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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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    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...
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  • the Boston Marathon, the B.A.A. 5K, the B.A.A. 10K, the B.A.A. Half Marathon, the B.A.A. Distance Medley (comprising the 5k, 10K, and half marathon events)...
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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 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...
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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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    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...
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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; Heijmans...
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    Abebe Bikila (category Ethiopian male marathon runners)
    (Amharic: ሻምበል አበበ ቢቂላ; August 7, 1932 – October 25, 1973) was an Ethiopian marathon runner who was a back-to-back Olympic marathon champion. He was the first...
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  • Alex Breckenridge (category American male marathon runners)
    17 April 1932 in Buffalo) is a former American marathon runner. At the 1960 Summer Olympics he finished 30th, and at the 1962 Boston Marathon he finished...
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    Joan Benoit (category Boston Marathon female winners)
    an American woman at the Chicago Marathon for 32 years after winning the race in 1985. Her time at the Boston Marathon was the fastest time by an American...
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    Sohn Kee-chung (category Korean male marathon runners)
    runners such as Suh Yun-Bok, the winner of the Boston Marathon in 1947; Ham Kee-Yong, winner of the Boston Marathon in 1950; and Hwang Young-Cho, who was the...
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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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    Olympic marathon proved immediately popular in the Western world and quickly spawned numerous long-running annual races, including the Boston Marathon in 1897...
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    Paul de Bruyn (category Boston Marathon male winners)
    became the first runner from outside North America to win the Boston Marathon in 1932. De Bruyn defeated defending champion Jimmy Henigan in 2:33:36...
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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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    Delfo Cabrera (category Argentine male marathon runners)
    place in the marathon, which was won by Emil Zátopek. Cabrera ended his athletics career after finishing sixth at the 1954 Boston Marathon. After that...
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    Gezahegne Abera (category Recipients of the Association of International Marathons and Distance Races Best Marathon Runner Award)
    marathon, finishing first at Fukuoka marathon in Japan. He won that marathon again in 2001 and 2002. In 2000, Gezahegne finished second in the Boston...
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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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    organization formed a close association with the city of Boston and its people in relation to the Boston Marathon bombing that occurred on April 15, 2013. On April...
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    Aurèle Vandendriessche (category Boston Marathon male winners)
    Aurèle Vandendriessche (4 July 1932 – 17 October 2023) was a Belgian marathon runner, who won silver medals at the 1962 and 1966 European Championships...
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    directors: Germain Fried, Joe May, Erich Schmidt The Marathon Runner (Der Läufer von Marathon, 1933), director: Ewald André Dupont Spies at Work (Spione...
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    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...
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    World Series win in 2018. Boston sports continue to dominate. On April 15, 2013, two bombs were detonated during the Boston Marathon, killing three people...
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  • Stylianos Kyriakides (category Boston Marathon male winners)
    (OS/NS) – 10 December 1987) was a Greek Cypriot marathon runner who came first at the Boston Marathon in 1946, with the aim of raising money to provide...
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  • the Marathon". Boston Marathon. Boston Athletic Association. Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Who We Are, French Cultural Center of Boston, retrieved...
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    Theatre Company List of former theatres in Boston Boston Theater Critics Association Boston Theater Marathon Buffalo Theater District Cleveland Theater...
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  • Jim Fixx (category 1932 births)
    time running on the roads and trails near his home, training for the Boston Marathon." Fixx started running in 1967 at age 35. At that time, he weighed...
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  • ascents in footraces considered difficult for the runners: in the Boston Marathon, Heartbreak Hill is an ascent about 20 miles from the start in Falkirk...
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