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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.
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.
Margaret Okayo, a previous winner, set a course record of 2:22:31, and Martin Lel, the World Half Marathon champion but a somewhat unknown quantity at the full distance, finished strongly in 2:10:30, to lead a nearly perfect Kenyan sweep of the podium in both the men's and women's races at the 34th ING New York City Marathon.
The 2003 New York City Marathon was the 34th running of the annual marathon race in New York City, United States, which took place on Sunday, November 2. The men's elite race was won by Kenya's Martin Lel in a time of 2:10:30 hours while the women's race was won in 2:22:31 by Margaret Okayo, also of Kenya.
We need not have looked further than compatriot Margaret Okayo, a previous winner in 2001, and who had not run a marathon in August. Also in the field was Lornah Kiplagat, ex-Kenyan now of Holland, who was a 4th place finisher at the Champs over 10 000m .
