At the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece the winning time in the women's marathon was 2:26:20 by Mizuki Noguchi of Japan.
It's the longest Someone
There have been womens water polo teams at the last two Olympics.
Samuel Wanjiru in the Olympic Modern Marathon.
The US Olympic team got silver in the last Olympics but before they received gold
1996 in Atlanta
Tradition has the men's marathon as the final event at the Games. The marathon will be run in the morning of the final day and closing ceremonies will be held that evening.
The last gold medal of the Beijing Olympics went to Samuel Wanjiru (Kenya) for the Men's Marathon
sammantha pezak hurt her ankle b4 da olympcs in Beijing
Shizuka Arakawa of Japan won the women's figure skating gold in the 2006 Turin Olympic Games.
Monique Henderson of the USA ran th last leg for the USA, the winning team.
Last Chance for Boston Marathon was created in 2002.