She was disqualified eight days later and the victory was awarded to Canada’s Jacqueline Gareau. Ruiz, 26, from New York, was awarded the winner’s medal and laurel wreath after “setting” what was thought to be a record time of 2 hours, 31 minutes, 56 seconds.īut other runners could not remember seeing her in the race and officials could not spot her in television footage and photos. Rosie Ruiz tried to pull a fast one in the Boston Marathon on this date in 1980 when she jumped into the race a half-mile from the finish line, well ahead of the lead women runners. Ruiz was later stripped of her race title after it was determined she had not run the entire race.
Rosie Ruiz is shown moments after crossing the finish line as the apparent women's race winner of the 84th Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980.
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