1980 New York City Marathon

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1980 New York City Marathon
Date26 October
Location Flag of the United States.svg New York City, NY
Event type Marathon
Distance42.195 km
Edition11th
Course records2:09.41 (1980 men)
2:25.41 (1980 women)
Official site Official website
1979
1981

The 1980 New York City Marathon was the 11th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 26 October. [1]

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Results

Men

RankAthleteCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Alberto Salazar Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:09.41
Silver medal icon.svg Rodolfo Gómez Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2:10.13
Bronze medal icon.svg John Graham Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:11.46,5
4 Jeff Wells Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:11.59,4
5 Bill Rodgers Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:13.20,3
6 Inge Simonsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:13.28,3
7 Trevor Wright Flag of England.svg  England 2:13.31,0
8 Ryszard Marczak Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13.45,1
9 Dick Beardsley Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:13.56,0
10 Frank Richardson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:14.27,8
11 Christopher Garforth Flag of England.svg  England 2:14.28,7
12 Ricardo Ortega Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 2:14.44,6
13 Øyvind Dahl Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15.06,9
14 Michelangelo Arena Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:15.16,2
15 Emmanuel Ndiemandoi Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 2:15.46,3
16 Jaime White Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:16.38,6
17 Ferenc Szekeres Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:17.19,0
18 Kevin Mccarey Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:17.20,7
19 Roy Kulikowski Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:17.50,6
20 Norman Wilson Flag of England.svg  England 2:17.58,5
21 Jerome Drayton Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:17.58,8
22 Christopher Stewart Flag of England.svg  England 2:17.59,0
23 Armand Parmentier Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:18.08,6
24 Rick Callison Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:18.15,8
25 Esa Tikkanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:18.29,1

Women

RankAthleteCountryTime
Gold medal icon.svg Grete Waitz Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:25.41,3
Silver medal icon.svg Patti Catalano Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:29.33,6
Bronze medal icon.svg Ingrid Kristiansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:34.24,9
4 Carol Gould Flag of England.svg  England 2:35.05,5
5 Gillian Horovitz Flag of England.svg  England 2:37.55,4
6 Laurie Binder Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:38.09,3
7 Kiki Sweigart Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:40.34,3
8 Oddrun Mosling Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:41.00,5
9 Gayle Olinekova Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:41.32,9
10 Jean Chodnicki Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:43.33,8
11 Sonja Laxton Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  South Africa 2:43.48,1
12 Janice Arenz Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:44.16,0
13 Donna Burge Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:44.47,1
14 Leslie Watson Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 2:45.39,2
15 Carol Cook Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:46.09,9
16 Karlene Herrell Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:47.23,2
17 Kathleen Horton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:48.08,8
18 Sissel Grottenberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:48.28,4
19 Iciar Martinez Flag of Spain (1977-1981).svg  Spain 2:49.01,7
20 Jean Kerr Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:50.45
21 Vreni Forster Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 2:51.29,3
22 Katie Mcdonald Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:53.39,2

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References

  1. "New York City Marathon All Races 1980 - Present". nyrr.org. Retrieved 13 March 2020.