The Nike OTC Marathon (sometimes styled "Nike/Oregon Track Club Marathon") was a

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held annually from 1973–1984 in

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. It was organized by the Oregon Track Club (OTC) and sponsored by Nike. The women's world record for the marathon was set at the Nike OTC Marathon by

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, who ran 2:38:19 in 1975. The American women's marathon record was broken four times at the Nike OTC Marathon in the 1970s and 1980s, by Jacqueline Hansen (2:38:19 in 1975), Kim Merritt (2:37:57 in 1977), Julie Brown (2:36:23 in 1978), and Joan Benoit (2:26:11 in 1982). The

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is the only other race that has been the venue for more than three American women's marathon records.

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