This day of track and field/marathon-November 4th
TCS City Marathon
1990— The race was dedicated to race director and NYRR president Fred Lebow, who battled brain cancer.
In the women’s closest finish to date, Poland’s Wanda Panfil (2:30:45) was just five seconds behind runner-up American Kim Jones (2:30:50). Trying to win a 10th New York Marathon after two years of injuries, Norway’s Grete Weitz (2:34:34) finished fourth and announced her retirement shortly after. 1988 US Olympian Nancy Dietz finished 8thth at 2:37:15.
The men’s race was won by Douglas Wakihuri of Kenya (2:12:39), the 1987 world champion and 1988 Olympic silver medalist. 4:th the reigning champion was Tanzania’s Juma Ikangaa (2:14:32).
Runners had to brave temperatures in the 70s.
Other notable graduates
Men2. Salvador Garcia (Mexico) 2:13:19… 5. John Campbell (41/New Zealand) 2:14:34… 29. Jerry 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 as the city is still reeling from the aftermath of 9/11.
Ethiopian Tesfaye Jifar (2:07:43) and Kenyan Margaret Okayo (2:24:21) were declared the winners.
Dina Castor finished in 7th placeth 2:26:58 to win the US title.
The race underwent a significant change when runners entered Central Park at 90th Street instead of 102nd Street, thereby eliminating a short but steep hill.
Other notable graduates
Men2. Japhet Kosgei (Kenya) 2:09:19, 3. Rogers Ropp (Kenya) 2:09:51…5. Hendrik Ramaala (South Africa/would win 2004) 2:11:18…7. John Kagwe (Kenya), 11999/7s. 2:11:57, 8. Joseph Chebet (Kenya/winner 1999) 2:13:07…13. Scott Larson (1St American) 2:15:26
Women2. 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 Petrodeva 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.youtube.com/watch?v=KeC-spxeH8A
https://www.runnersworld.com/races-places/a24492717/nyc-marathon-after-september-11/
2007-2003 winner Martin Lell of Kenya returned for his second New York marathon and edged Morocco’s Abderrahim Goumri (2:09:16) to win again in 2:09:04, the next day Ryan Hall ran 2:09:03 to win the US Olympic Team Trials. In the lead-up, Great Britain’s Paula Radcliffe led from the start and eventually trailed Ethiopia’s Gete Wami (2:23:32) by the 400m mark. Radcliffe won in 2:23:09, one second faster than his 2004 winning time.
Other notable graduates
Men3. Hendrik Ramaala (South Africa/2004 winner) 2:11:25, 4.Stefano Baldini (Italy/2004 Olympic champion) 2:11:58…8.Marilson Gomez dos Santos (Brazil/2006 winner, 2:108)
WomenMy Friedman 2:39:19,
The 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/
Features:: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPJYc-_3aXk
2012— The official race may have been canceled the day before, but nearly 2,000 participating runners, many of whom had already traveled to New York from around the world, showed up in Central Park the day the Marathon was supposed to take place and ran 4 laps of the park, just as runners did when the event began in 1970.
Runners were asked to donate food, clothing and money to be given to superstorm victims.
“This might sound rude,” said Caroline Lewis, 39, from Wales, who was there to cheer her husband David on. “But it’s such a great example of the American spirit that you find a way to get back up and carry on.”
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— Kenyan representative Mary Keitani and Ethiopian Lelisa Desisa were declared winners.th Running the TCS NY City Marathon on a beautiful fall day.
It was 4 o’clockth The New York win for Keitany, who also won in 2014, 2015 and 2016. He was 2 years old.th To Shalane Flanagan in 2017 who finished a well-deserved 3th (2:26:22) is behind Kenyan Vivian Cheruiyot (2:26:02) today. Molly Huddle finished 4thth (2:26:44), Des Linden 6th (2:27:51), and Allie Kiefer 7th (2:28:12) Give USA 4 top-10 finishes. Keitany’s winning time of 2:22:48 made it 2th– the fastest ever run in New York at the time (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 2th (2014) and 3th (2015, 2017) in New York. As with Keitany, his winning time is 2:05:59th fastest ever run in New York (2:05:06 behind Jeffrey Muta’s CR set in 2011). And Shura Kiata of Ethiopia (2:06:01) and defending champion Geoffrey Kamworor of Kenya (2:06:26) are now 3-4 on the NY all-time list. Desisa pulled away from Kamworor in the final mile, then held off Kitata’s late charge.
The USA also had four top 10s in the men’s race: 6. Jared Ward (2:12:24), 7. Scott Fobble (2:12:28), 9. Shadrack Biwott (2:12:52), 10. Chris Derrick (2:13:08).
Bernard Lagat, a month before his 44th birthdayth birthday, over 18th (2:17:20) in his debut over 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 winners of the New York City Marathon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_New_York_City_Marathon
Through the years.
