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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.
In total, 220 men qualified via a marathon time, while only 7 gained entry with a half marathon time. For women, 158 achieved the marathon standard and only 15 hit the half marathon mark. The total number of female qualifiers dropped from 512 in the 2020 United States Olympic Trials (marathon) to 173 in 2024, due mainly to the marathon entry ...
The competition featured an identical number of medal events for men and women, the first instance in Olympic history. The marathon race walk mixed relay through a marathon course was contested for the first time at these Games, replacing the men's 50 kilometres race walk in the quest for gender equality.
Olympics 2024 - Men's Marathon results. Rank - Athlete Bib - Name - NOC Code - Date of Birth - Result - Time Behind. 1 622 TOLA Tamirat ETH 11 AUG 1991 2:06:26 OR,SB.
It was billed as a harder race to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won ...
Kipchoge, the champion of the past two Olympic marathons, sought to make history with a victory in Paris becoming the first athlete to win three Olympic gold medals in the marathon. [ 2 ] 2022 World Championship gold medalist Tamirat Tola , who also took silver back in 2017 and a track 10,000 bronze medal from 2016, came here as the alternate ...
Best marathon: 2:22:10 (at the Olympic Trials in Orlando 2024) O'Keeffe's first-ever marathon was at the Olympic Trials, and she finished first in 2 hours, 22 minutes. "It was just overwhelming in ...
The women's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1984.. In its four-decade-long Olympic history since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, the women's marathon occurred on the last day of the athletics program for the first time, with the men's race scheduled a day before.