Running Singlet, worn by Joan Benoit Samuelson
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: user
content: Samuelson, Joan Benoit
label: maker
content: Nike, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Running singlet won by Joan Benoit Samuelson (b.1957.) One of America's greatest marathoners, Benoit Samuelson has won the Boston Marathon twice. Her gold medal run at the 1984 Olympics remains the event's fastest time set by a woman.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The singlet comes from the 1980 Cascade Run Off, held in Portland Oregon. The event is historically significant, as that year the Run Off became the first road race in the United States to offer prize money, challenging traditional notions of amateurism.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Women
label: name of sport
content: Track and Field
label: web subject
content: Sports
label: level of sport
content: Professional
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Highlights from the Culture and the Arts Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0136.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0136
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0136.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: singlet
label: Object Name
content: singlet, running
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cloth (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: polyester (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (bib material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 in x 16 in; 50.8 cm x 40.64 cm