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The Athens Classic Marathon is an annual marathon road race held in Athens, Greece, normally in early November (the second Sunday of November), since 1972. It also often serves as Greece's national marathon championships.
Marathon (Demotic Greek: Μαραθώνας, Marathónas; Attic/Katharevousa: Μαραθών, Marathṓn) is a town in Greece and the site of the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, in which the heavily outnumbered Athenian army defeated the Persians.
Pages in category "Marathons in Greece" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Soldier of Marathon Announcing the Victory (1834) by Jean-Pierre Cortot; Louvre, Paris. The Greek historian Herodotus was the first person to write about a Athenian runner named Pheidippides participating in the First Persian War. His account is as follows: [10] Before they left the city, the Athenian generals sent off a message to Sparta ...
Since 1986, nearly every year, various initiators organize marathons in the Olympus Mountains in Greece. For these Olympus Marathons the classic distance of 42.195 kilometers provides a clue to the distance of some of the runs in the Olympus. Starting in 2010, events established that surpass the classic marathon distance.
The Alexander the Great Marathon (Greek: Μαραθώνιος Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) is an annual marathon race held in mid-April between Pella (birthplace of Alexander the Great) and Thessaloniki, Greece, since 2006. It is an AIMS-certified race, [2] and its editions of 2010 [3] and 2011 [4] received IAAF Bronze Label Road Race status.
The following is a list of marathon races located in Europe. Legend. Symbol/Column Description Bold: ... Athens Classic Marathon: Athens Greece: November: 1972
Megara, Greece 2:41:58 Antigoni Ntrismpioti: 22 July 2022 World Championships: Eugene, United States [22] 50 km walk (road) 4:56:00 Aggelikí Makrí: 14 January 2018 Greek Race Walk Championships Marathon, Greece 4 × 100 m relay: 43.07 Greece Maria Tsoni Ekaterini Koffa Marina Vasarmidou Ekaterini Thanou: 18 June 1997 Mediterranean Games: Bari ...