The first such marathon race was a Greek national competition that served as a qualifier for the Olympic marathon, won by Charilaos Vasilakos. The length of the marathon in 1896 was approximately 40 km (25 mi).

2016年8月19日 · On the afternoon of April 10, 1896, a group of 17 runners gathered near the ancient battlefield in Marathon to race the 24.8 miles to the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, originally built in...

On April 6, 1896, American James Connolly became the first Olympic medalist in more than 1,500 years, competing in the triple jump. [2] . The United States won the most gold medals, 11, while host nation Greece won the most medals overall, 47. The highlight for the Greeks was the marathon victory by their compatriot Spyridon Louis.

2021年11月27日 · Spyridon Louis, a previously unrecognised water carrier, won the event to become the only Greek athletics champion and a national hero. When the modern Olympics began in 1896, the initiators and organizers were looking for a great popularizing event, recalling the ancient glory of Greece.

2025年2月14日 · The 1896 Olympics featured the first marathon. The race, conceived by Frenchman Michel Bréal, followed the legendary route of Pheidippides, a trained runner who was believed to have been sent from the plain of Marathon to Athens to announce the defeat of an invading Persian army in 490 bce.

On April 10, 1896, Greek water-carrier Spyridon Louis won the first Olympic marathon in 2 hours 58 minutes and 50 seconds. The route between Marathon and Panathenaic Stadium was repeated when Athens hosted the 2004 Games.

On 10 April 1896, Spiridon Louis of Greece won the first ever marathon at an Olympic Games, ancient or modern. That that race happened at all 125 years ago owes everything to a Frenchman – and his name, surprisingly, was not De Coubertin.

2024年12月16日 · Stamata Revithi, a Greek woman born in 1866, ran the 40-kilometer marathon during the 1896 Summer Olympics, defying the exclusion of women. Running a day after the official race, she completed it in about 5 hours and 30 …

The Olympic trial, held on March 10, 1896, was the first organized marathon race ever to run, but two runners had run the course in February. Then, only G. Grigorou covered the entire course on foot-his time was three hours and forty-five minutes (3:45).

In this article, the authors go back to the marathon race at the Athens 1896 Olympic Games, specially on its preparatory and trial races which preceded the final marathon race.