29 years old and as a mother of 3 children [3] when she finished the Pikes Peak Marathon in Manitou Springs, Colorado, in 1959 which includes an 8,000 foor climb to the 14,115 foot ...
Initially reluctant to take up the marathon, she won her first marathon competition, the Rocket City marathon in Huntsville USA in 1983, taking almost five minutes off the Australian record with her time of 2:32:22. In 1984, as Lisa Martin, she finished seventh in the inaugural women's Olympic marathon at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Her time ...
Her goal this year is to run the fastest recorded marathon for a 12-year-old of either gender — she's only four minutes away. ... the women's marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with a time of 2 ...
Cooksey won the San Diego Half Marathon on 26 Aug in 1:15:04. [9] Waitz' winning time there was a world record. During 1978, the world record in the women's marathon was 2:34:47.5 set on 10 September 1977 by Christa Vahlensieck at the Berlin Marathon. [10] In 1981, the 1978 NYC course was remeasured and found 151 meters short.