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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)
Official site	Official website
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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.

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

1. "New York City Marathon All Races 1979 - Present". nyrr.org. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

External links

• Official website

• September 1979 sports events in the United States
• 1979 in sports in New York City
• New York City Marathon
• 1979 marathons