Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who was the first women's Olympic Games marathon champion, winning the gold medal...

Country Music Singer/Songwriter Joan Benoit (born 1957), American first women's Olympic marathon champion Joaquín Benoit (born 1977), Dominican professional...

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introduced at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles, US) and was won by Joan Benoit of the United States with a time of 2 hours 24 minutes and 52 seconds...

1956 – Loretta Schrijver, Dutch television host, news anchor 1957 – Joan Benoit, American runner 1957 – Benjamin Mancroft, 3rd Baron Mancroft, English...

1980 The Hague IAAF, ARRS 1:13:26 Joan Benoit  United States 18 January 1981 New Orleans IAAF, ARRS 1:11:16 Joan Benoit  United States 7 March 1981 San...

came from 28 countries. 44 finished the race. The world record holder Joan Benoit of the United States won the gold medal, with the silver medal going...

Jr., Mia Hamm, Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, Jerry Rice, Nolan Ryan, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Mike Schmidt. The campus was closed temporarily for deep...

world record in the women's open race of 2:42:24, and eight years later, Joan Benoit beat a world record that had only been set the day before at the London...

figurines of a pony-tailed girl running that were given as trophies to Joan Benoit Samuelson, Julie Brown, and Julie Isphording, the top three women marathoners...

producer Joan Bennett (1910–1990), American actress Joan Benoit (born 1957), American marathon runner Joan Bielski (1923–2012), Australian activist Joan Blackman...

record was 2:22:43 set in the 1983 Boston Marathon by Joan Benoit. Later in 1985 she lost to Benoit in the Chicago Marathon, running 2:23:05 for second...

Running legends Bill Rodgers and 1984 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson also compete yearly. The run is primarily sponsored by the...

Women's track and road athletes Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown...

guiding Armstrong for the first 10 miles (16 km) of the race, while Joan Benoit Samuelson oversaw the next 10 miles (16 km), and Hicham El Guerrouj the...

Women's track and road athletes Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown...

Games Gold Silver Bronze edit 1984 Los Angeles details Joan Benoit  United States Grete Waitz  Norway Rosa Mota  Portugal 1988 Seoul details Rosa Mota...

Women's track and road athletes Evelyn Ashford Sharrieffa Barksdale Joan Benoit Jeanette Bolden Cindy Bremser Valerie Brisco-Hooks Alice Brown Judi Brown...

marathon also made its first appearance in these Games, with American Joan Benoit winning gold in 2:24:52, a time many thought was impossible for women...

run the Olympic marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics, when American Joan Benoit won the inaugural race in a time of 2 hours and 24 minutes. In March...

America's Marathon/Chicago and opened up the way for appearance payments. Joan Benoit Samuelson described the Chicago Marathons of the mid-1980s as "The World's...

Benoît Saint Denis (born December 18, 1995) is a French professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting...

Moscow. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, she was beaten in the marathon by Joan Benoit, placing second to take the silver medal. In the 1988 Summer Olympics...

ice hockey, and goes running, with Michael Jordan, John McEnroe, and Joan Benoit vouching for Jackson's knowledge of their sports (Wayne Gretzky, when...

Norway's Grete Waitz were all part of a phenomenon that culminated in Joan Benoit's 1984 Olympic Marathon victory, which itself inspired more women to run...

Marathon with two friends. He assembled a pace team of Alberto Salazar, Joan Benoit Samuelson, and Hicham El Guerrouj to help him reach three hours. He finished...

32:02.3  Joan Benoit (USA) 36:17.7 12th 1984  David Murphy (USA) 32:17  Joan Nesbit (USA) 37:00 11th 1983  Joseph Nzau (KEN) 32:20  Joan Benoit (USA) 36:21...

Joan Benoit won gold in the first ever women's Olympic marathon during the 1984 games....

of The Blackstone Group John Studzinski (1978) Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson (1979) Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley (1979) Barron's editor-at-large...

helped to prolong the careers of athletes such as Bobby Orr, Willis Reed, Joan Benoit and Mary Lou Retton. For this, Jackson was named one of Sports Illustrated's...