Bix 7 Road Race

Bix 7
Bix 7
Date	Last Saturday of July
Standort	Davenport, Iowa
Event type	Road
Distance	7 miles
Primary sponsor	Quad-City Times
Established	1975 (49 years ago)
Course records	Men: 31:51.99 (1998) ; Mark Yatich ; Women: 35:18 (2016) ; Mary Keitany
Official site	Bix 7
Participants	18,000+

The Bix 7 Road Race is held annually in Davenport, Iowa, as a commemoration to Davenport native and jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. It is followed a week later by the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival.

Race

The 7 mile road race is annually held during late July, in the streets of downtown Davenport, Iowa. The race was founded in 1975 by John Hudetz, a resident of Bettendorf, Iowa. After competing in the 1974 Boston Marathon, Hudetz was inspired to bring the excitement to the Quad-Cities with a race of his own. The inaugural race had a field consisting of eighty-four runners.^[1] Today the race is often run by 12,000 to 18,000 runners.^[2]^[3]

The United States’ boycott of the 1980 Olympics helped gain the Bix 7 exposure. Bill Rodgers, the world's top distance runner at the time, was unable to compete in Moscow, so he went to Davenport instead.^[4] The leadership of Race Director Ed Froehlich, promotion by the Quad-City Times newspaper, and generosity from several corporate sponsorships, has helped the Bix 7 develop into the largest non-marathon race in the Midwest,^[5] The race consistently draws elite talent from all over the globe. Running legends Bill Rodgers and 1984 Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson also compete yearly.^[6]

The run is primarily sponsored by the Quad City Times and is a separate entity from the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Society and the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival, which is held the following weekend. The race has several other sponsors, at the Platinum, Gold Medal, and contributing level respectively.

The race went virtual in 2020.

