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)
← 1978 1980 →

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. ^[1]

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

External links

• Official website