Bix 7
Date	Last Saturday of July
Location	Davenport, Iowa
Event type	Road
Distance	7 miles
Primary sponsor	Quad-City Times
Established	1975 (49 years ago) (1975)
Course records	Men: 31:51.99 (1998) Mark Yatich Women: 35:18 (2016) Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
Official site	Bix 7
Participants	18,000+

The Bix 7 Road Race is held annually in Davenport, Iowa, as a commemoration to Davenport native and jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. It is followed a week later by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

Race

The 7 mile road race is annually held during late July, in the streets of downtown Davenport, Iowa. The race was founded in 1975 by John Hudetz, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa. After competing in the 1974 Boston Marathon, Hudetz was inspired to bring the excitement to the Quad-Cities with a race of his own. The inaugural race had a field consisting of eighty-four runners. ^[1] Today the race is often run by 12,000 to 18,000 runners. ^{[2] [3]}

The United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympics helped gain the Bix 7 exposure. Bill Rodgers, the world's top distance runner at the time, was unable to compete in Moscow, so he went to Davenport instead. ^[4] The leadership of Race Director Ed Froehlich, promotion by the Quad-City Times newspaper, and generosity from several corporate sponsorships, has helped the Bix 7 develop into the largest non-marathon race in the Midwest, ^[5] The race consistently draws elite talent from all over the globe. Running legends Bill Rodgers and 1984 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson also compete yearly. ^[6]

The run is primarily sponsored by the Quad City Times and is a separate entity from the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, which is held the following weekend. The race has several other sponsors, at the Platinum, Gold Medal, and contributing level respectively.

Champions

Edition [7] [8]	Year	Entries	Purse	USATF Championship	Men's Winner	Country	Time	Women's Winner	Country	Time
1	1975	84	$0		Lucien Rosa	Sri Lanka	34:33.8	Kim Merritt	United States	41:04
2	1976		$0		Dan Copper	United States	36:47			41:33
3	1977	350	$0		Kevin Mcdonald			Lynn Schmidt
4	1978	500	$0		John Lodwick	United States	34:56	Kathy Loper	United States	45:38
5	1979	800	$0		Gregg Newell	United States	35:40	Ilene Kimsey	United States	46:25
6	1980	1,500	$0		Bill Rodgers	United States	33:58	Peggy Schott		43:59
7	1981	2,500	$0				33:26	Beverly Roland-Miller	United States	41:26
8	1982		$0		Robert de Castella	Australia	32:45*	Ellen Hart		38:24
9	1983	5,620	$0		Joseph Nzau	Kenya	33:10	Joan Benoit Samuelson	United States	37:26
10	1984	6,750	$0		Ashley Johnson	South Africa	33:06	Kellie Cathey	United States	38:04
11	1985	7,174	$0		Mark Curp	United States	32:56	Joan Benoit Samuelson	United States	37:38
12	1986	9,325	$0		Geoff Smith	United Kingdom	33:16			37:56
13	1987	12,372	$0		Joseph Nzau	Kenya	33:24	Francie Larrieu Smith	United States	38:10
14	1988	12,425	$0		Mark Curp	United States	33:22	Joan Benoit Samuelson	United States	37:59
Prize money offered
15	1989	15,639	$39,500		Mark Nenow	United States	32:17	Erin Baker	New Zealand	36:35
16	1990	16,521	$39,250		Steve Kogo	Kenya	32:47	María Trujillo	Mexico	37:58
17	1991	18,124	$39,250		Ken Martin	United States	32:21	Uta Pippig	Germany	37:04
18	1992	18,246	$60,000		Alejandro Cruz	Mexico	32:21	Olga Markova	Unified Team	36:48
19	1993		$39,000		Thomas Osano	Kenya	32:10	Uta Pippig	Germany	36:27
20	1994	20,097	$40,000		Benson Masya	Kenya	31:56	Tegla Loroupe	Kenya	36:02
21	1995	18,354	$39,750		Phillimon Hanneck	Zimbabwe	32:08	Anne Hare	New Zealand	37:33
22	1996	18,108	$39,250		Peter Githuka	Kenya	32:05	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenya	36:18
23	1997		$80,000		Khalid Khannouchi	Morocco	32:54	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	37:34
Junior Bix Introduced
24	1998	22,143	$50,000		John Korir	Kenya	31:51.99	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	36:38
25	1999	20,117	$48,200				32:59	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	37:30
26	2000	15,011	$49,800		Mark Yatich	Kenya	32:31	Colleen De Reuck	South Africa	36:42
Brady Street Sprint Introduced
27	2001	18,958	$45,000		John Korir	Kenya	32:24	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	37:05
28	2002	19,658	$45,000	Yes	Meb Keflezighi	United States	32:36	Colleen De Reuck	United States	37:44
29	2003		$45,000		John Korir	Kenya	32:34	Catherine Ndereba	Kenya	37:12
30	2004	16,627	$45,000				32:36	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	35:24
31	2005	20,211	$45,000		Gilbert Okari	Kenya	32:24	Nuța Olaru	Romania	36:53
32	2006		$45,000		Lawrence Kiprotich	Kenya	32:13	Susan Chepkemei	Kenya	37:35
33	2007		$45,000		Duncan Kibet	Kenya	32:15	Wude Ayalew	Ethiopia	36:57
34	2008	13,711	$45,000		Edward Muge	Kenya	32:16	Edith Masai	Kenya	37:20
35	2009	18,335	$50,000	Yes	Meb Keflezighi	United States	32:25	Molly Huddle	United States	37:39
36	2010	17,598	$50,000	Yes	Ryan Hall	United States	32:55	Lisa Uhl	United States	37:52
37	2011	18,057	$50,000		Silas Kipruto	Kenya	32:36	Caroline Rotich	Kenya	36:42
38	2012	18,138	$50,000				32:31	Margaret Muriuki	Kenya	36:17
39	2013		$50,000		Leonard Korir	Kenya	32:15	Sule Utura	Ethiopia	36:34
40	2014		$50,000	Yes	Sean Quigley	United States	33:28	Molly Huddle	United States	36:14
41	2015	17,293	$50,000		Leonard Korir	Kenya	33:06	Cynthia Limo	Kenya	36:57
42	2016		$50,000		Silas Kipruto	Kenya	33:03	Mary Keitany	Kenya	35:18
43	2017		$50,000	Yes	Sam Chelanga	United States	32:52	Aliphine Tuliamuk	United States	36:30
44	2018				Belay Tilahun	Ethiopia	32:37	Margaret Muriuki	Kenya	35:57
45	2019				Leonard Barsoton	Kenya	32:34	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenya	36:04
	2020	In person race cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. Held as a virtual event. [9]
46	2021			Yes	Leonard Korir	United States	32:48	Edna Kiplagat	Kenya	37:16
47 [10]	2022	6,086 [11]	$30,800 [12]	No	Patrick Tiernan	Australia	32:32	Fiona O'Keeffe	United States	35:58
48 [13]	2023	~10,000	$50,000	Yes	Abbabiya Simbassa	United States	32:34	Kellyn Taylor	United States	36:32

Notes

External links

• Quad-City Times Bix 7
• Facebook Page
• 7 starting line 2010 YouTube By: Scott C. Holgorsen : Videographer Quad-Cities USA