November 2, On This Day in Racing, Grete Waitz wins her 8th New York City Marathon (1986) by Walt Murphy News & Results Services.

This day in the field of athletics – November 2

(NY City Marathon; Born on this day-Holly Bradshaw, German Fernandez, Moncur, Nou, Ouita, Munyala, Katie Hammond/RIP-Ducky Drake, Penn Hallowell/Eve Cassidy, Cubs win)

1991— South Africa’s Elana Meyer set the first IAAF-certified world record in the 15-kilometer distance, running 46:57 in Cape Town. The previous best, 47:17, was set by Norwegian Ingrid Christiansen in 1987.

TCS NY City Marathon

1986–Grete Weitz (2:28:06) won the women’s division in 8th^th of his final 9 wins. Italy’s Gianni Poli won the men’s race in 2:11:06, followed by Australia’s Rob de Castella (2:11:43), the 1983 world champion, and Italy’s Orlando Pizzolato (2:12:13), the two-time defending champion. New York champion and Kenyan Ibrahim Hussain (2:12:51) who would go on to win the race the following year. (20,502 snacks)

Other notable graduates

Men9. Pete Pfitzinger 2:14:09

Women2.Lisa Ondiecki (Australia) 2:29:12, 3.Laura Fogli (Italy) 2:29:44…9.Christa Wahlensiek (Germany) 2:38:12

Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/861102/finishers

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/03/sports/poli-of-italy-winner-in-marathon-waitz-takes-8th-title-in-9-years.html

http://www.history.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–Despite stopping 2 times to re-tie the shoelaces on his new pair of shoes (they would come off 3^th time, but this time he didn’t stop), Kenya’s John Kagwe won the men’s race in 2:08:12 (He would win again the following year). As the NY Times reported, it was a “miserably wet, windy and rainy day.” Those conditions, plus the time he lost fixing his shoes, could have given Kagwe a chance to break the course record of 2:08:01 set in 1989 by Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa.

Switzerland’s Franziska Rochat-Moser was the surprise winner in the women’s race in 2:28:43. Kim Jones (2:32:07), top American finisher in women’s race (6:00 p.m.)^th), complained that some managers were given an unfair advantage at some water stations (see link). Suffering from pain during the race, Kenyan Tegla Lorupe, a crowd favorite after winning in New York in 1994 and 1995, finished seventh.^th at 2:33:31. (30,434 finishers)

Other notable graduates

Men2. Joseph Chebet (Kenya) 2:09:27, 3. Stefano Baldini (Italy) 2:09:31…5. German Silva (Mexico) 2:10:19, 6. Domingos Castro (Portugal) 2:10:23, 8. Dionisio Seron (Mexico) 2:13:01…18. Mark Coogan (USA) 2:20:41

Women2.Colleen De Reuck (South Africa) 2:29:11…4.Anuța Cătună (Romania/defending champion) 2:31:24

Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/971102/finishers/1688170

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

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

Controversy: http://partners.nytimes.com/library/sports/other/110397ny-marathon-women.html

Lots of NY Times links:

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/sports/other/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) won the women’s race ahead of Kenya’s Catherine Ndereba (2:23:03) and Lorna Kiplagat of the Netherlands (2:23:43) as all three bested Okayo’s previous course. 2:24:21 record set in 2001.

In the men’s race, Kenyans finished in the top 4 with Martin Lell (2:10:30) beating defending champion Rogers Ropp (2:11:11), Christopher Cheboiboch (2:11:23) and Ellie Rono (2). :11:31).

Among the record number of 34,729 finishers was Sean “P Diddy” Combs, who ran in 4:14:54 as part of a fundraiser to help children in need.

Other notable graduates

Men9. John Kagwe (Kenya) 2:14:08…17. Matt Downey (1^St American) 2:18:48

Women4. Lyudmila Petrova (Russia) 2:25:00… 10. Silvia Mosqueda (1^St American) 2:33:10…16.Jenny Crane 2:38:49, 17.Jen Raines 2:43:01…20.Marla Runyan 2:45:12; DNF-Deena Kastor

Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/NYC2003/finishers

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

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

Men: http://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkMen.cfm

Women: http://www.marathonguide.com/news/exclusives/NYC_2003/NewYorkWomen.cfm

2008— World record holder Paula Radcliffe, who was limited to a disappointing 23 by a stress fracture^th– Qualified for Beijing Olympics in August, comeback to win women’s race in New York No. 2^th year in a row, beating runner-up Lyudmila Petrova of Russia by almost 2 minutes (2:23:56-2:25:43). Completion 3^th It was Cara Goucher who ran 2:25:53, the fastest debut time by an American woman at the time.

Brazil’s Marilson Gomez dos Santos (2:08:43), the 2006 winner, passed Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:07) in the final half-mile.^th Men’s title. He was named to the NYRR Hall of Fame in 2019.

Other notable graduates (only 38099)

Men4. Paul Tergat (Kenya) 2:13:10… 6. Abdi Abdirahman (USA) 2:14:17, 7. Josh Rohatynski (USA) 2:14:23, 8. Jason Lemkuhl (USA) 2:14. 30…10. Bolota Asmerom (USA) 2:16:37…12. Hendrick Ramaala (South Africa) 2:19:11 (2004 winner)

Women5.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)

Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/a81102/finishers

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

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

Goocher looks back: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/kara-goucher-on-first-marathons/

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

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

2012–Mayor Michael Bloomberg and race organizers announced the cancellation of the New York City Marathon just hours after insisting the race would go ahead as scheduled. There was growing opposition to holding the race while the city was still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.

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

2014– Both races were close and Mary Keitany (2:25:07) won 1st.^St Out of the 4 women’s titles, she beat her compatriot Jemima Sumgong of Kenya (2:25:10) by just 3 seconds, while Kenyan Wilson Kipsang (2:10:59) beat Ethiopia’s Lelisa Desisa (2:11:06) by 7 seconds in the men’s race. ), who will win the race in 2018.

With 50,869 starters (50,530 finishers), it was the largest marathon in history. It was the first year that TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) sponsored the event.

Other notable graduates

Men3.Gebre Gebremariam (Ethiopia) 2:12:13, 4.Meb Kefelzighi 2:13:18 (2009 winner), 5.Steven Kiprotich (Uganda) 2:13:25 (2012 Olympic gold medalist, 2012) Championship)…9, Ryan Weil (USA) 2:15:08, 10. Nick Arciniaga (USA) 2:15:39

Women4. Elena Prokopchuk (Latvia) 2:26:15 (2005, 2006 winner)…5. Des Linden (USA) 2:28:11…9. Annie Bersagel (USA) 2:33:02 , 10. Dina Castor (USA) 2:33:18…12. Edna Kiplagat (Kenta) 2:36:24 (2010 winner), 13. Cara Goucher 2:37:03.

Results:: https://results.nyrr.org/event/M2014/finishers

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

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

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

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

Past winners of the New York City Marathon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon

Media Guide (2024)

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

Through the years.

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