The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
One hundred and twenty-seven runners pay a dollar each to run laps of Central Park; 55 finish. Fred Lebow, one of the organisers, finishes 45th. Nothing about the event suggests that the same race will one day close an entire city for a day.
Historical — it happened, and the record is settled.
Subjects
- New York City Marathon · route · United States
- Fred Lebow · person · United States · not located
- New York Road Runners · organisation · United States · not located
- New York City · city · United States
Evidence
Partly verified — Core facts are sourced; some optional detail is deliberately absent.
Fred Lebow — Hall of Fame
The first New York City Marathon was run in Central Park on 13 September 1970 with 127 entrants at one dollar each and 55 finishers, Lebow finishing 45th; the five-borough course was achieved in 1976 after years of lobbying. V55 verification basis: read through an attributed search summary; the NYRR page was not retrieved.
New York Road Runners · Partly verified
https://www.nyrr.org/about/hall-of-fame/fred-lebow
Recorded on New York City Marathon
- The first jazz record is made
- Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues"
- The first New York City Marathon, in Central Park
- New York goes to five boroughs
- New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided
- The World Marathon Majors series is announced
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- New York is remeasured and two world bests are voided · 1981–1985
- New York goes to five boroughs · 1976
- Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" · 1920-08-10
- The first jazz record is made · 1917-02-26