Champions


Edition^[7]^[8]	Year	Entries	Purse	USATF Championship	Men's Winner	Land	Zeit	Women's Winner	Land	Zeit
1	1975	84	$0		Lucien Rosa	Sri Lanka	34:33.8	Kim Merritt	Vereinigte Staaten	41:04
2	1976		$0		Dan Copper	Vereinigte Staaten	36:47	Kim Merritt	Vereinigte Staaten	41:33
3	1977	350	$0		Kevin Mcdonald			Lynn Schmidt
4	1978	500	$0		John Lodwick	Vereinigte Staaten	34:56	Kathy Loper	Vereinigte Staaten	45:38
5	1979	800	$0		Gregg Newell	Vereinigte Staaten	35:40	Ilene Kimsey	Vereinigte Staaten	46:25
6	1980	1,500	$0		Bill Rodgers	Vereinigte Staaten	33:58	Peggy Schott		43:59
7	1981	2,500	$0		Bill Rodgers	Vereinigte Staaten	33:26	Beverly Roland-Miller	Vereinigte Staaten	41:26
8	1982		$0		Robert de Castella	Australien	32:45*	Ellen Hart		38:24
9	1983	5,620	$0		Joseph Nzau	Kenia	33:10	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Vereinigte Staaten	37:26
10	1984	6,750	$0		Ashley Johnson	Südafrika	33:06	Kellie Cathey	Vereinigte Staaten	38:04
11	1985	7,174	$0		Mark Curp	Vereinigte Staaten	32:56	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Vereinigte Staaten	37:38
12	1986	9,325	$0		Geoff Smith	Vereinigtes Königreich	33:16	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Vereinigte Staaten	37:56
13	1987	12,372	$0		Joseph Nzau	Kenia	33:24	Francie Larrieu Smith	Vereinigte Staaten	38:10
14	1988	12,425	$0		Mark Curp	Vereinigte Staaten	33:22	Joan Benoit Samuelson	Vereinigte Staaten	37:59
Prize money offered
15	1989	15,639	$39,500		Mark Nenow	Vereinigte Staaten	32:17	Erin Baker	Neuseeland	36:35
16	1990	16,521	$39,250		Steve Kogo	Kenia	32:47	María Trujillo	Mexiko	37:58
17	1991	18,124	$39,250		Ken Martin	Vereinigte Staaten	32:21	Uta Pippig	Deutschland	37:04
18	1992	18,246	$60,000		Alejandro Cruz	Mexiko	32:21	Olga Markova	Unified Team	36:48
19	1993		$39,000		Thomas Osano	Kenia	32:10	Uta Pippig	Deutschland	36:27
20	1994	20,097	$40,000		Benson Masya	Kenia	31:56	Tegla Loroupe	Kenia	36:02
21	1995	18,354	$39,750		Phillimon Hanneck	Simbabwe	32:08	Anne Hare	Neuseeland	37:33
22	1996	18,108	$39,250		Peter Githuka	Kenia	32:05	Hellen Kimaiyo	Kenia	36:18
23	1997		$80,000		Khalid Khannouchi	Marokko	32:54	Colleen De Reuck	Südafrika	37:34
Junior Bix Introduced
24	1998	22,143	$50,000		John Korir	Kenia	31:51.99	Colleen De Reuck	Südafrika	36:38
25	1999	20,117	$48,200		John Korir	Kenia	32:59	Catherine Ndereba	Kenia	37:30
26	2000	15,011	$49,800		Mark Yatich	Kenia	32:31	Colleen De Reuck	Südafrika	36:42
Brady Street Sprint Introduced
27	2001	18,958	$45,000		John Korir	Kenia	32:24	Catherine Ndereba	Kenia	37:05
28	2002	19,658	$45,000	Yes	Meb Keflezighi	Vereinigte Staaten	32:36	Colleen De Reuck	Vereinigte Staaten	37:44
29	2003		$45,000		John Korir	Kenia	32:34	Catherine Ndereba	Kenia	37:12
30	2004	16,627	$45,000		John Korir	Kenia	32:36	Susan Chepkemei	Kenia	35:24
31	2005	20,211	$45,000		Gilbert Okari	Kenia	32:24	Nuța Olaru	Rumänien	36:53
32	2006		$45,000		Lawrence Kiprotich	Kenia	32:13	Susan Chepkemei	Kenia	37:35
33	2007		$45,000		Duncan Kibet	Kenia	32:15	Wude Ayalew	Äthiopien	36:57
34	2008	13,711	$45,000		Edward Muge	Kenia	32:16	Edith Masai	Kenia	37:20
35	2009	18,335	$50,000	Yes	Meb Keflezighi	Vereinigte Staaten	32:25	Molly Huddle	Vereinigte Staaten	37:39
36	2010	17,598	$50,000	Yes	Ryan Hall	Vereinigte Staaten	32:55	Lisa Uhl	Vereinigte Staaten	37:52
37	2011	18,057	$50,000		Silas Kipruto	Kenia	32:36	Caroline Rotich	Kenia	36:42
38	2012	18,138	$50,000		Silas Kipruto	Kenia	32:31	Margaret Muriuki	Kenia	36:17
39	2013		$50,000		Leonard Korir	Kenia	32:15	Sule Utura	Äthiopien	36:34
40	2014		$50,000	Yes	Sean Quigley	Vereinigte Staaten	33:28	Molly Huddle	Vereinigte Staaten	36:14
41	2015	17,293	$50,000		Leonard Korir	Kenia	33:06	Cynthia Limo	Kenia	36:57
42	2016		$50,000		Silas Kipruto	Kenia	33:03	Mary Keitany	Kenia	35:18
43	2017		$50,000	Yes	Sam Chelanga	Vereinigte Staaten	32:52	Aliphine Tuliamuk	Vereinigte Staaten	36:30
44	2018				Belay Tilahun	Äthiopien	32:37	Margaret Muriuki	Kenia	35:57
45	2019				Leonard Barsoton	Kenia	32:34	Joyciline Jepkosgei	Kenia	36:04
	2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
46	2021			Yes	Leonard Korir	Vereinigte Staaten	33:48	Edna Kiplagat	Kenia	37:16