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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.
Some sports historians continue to treat the results of these games as part of the Olympic canon. [17] At this event a men's marathon was held over 41.86 km and Canada's Billy Sherring won the competition. John Svanberg, the runner-up in the 1906 5-mile race, was also runner-up in the marathon. American William Frank was the bronze medalist. [18]
Joan Benoit Samuelson holds an American flag in celebration after winning gold in the women's marathon at the 1984 L.A. Olympic Games. ... first women's Olympics marathon winner, walks from the ...
Men's marathon: August 29 Bronze: Klete Keller: Swimming: Men's 400 m freestyle: August 14 Bronze: Kaitlin Sandeno: Swimming: Women's 400 m freestyle: August 15 Bronze: Ian Crocker Nate Dusing * Gary Hall Jr. * Jason Lezak Michael Phelps Neil Walker Gabe Woodward * Swimming: Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay: August 15 Bronze: Jimmy Pedro: Judo ...
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.
This was the 20th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Returning runners from the 1980 marathon included silver medalist Gerard Nijboer of the Netherlands, sixth-place finisher Rodolfo Gómez of Mexico, ninth-place finisher (and 1972 silver and 1976 bronze medalist) Karel Lismont of Belgium, and tenth-place finisher Robert de ...
First South American to win the New York Marathon Nobuyuki Sato Japan: 1999 2:08:48 Toshihiko Seko Japan (14) 1984 (9) 1988 10 2:08:27 Morio Shigematsu Japan: 6 2:12:00 Held world record June 12, 1965 – December 3, 1967 Frank Shorter United States: 1972 1976 2:10:30 Only American to win multiple medals in the Olympic marathon Silvio Guerra ...
US Olympic trials Colleen De Reuck: 2:28:25 2003 St. Louis Missouri Michelob Ultra USA Championship Sara Wells 2:35:37 2002 Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota Twin Cities Marathon: Jill Gaitenby: 2:36:10 2001 New York City, New York New York City Marathon Deena Drossin: 2:26:58 2000 Columbia, South Carolina: US Olympic trials Christine Clark: 2: ...