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Paris officials have stated the route has taken inspiration from the Women's March on Versailles. Due to the elevation profile, the course has been discussed as one of the more challenging Olympic marathons. Notably, for the first time in Olympic history, the public had the opportunity to run the marathon course.
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 marathon elites at the Paris 2024 Olympics will be treated to a slice of history along this iconic course. And 20,024 other lucky athletes will get to experience it, too.
Carolyn Yang, left, Sue Doherty, center, and Cecile Amos, all runners from the Washington, D.C., area, will take part in a public marathon in Paris, France, organized by the International Olympic ...
The Olympic records for the event are 2:06:26 hours for men, set by Tamirat Tola in 2024, and 2:22:55 hours for women, set by Sifan Hassan in 2024. The men's marathon world record has been improved several times at the Olympics: in 1908, 1920, and then at successive Olympics by Abebe Bikila in 1960 and 1964. [11]
The 2024 Olympic marathon route will take runners from Paris to Versailles and back, organizers announced Tuesday.
According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program." [7]
Marathon swimming at the 2024 Paris Olympics starts and ends at the Pont Alexandre III in the iconic Seine River, where athletes cover 10 kilometers (or approximately 10.6 miles) in its open ...