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12th. Course records. 2:08:12 (1981 men) 2:25.28 (1981 women) ← 1980. 1982 →. The 1981 New York City Marathon was the 12th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 25 October. [ 1]
Men's open division. Bill Rodgers won the race four times. Rodgers Rop won the 2002 New York City Marathon. Marílson Gomes dos Santos, who won the 2006 and 2008 New York City Marathons, is the first and only Brazilian to win the race. Geoffrey Mutai won the 2011 and 2013 New York City Marathons, and held the course record for twelve years.
The New York City Marathon, currently branded as the TCS New York City Marathon for sponsorship reasons, is an annual marathon (42.195 km or 26.219 mi) that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, [3] [4] with 53,627 finishers in 2019 [5] and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. [3]
Alberto Salazar (born August 7, 1958) is an American former track coach and long-distance runner. Born in Cuba, Salazar immigrated to the United States as a child with his family, living in Connecticut and then in Wayland, Massachusetts, where Salazar competed in track and field in high school. Salazar won the New York City Marathon three times ...
"35 men and 30 women have won the open division of the New York City Marathon, while 9 men and 7 women have won the wheelchair division, representing 22 different countries in all" - I think this could do with a re-write, as it kinda reads like the 16 wheelchair winners somehow represented 22 countries Ha, good point.
Aurèle Vandendriessche won back-to-back marathons in 1963 and 1964. Ron Hill set a course record at the 1970 Boston Marathon. Bill Rodgers won the race four times between 1975 and 1980. Robert Kipkoech Cheruiyot won the race four times, and set two course records. Geoffrey Mutai holds the current course record, 2:03:02, set in 2011.
Athletics career. Roe was born in Auckland in 1956. In 1981, she won both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon, becoming the second of only two women to accomplish the feat in the same year. In Boston, she ran 2:26:46 to improve the course record by almost eight minutes, set the previous year by Jacqueline Gareau. [ 1]
Toggle Results subsection. 1.1 Men. 1.2 ... (1981 men) 2:25.28 (1981 women) ... The 1982 New York City Marathon was the 13th edition of the New York City Marathon and ...