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3 days ago · Only three runners in history have won two marathon gold medals, with Abebe Bikila from Ethiopia (Rome 1960, Tokyo 1964), Waldemar Cierpinski from East Germany (Montreal 1976, Moscow 1980) and Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya (Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020) the only double Olympic champions. Discover the full list of Olympic marathon winners below.
4 days ago · After the Olympic Games championship, one of the most coveted honors in marathon running is victory in the Boston Marathon, held annually since 1897. It draws athletes from all parts of the world and in 1972 became the first major marathon to officially allow women to compete.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
2 days ago · The marathon (from Greek Μαραθώνιος) is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 km (26 mi 385 yd), [ 1] usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There are also wheelchair divisions.
4 days ago · Marathon soon became an almost mythical event. The Athenian Treasury at Delphi was built out of the spoils of the battle. An ambitious conjecture seeks to equate the 192 Marathon dead with the 192 equestrian figures on the Parthenon frieze.
- Simon Hornblower
5 days ago · The Battle of Marathon in 490 BC was one of history's great turning points - the first time the Greeks managed to defeat the Persians in a pitched battle, it enabled the rise of classical Greek civilization.
1 day ago · Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring to ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship eventually splits up, and Frodo continues the quest with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum.
5 days ago · Sifan Hassan wins women’s marathon at Paris Olympics after trading elbows with Tigst Assefa. Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, celebrates after crossing the finish line to win the gold medal at the end of the women’s marathon competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Paris, France.
