As Joan Benoit Samuelson negotiated the hairpin turn into the Coliseum tunnel, ran past the USC locker room and onto the stadium’s red synthetic track for the final 400 meters of the 1984 Olympic ...

Jul. 28—Joan Benoit was already the world-record holder in the women's marathon. The 27-year-old Cape Elizabeth native and Bowdoin College graduate had won the Boston Marathon twice. But this was ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson holds an American flag in celebration after winning gold in the women's marathon at the 1984 L.A. Olympic Games. (Lennox McLendon / Associated Press) As Joan Benoit Samuelson ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Joan Benoit Samuelson is synonymous with running, but it wasn’t always her preferred sport. “My first aspirations were in the sport of skiing, and skiing was available to ...

Joan Samuelson waves to the crowd prior to the start of the 1994 Bix 7. She was given bib No. 361, the number she wore while winning the first Olympic women’s marathon 10 years earlier.

LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (Reuters) - Joan Benoit Samuelson, the first women's Olympic marathon champion, hopes the return of the Summer Games to Los Angeles in 2028 will propel a new generation of American ...

Joan Benoit Samuelson crosses the finish line to win the 1984 Olympic marathon trials in Olympia. Steve Bloom The Olympian Two-time world marathon record holder Jacqueline Hansen had two questions ...