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Joan Benoit

Joan Benoit
Personal information
NameJoan Benoit
Full nameJoan Benoit Samuelson
NationalityAmerican
ResidenceFreeport, Maine
Height5 ft 2 in (1.6 m)
Weight100 lb (45.4 kg)
Sport
CountryUS
SportTrack and field athletics
EventMarathon
Achievements and titles
Olympics1984

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Joan Benoit Samuelson (born May 16, 1957) is an American marathon runner who won gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, the year that the women's marathon was introduced. As a result she was the first ever women's Olympic marathon champion. Benoit Samuelson still holds the fastest times for an American woman at the Chicago Marathon and the Olympic Marathon. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American woman at that race for 28 years.

Joan Benoit Video

The first Womens Olympic Marathon saw a courageous move by young Joan Benoit of the Unites States. A few months removed from surgery she dared the field (and herself) to follow an early blistering pace. 1984 LA Olympics. Epic.
5.10 min. | 4.96 user rating		 Joan Benoit of the United States wins the first Olympic women's marathon. GOLD - Joan Benoit, USA 2:24:52 SILVER - Grete Waitz, NOR 2:26:18 BRONZE - Rosa Mota, POR 2:26:57
5.62 min. | 4.80 user rating		 Joan Benoit Samuelson didn't set world records and win medals without making up her own rules. #MAKETHERULES
0.25 min. | 4.6 user rating		 From the official film of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Joan Benoit (USA) and Grete Waitz (Norway) go for gold in the first womens Olympic marathon. Copyright 1985 Bud Greenspan and IOC
6.20 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Footage of Joan Benoit-Samuelson during the 2008 Women's Olympic Marathon Trials. Very impressive running on her part!! Good Job, Joanie!!
0.97 min. | 4.64 user rating
The question gets asked. The answer never seems to capture the real reason. This may help. videos: 1.Trevor Dunbar 9:02 3200m in HS 2.Joan Benoit 1984 LA Olympics, 1st Women's Olympic Marathon. Underdog due to recent knee surgery takes gold 3.Dathan Ritzenheim. 1999 Footlocker Xc National Championships. Breaks course record 4.Derek Redmond. 1992 Olympics. 400m semi-finals. Torn hamstring 5.Steve Prefontaine. 1972 Olympics 5k 6.Sian Welch & Wendy Ingraham. 1997 Ironman World Championship 7.Haile Gebreselassie takes gold over Paul Tergat. 2000 Olympics 10K final The original video is here: www.youtube.com I put it here just in case the other one disappear.
3.77 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Old School Videos from 1964-1984* Races in order of appearance: 74' CIF Championships at Mt. Sac (Eric Hulst) 82' Boston Marathon (Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley) 70' NCAA Cross Nationals (Pre and others) 84' LA Olympic Marathon (Joan Benoit Samuelson) 75' LA Times Mile (Pre, Filbert Bayi, and John Walker) 67' AAU Championships (Jim Ryun) 64' Tokyo Olympic 10k (Billy Mills) Music by John Elias *compilation of other videos on Youtube
1.03 min. | 4.41 user rating		 Ecoutez nos titres sur fr.noomiz.com Reprise de Amel Bent - Je reste - composée par Benoit Poher (ex Kyo) - nouveau single novembre 2011 On a un peu énergisé la chanson et aussi un peu positivée pour qu'elle nous ressemble. Par exemple , "On se déchire" a été remplacé par "on se désire" Parce que La Malice c'est pas de la musique, c'est de l'amour !!!!!!!!!!!! FAçON LA MALICE: c'est une série de vidéo à la maison où nous nous amusons à reprendre diverses chansons de tous les styles possibles. A notre façon... d'où le titre !!!!!!!!!!! En général les morceaux ne sont pas complets et nous réadaptons beaucoup. Parfois nous ajoutons même des parties crées par nous-même. Parfois nous incluons nos propres compositions... en acoustique évidemment. NOUS? La Malice est un duo composé de Corinne : ex chanteuse du groupe Joan Doe, antillaise sexy, douce et féline à la fois. Benjamin (dit Benjamin La Malice sur TF1): qui s'est fait connaître en tant que Maître de Midi dans l'émission de Jean-Luc reichamn, Les douze coups de midi.
2.27 min. | 3.04 user rating		 1984 Olympic Marathon champion Joan Benoit talks about Kara Goucher and her experience at last year's Olympic Trials. The 2009 Boston Marathon will be held on Monday, April 20th, visit www.bostonmarathon.org for more information.
2.37 min. | 4.25 user rating		 Nike Commercial featuring Alex Rodriguez, Tom Brady, Maria Sharapova, Lexi VonderLieth, Joan Benoit Samuelson, Justin Gatlin, Liu Xiang
1.00 min. | 4.71 user rating

