1979 New York City Marathon

1979 New York City Marathon
Date	21 October
Location	New York City, NY
Event type	Marathon
Distance	42.195 km
Edition	10th
Course records	2:10:09 (1976 men) 2:27:33 (1979 women)
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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.^[1]

Results

Men Rank Athlete Country Time 01 Bill Rodgers  United States 2:11:42 02 Kirk Pfeffer  United States 2:13:09 03 Stephen Kenyon  United Kingdom 2:13:30 04 Ian Thompson  United Kingdom 2:13:43 05 Benji Durden  United States 2:13:49 06 Jukka Toivola  Finland 2:14:00 07 Frank Shorter  United States 2:16:15 08 Ron Tabb  United States 2:16:28 09 Jon Peter Anderson  United States 2:16:38 10 Oyvind Dahl  Norway 2:16:41

Women Rank Athlete Country Time 01 Grete Waitz  Norway 2:27:33 02 Gillian Adams  United Kingdom 2:38:33 03 Jacqueline Gareau  Canada 2:39:06 04 Patti Lyons  United States 2:40:19 05 Carol Gould  United Kingdom 2:42:21 06 Vreni Forster  Switzerland 2:43:14 07 Suzanne Petersen  United States 2:47:37 08 Sissel Grottenberg  Norway 2:47:50 09 Doreen Ennis  United States 2:48:09 10 Vivian Soderholm  United States 2:49:05

References

External links

• Official website