1978-10-22 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12
1979-10-21 New York City Marathon: Bill Rodgers wins 4th straight men's title in 2:11:42; defending champion Grete Waitz of Norway takes out women's event in 2:27:33
1980-10-26 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins for 3rd straight year in 2:25:41.3; Alberto Salazar claims men's event in 2:09:41
1982-10-24 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
1983-08-07 Grete Waitz of Norway wins inaugural women's marathon at the 1st world athletics championships in Helsinki, Finland
1983-10-23 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
1984-08-05 American Joan Benoit wins first Olympic marathon for women (2:24:52) ahead of Grete Waitz of Norway at the Los Angeles Games
1984-10-28 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
1985-10-27 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
1986-11-02 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06
1988-11-06Steve Jones wins 19th NYC men's marathon (2:08:20); Grete Waitz wins record 9th women's title
Abebe Bikila
Bill Rodgers
Clarence DeMar
Eliud Kipchoge
Paavo Nurmi
Tommie Smith