Benoit finished the New York City Marathon in 2:33:49, extending her record of elite marathon racing into the 1990s.
On November 3, 1991, Joan Benoit ran the New York City Marathon in 2:33:49, a result documented in the New York Road Runners Hall of Fame's record of her career marathon performances.
This race came in the same year as her Boston Marathon performance of 2:26:54, showing Benoit's continued ability to race at a high level across multiple major marathons within a single season — a demanding schedule that few marathoners, male or female, attempt even in their athletic primes, let alone more than a decade into an elite career.
By 1991, Benoit Samuelson had become an icon and mentor figure in American distance running, and her continued competitiveness in the country's largest marathons helped inspire the next generation of professional female runners who were beginning to benefit from the expanded opportunities, sponsorship, and respect that Benoit's own trailblazing career had helped secure.
This performance is one of the final major marathon results catalogued in her NYRR Hall of Fame profile, capping off more than a decade of documented excellence on the New York City and Boston Marathon courses alongside her singular Olympic achievement.