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...

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...

Castella Khalid Khannouchi Kelvin Kiptum Haile Gebrselassie Patrick Makau Joan Benoit Naoko Takahashi Catherine Ndereba Paula Radcliffe Brigid Kosgei Eliud...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

then as race director beginning in 2001. In 1998, Olympic Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson tapped him to become the race director of the TD Beach To Beacon...

record of 2:42:24 was set by Liane Winter of West Germany, and in 1983, Joan Benoit Samuelson of the United States ran a women's world record time of 2:22:43...

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

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...

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...

first Olympic marathon that women were allowed to participate in, when Joan Benoit Samuelson came into the Olympic Stadium ahead of the field and surprised...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

put her third on the world all-time list behind Ingrid Kristiansen and Joan Benoit. As of 2016[update], the time still ranks her second on the German all-time...

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...

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

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

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...

marathon world record, yet it stood for only one day as it was beaten by Joan Benoit at the 1983 Boston Marathon. Around 60,000 people applied to enter the...

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

earning the local nickname "Bix Billy". A bronze statue of Rodgers and Joan Benoit Samuelson was erected near the Bix finish line in 2007. On April 20,...

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