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velonews.competitor.com---Joan Benoit- Samuelson, who set a US 50-54 age-group record of 2:47:50 at yesterday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon, flew to Boston afterward and competed ... - Date : Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:12:02 GMT+00:00

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Preceded by
NO Grete Waitz		Women's marathon world record holder
April 18, 1983 - April 21, 1985		Succeeded by
NO Ingrid Kristiansen
Preceded by
NL Marja Wokke		Women's half marathon
world record holder
1981-01-18 - 1982-05-15		Succeeded by
NO Grete Waitz
Preceded by
NO Grete Waitz		Women's half marathon
world record holder
1983-09-18 - 1989-03-19		Succeeded by
NO Ingrid Kristiansen
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Trish Millines Dziko
Bruce Furniss
Virginia Gilder
Stacey Johnson
Gregory Kelser
Kellen Winslow		Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
Class of 2005
Mark Johnson
Gary Lawrence
Paul McDonald
Greg Meredith
Joan Benoit Samuelson
Dave Stoldt		Succeeded by
Valerie Ackerman
Danny Ainge
Charles Davis
Terry Schroeder
Mike Singletary
Susan Wellington

Medal Record
Women's athletics
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold1984 Los AngelesMarathon
Pan American Games
Gold1983 Caracas3,000 metres

Representing the United States
1978 Bermuda Marathon Bermuda 2nd 2:50:54
1979 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 1st 2:35:15
1980 Auckland Marathon Auckland, New Zealand 1st 2:31:23
1981 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 3rd 2:30:17
1982 Nike OTC Marathon Eugene, United States 1st 2:26:12
1983 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 1st 2:22:43
1984 Summer Olympics Los Angeles, United States 1st 2:24:52
1985 Chicago Marathon Chicago, United States 1st 2:21:21
1988 New York City Marathon New York City, United States 3rd 2:32:40
1991 Boston Marathon Boston, United States 4th 2:26:54
1991 New York City Marathon New York City, United States 6th 2:33:49

National Distance Running Hall of Fame inductees

1998: Joan Benoit * Ted Corbitt * Bill Rodgers * Frank Shorter * Kathrine Switzer * 1999: Johnny Kelley * Nina Kuscsik * Francie Larrieu-Smith * Billy Mills * 2000: Clarence DeMar * Steve Prefontaine * Alberto Salazar * Grete Waitz * 2001: Bill Dellinger * Lynn Jennings * Fred Lebow * Craig Virgin * 2002: Bill Bowerman * Doris Brown Heritage * John J. Kelley * H. Browning Ross * 2003: Mary Decker * Jim Ryun * George Young * 2004: No inductees * 2005: Don Kardong * Greg Meyer * Bob Schul * 2006: Patti Catalano * Gerry Lindgren * Marty Liquori * 2007: No inductees * 2008: Amby Burfoot * Johnny Hayes * Priscilla Welch * 2009: No inductees * 2010: Dick Beardsley * Miki Gorman

Olympic Champions in Women's Marathon

1984: Joan Benoit * 1988: Rosa Mota * 1992: Valentina Yegorova * 1996: Fatuma Roba * 2000: Naoko Takahashi * 2004: Mizuki Noguchi * 2008: Constantina Tomescu

Pan American Champions in Women's 3.000 m and 5.000 m

1951 - 1975: Not Held * 1979: Jan Merrill (USA) * 1983: Joan Benoit (USA) * 1987: Mary Knisely (USA) * 1991: Sabrina Dornhoefer (USA) * 1995 - 2003: Adriana Fernández (MEX) * 2007: Megan Metcalfe (CAN)

