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42.195 km. Edition. 10th. Course records. 2:10:09 (1976 men) 2:27:33 (1979 women) ← 1978. 1980 →. The 1979 New York City Marathon was the 10th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 21 October.
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 ...
Individual. William Henry Rodgers (born December 23, 1947) is an American runner, Olympian, and former record holder in the marathon. Rodgers is best known for his four victories in both the Boston Marathon, including three straight from 1978 to 1980, and 4 straight wins in the New York City Marathon, between 1976 and 1979.
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.
The 1995 New York City Marathon was the 26th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 12. The men's elite race was won by Mexico's Germán Silva in a time of 2:11:00 hours while the women's race was won by Kenya's Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06. A total of 26,754 runners finished the ...
Gary Muhrcke (born c. 1940) is an American runner and former New York City fireman who won the first New York City Marathon in 1970. He also won the first Empire State Building Run-Up in 1978, and was a two-time winner of the Yonkers Marathon. [ 1][ 2]
In the women’s wheelchair race, his compatriot Catherine Debrunner won her first New York City marathon with a course record of 1:39.32, more than eight minutes ahead of three-time champion ...
UGG is an American fashion company primarily known for its sheepskin boots, founded in 1978 by Australian surfer Brian Smith in Santa Monica, California.After putting on his pair of Australian sheepskin boots after a chilly late-night surf in Malibu, Smith realized sheepskin boots weren't available in the United States like they were in Australia, giving Smith the idea to create UGG. [2]