The first event competed at the Ancient Olympics was the stade race, a foot race of approximately 192 meters. The first event competed at the Modern Olympics was the 100 meter dash.
The ancient Olympics race track was 500 miles long.
Belmont Racetrack is a mile and a half long; the horses race a complete circuit around it to make the Belmont Stakes the longest race in the Triple Crown.
it is called a relay race
The 200 metre race.
Cycling road race at 100km.
The longest athletics race in the Olympics is the marathon race, over 26 miles. But the longest of all is the mens cycling road race at 239km
Marathon.
it is 42.195km
The MarathonThe longest running race is the marathon at 42.195KM (26miles 385yards)The longest foot race is the mens 50K walkThe longest race is the triathalon - 1500M swim + 40KM cycle + 10KM run
hi which famous distance race of the modern Olympics was not part of the ancient games?
The longest race is the 50 Km walk. The longest running race is the Marathon.
I think it is300m200m100m.
26.2
during the Olympics they have a race called a biathlon where you ski for a certain distance then shoot at a target then repeat
The longest distance swam in a swimming pool race is 1500metres 60 lengths in 25 metre pool or 30 in a 50 metre pool By Matthew Burton it is 10k if you are swimming in open water, which is, in fact, swam in the olympics. -Claire G.
26 miles 385 yards