<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Abesifazane babesanda kuqala ukwamukelwa njengabasubathi. Ukugijima emgwaqweni nokugijima ama-marathon kwaba yindawo ababengenza kahle kuyo. Amaphayona abesifazane e-United States ahlanganisa uKathrine Switzer, uJacqueline Hansen noMiki Gorman aholela abanye besifazane ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi bangagijima ngempela. UMary Decker, uFrancie Larrieu noGrete Waitz waseNorway bonke babeyingxenye yesenzakalo esafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngoJoan Benoit  <response>: Ukunqoba kwe-Olympic Marathon ngo-1984, okwakuyikhuthaze yona ngokwayo abesifazane abaningi ukuba bagijime. 