Bill Rodgers (2:09:27) and Joan Benoit (2:35:15) win the Boston Marathon.

Rodgers, who sets the U.S. record for the marathon, is one of four members of the Greater Boston Track Club to finish in the top 10 of the men’s race. A Maine native and 21-year-old Bowdoin College senior, Benoit sets a course record with her time. She wins the race again in 1983* and wins the women’s marathon in the Olympics in 1984.*