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The marathon race and course is inspired by the Ancient Athenian army run from Marathon to Athens after the Battle of Marathon. [3] Taking from the tradition of the Olympic Torch, the race features the Marathon Flame, which is lit at the Tomb of the Battle of Marathon [4] and carried to the stadium in Marathon before the beginning of each race. [5]
Greece: 2:58:50 OR: Charilaos Vasilakos Greece: 3:06:03 Gyula Kellner Hungary: 3:06:35 4 Ioannis Vrettos Greece: Unknown 5 Eleftherios Papasymeon Greece: Unknown 6 Dimitrios Deligiannis Greece: Unknown 7 Evangelos Gerakeris Greece: Unknown 8 Stamatios Masouris Greece: Unknown 9 Sokratis Lagoudakis Greece: Unknown [1] — Edwin Flack Australia ...
Greece: 2:58:50 OR: Charilaos Vasilakos Greece: 3:06:03 Gyula Kellner Hungary: 3:06:35 High jump details: Ellery Clark United States: 1.81 m OR: James Connolly United States: 1.65 m none awarded: Robert Garrett United States: Pole vault details: William Hoyt United States: 3.30 m OR: Albert Tyler United States: 3.20 m Evangelos Damaskos Greece ...
The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
Vasilakos in the middle, [12] marathon runners in training, 1896 [2] [3] On 22 March 1896, [13] Greece held the first modern Panhellenic Games. The main purpose of the games was to select the team that would compete in the first Modern Olympic Games later the same year. All participants were members of Greek sports clubs.
Spyridon Louis (Greek: Σπυρίδων Λούης [spiˈriðon ˈluis], sometimes transliterated Spiridon Loues; [3] 12 January 1873 – 26 March 1940), commonly known as Spyros Louis (Σπύρος Λούης), was a Greek water carrier who won the first modern-day Olympic marathon at the 1896 Summer Olympics.
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Piraeus, Greece 10 March 1996 European Championships: Stockholm, Sweden Pole vault: 4.90 m Ekaterini Stefanidi: 20 February 2016 Millrose Games: New York City, United States [36] Long jump: 6.91 m Niki Xanthou: 16 February 1997 Meeting Pas de Calais: Liévin, France Triple jump: 14.84 m Hrysopiyí Devetzí: 4 March 2003 Peania, Greece 15.00 m X ...