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...

times at the Berlin Marathon, three times at the Boston Marathon, five times at the Chicago Marathon, six times at the London Marathon, and five times at...

Semple, Boston's Mr. Marathon, pages 7, 114–118, Waterford Publishing Co., ISBN 978-0942052015 Boston Marathon History. baa.org Boston Marathon History:...

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...

line of the Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring roughly 264. The subsequent search for the bombers led to a lock-down of Boston and surrounding...

Soon after, the City of Boston banned dance marathons. In 1928, Gladys Lenz danced for 19 straight hours at a Seattle marathon despite being punched in...

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; Heijmans...

France, who would win gold in 1928, competed for the first time. The American team had Clarence DeMar, the Boston Marathon winner in 1911, 1922, 1923, and...

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...

Olympic marathon proved immediately popular in the Western world and quickly spawned numerous long-running annual races, including the Boston Marathon in 1897...

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...

finish his first Boston Marathon in 1928, but eventually competed in a record 61 Boston Marathons. Regarded as a legend of the marathon, Kelley won the...

for being a woman and officially running in the 1967 Boston Marathon. "Harry A. Trask of Boston Traveler". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2021-12-16. "A...

allowed to compete in the 1924 Olympic marathon. Five of those spots were decided from the 1924 Boston Marathon, including Clarence DeMar (1st), Charles...

marathon of 2:21:27, which he set in 1960. Viskari competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, placing 53rd. He won the 1956 Boston...

the oldest marathon in Europe and the third-oldest in the world (after the Boston Marathon, first held in 1897, and the Yonkers Marathon, first held...

1974) was a Canadian marathon runner. He won the Halifax Marathon five times as well as competing in the Boston marathon, the 1928 Summer Olympics and...

directors: Germain Fried, Joe May, Erich Schmidt The Marathon Runner (Der Läufer von Marathon, 1933), director: Ewald André Dupont Spies at Work (Spione...

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...

The 1928 Summer Olympics (Dutch: Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially the Games of the IX Olympiad (Dutch: Spelen van de IXe Olympiade), was an international...

rooms with Jim Thorpe on the way to the Olympics. Smith also ran the Boston Marathon 10 years in a row. He finished 10th at the 1912 event with a time of...

Baron Rodgers of Quarry Bank (born 1928), British politician Bill Rodgers (runner) (born 1947), American marathon runner William C. Rodgers (1965–2005)...

the Marathon". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Who We Are, French Cultural Center of Boston, retrieved...

competed in a marathon dance contest. The chapters alternated between a chronological progression and a description of the grueling marathon dance contest...

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...

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...

on their home uniforms from "RED SOX" to "BOSTON" for one day to honor the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing, which took place earlier in the week...

Olympic marathon he was among the leaders for much of the way, but eventually dropped to fifth. The 1928 Boston Marathon also served as the USA Marathon Championships...

Bruins' departure from the Boston Arena, the team played its home games at the Boston Garden for 67 seasons, beginning in 1928 and concluding in 1995, when...

retired NHL defenseman Ronald MacDonald, 1898, second winner of the Boston Marathon Mike Mamula, 1995, NFL defensive end/linebacker Kelvin Martin, 1987...