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A statue of Pheidippides on the route from Marathon to Athens Burton Holmes' photograph entitled "1896: Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens". The 1896 Olympic Marathon was the precursor to the Athens Classic Marathon. Runners competing in the 1980 Athens Marathon, won by Jean-Paul Didim
Michel Bréal originated the idea of a race from the city of Marathon to Athens, taking inspiration from the legend of Pheidippides. The first such marathon race was a Greek national competition that served as a qualifier for the Olympic marathon, won by Charilaos Vasilakos. The length of the marathon in 1896 was approximately 40 km (25 mi). [2]
The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Plain of Marathon View of the Lake Marathon. The sophist and magnate Herodes Atticus was born in Marathon. In 1926, the American company ULEN began construction on the Marathon Dam in a valley above Marathon, in order to ensure water supply for Athens. It was completed in 1929. About 10 km 2 of forested land were flooded to form Lake Marathon.
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The marathon course was run on the route used for the 1896 Summer Olympics, though the 1896 race was 40 km (25 mi) long while the 2004 race was 42.195 km (26.2 mi) long. [50] For the first time since 369 AD, an athletic event took place at the Stadium at Olympia. with American Kristin Heaston making the first in the shot put event.
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