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This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1980 Marathon 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 entry list 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 of a nearly identical course in 1981 was 150 m short.[1]
Records [ edit ] 1980 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
Rank
Time
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
2:09:01 Gerard Nijboer (NED ) Amsterdam, Netherlands
26-05-1980
NR
2
2:09:41 Alberto Salazar (USA ) New York, United States
26-10-1980
3
2:09:45 Toshihiko Seko (JPN ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
4
2:09:49 Takeshi So (JPN ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
5
2:10:05 Kunimitsu Itō (JPN ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
6
2:10:09 Garry Henry (AUS ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
7
2:10:13.9 Rodolfo Gómez (MEX ) New York, United States
26-10-1980
8
2:10:18.6 Anthony Sandoval (USA ) Buffalo, United States
24-05-1980
9
2:10:19.9 Garry Bjorklund (USA ) Duluth, United States
21-06-1980
10
2:10:23 Shigeru So (JPN ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
11
2:10:24 Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
12
2:10:29 Kirk Pfeffer (USA ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
13
2:10:40.3 Benji Durden (USA ) Buffalo, United States
24-05-1980
14
2:10:44 Robert de Castella (AUS ) Fukuoka, Japan
07-12-1980
15
2:10:47 Dick Quax (NZL ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
16
2:10:52 Go Chun-Son (PRK ) Essonne, France
16-03-1980
17
2:10:54.1 Kyle Heffner (USA ) Buffalo, United States
24-05-1980
18
2:10:58 Vladimir Kotov (URS ) Moscow, Soviet Union
24-05-1980
19
2:10:59 Robert Hodge (USA ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
20
2:11:00 Ron Tabb (USA ) Metairie, United States
10-02-1980
21
2:11:02 Tommy Persson (SWE ) Columbus, United States
16-11-1980
22
2:11:09 Dave Smith (USA ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
23
2:11:16 Satymkul Dzhumanazarov (URS ) Moscow, Soviet Union
24-05-1980
24
2:11:21.8 David Cannon (ENG ) Montréal, Canada
06-09-1980
25
2:11:22 Richard Callison (USA ) Metairie, United States
10-02-1980
Records [ edit ] 1980 World Year Ranking [ edit ]
Rank
Time
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
2:30:27 Joyce Smith (ENG ) Tokyo, Japan
16-11-1980
2
2:30:57.1 Patti Catalano (USA ) Montréal, Canada
06-09-1980
3
2:30:58 Jacqueline Gareau (CAN ) Tokyo, Japan
16-11-1980
4
2:31:23 Joan Samuelson (USA ) Auckland, New Zealand
03-02-1980
5
2:31:42 Lorraine Moller (NZL ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
6
2:32:29 Marja Wokke (NED ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
7
2:34:29 Allison Roe (NZL ) Eugene, United States
07-09-1980
8
2:35:57 Vreni Forster (SUI ) Sandbach, United Kingdom
22-06-1980
9
2:36:02 Nancy Conz (USA ) London, United Kingdom
03-08-1980
10
2:36:47 Christa Vahlensieck (FRG ) Waldkraiburg, West Germany
15-05-1980
11
2:37:27 Joëlle Audibert (FRA ) Montataire, France
12-10-1980
12
2:37:39 Linda Staudt (CAN ) London, United Kingdom
03-08-1980
13
2:38:04 Charlotte Teske (FRG ) Waldkraiburg, West Germany
15-05-1980
14
2:38:45 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR ) Stockholm, Sweden
23-08-1980
15
2:39:10 Lyubov Putilova (URS ) Uzhgorod, Soviet Union
05-10-1980
16
2:39:17 Gillian Horovitz (ENG ) Boston, United States
21-04-1980
17
2:39:22 Laurie Binder (USA ) Boston, United States
21-04-1980
18
2:39:29 Sylviane Levesque (FRA ) Montataire, France
12-10-1980
19
2:39:49 Jane Wipf (USA ) Honolulu, United States
07-12-1980
20
2:40:35.7 Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN ) Miami, United States
12-01-1980
21
2:41:01 Marty Cooksey (USA ) London, United Kingdom
03-08-1980
22
2:41:14.9 Martha Sartain (USA ) Dallas, United States
06-12-1980
23
2:41:22 Magda Ilands (BEL ) Berchem, Belgium
12-09-1980
24
2:41:44 Beth Guerin (USA ) London, United Kingdom
03-08-1980
25
2:41:47 Chantal Langlacé (FRA ) Montataire, France
12-10-1980
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Derek Clayton (AUS)
Antwerp, Belgium
Gerard Nijboer (NED)
Alberto Salazar (USA)
Toshihiko Seko (JPN)
Rodolfo Gómez (MEX)
Waldemar Cierpinski (GDR)
Dick Quax (NZL)
Go Chun-Son (PRK)
Vladimir Kotov (URS)
Tommy Persson (SWE)
David Cannon (ENG)
Christa Vahlensieck (FRG)
Jacqueline Gareau (CAN)
Vreni Forster (SUI)
Joëlle Audibert (FRA)
Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
Dorthe Rasmussen (DEN)