The History of the Marathon - INEOS 1:59 Challenge

The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of 42.195 kilometres ( c. 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be ...

Domein: en.wikipedia.org Bekijk meer

7 days ago — In 1924 the Olympic marathon distance was standardized at 42,195 meters (26 miles 385 yards). This was based on a decision of the British ...

Domein: britannica.com Bekijk meer

A marathon is 26.2 miles (42.2 km) instead of the original distance from Marathon to Athens of 24.8 miles (39.9 km). Hint: blame the Brits!

Domein: facebook.com Bekijk meer

The distance stands today in metric form as 42,195m. Meanwhile Marathons continued to be run at varying distances, the longest of which was probably the 1920 ...

Domein: aims-worldrunning.org Bekijk meer

It was 26 miles and 385 yards. The distance was adopted by the World Athletics association in 1921.

Domein: reddit.com Bekijk meer

... Marathon and finished in Athens' Panathenaic Stadium – a distance of around 40 kilometres (25 mi). On April 10, 1896, Greek water-carrier Spyridon Louis ...

Domein: en.wikipedia.org Bekijk meer

Domein: youtube.com Bekijk meer

Exactly 42.195 kilometres? Between the Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 and Paris in 1924, the distance of the marathon was in a permanent state of flux.

Domein: artsandculture.google.com Bekijk meer

It may be held over the seemingly random distance of 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195km), but perhaps no event in athletics holds quite the same mystic or ...

Domein: ineos159challenge.com Bekijk meer

In a London 1908 first, the marathon was run over the now-standard official distance of 26.2 miles (42.195km). The 1908 race also saw the ...

Domein: olympics.com Bekijk meer