1978 New York City Marathon

The 1978 New York City Marathon was the 9th edition of the New York City Marathon and took place in New York City on 22 October.^[1]

1978 New York City Marathon
Date	22 October
Location	New York City, NY
Event type	Marathon
Distance	42.195 km
Edition	9th
Course records	2:10:09 (1976 men) 2:32:30 (1978 women)
Official site	Official website
← 1977 1979 →

Results

Men Rank Athlete Country Time 01 Bill Rodgers  United States 2:12:11 02 Ian Thompson  United Kingdom 2:14:12 03 Trevor Wright  United Kingdom 2:14:35 04 Marco Marchei  Italy 2:16:54 05 Thomas Antczak  United States 2:17:11 06 Jack Foster  New Zealand 2:17:28 07 Chris Stewart  United Kingdom 2:17:47 08 William Haviland  United States 2:18:39 09 Franco Ambrosioni  Italy 2:19:08 10 William Sieben  United States 2:19:11

Women Rank Athlete Country Time 01 Grete Waitz  Norway 2:32:30 02 Marty Cooksey  United States 2:41:49 03 Sue Petersen  United States 2:44:43 04 Doreen Ennis  United States 2:46:38 05 Eleonora de Mendonca Brazil 2:48:45 06 Margaret Lockley  United Kingdom 2:50:58 07 Nancy Schafer  United States 2:52:20 08 Carol Young  United States 2:52:28 09 Glynis Penny  United Kingdom 2:53:35 10 Deborah Butterfield  United States 2:53:42