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The Summer Olympics features four long-distance running events: the 3000 metres steeplechase (which also involves jumping over barriers and water), the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and marathon (42.195 kilometres, or 26 miles and 385 yards).
10,000 metres is the slightly longer metric derivative of the 6-mile (9,656.1-metre) run, an event common in countries when they were using the imperial measurement system. 6 miles was used in the Commonwealth Games until 1966 and was a championship in the United States in non-Olympic years from 1953 to 1973.
A metric mile or an Olympic mile is a colloquial term used in some countries for the 1500 meters, the premier middle distance running event in international track and field. The term 'metric mile' (0.93 statute miles) was applied to this distance because it approximates one statute mile (1609.344 m). [ 1 ]
The 2024 Paris Olympics are underway. Here's what you need to know on key dates, medal event schedules, TV information and more for the Summer Olympics:
The race distance varied from 40 to 42 kilometres (25 to 26 mi) in the early editions as it was typically based upon the distance between two points that the organisers felt were suitable. The 1908 London Olympics marked the introduction of the standard distance of 26 miles, 385 yards (42.195 km). [2]
The winding two-lane road out of the city drops nearly 2,700 feet in 30 miles before reaching Sedona; take I-17 another 30 miles to Cottonwood or Camp Verde, and the altitude is less than half ...
Kenya has won eleven medals, although Naftali Temu is the only Kenyan to have won Olympic gold. It was not the first long-distance track event to feature at an Olympic competition: 5-mile (8 km) races featured at the 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics before the metric 5000 metres and 10,000 m events were initiated.
Aug. 4—PARIS, France — Ironton's McKenzie Long is advancing to the Olympics' semifinals after placing third in Heat 4 of the women's 200 meter dash with a time of 22.5 seconds on Sunday morning.