The men's marathon was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 19, 1900. 13 athletes from five nations...
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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 1901 Boston Marathon was the fifth edition of the marathon race from Ashland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States on April 19, 1901. The event...
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the only runner from 1900 to return, while other significant American runners included the winners of the past three Boston Marathons: 1902 winner Sammy...
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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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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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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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Ronald MacDonald (athlete) (category Boston Marathon male winners)
1947) was a Canadian runner, best known as the winner of the second Boston Marathon in 1898. He later became a successful physician in Nova Scotia. MacDonald...
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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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Sunita Williams (section Marathon in space)
(2007). "NASA Astronaut to Run Boston Marathon in Space". NASA. Retrieved December 19, 2007. "Cheruiyot wins Boston Marathon". aljazeera.com. April 22, 2008...
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Boston Marathon. A post office called Marathon has been in operation since 1882. The name of the city commemorates the Battle of Marathon. Marathon is...
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The Battle of Marathon took place in 490 BC during the first Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between the citizens of Athens, aided by Plataea...
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Lubec, Maine (redirect from Bay of Fundy International Marathon)
decrease to the "Boston effect", whereby marathon runners chose other marathons to run in order to qualify for the 2014 Boston Marathon. Lubec has a humid...
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Copley Square (redirect from Copley Square, Boston)
the poet (1977) The Tortoise and the Hare, Nancy Schön (1994) The Boston Marathon Centennial Monument, Mark Flannery (1994). Additions by Robert Shure...
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Dick Grant (category American male marathon runners)
who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France for the United States. He also competed in the first four Boston Marathons, one of only two athletes...
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Retrieved 5 February 2021. Boston Athletic Association (2011). "Boston Marathon History: 1897-1900". www.baa.org. Boston: Boston Athletic Association. Archived...
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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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The Lenox Hotel (category Hotels established in 1900)
Lenox Hotel is located less than a block from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, held every year in April. The hotel recently underwent a $35 million...
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Avenue. Plays were banned in Boston by the Puritans until 1792. Boston's first theater opened in 1793. In 1900, the Boston Theater District had 31 theaters...
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transition in 2015. Sometimes listed as representing Luxembourg. "Paris 1900 marathon men Results - Olympic athletics". olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 March...
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Lawrence Brignolia (category Boston Marathon male winners)
runner and sculler of Italian descent. He won the third running of the Boston Marathon, in 1899. A 161-pound (73 kg) blacksmith, he remains the heaviest person...
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John McDermott (runner) (category Boston Marathon male winners)
or "little Mac", he won the first marathon run in the United States in 1896, as well as the inaugural Boston Marathon, then known as the B.A.A. Road Race...
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he had no intention to defraud, he was reinstated, and won the 1905 Boston Marathon. Thomas Hicks was the first to the finish legally, after having received...
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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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Boston, or Boston Estate, is a suburb in Bellville, City of Cape Town, South Africa, and is one of Bellville's oldest residential suburbs. In 1900, a company...
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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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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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public appearances related to the Boston Marathon bombing. The Boston Globe maintains two distinct major websites: BostonGlobe.com is a subscriber-supported...
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Back Bay is an officially recognized neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, built on reclaimed land in the Charles River basin. Construction began in 1859...
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