1987 New York City Marathon

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1987 New York City Marathon
Date1 November
Location New York City, NY Flag of the United States.svg
Edition18th
Official site Official website
1986
1988

The 18th New York City Marathon took place on Sunday 1 November. [1]

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Results

Men

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Ibrahim Hussein Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2:11:01
2 Gianni Demadonna Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:11:53
3 Peter Pfitzinger Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:11:54
4 Pat Petersen Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:12:03
5 Tommy Ekblom Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:12:31
6 Orlando Pizzolato Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12:50
7 Bogusław Psujek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:13:38
8 Mirko Vindis Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 2:13:39
9 Hugh Jones Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:14:05
10 Greg Meyer Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:14:31

Women

PlaceAthleteNationTime
1 Priscilla Welch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2:30:17
2 Françoise Bonnet Flag of France.svg  France 2:31:22
3 Jocelyne Villeton Flag of France.svg  France 2:32:03
4 Ria Van Landeghem Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:32:38
5 Karolina Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:34:58
6 Ágnes Sipka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:35:26
7 Laurie Crisp Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:36:01
8 Monika Schäfer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:37:40
9 Robyn Root Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 2:37:57
10 Nelly Aerts Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2:38:18

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References

  1. "Marathon Results;NEWLN:New York City Marathon At New York, Nov. 1". Upi.com. Retrieved 21 September 2017.