1978 New York City Marathon

The 1978 New York City Marathon was the 9th edition of the annual running event in New York City , United States . The marathon took place on October 22, 1978.

Bill Rodgers won in the men in 2:12:11 h and in the women Grete Waitz in 2:32:29 h.

Results

Men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:12:11
02	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	2:14:12
03	Trevor Wright	United Kingdom	2:14:35
04th	Marco Marchei	Italy	2:16:54
05	Thomas Antczak	United States	2:17:11
06th	Jack Foster	New Zealand	2:17:28
07th	Christopher Stewart	United Kingdom	2:17:47
08th	William Haviland	United States	2:18:39
09	Franco Ambrosioni	Italy	2:19:08
10	William Seven	United States	2:19:11

Women

space	Athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Grete Waitz	Norway	2:32:29
02	Marty Cooksey	United States	2:41:49
03	Sue Petersen	United States	2:44:43
04th	Doreen Ennis	United States	2:46:38
05	Eleonora de Mendonca	Brazil	2:48:45
06th	Margaret Lockley	United Kingdom	2:50:58
07th	Nancy Schafer	United States	2:52:20
08th	Carol Young	United States	2:52:28
09	Glynis Penny	United Kingdom	2:53:35
10	Deborah Butterfield	United States	2:53:42

Web links and sources

• Official website
• Results on nyrrc.org
• Results on arrs.run (English)