INDIANAPOLIS
- National Track & Field Hall of Famer Alberto Salazar
winning his third consecutive New York City Marathon in 1982
was honored by USA
Track & Field as the 20th
greatest moment in U.S. track and field in the last 25
years.
Salazar's New
York City 'hat trick' began with his win there in1980, which
at that time was the fastest marathon debut in history of 2
hours, 9 minutes, 41 seconds. Following his 1981 win in
2:08:13, Salazar went on to win New York a third consecutive
time in 1982 by surging ahead of Mexico's Rudolfo Gomez to
finish the event in 2:09:29. Salazar's 1982 triumph is the
most recent win by an American at the New York City
Marathon.
An Olympian
in 1980 and 1984, Salazar won the1982 Boston Marathon and
set several American distance records during his career,
ranging from 5,000 meters to the marathon. He was inducted
into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 2001.
Salazar's New
York City 'hat trick' began with his win there in1980, which
at that time was the fastest marathon debut in history of 2
hours, 9 minutes, 41 seconds. Following his 1981 win in
2:08:13, Salazar went on to win New York a third consecutive
time in 1982 by surging ahead of Mexico's Rudolfo Gomez to
finish the event in 2:09:29. Salazar's 1982 triumph is the
most recent win by an American at the New York City
Marathon. 