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According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program." [6]
The Dutch distance runner became the first woman to medal in the 5,000 meters, the 10,000 and the marathon at the same Olympics. Paris 2024: Sifan Hassan wins women's marathon to complete one of ...
Breaking from tradition, the women’s marathon was held on the final day of the Olympics instead of the men’s race. Hassan used the same tactic in the hilly, 26.2-mile course as she does on the ...
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]
In the 2024 Summer Olympics, the women's marathon was the final event, recognising gender equality and women's rights, with the men's going off the day before. [10] The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024.
Women's 100 m winner: Zoe Hobbs; Men's 200 m winner: Rohan Browning; Women's 800 m winner: Claudia Hollingsworth; Men's mile winner: Stewart McSweyn; 5000 m winners: Jack Rayner (m) / Rose Davies (f) Women's 100 m hurdles winner: Liz Clay; Men's 110 m hurdles winner: Tayleb Willis; High jump winners: Hamish Kerr (m) / Nicola Olyslagers (f)
The 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Marathon was held on Saturday, February 3, 2024, in Orlando, Florida, to determine the American athletes who will compete in the marathon event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Athletes compete in the marathon swimming women's 10k race on day 13 of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Marathon swimming is a fairly new discipline added to the Summer Olympics.