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However, it was not until the 1924 Paris Olympics that this distance became the standard at the Olympics. [3] The Olympic marathon proved immediately popular in the Western world and quickly spawned numerous long-running annual races, including the Boston Marathon in 1897, the Tour de Paris Marathon in 1902, the Yonkers Marathon in 1907, and ...
For women, 158 achieved the marathon standard and only 15 hit the half marathon mark. The total number of female qualifiers dropped from 512 in the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) to 173 in 2024, due mainly to the marathon entry standard dropping 8 minutes. On the men's side, the 227 qualifiers was a decrease of only 33 relative to ...
Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as one of the more challenging Olympic marathons. Notably, for the first time in Olympic history, the public had the opportunity to run the marathon course. Following the Olympic marathon, up to 40,000 runners will be able to participate in a public marathon or a 10k race. [5]
No other country won two medals in the marathon that summer. ... the world’s distance runners do high-low training at least part of each year. ... of economic-impact figures for Olympic training ...
The marathon races began at the Hôtel de Ville (city hall) and ended in Les Invalides. Along the course, runners traversed many of the city's most iconic sites and Olympic venues throughout the route. [4] This traditional marathon course also set a particularly tough profile with an overall elevation gain or loss of 438 m.
The qualification period for the marathon races will occur from 1 November 2022 to 30 April 2024; for the 10,000 metres, combined events (heptathlon and decathlon), racewalks, and relays from 31 December 2022 to 30 June 2024, with the rest of the individual track and field events running over an annual period (from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024).
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's marathon if all athletes meet the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard is 2:11:30.
This was the 10th appearance of the event, having appeared at every Olympics since 1984. Eighty-eight athletes competed. A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to three athletes in the women's marathon if all athletes met the entry standard or qualify by ranking during the qualifying period (the qualification period for "Entry Standard" (2:29:30) was from 1 January 2019 to 31 May ...