1980 in marathon running 1980 in marathon running This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1980 in the Marathon for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the final of the men's competition was held on Friday August 1, 1980. The competition had an entrylist of 76 competitors, with 53 runners actually finishing the race. Norway's Grete Waitz clocked 2:25:41 winning the New York City Marathon on October 26, 1980, but her time was disputed and therefore not recognized as a world record because remeasurements
1977 London-Sydney Marathon 1977 London-Sydney Marathon The 1977 London-Sydney Marathon, officially Singapore Airlines London-Sydney Rally was the second running of the London-Sydney Marathon. The rally took place between the 14th of August and the 27th of September 1977. The event covered 19,000 miles (30,000km) through Europe, Asia and Australia. It was won by Andrew Cowan, Colin Malkin and Mike Broad, driving a Mercedes-Benz 280E. The success of the 1968 London-Sydney Marathon would inspired Australian advertising publicist Wylton Dickson, who had no previous links to rallying to organised the World Cup Rally, which took place in 1970 and again in 1974. But following the