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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]
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.
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]
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 ...
Last summer in Paris, Sifan Hassan won the women’s marathon in an Olympic-record 2:22.55 after taking bronze in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters, events that weren’t even on the Olympic ...
Women's team: Jeon Hun-young Lim Si-hyeon Nam Su-hyeon South Korea: An Qixuan Li Jiaman Yang Xiaolei China: Ángela Ruiz Alejandra Valencia Ana Paula Vázquez Mexico [31] Canoeing: Women's K-1: Jessica Fox Australia: Klaudia Zwolińska Poland: Kimberley Woods Great Britain [32] Cycling: Women's cross-country: Pauline Ferrand-Prévot France ...
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Women's 3,000 metres steeplechase: Final Winfred Yavi Bahrain: 8:52.76 6 August OR [10] Men's discus throw: Final Roje Stona Jamaica: 70.00 7 August OR [11] Men's javelin throw: Final Arshad Nadeem Pakistan: 92.97 m: 8 August OR [12] Women's 400 metres hurdles: Final Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone United States: 50.37 8 August WR [13] Women's 400 ...