This Day in Monitor & Area, November 2, Grete Waitz wins her Eighth NYC Marathon (1986), by Walt Murphy Information & Outcomes Providers

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This Day in Monitor & Area–November 2

(NY Metropolis Marathon; Born On This Day-Holly Bradshaw, German Fernandez, Moncur, Ngeny, Aouita, Munyala, Kathy Hammond/R.I.P.-Ducky Drake, Pen Hallowell/Eva Cassidy, Cubs Win)

1991—South Africa’s Elana Meyer set the primary IAAF-ratified World File for 15 kilometers, operating 46:57 in Cape City. The earlier better of 47:17 was set by Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen in 1987.

TCS NY Metropolis Marathon

1986—Grete Waitz (2:28:06) gained the Ladies’s division, the 8^th of her eventual 9 victories within the occasion. Italy’s Gianni Poli gained the Males’s race in 2:11:06 and was adopted by Australia’s Rob de Castella (2:11:43), the 1983 World Champion, Italy’s Orlando Pizzolato (2:12:13), the 2-time defending NYC champion, and Kenya’s Ibrahim Hussein (2:12:51), who would win the race the next yr. (20,502 starters)

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 9.Pete Pfitzinger 2:14:09

Ladies: 2.Lisa Ondieki (Australia) 2:29:12, 3.Laura Fogli (Italy) 2:29:44…9.Christa Vahlensieck (Germany) 2:38:12

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/861102/finishers

Prime 25: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_New_York_City_Marathon

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/03/sports activities/poli-of-italy-winner-in-marathon-waitz-takes-Eighth-title-in-9-years.html

http://www.historical past.com/this-day-in-history/grete-waitz-wins-her-eighth-nyc-marathon

Full TV broadcast(2:18): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsO2q8dPHjA

1997—Regardless of stopping 2 occasions to re-tie the shoelaces on his new pair of footwear (they might develop into undone a 3^rd time, however he didn’t cease this time), Kenya’s John Kagwe gained the Males’s race in 2:08:12 (He would win once more the next yr).  As reported within the NY Occasions, it was a “miserably humid, windy and wet day”. These situations, plus the time misplaced securing his footwear, might need price Kagwe an opportunity to interrupt the Course File of two:08:01, set in 1989 by Juma Ikangaa of Tanzania,

         Switzerland’s Franziska Rochat-Moser was the shock winner of the Ladies’s race in 2:28:43. Kim Jones (2:32:07), the highest American finisher within the Ladies’s race (6^th), complained that among the leaders had obtained an unfair benefit at among the water stations (see hyperlink). Struggling cramps in the course of the race, Kenya’s Tegla Loroupe, a crowd favourite after profitable in NY in 1994 and 1995, completed 7^th in 2:33:31.  (30,434 finishers)

Different Notable Finishers 

Males: 2.Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 2:09:27, 3.Stefano Baldini (Italy) 2:09:31…5.Germán Silva (Mexico) 2:10:19, 6.Domingos Castro (Portugal) 2:10:23, 8. Dionicio Cerón (Mexico) 2:13:01…18.Mark Coogan (USA) 2:20:41

Ladies: 2.Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) 2:29:11…4.Anuța Cătună (Romania/defending champion) 2:31:24

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/971102/finishers/1688170

Prime-20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_New_York_City_Marathon

Kagwe’s Shoelaces: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/different/110397ny-marathon-men.html

Controversy: http://companions.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/different/110397ny-marathon-women.html

Plenty of NY Occasions Hyperlinks:

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports activities/different/97nyc-marathon-index.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franziska_Rochat-Moser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kagwe

2003—Margaret Okayo (2:23:03) was the winner of the Ladies’s race, outdueling fellow Kenyan Catherine Ndereba (2:23:03) and the Netherlands’ Lornah Kiplagat (2:23:43) as all three bettered Okayo’s earlier Course File of  2:24:21, set in 2001.

Kenyans swept the highest 4 locations within the Males’s race, with Martin Lel (2:10:30) profitable over defending champion Rodgers Rop (2:11:11), Christopher Cheboiboch (2:11:23), and Elly Rono (2:11:31).

Among the many report variety of 34,729 finishers was Sean “P.Diddy” Combs, who ran 4:14:54 as a part of a fund-raising effort to help needy kids.

