Events in Sport
- 1971-09-19 New York City Marathon: inaugural women's race won by Beth Bonner in 2:55:22; 2nd men's race won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
- 1973-09-30 New York City Marathon: American Nina Kuscsik retains her crown in 2:57:07; Tom Fleming wins men's race in 2:21:54
New York City Marathon
1978-10-22 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins in her race debut in world record 2:32:30; Bill Rodgers wins his third straight title in 2:12:12
- 1980-10-26 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins for 3rd straight year in 2:25:41.3; Alberto Salazar claims men's event in 2:09:41
- 1982-10-24 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14
- 1983-10-23 13th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:00
- 1984-10-28 14th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:29:30
- 1985-10-27 15th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:28:34
- 1986-11-02 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06
- 1987-11-01 New York City Marathon: Ibrahim Hussein of Kenya wins men's race, 2:11:01; English runner Priscilla Welch women's champion, 2:30:17
NYC Women's Marathon
1989-11-05 19th NYC Women's Marathon won by Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway in 2:25:30
- 1990-11-04 20th NYC Women's Marathon won by Wanda Panfil in 2:30:45
Pippig Wins
1993-11-14 23rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Uta Pippig in 2:26:24
- 1994-11-06 24th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:27:37
- 1995-11-12 25th NYC Women's Marathon won by Tegla Loroupe in 2:28:06