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Margaret Okayo was a dominant force in the marathon: She won the New York City Marathon in 2001 and 2003—setting a course record of 2:22:31 that still stands—and also racked up two San Diego Marathon wins and one victory each at the Boston, London, and Milan marathons.
Margaret Okayo (born 30 May 1976) is a professional Kenyan marathon runner. She has won four World Marathon Majors with victories in the New York City Marathon (two times), the Boston Marathon and the London Marathon, setting three course records.
2003 New York City Marathon. Nov 2nd 2003 (About 21 years ago) Series: New York City Marathon. Source: https://results.nyrr.org/. Event Details.
Nov 3, 2003 · Margaret Okayo of Kenya breaks her own course record for women by nearly two minutes to win New York City Marathon in 2 hours, 22 minutes and 31 seconds; Catherine Ndereba of Kenya is...
Apr 16, 2023 · Another product of the Kenyan Prisons Service women’s marathon squad, Margaret Okayo was unable to make her mark at major championship level, registering a DNF in her one marathon appearance, at the 2004 Olympics. But like Ndereba, her teammate in the Greek capital, her exploits at 26.2 miles also went somewhat underappreciated.
New York City Marathon 2002 - Women's Race This year's race looked like it should have been a slam-dunk for Margaret Okayo. In 2001, Okayo set a new course record in New York, by winning that race in 2:24:21 - more than 50 seconds ahead of the second place woman.
Any number of women were in contention for this year's 2003 NYC Marathon: Joyce Chepchumba, the defending champion; Margaret Okayo who set the course record here in 2001; Lornah Kiplagat who had the added incentive of a $100K bonus if she could win this race after winning the New York Mini road race in June and also set her PR earlier this year ...
