The first modern Olympics were not a sure success in 1896, when Greek water carrier Spyridon Louis inspired national pride and excitement by winning the marathon ...

The idea of running such a long race was strange at the time. Other than the marathon, the 1896 Games featured no runs longer than 1,500 meters—a footrace that took barely four and a half minutes.

The 1896 Olympics also saw the world’s first marathon competition. But world fairs largely outshone the early Olympic Games. and it wasn’t until the 1920s that the “first truly successful ...

Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world’s oldest marathon runner, ...

The Greeks recreated his journey in a race that proved to be the signature event of the inaugural modern Olympics when it was held in Athens in 1896. A traveling party from the Boston Athletic ...

The history of the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896 in Athens, was marked by this as well. A woman tried to take part in the marathon. She was rejected and prevented from signing up.

Clayton Young and Conner Mantz finished first and second at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials Saturday in Orlando, clinching their spots at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.

In 1896, a woman ran in the first-ever Olympic marathon—she just did it without permission. In 1900, women competed in tennis and golf.

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