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...

came from 28 countries. 44 finished the race. The world record holder Joan Benoit of the United States won the gold medal by 1m 26, with the silver medal...

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

2020. Moran, Malcolm (August 6, 1984). "First Women's Olympic Marathon to Benoit". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved...

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

Games Gold Silver Bronze edit 1984 Los Angeles details Joan Benoit  United States 2:24:52 Grete Waitz  Norway 2:26:18 Rosa Mota  Portugal 2:26:57 1988...

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

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...

the course record. Fourteen minutes into the 1984 Olympic marathon, Joan Benoit began to pull away from the rest of the pack. She went on to win in a...

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...