The “lowest” one is the meters under the sea level and in an old salt mine, in Sondershausen, Germany.
The highest marathon takes place at the Everest and the start line is 5184 meters above the sea level. Shizo Kanakuri before and after finishing the marathon It may seem unbelievable now, but women’s marathon was not an Olympic event until Los Angeles 1984, almost 100 years after the first Olympic marathon. Although race officials tried to physically stop her from running, she was able to finish the race with the support of her fellow running mates, who escorted here to the finish line.
In 1697, Katherine Switzer registered for the Boston Marathon as KV Switzer, thus concealing the fact that she was a woman (the rules at the time banned women from competing in this race). In the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, Abebe Bikila made history not only for being the first African in winning the race, but he also did it barefoot, finishing in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 16 seconds. Barefoot running it’s not a recent trend, but it started thanks to the marathon The distance between those two points is, you guessed it, 42.195 km. During the London 1908 games, the British Royal Family wanted the race to start at Windsor castle and end in front of the Royal Booth at White City Stadium. However, as we all know, 41.8 km is not the current distance. Marathon in the 2012 London Olympic Games
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