At the 2008 Games in Beijing, 95 men and 81 women started their respective marathon ... 76 men and 69 women finished the race.
At the 2004 Games in Athens, 101 men and 82 women started their respective marathon ... 81 men and 66 women finished the race.
Each year in the United States over half a million people run marathons. Annually there are over 1100 marathons held.
23,680 finished in the 2008 Flora London Marathon.
It has about 44,000 runners.
less then 1/10 of 1%
they run 42.195 km or 26.2 miles
in 2013 49000 people are signed up
Over 11,000 people
A marathon is 26.2 miles (42.195 kilometers).
At the starting line it was announced that there were about 28,000.
there was a greek messenger who had to run 26.2 miles to deliver a message that was really urgent, he ran there and back, and after he died. his name was some version of marathon
37,500
Official distance is 42.195 KM/ 26 miles 385 yards
The Marathon run commemorates the run of 18,000 Athenian soldiers, who ran back the 26 miles to Athens after defeating the Persian infantry at Marathon, in order to defend the city against an attack by the Persian cavalry which was being shipped around to Athens by sea while the Athenian army was engaged at Marathon.
Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles. Athletes in a marathon run 26 miles.
The word marathon comes from Greece. After a war a man ran the 26 odd miles to deliver the message that they had won a war, he uttered the message and then collapsed and then died. In memory of this man a marathon is run the exact distance he ran.
Generally 105,000 to 120,000. Good luck and GO GATORS!
The Marathon run commemorates the run of 18,000 Athenian soldiers, who ran back the 26 miles to Athens after defeating the Persian infantry at Marathon, in order to defend the city against an attack by the Persian cavalry which was being shipped around to Athens by sea while the Athenian army was engaged at Marathon.
You will have run 13,833.6 feet.