Burton Holmes' photograph entitled 1896: Three athletes in training for the marathon at the Olympic Games in Athens
Overview
Sport
Athletics
Gender
Men and women
Years held
Men: 1896 – 2020 Women: 1984 – 2020
Olympic record
Men
2:06:32 Samuel Wanjiru (2008)
Women
2:23:07 Tiki Gelana (2012)
Reigning champion
Men
Eliud Kipchoge (KEN)
Women
Peres Jepchirchir (KEN)
The marathon at the Summer Olympics is the only road running event held at the multi-sport event. The men's marathon has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first modern Olympics in 1896. Nearly ninety years later, the women's event was added to the programme at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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