Joan Benoit Samuelson's victory in the marathon at the Los Angeles Games helped change the perception of women as athletes and competitors.

For decades, women were held out of Olympic distance running on the grounds that they weren’t physically capable. The Trials in Olympia in 1984 helped change that.

Joan Benoit Samuelson was hardly a sure thing going into the first-ever women’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials, held in Olympia on May 12, 1984. Neither, for that matter, was Olympia. Having ...

When 4 great runners faced off and changed Olympic history 'Long Run to Glory' tells the story of Joan Benoit Samuelson's historic marathon, the first ever Olympic marathon that women were allowed ...

The International Olympic Committee wrote that, in total, 34 companies "made financial and value-in-kind" contributions to the 1984 Games — none of which were cigarette companies.

40 years ago, Olympia hosted the first women’s Olympic marathon trials. A runner’s reunion to happen May 19 Capital City Marathon weekend.

40 years ago, Olympia hosted the first women’s Olympic marathon trials. A runner’s reunion to happen May 19 Capital City Marathon weekend.

From the first in 1968 to the most-recent in 2016, a half-dozen U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials have stood out—and provide lessons for every runner.

Forty years ago, Jacksonville runners Lanier Drew and Patt Sher qualified for a historic event — the first women's U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials.