<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Abesifazane base beqala nje 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 ngo-1984 lapho uJoan Benoit ephumelela i-Olympic Marathon  <response>: ukunqoba, okwakukhuthaza abesifazane abaningi ukuba bagijime. 