Boston Women's Marathon Winners

1966 �1968: Bobbi Gibb (USA) * 1969 �1971: Sara Mae Berman (USA) * 1972: Nina Kuscsik (USA) * 1973: Jacqueline Hansen (USA) * 1974: Miki Gorman (USA) * 1975: Liane Winter (FRG) * 1976: Kim Merritt (USA) * 1977: Miki Gorman (USA) * 1978: Gayle Barron (USA) * 1979: Joan Benoit (USA) * 1980: Jacqueline Gareau (CAN) * 1981: Allison Roe (NZL) * 1982: Charlotte Teske (FRG) * 1983: Joan Benoit (USA) * 1984: Lorraine Moller (NZL) * 1985: Lisa Larsen Weidenbach (USA) * 1986: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) * 1987 �1988: Rosa Mota (POR) * 1989: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) * 1990: Rosa Mota (POR) * 1991: Wanda Panfil (POL) * 1992 �1993: Olga Markova (RUS) * 1994 �1996: Uta Pippig (GER) * 1997 �1999: Fatuma Roba (ETH) * 2000 �2001: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) * 2002: Margaret Okayo (KEN) * 2003: Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) * 2004 �2005: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) * 2006: Rita Jeptoo (KEN) * 2007: Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS) * 2008: Dire Tune (ETH) * 2009: Salina Kosgei (KEN) * 2010: Teyba Erkesso (ETH) |

Chicago Women's Marathon Winners

1977: Dorothy Doolittle (USA) * 1978: Lynae Larson (USA) * 1979: Laura Michalek (USA) * 1980: Sue Petersen (USA) * 1981: Tina Gandy (USA) * 1982: Nancy Conz (USA) * 1983 �1984: Rosa Mota (POR) * 1985: Joan Benoit (USA) * 1986: Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) * 1987: Not Held * 1988 �1989: Lisa Weidenbach (USA) * 1990: Aurora Cunha (POR) * 1991: Midde Hamrin (SWE) * 1992: Linda Somers (USA) * 1993: Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) * 1994: Kristy Johnston (USA) * 1995: Ritva Lemettinen (FIN) * 1996 �1997: Marian Sutton (GBR) * 1998 �1999: Joyce Chepchumba (KEN) * 2000 �2001: Catherine Ndereba (KEN) * 2002: Paula Radcliffe (GBR) * 2003: Svetlana Zakharova (RUS) * 2004: Constantina Tomescu-Dita (ROM) * 2005: Deena Kastor (USA) * 2006 �2007: Berhane Adere (ETH) * 2008: Lidiya Grigoryeva (RUS) * 2009: Liliya Shobukhova (RUS) |

Sullivan Award winners

1930: Jones * 1931: Berlinger * 1932: Bausch * 1933: Cunningham * 1934: Bonthron * 1935: Little * 1936: Morris * 1937: Budge * 1938: Lash * 1939: Burk * 1940: Rice * 1941: MacMitchell * 1942: Warmerdam * 1943: Dodds * 1944: Curtis * 1945: Blanchard * 1946: Tucker * 1947: Kelly * 1948: Mathias * 1949: Button * 1950: Wilt * 1951: Richards * 1952: Ashenfelter * 1953: Lee * 1954: Whitfield * 1955: Dillard * 1956: McCormick * 1957: Morrow * 1958: Davis * 1959: O'Brien * 1960: Johnson * 1961: Rudolph * 1962: Beatty * 1963: Pennel * 1964: Schollander * 1965: Bradley * 1966: Ryun * 1967: Matson * 1968: Meyer * 1969: Toomey * 1970: Kinsella * 1971: Spitz * 1972: Shorter * 1973: Walton * 1974: Wohlhuter * 1975: Shaw * 1976: Jenner * 1977: Naber * 1978: Caulkins * 1979: Thomas * 1980: Heiden * 1981: Lewis * 1982: Decker * 1983: Moses * 1984: Louganis * 1985: Benoit * 1986: Joyner-Kersee * 1987: Abbott * 1988: Griffith-Joyner * 1989: Evans * 1990: Smith * 1991: Powell * 1992: Blair * 1993: Ward * 1994: Jansen * 1995: Baumgartner * 1996: Johnson * 1997: Manning * 1998: Holdsclaw * 1999: C. Miller & K. Miller * 2000: Gardner * 2001: Kwan * 2002: Hughes * 2003: Phelps * 2004: Hamm * 2005: Redick * 2006: Long * 2007: Tebow * 2008: Johnson * 2009: Palmeiro-Winters



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