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Toggle Results subsection. 1.1 Men. 1.2 Women. 2 ... The 1981 New York City Marathon was the 12th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York ...
The New York City Marathon is the largest marathon in the world. The New York City Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race that has been held in New York City since 1970. It is the largest marathon in the world; since 2010, every race except one has had over 45,000 finishers, [1] peaking at over 53,000 in ...
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 short, though Waitz's 1980 record is also disputed. Also in 1981, she set a 20 km world record in Miyazaki, Japan.
New York City marathon winners in the men's and women's divisions will each earn six figures for outpacing their competitors in the 26.2-mile race on Sunday.. First-place male and female runners ...
In 1981, Salazar set an apparent world record at the New York City Marathon of 2:08:13, surpassing the 12-year-old mark of 2:08:33 set by Australian Derek Clayton in 1969 in Antwerp, Belgium. However, the course was found on re-measurement to be about 148 meters short of the 42.195 kilometers (26 miles, 385 yards) distance.
TJ Holmes returned to long-distance racing on Nov. 3, taking part in the New York City Marathon — but even though he finished the race, it wasn't quite the "redemption run" he'd planned.
Shalane Grace Flanagan (born July 8, 1981) is an American long-distance runner, coach, Olympic medalist and New York City Marathon champion. She was the first American woman to win the New York City Marathon since 1977. She holds the NACAC area records in both the 10k and 15k road races. [1]
He came up two minutes short in last year's New York City marathon, but a month later, finished in 2:57 in Tucson, Arizona. This year, he's running to support Project Healthy Minds . Phoebe Robinson