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The longest running race is the marathon at 42.195KM (26miles 385yards)

The longest foot race is the mens 50K walk

The longest race is the triathalon - 1500M swim + 40KM cycle + 10KM run

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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

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The 50KM walk is longer than the marathon

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It depends on the division, but in Middle School it's usually a mile. In high school it is 2 miles.

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In Athletics 1500m ( 3 laps then 3 quarters ) is the longest race. Only in Athletics. In Marathons runners run MUCH, MUCH longer.

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At the 2008 Games in Beijing, that was 245.4 km in men's individual road race cycling.

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Cycling road race at 100km.

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42.195km

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