OTD 1984, Joan Benoit Samuelson won the first women's Olympic marathon. 🥇
stadium was the perfect symbol for how far women’s running had come. Even more than a symbol, the message Samuelson gave as she moved from obscurity to acclaim triggered a transformation that 35 years later is still gaining momentum. That was the moment when women's running worldwide moved from the margins to the mainstream.
Before 1984, there were championship races women could enter: Avon had held six global marathon championships since 1977; the 1982 European championships included a women’s marathon; and the 1983 IAAF
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