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Tuesday, November 4, 1986 / University Daily Kansan
Race success causes problems
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — In an unusual twist, the success of the New York City Marathon has created problems, race director Fred Lebow said yesterday.
One day after what he called the most successful marathon in the 15 year history of the race, Lebow said, "I was so scared."
He was referring to number of entries this year, which reached 20,502, the largest ever for a marathon in the United States. Of those starters — a number revised from Sunday's figure of 20,141 — a total of 19,412 finished, another record and an exceptionally high percentage.
Those were huge increases over last year's record race totals of 16,705 starters and 15,887 finishers.
Lebow said that when the mob of runners gathered for the start, they were backed into the toll booths at the Verrazano Narrows Bridge.
"The women runners took the longest ever to get started," he said. "And when the lead runners were at the one-mile mark, some of the runners hadn't even reached the starting line.
"We probably will reduce the field next year."
we probably will reduce the need for year. If so, it would mark only the second reduction in the field since the 26-mile, 385-yard race was first run in 1970, with 127 starters — 126 men and one woman. The only time there was a drop in the number of starters was 1982, when 14,308 began the race, compared with 14,496 in 1981.
For the first six years, the race was run entirely in Central Park. It was moved in 1976 to include all five boroughs of the city. That year also marked the biggest increase in the number of starters, climbing from 334 in 1975 to 2,690 in 1976.
Allan Steinfeld, the race's technical director, also was
surprised at the size of Sunday's field
"We expected to have fewer people competing," he said. "Not as many people cancelled as we thought."
said. Not as many people chose to attend.
Steinfield said that 23,990 people registered for the race,
22,310 picked up their race numbers and there were only
1,908 no-shows.
Steinfield said that it took the lead men approximately 1 minute, 50 seconds to get going, and about four to five minutes to get clear of the starting crowd.
At the end, however, there were no problems for Gianni Poli of Italy and Grete Waitz of Norway.
Poli, the Italian record-holder who turns 26 tomorrow, scored his first victory in an international marathon, finishing in 2 hours, 11 minutes and 6 seconds, beating run-up Antoni Niemczak of Poland by 15 seconds. Favored Rob de Castella of Australia finished third in 2:11:43.
Waitz was the first woman finisher for the fifth consecutive year and the eighth time in nine years, in 2:28:06.
Overall, the Italians performed exceptionally well. placing four men in the top nine and three women in the top eight.
That again fueled the debate about unconfirmed reports that the Italians, who have done well in major long-distance races in recent years, might be blood doing.
Blood doping is the practice of removing a pint of blood, storing it, then reinjecting it into an athlete's bloodstream about a week prior to a race or other event.
Blood doping temporarily raises the blood's supply of hemoglobin, which carries oxygen to the lungs. An increased oxygen capacity would greatly benefit a long-distance runner.
Montana given OK to rejoin 49ers
United Press International
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Quarterback Joe Montana, sidelined since the second week of the regular season with a career threatening back injury, has been given the OK by his surgeon to rejoin the San Francisco 49ers' active roster.
Head coach Bill Walsh said he would likely announce Montana's return to the team at his weekly news conference today.
"We've talked to his surgeon," Walsh said, "now our team doctor has to be directly involved at this point."
Montana, reached for an interview by San Jose television station KICU, said he was happy to be returning to
"They (the doctors) said I can go ahead and play." Montana said, "I've been released to play."
The 49ers, 5-3-1 on the year, have been thinned by a large number of injuries. Backup quarterback Jeff Kemp, who guided San Francisco to a 3-2-1 record, also has been sidelined the past two weeks by a hip injury. In his place, Mike Worsok was forced to start third string quarterback Mike Moreski, who split his two starts.
Walsh said Montana's return would likely bring back some continuity to the 49ers offense.
"He (Montana) would be more in syne with what we are doing," the 48ers coach said. "That has been the tough thing for Mike and Jeff to some extent. Joe has the knowledge and understanding of the play and why we use
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