The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally...
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the Boston Marathon winner in 1911, 1922, 1923, and 1924, Charles Mellor, who had run the Olympic marathon in 1920 and would win the Boston marathon in...
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The Boston Marathon, one of the six World Marathon Majors, is a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) race which has been held in the Greater Boston area in Massachusetts...
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Clarence DeMar (category Boston Marathon male winners)
U.S. marathoner, winner of seven Boston Marathons, and Bronze medalist at the 1924 Paris Olympics. He was known by the nickname "Mr. DeMarathon." DeMar...
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including the Boston Marathon in 1897, the Tour de Paris Marathon in 1902, the Yonkers Marathon in 1907, and the London Polytechnic Marathon in 1909. Such...
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Semple, Boston's Mr. Marathon, pages 7, 114–118, Waterford Publishing Co., ISBN 978-0942052015 Boston Marathon History. baa.org Boston Marathon History:...
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The Košice Peace Marathon (Slovak: Medzinárodný maratón mieru) is an annual road marathon held in Košice, Slovakia, since 1924. It is the oldest continuously...
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full 12-man teams; the American team included 1911 Boston Marathon winner Clarence DeMar, 1912 Boston winner Michael J. Ryan, and 1908 Olympic bronze medalist...
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Retrieved 23 August 2020. "Boston Marathon history - Boston Globe". archive.boston.com. Retrieved 14 July 2023. "History | Boston Athletic Association". www...
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Albin Stenroos (category Finnish male marathon runners)
in 1924. He won the race in hot conditions, beating second-placed Romeo Bertini by almost six minutes. He placed second at the 1926 Boston Marathon, and...
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including: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern, and Harvard. The city is also home to prestigious sports events such as the Boston Marathon and the...
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finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring roughly 264. The subsequent manhunt led to a lock-down of Boston and surrounding municipalities...
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World Athletics Label Road Races marathon runs. Sports portal Lists portal World Athletics Label Road Races World Marathon Majors "Sydney Running Festival"...
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standard for marathons in 1924. (The older Boston Marathon, founded in 1897, adopted the 42.195-kilometre (26.219 mi) distance in 1924, but was slightly...
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Frank Zuna (category Boston Marathon male winners)
long-distance runner. In 1921, he won the Boston Marathon. Three years later, he competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. "Frank Zuna Olympic...
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The Comrades Marathon is an ultramarathon of approximately 88 kilometres (55 mi) which is run annually in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa between...
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Long-distance running (redirect from Physiological factors of marathon running)
the modern marathon and the event led to the growth of road running competitions through annual public events such as the Boston Marathon (first held...
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London The distance of the marathon at the Olympics has varied in the early years, before being standardized at 42,195 m in 1924, the distance that was run...
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Ralph Williams (athlete) (category American male marathon runners)
competed in the marathon at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He made it on the US Olympic Team after finishing 7th in the Boston Marathon on April 19, 1924, with a time...
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George V. Brown (category Boston Marathon)
sports and sporting events in the United States, most notably the Boston Marathon and amateur ice hockey. From 1904 to 1936, Brown served the United...
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marathoners who are athletes notable for their achievements in the marathon. For a list of people notable in other fields who have also run marathons...
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Sammy Mellor (category Boston Marathon male winners)
was an American long-distance runner who won the 1902 Boston Marathon and competed in the marathon at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. Mellor...
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Henry Parkman (category Boston Common Council members)
Henry Parkman (May 23, 1850 – June 24, 1924) was an American politician who was a member of the Boston Common Council and both chambers of the Massachusetts...
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Gelindo Bordin (category Boston Marathon male winners)
an Olympic gold in the marathon and the only male to win both the Boston Marathon and the Olympic gold medal in this event. Born in Vicenza, Italy, Bordin...
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James Henigan (category Boston Marathon male winners)
long-distance runner. He competed at the 1924, 1928 and the 1932 Summer Olympics. He also won the Boston Marathon in 1931. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild;...
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since Boston Marathon bombings". 12 April 2023. "An Effort to Curtail the Use of Tear Gas on Protesters Is Underway in Massachusetts". Boston. 2020-06-03...
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South Africa's Christian Gitsham (silver medal in the 1912 marathon); and American Boston Marathon winners Arthur Roth (1916) and Carl Linder (1919), as well...
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United States, 25 miles (40 km) west of Boston. The town is best known as the starting point of the Boston Marathon, held annually on Patriots' Day each...
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Johnny Miles (category Boston Marathon male winners)
CM (October 30, 1905 – June 15, 2003) was a Canadian marathon runner. He won the Boston Marathon in 1926 and 1929. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, as...
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Port of Boston (Massport) Cape Cod Canal Annual sporting events include: The Boston Marathon, which follows a course from Hopkinton to Boston The Head...
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