Amsterdam Marathon 1980

Amsterdam Marathon 1980 was run on Saturday 26 April 1980 . It was the fifth edition of this marathon .

The Dutchman Gerard Nijboer passed in the men's line first in 2: 09:01. He bettered the Dutch record and remained the winner of the previous year, Ferenc Szekeres, more than three and a half minute. In women, it was the Dutch Marja Wokke, who put a time on the clock for the first time in the history of the Amsterdam marathon that was far within three hours. She won in 2: 40.15, which was not only a Dutch record, but that they also ranked eighth of the European landed rankings. [1]