Born on this day*
Damian Warner – Canada 36 (1989) 2021 Olympic Games gold medalist – decathlon (2016-bronze, 2012-5)th); DNF 2024
After failing to make it to the Olympics in the pole vault, they were fighting for a gold medal at that point.
2022 World Indoor Heptathlon Champion
4-time World Championship medalist — 2013 and 2019 (bronze), 2015 and 2023 (silver)/2017-5th. 2022-DNF
Injury forced a last-minute withdrawal from the 2025 World Cup. Hippoum had collected 8527 points.
Meeting in early June
Silver medalist in the heptathlon of the 2018 World Indoor Championships (2014-7)th)
2014 Commonwealth Games champion; 2015 and 2019 All-American Games Champion
7-time winner of the Hypo meeting in Götzis, Austria (2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019), 2021, 2024)
PBs9018 (Olympic Record/#4 All Time); Hep PB: 6489 (2022/#6 AT)
2025 SB. 8527
All time list
9126 Kevin Mayer (France) 9/16/18
9045 Ashton Eaton (USA) 8/29/15
9039 ————Eaton 6/23/12
9026 Roman Schebrle (Czech Republic) 5/27/01
9018 Damian Warner (Canada) 8/05/21
8995 ————Warner 5/30/21
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian_Warner
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/122729
https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/damian-warner-14173337
https://olympic.ca/team-canada/damian-warner/
Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7SceKfDC2c
OG report: https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/decathlon-tracker-live-updates-results-highlights-each-event
We are preparing for the 2021 Olympic Games:
Disappointment of Paris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=857eYsuKhcA
George Stanich 97 (1928) 1948 Olympic Bronze Medalist – High Jump
At 97, he is the oldest living Olympic medalist in track and field
All-American at UCLA — 7 p.mth 4 at the 1948 NCAA Championshipsth in 1949
Played basketball for coach John Wooden and also played baseball at UCLA. Continued to play minor league baseball.
PB:6-8 ¼ (2.04/1948)
Oldest living Olympians: https://oldestolympians.sdsu.edu/
Read Gary Cohen’s interview to learn more about this incredible Olympian:
http://www.garycohenrunning.com/Interviews/Stanich.aspx
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79088
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stanich
https://uclabruins.com/honors/hall-of-fame/george-stanich/275
Dead
Max Truex 55 (1935-March 24, 1991) 2 times USA Olympian-10000 m (1956-DNF, 1960-6th)
3-time US Champion – 3 Mile (1957, 1961, 1962 – finished 2th annually to international runners)
3-time US champion – 10,000 m (1956, 1959, 1960/3th behind 2 international runners)
(I’m not 100% sure he was actually named US Champion in the years he didn’t finish first.)
1957 NCAA National Champion (USC)
NCAA. 1956-5000 (4:th), 1958-2 miles (3:th)
Former American record holder.
3-mile-13:35.7/1957, 13:21.0/1961
5000m-14:22.8/1956, 14:14.5/1957, 14:04.2/1957, 14:03.6/1960, 13:49.6/1962.
6-mile/10000m-28:50.2/1960
It was reported elsewhere that he set a national HS record of 4:20.4 at the 1954 Indiana State meet (Warsaw, IN), but
it was most likely an “HS only” race record, as the “absolute” HSR at the time was no slower than
4:18.2.
PBs4:06.6 (1957), 8:44.6 (2 miles)/1960), 13:49.6 (1962), 28:50.2 (1960)
https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/26/obituaries/max-truex-55-dies-star-runner-of-50-s.html
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/79140
https://warsawxc.wordpress.com/max-truex/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Truex
Mildred “Tex” McDaniel 70 (1933-Sept. 30, 2004) 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist – High Jump
Set a world record 5-9 ¼ (1.76) in the Olympic finals, also her 4thth American record
3-time US champion (1953, 1955, 1956; 2-time US champion (1955, 1956)
1955 Pan American Games Champion
He was also a basketball player at Tuskegee Institute.
Inducted into the National Hall of Fame in 1983 … Tuskegee coach was fellow Hall of Famer Cleve Abbott
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_McDaniel
HOF Organic: (Currently unavailable)
https://blackthen.com/mildred-mcdaniel-excelled-basketball-gained-famed-track-field-athlete/
Kamila Skolimowska-Poland 26 (1982-February 18, 2009) First Olympic gold medalist in women’s hammer throw (2000)
She was a month shy of 18th birthday when she won in Sydney (youngest human Olympic champion).
or woman)
Also participated in the Olympic Games in 2004 (5th) and 2008 (qual. round).
He died of a pulmonary embolism in 2009 at the age of 26.
The Kamila Skolimowska Memorial Championships is an annual track and field meet held in Khorzów, Poland.
PB:252-0 (76.83/2007)
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/88379
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamila_Skolimowska