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 9.John Kagwe (Kenya) 2:14:08…17.Matt Downin (1^st American) 2:18:48

Ladies: 4.Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) 2:25:00…10.Sylvia Mosqueda (1^st American) 2:33:10…16.Jenny Crain 2:38:49, 17.Jen Rhines 2:43:01…20.Marla Runyan 2:45:12; DNF-Deena Kastor

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/NYC2003/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_New_York_City_Marathon

P.Diddy: https://www.cbsnews.com/information/p-diddy-did-it-finishes-marathon/

Males: http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkMen.cfm

Ladies: http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkWomen.cfm

2008—World File holder Paula Radcliffe, who had been restricted by a stress fracture to a disappointing 23^rd-place end at  the Beijing Olympics in August, rebounded to win the Ladies’s race in NY for the two^nd yr in a row, beating runnerup Lyudmila Petrova of Russia by nearly 2-minutes (2:23:56-2:25:43). Ending 3^rd was Kara Goucher, who ran 2:25:53, the quickest debut efficiency by an American girl on the time.

Brazil’s Marilson Gomes dos Santos (2:08:43), the 2006 winner, handed Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:07) within the final half-mile, pulling away to win his 2^nd Males’s title. He was named to the NYRR’s Corridor of Fame in 2019.

Different Notable Finishers  (whole 38,099)

Males: 4.Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2:13:10…6.Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:14:17, 7.Josh Rohatinsky (USA) 2:14:23, 8.Jason Lehmkuhle (USA) 2:14:30…10.Bolota Asmerom (USA) 2:16:37…12.Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 2:19:11 (2004 winner)

Ladies: 5.Catherine Ndereba (Kenya) 2:29:34, 6.Gete Wami (Ethiopia) 2:29:25…8.Lidia Șimon (Romania) 2:30:04…10.Katie McGregor (USA) 2:31:14; DNF-Kim Smith (New Zealand)

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/a81102/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_New_York_City_Marathon

http://www.marathonguide.com/information/exclusives/NewYorkCityMarathon2008/

Goucher Appears Again: https://properly.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/kara-goucher-on-first-marathons/

Radcliffe-Goucher Friendship: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/09/sports activities/09marathon.html

NYRR Corridor of Fame: https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/press-release/20191017_nyrrhalloffame

2012—Simply hours after insisting that the race would go on as deliberate,  Mayor Michael Bloomberg and race organizers introduced the cancellation of the NY Metropolis Marathon. There had been rising opposition to conducting the race whereas the town was nonetheless recovering from the devastation brought on by Hurricane Sandy.

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/sports activities/new-york-city-marathon-will-not-be-held-sunday.html

2014–Each races had been shut, with Mary Keitany (2:25:07) profitable the 1^st of her 4 Ladies’s titles by solely 3 seconds over fellow Kenyan Jemima Sumgong (2:25:10), and Kenya’s Wilson Kipsang (2:10:59) profitable the Males’s race by 7 seconds over Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (2:11:06), who would win the race in 2018.

With 50,869 starters (50,530 finishers), this was the most important marathon in historical past. It was the primary yr that TCS (Tata Consultancy Providers) sponsored the occasion.

Different Notable Finishers

Males: 3.Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2:12:13, 4.Meb Kefelzighi 2:13:18 (2009 winner), 5.Stephen Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:13:25 (gold medalist on the 2012 Olympics, 2013 World Championships)…9,Ryan Vail (USA) 2:15:08, 10.Nick Arciniaga (USA) 2:15:39

Ladies: 4.Jeļena Prokopčuka (Latvia) 2:26:15 (2005, 2006 winner)…5.Des Linden (USA) 2:28:11…9.Annie Bersagel (USA) 2:33:02, 10. Deena Kastor (USA) 2:33:18…12.Edna Kiplagat (Kenta) 2:36:24 (2010 winner), 13.Kara Goucher 2:37:03

Outcomes: https://outcomes.nyrr.org/occasion/M2014/finishers

Prime 20: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_New_York_City_Marathon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsJ-Tn5RXxM

https://www.letsrun.com/occasions/2014-new-york-city-marathon-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/

Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlHbntVAMzM

Previous NY Metropolis Marathon Winners: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon

Media Information (2024)

https://www.nyrr.org/media-center/occasions/2024/2024-tcs-new-york-city-marathon/media-guide-and-resources

By way of The Years:

https://www.nydailynews.com/sports activities/nydn-sports-44-years-new-york-city-marathon-history-1-47895-photogallery.html