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The men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2024 in the River Seine, Paris. It was the fifth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008 . Qualification
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.
The women's 10 km race featured 24 swimmers, one less than the Tokyo 2020 roster: [1] [2] [3] 3: the three medalists in the 10 km races at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka , Japan 13: the top thirteen swimmers vying for qualification at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha , Qatar
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 men's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 5 August 2021 at the Odaiba Marine Park. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. Florian Wellbrock won the gold medal for Germany, with a final time of 1:48:33.7.
The men's marathon swim over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place on 10 August in the Serpentine at Hyde Park. [1] Outclassing a vast field of rivals, Tunisia's Oussama Mellouli built a historic milestone as the first ever swimmer to capture Olympic titles in both pool and open water. Around the 7 km mark ...
The women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 4 August 2021 at the Odaiba Marine Park. [1] It was the fourth appearance of the event, having first been held in 2008. Ana Marcela Cunha won with a time of 1:59:30.8
Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances, with 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) being the unofficially held minimum distance. Routes are typically geographically based or buoy based.