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The first Paris Marathon, the Tour de Paris Marathon, took place in 1896. A big crowd gathered to watch 191 participants. It was run over a course of 40 km (25 mi) from Paris to Conflans-Sainte-Honorine via Versailles, and the organisers decided to award a commemorative medal to all runners who finished the race in less than 4 hours.
The route, specially designed for the Paris 2024 Games and approved by World Athletics, was unique, demanding, and technical. Paris 2024 unveiled the routes for the Olympic marathon and the two races – a 42.195 km course and a 10 km course – open to the general public as part of the mass event running. [5]
Name City / Race Location Country Month* *Last race was held Inception Ref Amsterdam Marathon: Amsterdam Netherlands October: 1975: Berlin Marathon: Berlin Germany September
Leonard Korir. Hometown: Iten, Kenya. Best marathon: 2:07:56 (Amsterdam, 2019). Paris is Korir's second Olympics; in Rio 2016, he placed 14th in the 10,000m. He missed qualifying for the Tokyo ...
The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Les Jeux Olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad (French: Jeux de la XXXIIIe olympiade de l'ère moderne) and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held from 26 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with several events started from 24 July.
The marathon course began at the Hôtel de Ville and traversed many of the host city's most iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre before concluding at Les Invalides. Paris officials have stated the route has taken inspiration from the Women's March on Versailles. Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as ...
Paris Marathon: Paris: France: 14 April 2019 Marathon 49,155 [39] 30 Grete Waitz-løpet: Oslo: Norway: 4 May 1996 5 km 48,461 [40] [better source needed] 31 Ottawa Race Weekend: Ottawa, Ontario Canada: 23/24 May 2014 Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 10K, 5K, 2K, Kids Run 47,387 [41] 32 Bogotá Half Marathon: Bogotá, Cundinamarca: Colombia: 1 August ...
The New York City Marathon is Sunday, with more than 50,000 runners from over 150 countries expected to start the race. Here's a guide for the NYC Marathon, which starts in Staten Island and ends ...