1979 New York City Marathon

The 1979 New York City Marathon was the 10th edition of the annual running event in New York City , United States . The marathon took place on October 21, 1979.

Bill Rodgers won the men in 2:11:42 h and the women Grete Waitz in 2:27:33 h.

Results

Men

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:11:42
02	Kirk Pepper	United States	2:13:09
03	Stephen Kenyon	United Kingdom	2:13:30
04th	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	2:13:43
05	Benji Durden	United States	2:13:49
06th	Jukka Toivola	Finland	2:14:00
07th	Frank Shorter	United States	2:16:15
08th	Ron Tabb	United States	2:16:28
09	Jon Peter Anderson	United States	2:16:38
10	Oyvind Dahl	Norway	2:16:41

Women

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

Web links and sources

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