en 1979 New York City Marathon

The 1979 New York City Marathon was the 10th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 21 October.^[1]

Results

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Bill Rodgers	United States	2:11:42
2	Kirk Pfeffer	United States	2:13:09
3	Stephen Kenyon	United Kingdom	2:13:30
4	Ian Thompson	United Kingdom	2:13:43
5	Benji Durden	United States	2:13:49
6	Jukka Toivola	Finland	2:14:00
7	Frank Shorter	United States	2:16:15
8	Ron Tabb	United States	2:16:28
9	Jon Peter Anderson	United States	2:16:38
10	Oyvind Dahl	Norway	2:16:41

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Grete Waitz	Norway	2:27:33
2	Gillian Adams	United Kingdom	2:38:33
3	Jacqueline Gareau	Canada	2:39:06
4	Patti Lyons	United States	2:40:19
5	Carol Gould	United Kingdom	2:42:21
6	Vreni Forster	Switzerland	2:43:14
7	Suzanne Petersen	United States	2:47:37
8	Sissel Grottenberg	Norway	2:47:50
9	Doreen Ennis	United States	2:48:09
10	Vivian Soderholm	United States	2:49:05