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The Los Angeles Marathon (formerly known as the City of Los Angeles Marathon) is an annual running event typically held each spring in Los Angeles, California, since 1989. The marathon was inspired by the success of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games hosted in Los Angeles, and has become one of the largest marathons in the country, with more than ...
The men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, was held on Sunday August 12, 1984. The race started at 5:00 pm local time. There were 107 competitors from 59 countries. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. A total number of 78 athletes completed the race.
Wheelchair races. v. t. e. The Women's Marathonat the 1984 Summer Olympicsin Los Angeles, California(United States) was held on August 5, 1984. 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 Benoitof the United States ...
Over 25,000 runners competed this year in Sunday's L.A. Marathon. Check out The Times' photographers view of the race.
Sifan Hassan ( NED) The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Runners start the 39th Los Angeles Marathon at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) 10. Ashley DeSanno, 3:01:19. 11. Paulina Avila, 3:01:30. 12. Nadine Robinson, 3:02:29.
The race included an estimated 15,000 runners from around the country — and the world — covering a 26.2-mile course through L.A. neighborhoods.
LAOC. v. t. e. The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the second time that Los Angeles had hosted the Games, the first being in 1932.