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Pheidippides is said to have run 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Marathon to Athens to deliver news of the victory of the Battle of Marathon, and, according to Herodotus, to have run from Athens to Sparta. This latter feat also inspired two ultramarathon races, the 246-kilometre (153 mi) Spartathlon and 490-kilometre (300 mi) Authentic Pheidippides Run
Yiannis Kouros (Greek: Γιάννης Κούρος, pronounced [ʝiˈa.nis ˈku.ros]; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. Kouros holds or formerly held many world records between 100 miles and 1,000 miles.
Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians.
The Battle of Marathon was a watershed in the Greco-Persian wars, showing the Greeks that the Persians could be beaten; the eventual Greek triumph in these wars can be seen to have begun at Marathon. The battle also showed the Greeks that they were able to win battles without the Spartans, as Sparta was seen as the major military force in Greece.
Greek Race Walk Championships Marathon, Greece 4 × 100 m relay: 43.07 Greece Maria Tsoni Ekaterini Koffa Marina Vasarmidou Ekaterini Thanou: 18 June 1997 Mediterranean Games: Bari, Italy 4 × 400 m relay: 3:26.33 Greece Olga Kaidantzi Hrisoula Goudenoudi Hariklia Bouda Fani Halkia: 20 June 2004 European Cup Super League: Bydgoszcz, Poland
Dimitrion Yordanidis (born c. 1878 - died c. 1980) was a Greek runner, who, according to Guinness World Records, completed the 26-mile marathon course from Marathon, Greece to Athens on 10 October 1976 in 7 hours 33 minutes, aged 98. [1]
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Charilaos Vasilakos (Greek: Χαρίλαος Βασιλάκος, November 1875 – 1 December 1964) [1] [4] was a Greek athlete and the first man to win a marathon race. [5] He also won a copper medal [ a ] for second place finish at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens .