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This Day in Track & Field/Marathon-November 4
TCS NY City Marathon
1990—The race was dedicated to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow battling brain cancer.
Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) held off runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50) by just five seconds in the closest women’s finish to date. Attempting to attain a 10th New York City Marathon victory after two years of injuries, Norway’s Grete Waitz (2:34:34) finished fourth and soon announced her retirement. 1988 U.S. Olympian Nancy Ditz finished 8th in 2:37:15.
The men’s race winner was Kenya’s Douglas Wakiihuri (2:12:39), the 1987 World Champion and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. 4th was Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa (2:14:32), the defending champion.
Runners had to deal with temperatures in the 70s.
Other Notable Finishers (Total-23,739)
Men: 2.Salvador García (Mexico) 2:13:19…5.John Campbell (41/New Zealand) 2:14:34…29.Gerry O’Hara (1st American!) 2:26:15; DNF-Ken Martin (USA)
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/901104/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pDfFsyUno0
2001—The event took on added significance this year, with the city still reeling in the aftermath 9/11.
Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Jifar (2:07:43) and Kenya’s Margaret Okayo (2:24:21) were winners.
Deena Kastor finished 7th in 2:26:58 to take the U.S. title.
The race had a significant course change, with runners entering Central Park at 90th Street instead of 102nd Street, eliminating a short but steep hill.
Other Notable Finishers
Men: 2.Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:09:19, 3.Rodgers Rop (Kenya) 2:09:51…5.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/would win in 2004) 2:11:18…7.John Kagwe (Kenya/winner in 1997, 1998) 2:11:57, 8.Joseph Chebet (Kenya/winner in 1999) 2:13:07…13.Scott Larson (1st American) 2:15:26
Women: 2. Susan Chepkemei (Kenya) 2:25:12, 3.Svetlana Zakharova (Russia) 2:25:13, 4. Joyce Chepchumba (Kenya/would win in 2002) 2:25:51…6.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia/defending champion) 2:26:18…10.Elana Meyer (South Africa) 2:31:43
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/b11106/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.911memorial.org/connect/blog/remembering-2001-nyc-marathon
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a24492717/nyc-marathon-after-september-11/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WaG-xAjD6w
2007-Martin Lel of Kenya returned for his second New York City Marathon and outsprinted Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:16) to win again in 2:09:04, the day after Ryan Hall ran 2:09:03 to win the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Men’s Marathon, hosted by the NYRR in Central Park. In a front-running tour de force, Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain led from the start and finally dropped Ethiopia’s Gete Wami (2:23:32) with 400 meters remaining; Radcliffe won in 2:23:09, one second faster than her winning time in 2004.
Other Notable Finishers
Men: 3. Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa/2004 winner) 2:11:25, 4. Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic champion) 2:11:58…8.Marílson Gomes dos Santos (Brazil/winner in 2006, 2008) 2:13:47
Women: 3. Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia/2-time defending champion) 2:26:13…5.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya/World Champion-2003,2007) 2:29:08, 6.Elva Dryer 2:35:15, 7.Robyn Friedman 2:39:19, 8.Tegla Loroupe (Kenya) 2:41:58, 9.Melisa Christian 2:42:07, 10.Alvina Begay 2:42:46
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/a71104/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_York_City_Marathon
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/sports/04iht-athletics4.8180917.html
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a20791606/paula-radcliffe-wins-nyc-marathon-com/
Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJYc-_3aXk
2012—The official race might have been canceled the day before. Still, almost 2,000 entered runners, many of whom had already traveled to NYC from around the world, showed up in Central Park on the day the Marathon was supposed to take place and ran 4 loops of the park, just as runners did when the event started in 1970.
Runners were asked to donate food, clothing, and money that would be given to victims of Superstorm Sandy.
“This may sound cheesy,” said Caroline Lewis, 39, from Wales, who was there to cheer for her husband David. “But this is such a great example of that American spirit that you find a way to get up and keep going.”
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/04/sports/SPTSMARATHON1104.html?searchResultPosition=1
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/11/03/sports/SPTSMARATHON1103.html?searchResultPosition=2
2018—Kenya’s Mary Keitany and Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa were the winners at the 48th TCS NY City Marathon on a beautiful fall day.
It was the 4th NY win for Keitany, who also won in 2014, 2015, & 2016. She was 2nd in 2017 to Shalane Flanagan, who finished a creditable 3rd (2:26:22) behind Kenya’s Vivian Cheruiyot (2:26:02) today. Molly Huddle finished 4th (2:26:44), Des Linden 6th (2:27:51), and Allie Kiefer 7th (2:28:12) to give the U.S. 4 top-10 finishers. Keitany’s winning time of 2:22:48 was the 2nd-fastest ever run in NY (Behind Margaret Okayo’s Course Record of 2:22:31, set in 2003).
Keitany was inducted into the NYRR Hall of Fame tonight.
It was the first win for Desisa, who had previously finished 2nd (2014) and 3rd (2015, 2017) in NY. As with Keitany, his winning time of 2:05:59 was the 2nd fastest ever run in NY (behind Geoffrey Mutai’s then-CR of 2:05:06, set in 2011). And Ethiopia’s Shura Kitata (2:06:01) and Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor (2:06:26), the defending champion, are now 4-5 on the all-time NY list). Desisa pulled away from Kamworor in the last mile, then held off a late charge by Kitata.
The U.S. also had four top-10 finishers in the men’s race 6. Jared Ward (2:12:24), 7.Scott Fauble (2:12:28), 9. Shadrack Biwott (2:12:52), 10.Chris Derrick (2:13:08).
A month shy of his 44th birthday, Bernard Lagat finished 18th (2:17:20) in his debut at the distance.
Results: https://results.nyrr.org/event/M2018/finishers
Top 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_New_York_City_Marathon
Post Race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyhlhUbYzXs
https://www.letsrun.com/events/2018/11/2018-tcs-new-york-city-marathon
Past NY City Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Media Guide (2024)
Through The Years:
