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The women's marathon was introduced into the Summer Olympics in 1984. The first woman to win a gold medal in the marathon was Joan Benoit of the United States in a time of 2:24:52. American marathon runner, Joan Benoit won the Marathon at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.

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As far as the Olympics goes, Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal in the Ladies Singles in tennis in the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. She was the first woman in history to win an Olympic gold medal.

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Fanny Blankers-Koen of Netherlands.

Fanny won 4 gold medals at the 1948 Summer Games in London (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, 80 meter hurdles).

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Naoko Takahashi.

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