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Jacqueline Gareau (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian runner who won the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980. Gareau led the women's field for most of the race, only to find another runner, Rosie Ruiz, wearing the traditional victor's laurels when she crossed the finish line. Ruiz was later disqualified after it was determined she had cheated and ...
Course record 1980 Jacqueline Gareau Canada: 2:34:28: Course record; Rosie Ruiz was declared the winner of the 1980 race, but was later stripped of her win when it was discovered she did not run the entire race. [17] 1981 Allison Roe New Zealand: 2:26:46: Course record 1982 Charlotte Teske Germany: 2:29:33
The Canadian Track and Field Championships (French: Championnats Canadiens d'Athlétisme) is an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by Athletics Canada, which serves as the Canadian national championship for the sport.
Canada's Jacqueline Gareau then established a small lead, passing the 6.2-mile (10 km) mark in 36:13, around 20 yards (18 m) ahead of a pack which included: Waitz of Norway; all three United States runners, Marianne Dickerson, Debbie Eide and Brown; Rosa Mota of Portugal; Italy's Laura Fogli and May from Ireland. Two miles (3.2 km) later ...
World record holder for the fastest marathon run by a totally blind man Derek Clayton Australia: 2:08:34 The first to run a world record under 02:10:00 Robert de Castella Australia: 1983 4 2:07:51 Former marathon world record holder; holds Australian national record Belayneh Densamo Ethiopia: 7 2:06:50 Held the world record for the span of 10 ...
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. Strategically, the race was notable for Benoit making a bold move in only the third mile of the race, despite the August heat.
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In Boston, she ran 2:26:46 to improve the course record by almost eight minutes, set the previous year by Jacqueline Gareau. [1] In New York, she set a world best women's marathon time with 2:25:29, to break Grete Waitz's time of 2:25:42 from the 1980 New York Marathon. However, after re-measurement, the 1981 course was found to be 150 metres ...